My subpanel is definately unbonded. On my main panel, have not ever modified the bonding or grounding. I assume that it is sound. I am attaching the GE manual page that covers 2S (power socket) requirements. They say its not a wiring diagram. Whatever. The meter power socekt for my solar system is literally floating on a sea of sheetrock and is not grounded by metal conduit or anything other than the wiring. The wiring enters the back. Its the two AC lines and the bare ground (lighting arrestor wire) Its pinched under a heavy plate and bolt in the back of the housing of the power socket. About a foot away, its grounded to the ground bus bar in my sub panel. So, I have no neutral.
I could pull the ground wire out of this meter socket and panel, and run it only to the ground bar at the main panel. Then, connect a 2 foot piece from my sub-panel neutral bar to the socket body. ? I may do this just as a test. I don't like the idea of ever being shocked by the socket body of course.
It seems that this whole system is engineered to be only really reading the main service entrance into the house. Most wiring discussion on the net is about the service entrance, etc... However, the two GE meters that I bought, one was labeled www.SUNRUN.com and the other was labeled www.solarpanelhelp.com or something like that. Both is/were set up with solar in mind.
I could pull the ground wire out of this meter socket and panel, and run it only to the ground bar at the main panel. Then, connect a 2 foot piece from my sub-panel neutral bar to the socket body. ? I may do this just as a test. I don't like the idea of ever being shocked by the socket body of course.
It seems that this whole system is engineered to be only really reading the main service entrance into the house. Most wiring discussion on the net is about the service entrance, etc... However, the two GE meters that I bought, one was labeled www.SUNRUN.com and the other was labeled www.solarpanelhelp.com or something like that. Both is/were set up with solar in mind.
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