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Old 03-31-2016, 05:06 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Tomas View Post
I'm confused, in "Understanding the Neutral-to-Ground Connection", Capt David Rifkin, USN Ret, says:

"Determining if a neutral-ground fault exists on the boat you are working on or surveying is a matter of making a simple test with a digital multimeter. With the boat unplugged from shore power (see safety note below), measure the resistance between the neutral and ground buses in the panel, or access these two points at any convenient AC receptacle on the boat (the large slot on the receptacle is the neutral). This reading should be greater than 25kohm. Typically the reading will be close to zero ohms if a neutral-ground connection exists."

Boatpoker says:

"you should see O.L. (open line) on the meter if you see numbers and the ohms symbol, call a marine electrician"

What am I missing?

Tom
You are not reading carefully. They are saying essentially the same thing but in a different way. 25 thousand ohms is close to an open circuit (in this case). Numbers on the meter mean some continuity. Of course it could read 25K ohms and then what do you do?
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