Jea,
Weird because this is what you stated?
An isolation transformer creates a new separately derived AC power system that is independent from the mains power of your home's AC power system.
12-30-14: Jea48
Maybe I misread it....
01-04-15: Scvan
Again,
Just to be a bit of naysayer/ clarifier the transformer does not "create" electricity as I have stated before.
01-02-15: Scvan
Exactly where in the sentence do I say an isolation transformer "creates" electricity? It does not
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Post in question.Are you saying an isolation transformer does not "create" a "separately derived system" as defined by the NEC Code Definition? Is your hang up the word create? When an isolation transformer is connected to a grounded power system because the secondary is not electrically connected to the primary, the secondary output will be floating above ground. The secondary is isolated from the power source that feeds the primary in so far as there is not a reference, difference of potential, voltage, from its' output to the power source that feeds its' primary until one lead, leg, of the secondary winding is intentionally connected, bonded, to ground. (Ground being the main grounding system of the premises' electrical service.) This leg becomes the The Grounded Conductor, the neutral. A new grounded power system is created.
Here is a snippet from a book written by Henry Ott.
3.1.6 Separately Derived Systems. Do you find fault with what Ott said?
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