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I understand the whole reason for incorporating a ground conductor is primarily to trip the circuit breaker. Now, the ground connection could provide an alternate path of current flow and reduce electrical shock potential, yet there is no guarantee enough current would be shunted away to prevent injury or death. As GFCI receptacles can operate and protect a circuit and person without a ground, it raises the question if in the future, elimination of the ground connection as a hazard its self would ever be in order. Circuit breakers are for protecting the wiring, not so much the person using the circuit. Some of our inverter generators operate without a ground and we can make a cheater plug to connect the ground terminal and neutral terminal together to satisfy some EMS devices. Grounds that create hot skins themselves are not protecting anything.

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Will an EMS detect this if plugged in to a campground RPBG wired pedestal?

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No it cannot. It will happily pass power to your RV, which will work normally. The chassis and skin of the RV and connected tow vehicle will be energized at 120-volts AC with full circuit breaker amperage.

I should do a video demonstration of this…

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