Ground generator?

I have been using a portable generator since 1985, starting with a 1000 watt Yamaha, then a 4000 watt Generac(very load and heavy), a 2400 watt Yamaha(that was stolen last year) and now two 2000 watt Yamahas. I have never grounded any of them and have never had a problem.

For whatever it was worth I used to ground the genny via an alligator clip to the leg of the trailer which forms part of the trailer frame & ground for the trailer.

when I was working for the big box store I asked the repair guys about grounding. they said they know of no one who would drive a six ft rod in the ground for grounding the gen set. so I took that as a no.

Triker33 wrote:
What would a manufacture know about their own Generator?
Warnings are just to cover their A** when you mess up and get electrocuted.

Do it your own way and pay no attention them.

So what this means is wherever you go drive in a good deep ground rod. How does 8 feet of copper sound? :)

What would a manufacture know about their own Generator?
Warnings are just to cover their A** when you mess up and get electrocuted.

Do it your own way and pay no attention them.

I had one (generator) several years ago and it said to ground to a 6' stake. I used the generator for emergency home use, so it was not an issue.

It said it was needed to clean up the output.