3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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As long as the GFCI is operating properly, it would detect any leakage from an appliance through you to a ground, providing a level of protection otherwise not present.
It would seem to me that if a generator was *ungrounded* then it would be similar in concept to an isolation transformer, ie: the chance for leakage current would be nil.
Don't get me wrong, I think having a GFCI is mandatory. You never know when something will "complete the circuit" somewhere else.
I helped a friend work on an old Jaguar once when he was trying to install a stereo. This was a *positive* ground system and the radio was designed for negative ground. I isolated the radio, turned it on and got a reassuring "thump" from the speakers. So, I decided to plug in the antenna lead and all of a sudden wires started lighting up!! The sheild of the antenna lead was grounded and caused a short circuit. Duh!
