3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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Hello, I have a safety question.
A few posts back, there was a mention of generators with the 240 v twist lock not having the ground terminal wired. My Champion "RV" has both the ground and the neutral of the 240v twist lock wired.
However,I have a second generator that has a 240v twist lock. The neutral leg of the receptacle is wired but the ground leg is not wired.
Do I need to tie the two (neutral and ground)together? I want to be able to use it for an emergency home generator, after I get a safety disconnect switch installed, of course.
I was surprised at the lack of the ground terminal not being wired.
I also bring this up for general info because if one was to plug in, say a 240v welder with three wires, ground, and the two 120v leads, it would lack a ground and a neutral connection. There may be other gen sets out there with the ground not being wired on the 240v twist lock..... Thanks, JIM
A few posts back, there was a mention of generators with the 240 v twist lock not having the ground terminal wired. My Champion "RV" has both the ground and the neutral of the 240v twist lock wired.
However,I have a second generator that has a 240v twist lock. The neutral leg of the receptacle is wired but the ground leg is not wired.
Do I need to tie the two (neutral and ground)together? I want to be able to use it for an emergency home generator, after I get a safety disconnect switch installed, of course.
I was surprised at the lack of the ground terminal not being wired.
I also bring this up for general info because if one was to plug in, say a 240v welder with three wires, ground, and the two 120v leads, it would lack a ground and a neutral connection. There may be other gen sets out there with the ground not being wired on the 240v twist lock..... Thanks, JIM
