3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

professor95 wrote:

Dan86300zxt wrote:

-Question is..."What do I do with these ground or bonding points on each one of these new pieces of equipment I am adding to my MH.

Is there an update I should be doing to the a/c wiring and outlets to be safer?

HELP!!

Dan,

I need to know something.

The shore power cord for your motor home... If it is for a 30 amp supply, does it have three wires? If so, is the grounding wire (green) attached to the vehicle frame? If not, where is it attached?

If it is something other than 30 amp (20 amp or 50-50 amp) please explain the connection to the vehicle of the shore power connection.

*I have a typical RV style 3 prong 30 amp power cord for a/c. It can be plugged into a matching 3 pronged outlet(located under the spare tire/rear cargo hatch) that will be hardwired to my Go-Power 2000 watt inverter(this outlet used to be hardwired to the original generator). The 30 amp RV power cord is wired to a junction box in the rear of the MH, located under that spare tire/rear cargo area). I can see a seperate non-sheilded raw copper wire leading from this junction box. Also leading from this junction box is some white 12-2 wire. Inside the MH, at the breaker box, I can see where the raw un-shielded ground is connected to the steel breaker box and the 12-2 enters inside for the main 30 amp breaker.
I do not know anything more about the outlets to the RV because they are of a different style than what you find in the home. In the home, the outlet covers have a screw securing the outlet cover located in the center, between the outlets. I do not see anything securing the outlet covers to the rv outlets and don't want to break them trying to figure out how they come off. If I could pop off/remove these RV outlet covers...I would look to see what they did with, or see if they are using the ground. At that point, I would concider installing a few GFI outlets or at a minimum, a few std. grounding outlets, with matching new covers...