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sealevel_ram
Explorer
May 26, 2015

Shore Power at Home Wired Wrong and Lightning also.

Last August I built a MH garage. Had a 30 amp outlet installed. Have had my unit plugged in when at home since then. Everything OK. Had an electrical storm (This IS Florida). Did some damage to my ...
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ScottG
Nomad
May 27, 2015
I don't think it would have made any difference either.
But regarding having a ground rod at the box, if you mean at the box where the 30A plug is then no, it should not have one. At the box the ground and neutral should be separate and grounding should only be achieved through the ground rod at the main breaker box.

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