3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

Old & Slow wrote:



cnsayre:

Thank you for your contribution.



I feel your intentions are all good, however, the above post causes me great concern. I have learned on this thread the following among other items.

One:

In a RV there is no way to make a (rod) ground. Thus a need for a floating or natural ground. The RV to be treated as a safe appliance but add GFI's for safety.

Two:

LPG moves lower, thus the need for a LPG sensor at floor level.

Three:

CO rises, thus the need for several CO sensors ceiling height. Also be vary careful with the CO discharge from your genset. This is of MAJOR concern to all of us. I believe all RV factory installed gensets are suspect.

Anything else?

Floyd
O&S

Sorry. You lost me.

I hadn't meant for that post to include RV usage, as the poster I quoted was looking at a "home use" situation (what with the using it in a carport setup).

That said, I didn't mention grounding. And trust me, I would (and should!) be the last person to talk to about that. An electrical engineer I'm not. So if I gave the impression that I was talking about grounding, I'm sorry. It as unintentional.

As for LPG, you're correct. LPG is more dense than air (although if it's escaping as a gas, the "L" part of the abbreviation makes no sense... ;-) )so that gas would collect in low-lying levels. I thought they always added "stink" to that stuff, too, so that it wsa easily smelled. Is it possible to get that without the odorant added?

But again, I'm not sure how we wound up discussing LPG as I never mentioned it.

CO does rise, and that's what I posted about.

But that does make me wonder... I got my generator for occassional power outages (which happen quite frequently in Atlanta thunderstorms). We have a large, relatively level portion of roof. That would probably be the best place for the generator. Although my wife would kill me if I hoisted it up there and crawled out through a window to fire it up...

cnsayre