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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Could someone (Professor?) please summarize the grounding/bonding "best practices" to avoid shocking users? It would be nice to have this in 1 post, instead of spread out amongst many.
Thank you in advance, from tHE nEWBIE!!
my view is DON"T bond the neutral to the generator frame, leave it 'as is' unbonded ( bonding the neutral ) in an (ungrounded/not earth bonded) situation just creates a HAZARD by making the RV frame part of the electric circuit
grounding the geny frame to earth ground, is neither here nor there it will do nothing for you 'one way or the other' when dry camping, because the genny and the trailer are NOT part of or hooked to the utility power grid.
your trailer or MH is one large 'portable electric appliance' attached to a portable power unit
there are some very detailed posts, spelling all this out , along with counter views,
safety is my number one concern and unbonded is the safest way. it keeps your RV frame out of the electrical circuit
buy a good portable GFI to put inbetween the generator and the RV power cord
