eb6500 Honda. to travel trailer
I have a nephew that wants to use my eb6500 Honda generator in back of his truck. For trailer air conditioner My question is about grounding. Should generator be on a rubber mate in back of the truc...
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Where is the potentially troublesome circuit?
The generator has L1 the "Live" voltage leg. L2 the return voltage leg often connected to the neutral wire, and L3, a neutral wire that acts like a back up return line if L2 opens.
You just plug your TT into the generator. There is nothing mystical here.
In homes L2 and L3 are often the connected to a ground rod driven into the earth to provide the same reference ground circuit as the power company, should an appliance develop a short to the chassis.
With a generator the power goes to the TT and back to the generator. The neutral provided a second return path.
Just for reference; there is no such thing as a quiet generator, they are noisy or less noisy. Also unless you are alone, there is no good time of day to run a generator, they are only annoying or very annoying to the neighbors, depending on the time of day.
Good Luck
The generator has L1 the "Live" voltage leg. L2 the return voltage leg often connected to the neutral wire, and L3, a neutral wire that acts like a back up return line if L2 opens.
You just plug your TT into the generator. There is nothing mystical here.
In homes L2 and L3 are often the connected to a ground rod driven into the earth to provide the same reference ground circuit as the power company, should an appliance develop a short to the chassis.
With a generator the power goes to the TT and back to the generator. The neutral provided a second return path.
Just for reference; there is no such thing as a quiet generator, they are noisy or less noisy. Also unless you are alone, there is no good time of day to run a generator, they are only annoying or very annoying to the neighbors, depending on the time of day.
Good Luck
