Generators and earthing

Submitted: Friday, Feb 27, 2004 at 00:03
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Hi all,

I know this will rekindle the old debate form post 10397 and possibly others but I'm still confused.

Today, I bought one of the cheap yamaha copies. The manual says that it needs to be earthed and shows a picture of a wire and earth stake but on the unit itself the wire appears to be earthed to the body of the generator.

I've read a number of replies regarding this subject and Brett's (answer iD 46533) whilst very in depth, lost me. If I put in an earth stake, Does that reduce or eliminate potential electrical shocks form the body of the generator?. Should I also
add a RCD switch power board to plugs my lights etc into for added protection or does the earth stake negate the need for this?.

Regards

Macca



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