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Submitted: Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 11:03
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Member - Duncan W (WA)
Morning all, read one of the Posts yesterday regarding Gen.sets and the need to 'ground ' the gennie.
Forgive my ignorance but:
a) what is grounding?
b) why do you need to ground a generator?
c) do all portable generators need to be grounded.
When i worked on the tools (chippy) donkey's years ago we never grounded the gennie, just dragged it out plugged the lead in and pulled the cord. Bob's your Uncle.
Also are the GMC generators any good. Obviously you get what you pay for but for the odd trip here and there and during those all to frequent power cuts, they may be a consideration.
Thanks
Dunc
Reply By: kev.h - Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 11:29
Sunday, May 15, 2005 at 11:29
Hi Dunc
grounding is a good idea especially if plugging into your camper as the earth leakage safty switches wont work without it also any appliance with an earth plug wont be earthed this only applys to the 240v circuit most generators have an earth point on the body somewhere just needs a wire and a spike to drive into the ground if the ground is dry wetting the ground around the earth spike is a good idea (nothing wreaks a good camping trip like frying yourself- cant be too careful with electricity)
As for GMC with 2 yr warranty for less than $100 you cant go wrong I've had
mine for almost 2 yrs no problem we would have about 6 in our 4wd club all happy
Few points always drain fuel before storage - makes them hard to start if you dont
check and adjust the charge rate
check post #22900
cheers Kev
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