Portable Generator Grounding - 03/14/21 04:19 PM
There is a long thread going on at one of the travel trailer forums right now. Seems a guy bought two small portable inverter generators (Ducar 2000) and the instructions are saying that they must be grounded to a ground rod. No exception is provided for a single travel trailer. I disagree with those instructions especially due to the fact that a shock hazard can be introduced when grounding a portable generator to earth.
Now if you carefully read the instructions they could be interpreted to mean that you must use the generator's ground terminal when using a ground rod as opposed to connecting it somewhere else. But it really appears to mean that you must ground the generator no matter what. Then in the Warning! box we see "Always connect the nut and ground terminal on the frame to an appropriate ground source" My gut feeling is that the instructions are at least partly incorrect.
(The Ducar 2000 is made in China)
Now if you carefully read the instructions they could be interpreted to mean that you must use the generator's ground terminal when using a ground rod as opposed to connecting it somewhere else. But it really appears to mean that you must ground the generator no matter what. Then in the Warning! box we see "Always connect the nut and ground terminal on the frame to an appropriate ground source" My gut feeling is that the instructions are at least partly incorrect.
(The Ducar 2000 is made in China)