What bugs me is that my dear friend Master Electrician Speedy Kilowatt insists that what I am doing and essentially Mitch is doing is dangerous. He is mumbling of possible feedback of potential to the grid via the neutral wire. I don't see how a grounding I can establish is better than what the power company put in place. I think when electricians hear of an emergency generator they assume it is a stand-alone installation, i.e. then gen is hooked to a load with an extension cord. In this case I see the need for grounding the gen. Of course, feedback in this case is not possible, but I can become the grounding rod.
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > I can only find 10-3 cable. Since I go through my service panel where >> Neutral is grounded, why could I not combine Neutral and Ground in one >> wire >> and use the ground rod of the panel? >> > > I'm sure you could. The only reason for the fourth > wire is if you should have a heavily-unbalanced load > that caused the neutral to rise above ground potential > more than a few volts, thus rendering the genny chassis > 'warm' relative to the dirt it's sitting on. If it bugs > you enough, run a separate ground wire. (Green is nice.) > > -- Jim > > > > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > -- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
