[AT] : Ice Storm

[charlie hill]

Dick,  I think most of them have a ground lug on them somewhere if you look 
hard enough and I think you're supposed to drive a ground rod into the 
ground to connect it to.  I'm no electrician so what I think is not 
necessarily right.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Day" <ddss at telebeep.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] : Ice Storm


> Mike, My Generac has a fairly large wing-nut on the frame just for
> grounding. The manual makes reference to it multiple times.
>
> Dick Day
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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>
>> Mine was wired in by the licensed electrician who installed the whole
>> house transfer switch and was approved by the electrical inspector. (I
>> don't take any chances when dealing with that kind of thing.) The
>> generator is connected to the transfer switch by a huge three-wire plug,
>> but he never mentioned anything about grounding. I assumed that the
>> three-wire arrangement matches up with the normal house wiring
>> arrangement and is grounded through the transfer switch. If an earth
>> ground is required, there is no obvious point on the generator for it.
>>
>> Please tell us more.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> charlie hill wrote:
>>> How many of us take the time and care to ground the generator to an 
>>> earth
>>> ground?  I never thought about it until a few years ago when an
>>> electrician
>>> friend explained the danger of not doing it.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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>>> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:27 AM
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>>>
>>>> I use a PTO powered 25 KW generator wired into a transfer switch on the
>>>> house. When the power goes out, I just wheel up a tractor (usually the
>>>> Farmall 560 diesel), connect the PTO, and flip the switch.
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