[AT] FW: Slightly Off Topic

[Henry Miller]

Actually you are safer if there is no ground because touching a wire won't complete a circuit. There are several fire scenarios where a breaker (fuse) didn't trip that ground prevents so in a building you need ground. 

Make sure you use perfect extention cords though. Without ground nasty things can happen if a cord goes back. 

On July 17, 2016 7:52:40 PM CDT, Dick Day <dickday0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>I forgot to ask the question!
>
>Do I need to worry about the lack of a ground?
>
>On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 7:35 PM, DDSS, Inc. <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tractor related...  The JD 60 in the attachments is the first tractor
>I
>> ever
>> restored. It's a 1952.  Originally from Baltimore, we never had much
>need
>> for a tractor :)  When we moved to Nebraska I eventually decided to
>see if
>> I
>> could restore one.  When I bought this JD in 1996, I had never even
>changed
>> the oil in my car.  My wife just knew that we would eventually need
>to hire
>> someone to use their payloader to haul the pieces away.  It took me
>36
>> months and a lot of Coor's Lite to get it done.  I ordered the
>owner's
>> manual, service manual and parts manual.  I learned to weld, do body
>work,
>> use a cutting torch and to paint.
>>
>>
>>
>> Since that one, I had other people ask me to restore tractors for
>them.
>> Not sure how many remember Rodger Welsch from the list, but I did an
>Allis
>> Chalmers G and a John Deere B for him.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've reached a point that I can no longer get up on the 60, so I gave
>it to
>> a son In Chicago, I'm hoping he'll be able to pick it up before
>winter sets
>> in.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sort of Tractor related...  The other attachment shows my 15 year old
>> Generac generator that I converted to Propane.  As you see, it's on a
>> carry-all on the back of my Boomer.  We have about 6 acres in trees
>and a
>> lot of it is Cottonwood.   They grow in clusters and during the
>summer, I
>> will go in and thin them out.  That becomes firewood for the next
>winter.
>> I use an 18" electric chain saw, hence the need for a generator.
>>
>>
>>
>> Question... where we live is all sand, it's like living at the beach.
> Even
>> in the woods, it's all sand.  To get a sufficient ground for the
>fencer, I
>> had to put four 6-foot grounding rods in the ground.  I know I'm
>supposed
>> to
>> have some sort of ground when using the generator.   The chain saw
>has a
>> 2-prong plug and has an all plastic housing.  The generator does not
>have a
>> GFI outlet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thoughts?  Suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> D. Day
>>
>>
>>
>>
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