What’s it’s purpose? Will not open a fault in the system. Try neutral bonding inside the generator. If connecting to a house panel that’s neutral ground bonded, then float that neutral inside the generator! If you have a transfer switch that opens the neutral, then you have a separately derived system. Then you would use a ground rod to connect to a neutral bonded generator!
Purpose is some woo woo bullshit for the crystal hippies. Totally useless for electrician stuff... move along if you need a safety ground that does a job.
Not only unnecessary, very unsafe. In the United States, this is against NEC code. A ground rod does not make a generator safe. A bonding jumper between the neutral and ground make it safe. There are at least 5 people in the past year siting code and reasons what I am telling you to be true. Just look up Mike Holt. Want specific videos, ask I will site them for you!
Your post is all about making a generator safe. The title never promised that. This video is simply about the rod, and that is all the title promised. And the word you keep meaning to use is "cite", not "site". Speaking with authority is badly undermined by using the wrong word.
That's not true. It depends on what kind of transfer switch they're using and if the generator is neutral floating or not. If they have a switched neutral transfer switch, meaning the utility neutral is isolated when the switch is in bypass or generator mode then the generator needs to be bonded and grounded to prevent electrocution. If the transfer switch is hardwired into the xfer regardless of which position the switch is in, then yes you don't need a grounding rod and the generator needs to be unbonded since the utility panel is already bonded and grounded to the house.
Don’t do it! A total waste of money! The only time you ground a portable generator is when you connect it to a structure, like your house. And then you use the grounding of the house, not another one! So, don’t waste your money, it does nothing and is not NEC compliant.
A really handy little grounding rod that can be screwed together and pulled out with a rope. Who comes up with an idea like that? Brilliant 🙏
I'm looking for a small grounding rod for an electric fence. This one would be a good fit.
A practical earthing rod that can also be easily pulled out again.
What’s it’s purpose? Will not open a fault in the system. Try neutral bonding inside the generator. If connecting to a house panel that’s neutral ground bonded, then float that neutral inside the generator! If you have a transfer switch that opens the neutral, then you have a separately derived system. Then you would use a ground rod to connect to a neutral bonded generator!
Purpose is some woo woo bullshit for the crystal hippies. Totally useless for electrician stuff... move along if you need a safety ground that does a job.
now drive the rod in some hard compacted clay soil and show us how easy it is to remove LOL!
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@@nasafes Mic drop, good job!
Not only unnecessary, very unsafe. In the United States, this is against NEC code. A ground rod does not make a generator safe. A bonding jumper between the neutral and ground make it safe. There are at least 5 people in the past year siting code and reasons what I am telling you to be true. Just look up Mike Holt. Want specific videos, ask I will site them for you!
Your post is all about making a generator safe. The title never promised that. This video is simply about the rod, and that is all the title promised.
And the word you keep meaning to use is "cite", not "site". Speaking with authority is badly undermined by using the wrong word.
That's not true. It depends on what kind of transfer switch they're using and if the generator is neutral floating or not. If they have a switched neutral transfer switch, meaning the utility neutral is isolated when the switch is in bypass or generator mode then the generator needs to be bonded and grounded to prevent electrocution. If the transfer switch is hardwired into the xfer regardless of which position the switch is in, then yes you don't need a grounding rod and the generator needs to be unbonded since the utility panel is already bonded and grounded to the house.
Don’t do it! A total waste of money! The only time you ground a portable generator is when you connect it to a structure, like your house. And then you use the grounding of the house, not another one! So, don’t waste your money, it does nothing and is not NEC compliant.