Good to hear from you JD and glad you're starting to get this stuff lol hey it takes electricians years sometimes grrrrrrr
YES I understand the confusion, it took me years of education and in the field experience and dealing with Electricians and other Engineers and I still get cornfused lol esp since I'm so long retired from it
SURE Onan or any Genset instructs you to "ground" because that's the often used method of operation UNLESS its the case where it was used to power cord and plug tools fed from onboard receptacles OFTEN WHICH MANY GENSETS DO NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT HAVE
In my RV with an ONAN it says to GROUND HOWEVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR CAN YOU SEE THATS NOT THE SAME AS DRICING A ROD INTO THE EARTH AND TRYING TO DRIVE AWAY LOL The more proper expanded definition might say connect to a GROUNDING ELECTRODE (Thats considered Grounding) but in that case the RV iron frame serves as the GROUNDING ELECTRODE. Its NEC or OSHA Grounded per the manual, but nottttttttttttt to mother earth. See the difference??????????????
In the OSHA and NEC specs I cited, the genset frame serves as the GROUNDING ELECTRODE however in the same case it says DO NOT CONNECT TO A DRIVEN GROUND ROD AS ITS AN ELECTROCUTION HAZARD
If you notice, the instructions usually say something like GROUND PER NEC and they DO NOT go into if the Neutral is floated or bonded or if its tied to a transfer switch and if so how many poles and if the Neutral is switched or not?????????? ALL THAT MATTERS BUT IF THE INSTRUCTIONS SAY GROUND PER NEC THEY ARE OFF THE HOOK LOL
ALSO the term "grounding" isn't all that simple, you have to read the Code and OSHA, theres earth grounding and theres the Neutral to Ground BONDING and theres the EQUIPMENT GROUND. If you took the time to watch alllllllll of Mike Holts Videos some of those differences will come to you.
ALSO being trained as BOTH an Engineer and an Attorney I'm familiar with Technical and Instruction writing and terms, I bet they are covered if they say GROUND PER THE NEC
AGAIN THE OSHA INSPECTOR WHO LEVIES FINES FOR NOT GROUNDING hopefully you can now begin to see HOW IT DEPENDS on the wiring and genset and configuration and floating or bonding on and on and on READ THE OSHA SPECS I ATATCHED theres not much doubt about when NOT to ground...........
I AGREE USE GOOD 3 WIRE CORDS
FUN chatting and trying to explain this to you and others but really its not hardly possible unless a person is well trained and experienced in this complex subject BUT HEY GIVE ME AN A FOR EFFORT LOL You sure do help others on here which I appreciate and respect
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