The generator does have a GFCI outlet. It just wasn't tripping with my outlet tester and showing open ground.
GFCI on Honda EB2500
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The generator does have a GFCI outlet. It just wasn't tripping with my outlet tester and showing open ground.
kwired
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Most small generators are this way, not grounded and no bond between neutral and the frame. A typical outlet tester will always show open ground because of no bond between neutral and EGC terminal.
That is what I have come to learn from the responses.
So I take it that it is safe to use the way it is, or they wouldn't have manufactured it that way. Or do I have to drive a grounding rod into the ground and use? I never see that being done on jobsites.
kwired
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It has no ground reference - making it an ungrounded system. If you have a ground fault on one line - it becomes a grounded system, but no current is going to flow in abnormal paths with just one ground fault, you need multiple places to fault before you get stray currents that may be undesirable.
It is pretty safe to use that way. If you connect to a premises wiring system though the premises wiring system is usually required to be grounded, and if it is also connected to a utility supply it almost always will be grounded. In that case your generator becomes grounded and should be done so via an equipment grounding conductor in the supply to the premises wiring.
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