portable generator bonding

[art]

Thanks in advance. My project is to power chain area lighting with a portable generator. I'm looking at the Honda EU2000i. The manual says the frame ground is not connected to the neutral.
My plan is to use a cabinet with a terminal block to connect the load wires to an SO cord to connect to the receptacle on the generator. The cabinet has a ground rod and I'm connecting the neutral to the ground there. Do you see any issues?

 

[zbang]

It'll work, but generally the bonding jumper is supposed to be at or near the first means of disconnect, which would be in the generator. There are a pile of topics in the forums here about this exact subject, and IIRC there's a Honda service bulletin.

It's also probably easier (and safer IMHO) to modify the generator than build up a box to do it. From the manual (which has a schematic), it appears all you have to do is jump from the paralleling connection N to the frame ground.

 

[art]

Thanks much!