Green Gear GE-2000, Operating And Maintenance Original Instructions

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GENERATOR MANUAL
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PRE-OPERATION CHECKS
4.7 GROUNDING THE GENERATOR
To ground the generator to the earth, connect the grounding lug of the generator to the grounding spike
driven into the earth or to the conductor which has been already grounded to the earth.
When the generator is connected to household wiring systems the earth terminal of the generator must
be connected to the house earth. Certain types of earth systems may also require an earth spike driven
into the ground.
Where the generators are used as a portable power supply for domestic and commercial applications
using single class 2 double insulated tools and equipment, an earth electrode is not required.
Where class 1 (earthed) equipment is used, a 30mA RCD shall be used to provide protection to the users
in the event that the equipment develops a fault to earth. In this application an earth electrode is not
required as the fault current is returned by the appliance flex earth conductor to the generator frame
and thence the neutral point of the winding, causing the RCD to trip.