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Please help me understand. MyYamaha manual says" be sure to ground (
earth) the generator" and the picture is showing a wire connected to the
generator and the other end is a nail burried to the earth ground. How
to I do that on a boat?
I have a 26 foot Monterey with shore power.I purchased a boat shore
power adapter to regular household plug ( 3 prong) and I was thingking
of pluging that to the generator. I am confuse about grounding of the
generator to the earth ground ( the nailing to ground thing) ????

Well you might be getting out of your depth a bit :-) but if the earth pin
of outlets on the generator are bonded to the neutral then the adaptor
should be OK. If not then the ground connection on the genny should be
conected to the earth on the board on your boat.
Since you seem a little unsure it might be safer to get a little
proffesional advice.
With regards to earthing on boats, it is a lot deeper than most are aware
and long term effects in the form of electrolysis can cause real damage.
If you are just going to bring the genny aboard now and then IMHO I would
not be too concerned about the earthing situation since the supply (The
genny) is independant from the mains and would be very much like "double
insulation" with regard to earth faults.


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Regards ........ Rheilly Phoull