How can I ground a 1000 watt Yamaha portable generator( EF1000is) to a
boat ?

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 01:58:51 -0400, wrote:
How can I ground a 1000 watt Yamaha portable generator( EF1000is) to a
boat ?

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If you connect it to your boat with a standard 3 wire shore power
connector (and adapter), that should be sufficient. Otherwise run a
separate wire from your generator frame ground to your boats grounding
system (usually connected to engine block, rigging, and thru hull
fittings).

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) ????

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:51:57 -0400, wrote:
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) ????

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"Nailing to the earth" is just not going to work on your boat.
Connecting it to your boats pre-existing ground system is the best you
can do.

Get a really long wirte and a spike weighted with about 25 pounds so
itr wil stick into the bottom..... Just kidding. My Yamaha suggests
the same thing, I'd call the info line to find out what to do in your
situation.

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:51:57 -0400, wrote:

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) ????

"James Gemmill" gemmilljim@hotmail,com wrote in message
...
Get a really long wirte and a spike weighted with about 25 pounds so
itr wil stick into the bottom..... Just kidding. My Yamaha suggests
the same thing, I'd call the info line to find out what to do in your
situation.

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:51:57 -0400, wrote:

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) ????


Ground is a reference. Otherwise we could not have those satellites up in
space, with no ground wire to earth, or airplanes. Just connect the ground
from the generator to the same circuit as the round pin on the regular
household plug.