Reply With QuoteThink I'll get a ground rod after reading all this lol
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I bought a small generator for a 4 day camp trip. I left it in the truck. Used it to air up the bed, lights at night and coffee in the morning. The last morning the yellow reset button wouldn't reset. The lady at the shop said, "you didn't ground it, did you?" A simple ground is to stripe back the insulation about a foot on the wire. Wet the ground down and park a tire on it. Everytime out, add more water to the tire. Pee on it if you want to.
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Maybe it would have helped if you had put a splitter on the ground wire and used two tires???
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Most all generators will say " floating neutral " either on the front of the gen or in paperwork.......... those need to be grounded. the much more expensive inverter gens operate on a different principle and don't need grounding.
Also If you are trying to quite a loud generator check out youtube there are a bunch of videos on adding a small car type muffler that seems to work well.... You dont have to mount it to where it is a permanent install............
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Just cranked it up for the first time and it's really not loud. Got it from harbor freight. Predator 4000 wt peak generator. Not bad for less than $300
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My truck was backed in to the tent, head of the bed, about 5 foot away. The canopy was on the front of the tent. We could hear the neighbors generator over ours. It was bigger, on wheels for ac in their camper.
You could make some T post with 2x4s and staple cardboard to it. Place it between you and the generator, I don't think you would hear it then.
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Don't you remember your Army training DD? Dig a hole for it.
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