Hi. I'm not a qualified electrician, and hope someone can provide me with some advice.
I've got a small log cabin that has no mains electrical supply going to it. I've got a small petrol generator (Honda EU20i) that I sometimes use to power a TV, little fm radio and other ad-hoc low power devices when I stay there overnight.
I've been trying to work out if I should be installing some sort of earth system. Most (if not all) of the appliances I use are double insulated, but I do sometimes use a class 1 mini fridge.
I'm pretty sure the generator has a floating earth (not that I really understand what that is). The manual talks about using a mcbo and an earth stake, but research on forums seem to indicate this shouldn't be done - so I'm confused. I also read talk about getting the generator modified so there is a connection between earth and neutral, but that seems to mean I can't use the generator out in the woods Etc... All the articles I've found talk about transfer switches where the generator is only being used as a backup. This isn't my use-case! Can anyone please give me a steer as to what (if anything) I should be doing ? I guess the answer might be to only ever use class 2 appliances - but would appreciate guidance from someone who really knows.... Tks, Damian
I've got a small log cabin that has no mains electrical supply going to it. I've got a small petrol generator (Honda EU20i) that I sometimes use to power a TV, little fm radio and other ad-hoc low power devices when I stay there overnight.
I've been trying to work out if I should be installing some sort of earth system. Most (if not all) of the appliances I use are double insulated, but I do sometimes use a class 1 mini fridge.
I'm pretty sure the generator has a floating earth (not that I really understand what that is). The manual talks about using a mcbo and an earth stake, but research on forums seem to indicate this shouldn't be done - so I'm confused. I also read talk about getting the generator modified so there is a connection between earth and neutral, but that seems to mean I can't use the generator out in the woods Etc... All the articles I've found talk about transfer switches where the generator is only being used as a backup. This isn't my use-case! Can anyone please give me a steer as to what (if anything) I should be doing ? I guess the answer might be to only ever use class 2 appliances - but would appreciate guidance from someone who really knows.... Tks, Damian