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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Timmerman" data-source="post: 146384" data-attributes="member: 172"><p>Re: 5000w generator & inverters</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Better make sure your grounding and bonding is good if you take that approach, as you could have the potential (hah!) for significant voltage or current flowing in the ground wires in that scenario. And if you're lucky, it stays in the ground wire and doesn't stray into people or equipment.</p><p></p><p>As Dick mentioned, best practice is to have a single properly-sized generator feeding appropriate power distribution equipment. Me, I'd set up the distro to take in a 50A split-phase supply and feed it via "California" twistlock, which is common on the smaller diesel generators. Then </p><p>I'd rent in a small diesel generator as needed. MQ and others make 7 and 10kW diesels that are reasonably quiet and can be rented for not that much money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Timmerman, post: 146384, member: 172"] Re: 5000w generator & inverters Better make sure your grounding and bonding is good if you take that approach, as you could have the potential (hah!) for significant voltage or current flowing in the ground wires in that scenario. And if you're lucky, it stays in the ground wire and doesn't stray into people or equipment. As Dick mentioned, best practice is to have a single properly-sized generator feeding appropriate power distribution equipment. Me, I'd set up the distro to take in a 50A split-phase supply and feed it via "California" twistlock, which is common on the smaller diesel generators. Then I'd rent in a small diesel generator as needed. MQ and others make 7 and 10kW diesels that are reasonably quiet and can be rented for not that much money. [/QUOTE]
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