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<blockquote data-quote="David Buckley" data-source="post: 64603" data-attributes="member: 2235">Re: Portable Generator SafetyAs long as the distribution is correct, with a single generator with a couple of outlets on it, then all the metalwork (including the generator frame) will be connected together through the ground wires.&nbsp; This&#039;ll be your system ground.&nbsp; This has nothing to do with &quot;ground&quot;, the soil that we stand on, merely that the ground wiring in your cables will connect all the metalwork together.&nbsp; So you can&#039;t (without a fault condition happening) get a metal-to-metal (ie mic to guitar) shock.The same thing will help prevent ground loops, as long as there is a single ground point, presumably in the generator behind the two 20A outlets they&#039;ll be giving you.&nbsp; If there is any doubt that the grounds of the two sockets provided are connected together, then a poor man&#039;s distro will make those grounds common and solid.The issue remaining is the potential for shock from between your system ground to soil, to which you do not have a solid bond.&nbsp; RCDs (GFCI) breakers at the generator will guard against this as long as it is the generator that is the source of power of the potential shock.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="David Buckley, post: 64603, member: 2235"] Re: Portable Generator Safety As long as the distribution is correct, with a single generator with a couple of outlets on it, then all the metalwork (including the generator frame) will be connected together through the ground wires. This'll be your system ground. This has nothing to do with "ground", the soil that we stand on, merely that the ground wiring in your cables will connect all the metalwork together. So you can't (without a fault condition happening) get a metal-to-metal (ie mic to guitar) shock. The same thing will help prevent ground loops, as long as there is a single ground point, presumably in the generator behind the two 20A outlets they'll be giving you. If there is any doubt that the grounds of the two sockets provided are connected together, then a poor man's distro will make those grounds common and solid. The issue remaining is the potential for shock from between your system ground to soil, to which you do not have a solid bond. RCDs (GFCI) breakers at the generator will guard against this as long as it is the generator that is the source of power of the potential shock. [/QUOTE]

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