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Running a generator on a boat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Matt Lillie" data-source="post: 63664" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Re: Running a generator on a boat?</p><p></p><p>Thanks, Tom. My issue is the aluminium. It's a conductor, and I see issues tying a ground to a conductor floating in a conductor that people are standing on. In a past life, I used to fix boats. 12VDC, fiberglass boats. Ground never went beyond the engine block, and I never dealt with an AC gennie on one. I'm thinking there should be a ground, but I don't have enough copper kicking around to drive a rod in on shore and then drive up and down some reservoirs. :^) I'm just not sure how AC ground should be handled on an aluminium boat. I'll use The Internets and look in the direction you've pointed out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matt Lillie, post: 63664, member: 84"] Re: Running a generator on a boat? Thanks, Tom. My issue is the aluminium. It's a conductor, and I see issues tying a ground to a conductor floating in a conductor that people are standing on. In a past life, I used to fix boats. 12VDC, fiberglass boats. Ground never went beyond the engine block, and I never dealt with an AC gennie on one. I'm thinking there should be a ground, but I don't have enough copper kicking around to drive a rod in on shore and then drive up and down some reservoirs. :^) I'm just not sure how AC ground should be handled on an aluminium boat. I'll use The Internets and look in the direction you've pointed out. [/QUOTE]
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