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5-3. Grounding Generator To Truck Or Trailer Frame

 

 

!

Always ground

generator

 

 

 

frame to vehicle frame to pre-

 

 

 

vent electric shock and static

 

 

 

electricity hazards.

 

 

!

Also see AWS Safety &

 

 

 

Health Fact Sheet No. 29,

 

 

 

Grounding of Portable And

 

 

 

Vehicle Mounted

Welding

 

 

 

Generators.

 

 

 

!

Bed liners, shipping skids,

 

 

 

and some running gear insu-

 

 

 

late the welding generator

 

 

 

from the vehicle frame. Al-

 

 

 

ways connect a ground wire

 

 

 

from the generator equip-

 

 

 

ment grounding terminal to

 

 

 

bare metal on the vehicle

1

2

 

frame as shown.

 

!

If unit does not have GFCI re-

 

 

GND/PE

 

 

ceptacles, use GFCI-pro-

 

 

 

tected extension cord.

 

 

1

Equipment Grounding

 

 

 

Terminal (On Front Panel)

2 Grounding Cable (Not

Supplied)

3

3 Metal Vehicle Frame

Connect cable

from

equipment

 

 

ground terminal to metal vehicle

 

frame. Use #10 AWG or larger

 

insulated copper wire.

 

 

. Electrically

bond

generator

frame to vehicle frame by met- al-to-metal contact.

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