OK electrical gurus, here is my situation and what I would like to do about it to get power from my 002a into the house.
I have an older 3 wire main breaker panel but I am thinking about using a four wire cable from the genset
as my next house (when I build it) will have a four wire panel. I have an outside waterproof, lockable box with
a four wire male connector in it. I would use three wires from the genset through the plugs to the top two breakers
on the right side of my panel with a lockout plate installed. The common would go where it goes. The fourth wire in the
cable would be a dedicated ground I presume. (Don't have the cable yet)
Question is, could I use that fourth wire to run from the genset ground lug (where you hook up your ground rod) and
then at the house end attach it to the grounding cable and/or ground rod for my Public Service feed. Is that legit or could
it in some obscure way backfeed my Public Service??
Basically I'm looking for a way to make sure the genset is grounded properly without having to try to drive the ground rod
this time of year with my very boney soil plus frost.
I want to accomplish this using the four wire pieces and parts,
Thanks and commence firing
,
BC