Shore Power Ground Question

[John F.]

I pulled the generator out of Crows Nest (seized everything Westerbeeke--never heard it run in the 11 years or so I've known Doug), and am pulling out the wiring.

The Shore Power outlet/inlet/connection has three wires--white (neutral/ground to panel), black (hot to panel), and green. My understanding from Calder's book and searching here is that the green is a separate ground that should go directly to ground. The green was spliced into a green that came from the genny's wire bundle, that I think was tied into the genny's battery ground that in turn was connected to one of the starting battery's ground.

Do I run the green from the shorepower inlet/connection to a main battery ground (shorepower is on the port side, batteries are on the starboard side (for now)), or can I run it to an engine block? Do I need to run the green somewhere else? Am I right on any of this?

PS-Electrical stuff scares me. It just does.

[JP Dalik]

The best would be for that ground to go to a galvanic isolater and from the isolater to the boats bonding system. This way you don't create a path between your 110v shore power ground and the boats bonding system

Second best would to bring it to the boats bonding system. 110 or 12v. Green is green is green

[TailhookTom]

Mine went right to the boat's bonding system, I put a isolator in line and never had a problem.

Tom

[Tony Meola]

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John

I think this says it all.

[John F.]

JP, Tom, Tony-

Thanks.

John