I have purchased a 6500 watt portable generator and the electrician is going to be wiring a whole house 200 amp manual transfer switch to allow me to cut off from the utility and use the generator to run whichever breakers I select in my main panel. The transfer switch he is installing is the following. GE 200 Amp 240-Volt Non-Fused Emergency Power Transfer Switch-TC10324R at The Home Depot

Will use a 10 foot 30 amp generator cord to connect generator to a inlet box connected to the switch.

with this set up does the generator need to be grounded? If so do I connect it to the homes existing ground rod or run a new ground rod? Obviously I would prefer that it not need to be grounded. Kind of a pain to have to connect it each time we want to use it.

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