Wiring ground for generator inlet

Jason34

Does it really matter which way that clamp connector is? I know it should be the other way but I can see why he did it that way. Just wanted to know if that is a code violation.

mikegp

Can you explain this a little more please? I forgot to ask when you originally posted it. Thanks.

AllanJ

The receptacle and it's mounting cover is grounded by the bare ground wire through the chassis (yoke; frame; mounting strap) of the receptacle itself, thereby grounding the cover and the box when attached.

When you have a metal box, a separate length (pigtail) attached to the bundle of ground wires inside, or a long enough extension of one of the incoming ground wires, must be attached to the box itself. But if a clip intended for the purpose is squashed between the receptacle chassis and the box then only one of the two, the receptacle or the box, needs a ground wire attached to it.

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mikegp

What's confusing is I'm not sure what he means by receptacle. He said it's grounded by the bare ground wire through the receptacle. So he's saying without pigtailing the bare ground coming from the panel going under the screw labeled G on the black part(to me the black part is the receptacle) would ground the cover? Is it touching the metal cover inside the black part somehow?