Hi again,
I'm attaching a summary of what I've found and, with help from all of you posters, understand now. It's in a PDF to try to maintain the structure & graphic -- hope it works OK.
Some further thoughts:
1) I don't know if there are ground fault circuit interceptors in my 1998 Excella 1000, but from other reading I see they are in newer trailers. Do they trip when generator power is hooked up? If not, why not? Do they use some different mechanism vs. my line monitor's for detecting the fault? This thread,
g f r & g f i problems.....for the well wired folks.. , post #56 (From herrgirdner) seems to touch on this possibility.
2) Why not bond the neutral & ground at the generator so it would be like shore power hookups? Would that then require grounding of the generator?
Over59 - Your 1st response, "I don't think they work with the generator", seems to have been right ON! Yes, non-problems are especially difficult to solve. I suppose the real problem is my low level of understanding and wanting to understand better.
azflycaster - That tent peg probably was a bad idea in trying to set up a ground (Much too little contact).
C Johnson - Interesting to hear about the power line at the rally site. So you have a monitor of some sort with the "ground fault light in my trailer". Did any breakers trip?
Leipper - Thanks for the elaboration, your patience with me, and the focus on what's going on.
Regards to ALL,
Walt