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The continuity between ground poles will be inadequate. Sell the 6/3 on craigslist and buy some 6/4 SO. 6/4 is what I use, cost like 120? for 50ft. Call around to a LOT of places, prices vary wildly.

It does not really contradict. The main thing is grounding. You need to stick with one ground . You will need to pull it from the house to the set or from the set to the house. The dual neutral bond is kind of wishy washy, and I along with many others choose to only have one in the panel. This...

Scenario A. Get out your magnifying glass. I cant stand the image resizing uploader...

No. In the first picture the neutral and ground are bonded INSIDE the panel and no ground rod is needed. This is often overthought. If you have utility power you are going to have a neutral bonded to ground already. Bring 4 wires from the genset. Remove the neutral bond at the genset and use...

The fact is most home backup sets at least in my experience are already set up with a separate neutral and ground, and an electrician who doesn't care to investigate things, and just wants to hook up wires and leave (continuity between L0 and ground. takes 2 seconds!!!!!!!) is just lazy.

Bsorcs I will tell you what I do at my rental home. (military move alot) Main disconnect into fuse panel ( I recommend an interlock) 70 Amp breaker. Breaker goes out via conduit into attic and over to the other side of the house. Drops down on the wall and comes to this...

yes one neutral, remove the bond from the back side of the ground lug, insulate it well and zip tie it up out of the way.