sasquatch487
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Please go to my profile and read the About section for information on all of my current hardware. Thank you!
I bought an all-in-one inverter solar charge controller and utility charger for a vehicle solar system and I want to understand how to properly ground and bond all of the essential items in the system. I have downloaded a PDF and I'm reading it but it is very technical and a lot of information does not relate to my project so I thought I would start a discussion here amongst experienced people to try to get right to the point.
In creating my profile I listed all of the hardware and accessories that I've currently bought and stuff that I plan to buy. I did forget to list a 24 to 12 volt transformer to power my second fuse panel. The fridge runs on 24 volts or 12 when it's plugged into 110 it displays that it's running at 24 so I plan to run it at 24. I also think it would be smart to run my lights LED at 24 volts for best efficiency and smallest wire and any other devices I can find to run on 24 volts. My Webasto heater and Max fan are running at 12 volts and I'm sure there will be plenty of other items that I will only find in a 12 volt application so it will be nice to have both.
Where I'm at now is I have the main unit wired to the batteries and an AC input wire just to get the batteries charged from shipping. Being aware of the need for grounding I disconnected batteries and put them in storage mode for now until I can get the rest wired up. 1/0 is my biggest Cable in the system so I plan to run from my negative bus bar of the system to a separate 300 amp grounding bar then run another 1/ 0 cable to the vehicle chassis. From there I'm not quite sure how I should handle grounding and bonding things like my refrigerator the fan the heater the all-in-one solar controller etc.
I welcome all and any input and advice that I can get on the subject thanks.!
I bought an all-in-one inverter solar charge controller and utility charger for a vehicle solar system and I want to understand how to properly ground and bond all of the essential items in the system. I have downloaded a PDF and I'm reading it but it is very technical and a lot of information does not relate to my project so I thought I would start a discussion here amongst experienced people to try to get right to the point.
In creating my profile I listed all of the hardware and accessories that I've currently bought and stuff that I plan to buy. I did forget to list a 24 to 12 volt transformer to power my second fuse panel. The fridge runs on 24 volts or 12 when it's plugged into 110 it displays that it's running at 24 so I plan to run it at 24. I also think it would be smart to run my lights LED at 24 volts for best efficiency and smallest wire and any other devices I can find to run on 24 volts. My Webasto heater and Max fan are running at 12 volts and I'm sure there will be plenty of other items that I will only find in a 12 volt application so it will be nice to have both.
Where I'm at now is I have the main unit wired to the batteries and an AC input wire just to get the batteries charged from shipping. Being aware of the need for grounding I disconnected batteries and put them in storage mode for now until I can get the rest wired up. 1/0 is my biggest Cable in the system so I plan to run from my negative bus bar of the system to a separate 300 amp grounding bar then run another 1/ 0 cable to the vehicle chassis. From there I'm not quite sure how I should handle grounding and bonding things like my refrigerator the fan the heater the all-in-one solar controller etc.
I welcome all and any input and advice that I can get on the subject thanks.!
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