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Adding a ground from the clp to the xw could be doable next year. I'd like to avoid it though. At the end of the day this is about not getting shocked. As far as I can tell as long as appliances branched from the CLP have a ground that is bonded to neutral at the source of power or the clp...

There is no way I'm running another wire from my main to my shop, it was installed in 2001 and is under my deck and half my driveway and it was code when it was put in. As far as my safety vs functioning of the breakers, in my mind those are one in the same not opposing.

Yeah my thought was that it would maybe apply to the earth grounding aspect of the system, not the clearing faults aspect of the system.

Appreciate the input, thank you. On another note, did you see that diagram from the Schneider install book that says the ground wire is optional if dc grounding is used? That seems odd to me, wondering what all that is about.

What is the problem with having a second panel in the house that is fed with off grid power if the ground wire does what it's supposed to do (trip the breaker if there is a fault condition in your microwave for example).

My main concern is that the ground wire will trip the breaker during a classic fault condition, earth grounding the equipment is not a major concern of mine (enlighten me if it should be). I will ground the equipment to earth when I can. My current plan is to install the CLP next to the house...

The shop panel does have it's own earth ground and it was built before 2008.

Okay so I downloaded the same version you have, the diagram is on page 66. It says a grounding wire may not be needed if dc grounding is used. Thoughts on that? the 3 wire feeder from the xw to my critical load panel is one that I buried a little over a year ago. I don't currently have the...

Thank you for the reply, do you have a link to the latest version you are looking at? All the ones I can find look like my book. My feeder wire (ac out) is 4awg aluminum mobile home feeder wire it’s just L1, L2, and neutral. I believe in my case the critical load panel needs to bond the...

Does anyone know why on page 61 of the XW pro installation manual (ac grounding) it says you may not have to run a ground wire to your critical load panel if you are using dc grounding? This would be great for me because I have 3 wire feeder buried between my inverter and critical load panel.

I had a fire in my shop that has ruined most of my off grid system (was not caused by system). So now I’m going to be gutting my shop and starting over. I would love help on design and component choices. As things seem to be changing at a rapid pace since I started learning and trying to build a...

Here is a crude drawing of the AC side of things and where the main components were planning to be.

I like the grid charging idea, I was thinking about putting a switch in so I could choose the AC input on the inverter charger to be either grid or my generator.

Moved to sizing and planning forum section.

Does anyone know of a diy friendly guide to DC wiring codes? I know that dc wiring in buildings is supposed to be in metal conduit and arrays should be grounded a certain way. Just wondering if anyone (or organization) has put together something a little more user friendly than the actual wiring...