Anteclansing
New Member
Hi everyone,
I have recently built an off grid solar system 6.5kw with an all in one hybrid inverter/charger. From the inverter I run 3 wires, 120v single phase, to a subpanel (could be thought of the main panel as I don't have any other panel) which has 2 breaker slots. I put 2 x 20amp breakers and run them out to 2x 20amp surge protectors. Long story short, I am producing more energy than I need so I want to use the excess to charge my tesla. However, when I plug in my mobile tesla charger, I get a ground fault. Basically the charger requires an N-G bonding. I am assuming my inverter, SRNE inverter does not have a built in N-G bonding mentioned any where. My subpanel is grounded. I was watching some youtube videos and people said to buy
which is an N-G bonding plug and plug it into my surge protector. It works for charging the tesla. But now I am worried about the safety of my system. I did not bond N-G in my panel, do I have to? Doesn't this compromise the grounding path as neutral is bonded to ground? Thanks so much in advanced. But should I keep using the bonding plug mentioned above?
I have recently built an off grid solar system 6.5kw with an all in one hybrid inverter/charger. From the inverter I run 3 wires, 120v single phase, to a subpanel (could be thought of the main panel as I don't have any other panel) which has 2 breaker slots. I put 2 x 20amp breakers and run them out to 2x 20amp surge protectors. Long story short, I am producing more energy than I need so I want to use the excess to charge my tesla. However, when I plug in my mobile tesla charger, I get a ground fault. Basically the charger requires an N-G bonding. I am assuming my inverter, SRNE inverter does not have a built in N-G bonding mentioned any where. My subpanel is grounded. I was watching some youtube videos and people said to buy
which is an N-G bonding plug and plug it into my surge protector. It works for charging the tesla. But now I am worried about the safety of my system. I did not bond N-G in my panel, do I have to? Doesn't this compromise the grounding path as neutral is bonded to ground? Thanks so much in advanced. But should I keep using the bonding plug mentioned above?