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You will probably get 10 different opinions for every question you ask especially when it comes to grounding. My opinion is you should contact the manufacturer and let them know what you would like to use the inverter for.
As far as I know Jackery and others isolate the AC input and output so they do not require a ground. Similar to using a 1:1 isolation transformer but those are rather large and heavy.
I use a cheap Bestek 300 watt SW inverter with my two Valence batteries and it does not require grounding. I like the inverter you linked to and I can imagine why you chose it.
Thanks. Yes, I'm going to contact Morningstar. I asked the question here preparatory to the call. Your comment about isolation goes straight to the question of how good the analogy is to the Jackery, and is therefore very helpful.
Everything that I've read about the Morningstar inverter, which has been on the market for a long time, is positive. I had an unusual reason for my initial interest. I plan to use it while recording sound, and it appears to be one of the very few inverters - maybe the only one in its class - that uses a heat sink, rather than a fan, to dissipate heat. As anyone who has watched YouTube videos about inverters knows, microphones and fan noise are not a great mix
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