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You aren't with us anymore but I still have to jump on your answer, as you were so wrong. The 2-pole Square D QO breakers are also UL approved for DC. In this case the highest voltage level these breakers will ever see is 61V and the highest amperage is 20AMP. This is a huge cushion from 240V...

OMG! I had no idea how difficult it would be to get, what I thought was a simple straight forward question, answered in this forum. Several of you have been good in helping me but, now my questions have become five pages of confusing argumentation. If you view this through the mind of someone...

I would really appreciate everyone's comments be addressed to a total off-grid system, if possible. it will cut down this inquirers confusion between comments. I am looking for help in a total off-grid installation of a Sol-Ark12K system with 11,680W of solar panels.

I have done that with my panels and ground mount. What I am trying to do now is ground all my boxes, switches, breaker box, etc., together in case I have a short.

I am totally off-grid.

Will it be OK to make the connection of the 6AWG wire to the other ground rod lug I have in the ground at my ground mount, run it through the combiner box ground lug, disconnect switch ground lug, through the conduit to the emergency shut-off switches ground lug, then to the inverter ground lug...

To begin with, I was not planning to run anything through my conduit but the PV wires from my disconnect switches at the array to the emergency disconnect switches outside my solar shed then to the SolArk12K. Then a brother-in-law of a friend who stopped by decided to spew his wisdom (or lack...

Thanks so much for your clarity and expertise. I finally have a handle on it. Now off to get a 500ft roll of green 6AWG stranded copper wire.

So I just connect it to the ground lug in each box?

Thanks! I apparently didn't clarify my question behind the use of this wire. I never intended it to be used for grounding for lightning, only for connecting the neutral in my switches, combiner box and other items that need connecting along the path of the PV wire. I have yet to see it's purpose...

The two ground rods on my ground mount are only 25' apart tied together with 2 pieces of 6AWG bare stranded copper wire buried a few inches below ground level with a bare stranded copper 6AWG wire attached to one rod and all components, including the panels of my array. I can run the green 6AWG...

From the looks of this, I'm definitely disconnecting the one side of my array from the ground rod on that side and leave the wire between the rods attached. Then run the 6AWG wire from the ground mount to the solar shed through the conduit for neutral bonding of everything in between and get a...

What I have done at the ground mount is put an two 5/8" x 8ft ground rods, spaced one on each side of the ground mount coupled to a 6AWG bare stranded copper wire attached to the stanchion and panels then to the rods on each side. I also ran another wire between each rod and grounded my...

Are you talking about a wire through the conduit from the array to the Sol-Ark or the array to the ground rod? I've already grounded the panels and ground mount to the ground rod.

This is a ground mount. The one thing I don't want to create is a potential for a ground loop. I think that driving another rod would be the fastest way to create one. From what I am hearing, I don't need to run any wire for a neutral or anything else then? I've put in a ground rod for the AC...