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@scrubjaysnest Good Morning, Happy New Year! Just a clarification note. This quite was a response from 12VoltInstalls to a post of mine to an earlier post of 12VoltInstalls. (Can get confusing at times.) As for this: Like I said in my last posted message the AHJ has the final say. In most...

. Road Runner Said: Yes. So it diffuses there instead of feeds the house with lightning by traveling the solar cables. I believe that is NEC, too My response: Exactly... 2020 NEC 690.47 ~ In the event of a nearby lightning strike the transient high voltage/high current event will be...

"AC panel G bonded to ground rod." "AC panel N-G bond" Because the insulated neutral bar will be bonded to the panel enclosure, via the green bonding screw, the neutral bar can be used for neutral conductors as well as equipment grounding conductors. ( Only one neutral conductor installed in a...

Putting aside electrical safety code(s). Therein, NEC and AHJ. The owner manual states the inverter shall be earthed for electrical safety. https://www.victronenergy.com/Manuals/phoenix/Phoenix12_1000/GBISM010037000_REV0020030304.pdf See Installation A ground lug is provided on the inverter...

Agree. It would be nice to know the manufacturer's wiring application for the drawing though. If I only had the breaker, and not the drawing, I would wire the Line power on top and load on the bottom. (Bottom being with the breaker handle in the off/open position. Usually if a breaker is...

https://diysolarforum.com/attachments/000d23b7-006a-4068-8ea8-19a194e6480d-jpeg.185645/ https://diysolarforum.com/attachments/77c0cc49-b0bc-4a81-b2e2-a3a283009597-jpeg.185646/ As holding the breaker in your hand, Power Source, goes on the top two terminals 1 & 3 on the breaker. Connected Load...

If the OP is determined to install an electrical load center panel, branch circuit wiring, with a receptacle outlet, if it were me (to be compliant with NEC and more importantly with the AHJ, Authority Having Jurisdiction, in his area), I would bond the neutral at the electrical load center...

Per NEC, (National Electrical Code), the branch circuit receptacle must be GFCI protected. Per NEC you will need to drive at least one 5/8" x 8ft ground rod outdoors to establish a grounding electrode system for the electrical service. A minimum #6 copper ground wire will connect from the...

@nstokes 60V 0V 60V. Typically called a Balanced Power System. IF that is what you have the neutral is the 0V center point of the 120V output. The two lines that measure 120V between them are Hot ungrounded Lines. The 0V neutral is not used for power. ( I assume), The 0V neutral is bonded to...

Sounds like a "Floating", not bonded, neutral. An Ungrounded System. If you used a regular multimeter to do the AC voltage measurements the 25Vac Live-ground and 25Vac neutral-ground may be nothing more than a ghost, phantom, voltage reading. Not actually real. Example of what I am talking...

Will, If, (appears it is), a "floating system", using the reversed polarity wired 120V/30A, (NEMA TT-30), receptacle to feed an electrical panel in an RV would not be an electrical safety/hazard problem per-say. With that said, to be NEC, (National Electrical Code), compliant the correct...