I am using a 36v battery to drive a trolling motor on my fiberglass boat. Currently the entire 36v system is not grounded.
I am attaching an 36v inverter to the battery. Where should I connect the chassis grounding wire to?
My boat has a Volvo I/O engine, so I suppose the 12v system is grounded to the engine block (??). Is it safe to connect the 36v grounding wire to the negative bus bar of the 12v system?
My boat also comes has a few GFCI receptacle that are connected to 120v shore power. One of them is close to the proposed location of the inverter. Can I connect the inverter chassis grounding wire to the ground of the GFCI receptacle?
And do (should?) the 120v AC and 12v DC systems share the same ground? And if that's the case, I should be able to verify that with a multi-meter?
I am attaching an 36v inverter to the battery. Where should I connect the chassis grounding wire to?
My boat has a Volvo I/O engine, so I suppose the 12v system is grounded to the engine block (??). Is it safe to connect the 36v grounding wire to the negative bus bar of the 12v system?
My boat also comes has a few GFCI receptacle that are connected to 120v shore power. One of them is close to the proposed location of the inverter. Can I connect the inverter chassis grounding wire to the ground of the GFCI receptacle?
And do (should?) the 120v AC and 12v DC systems share the same ground? And if that's the case, I should be able to verify that with a multi-meter?
