Best/cleanest way to get PV cables into my garage

[robdu]

Hi all,

I'm considering getting an EcoFlow Delta Pro with 4 200w panels. I am thinking I would put the panels on a rack that sits on the ground near my garage. I'd then bury the PV cables as they come over to my garage. I'm guessing I would be using flexible PVC conduit everywhere, having watertight connections on the ends of the conduit, have it go to some kind of manual cutoff switch, then maybe a breaker box for safety(?), then have the PV wires enter the garage through the brick wall. I guess I would have some kind of junction box on the inside wall so it looks legit, then have those PV cables go to the Delta Pro. Does this sound right? And doesn't there need to be a ground in there somewhere?

I'm planning to power my refrigerator during power outages and random other things (charging devices, etc) when there's no outage, but I don't plan to have it interact with my house's electrical system. The fridge is on its own circuit and will have an EZ Manual Transfer Switch for this purpose.

Any tips or warnings?

Thank you!
Rob

 

[GXMnow]

Here is what the side of my garage looks like now.

The off white box is my PV disconnect coming from the panels on the roof of the garage. It also has the surge suppressors in it. The piece of flex below it was a pain to get to make that curve around the other pipe. The lower grey box has another PVC pipe out the back going through the garage wall. Inside the garage, you can use another box like that.

The right pic is just showing where I connected the grounding wires to the ground rods.

 

[robdu]

Here is what the side of my garage looks like now.
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The off white box is my PV disconnect coming from the panels on the roof of the garage. It also has the surge suppressors in it. The piece of flex below it was a pain to get to make that curve around the other pipe. The lower grey box has another PVC pipe out the back going through the garage wall. Inside the garage, you can use another box like that.

The right pic is just showing where I connected the grounding wires to the ground rods.

Thanks for showing this. Do you have a link to that disconnect box?

 

[GXMnow]

Do you have a link to that disconnect box?

Here it is.

https://www.amazon.com/DIHOOL-Combiner-Disconnect-Waterproof-UV-Proof/dp/B0BJVNZ85N/ref=sr_1_5_pp?crid=1A91D9T0O1GNH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._IPvDDA5ZI4yODmZJVx4OiSmObNY2fiIetYIa56ajMWG-AX_98Q5Z-b88VLegmwmvdSaFqqlAxP7TyhzH7BuoghyeErz4pqvU9-q0CBFIvNZgG0ThHtcqIBw48OMbtBWlAdNQX4E9bOwnGNjM6QMgdw2ELKEJjVK9EXjlI3yk3SJqpqp9SCQKjOI_EQOYgsuJw7CD5-VGLINQOxp3dCu2lC40WREfxAHf0eTyuYe75qaDib2NO0bFT2uPVpZZkWZpCGppEeGXMAbiI1vGCTVJTMj7eUquYEu_efdBrvwicc.LBmc971xYf6cSTIHiMkAivUkDhXmNaE0wueKZKHO_1k&dib_tag=se&keywords=Solar+disconnect&qid=1732950770&sprefix=solar+disconnect%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-5

I also bought some plastic sheet and glued it over all the original holes in the top and bottom so I could drill out the holes I needed for the conduit I used. I was not able to find one with the surge suppressors that had no holes or the holes I wanted. I ran #6 AWG cable so I needed 1" fittings.