jetjaguar
New Member
Hi Team,
I hesitate to ask these questions because I'm not sure even *how* to ask what I'm trying to ask. Sorry in advance. I just don't have a good intuitive feel for grounding and I need to talk it out in some way.
What I think I know: Grounding a system provides an alternate path for electricity to flow so instead of electricity flowing into a human, it flows into the literal earth in an earth grounded system or into the chassis of a vehicle in the case of a mobile system.
Question: In the case of grounding to a chassis, where does the electricity go once it hits the chassis? Does the chassis heat up? Does the current spike and an equipment breaker trip or something? Does/should a fuse blow? Everything I read just says the electricity goes to the chassis. I want to know what happens after that.
In my house, I get that when I ground a washing machine, for example, if a short occurs, the flow will go through the frame of the washer and back to the panel where a breaker will trip due to high current, thus disconnecting the circuit. Please correct me.
Practical application: Let's say I have a battery bank powering a 1000W inverter. The inverter has a small ground lug to which a grounding wire can be attached. Then let's say I connect an AC Appliance to the inverter. Can I ground the inverter to the frame of my washing machine and establish a ground in this way?
I hesitate to ask these questions because I'm not sure even *how* to ask what I'm trying to ask. Sorry in advance. I just don't have a good intuitive feel for grounding and I need to talk it out in some way.
What I think I know: Grounding a system provides an alternate path for electricity to flow so instead of electricity flowing into a human, it flows into the literal earth in an earth grounded system or into the chassis of a vehicle in the case of a mobile system.
Question: In the case of grounding to a chassis, where does the electricity go once it hits the chassis? Does the chassis heat up? Does the current spike and an equipment breaker trip or something? Does/should a fuse blow? Everything I read just says the electricity goes to the chassis. I want to know what happens after that.
In my house, I get that when I ground a washing machine, for example, if a short occurs, the flow will go through the frame of the washer and back to the panel where a breaker will trip due to high current, thus disconnecting the circuit. Please correct me.
Practical application: Let's say I have a battery bank powering a 1000W inverter. The inverter has a small ground lug to which a grounding wire can be attached. Then let's say I connect an AC Appliance to the inverter. Can I ground the inverter to the frame of my washing machine and establish a ground in this way?