markhbrown
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Hi,
I'm a total newbie but trying to learn quickly. Here is my setup I'm building and what I will be powering.
800 watts of solar panels, victron 100/50 charge controller, 270ah lifepo battery and I bought a 2200watt giandel inverter to power a few items (pioneer 9000k minisplit ac unit mounted on van, microwave occasionally, laptop and camera battery chargers. I'll also plus led lights, 12volt fridge and maxxair fan on dc side. I hope to also add a dc to dc charger using my alternator to charge the lifepo battery while driving.
I will be using this mainly as isolated system boondocking. However, I will occasionally camp and was planning on just running a 20amp extension cord from the camping pedestal to power my minisplit, microwave and such. The inverter/solar battery setup would never tie into the extension cord to pedestal. I was going to create a plug for the end of the minisplit instead of trying into a sub panel. Online it says you can't plug the 9000k minisplit into a plug but it needs to go to the breaker. It's under 700 watts so I wasn't sure why that wouldn't be advisable?
What I'm confused about is about the solar/battery to ac inverter is ungrounded, even if I tied it into the van chassis. I'll be parked in public parking lots when running the minisplit at the beach and don't want to shock anyone touching my van if the neutral shorted out, but there is no ground to earth right? How do you ground the ac side of the system?
I'm a total newbie but trying to learn quickly. Here is my setup I'm building and what I will be powering.
800 watts of solar panels, victron 100/50 charge controller, 270ah lifepo battery and I bought a 2200watt giandel inverter to power a few items (pioneer 9000k minisplit ac unit mounted on van, microwave occasionally, laptop and camera battery chargers. I'll also plus led lights, 12volt fridge and maxxair fan on dc side. I hope to also add a dc to dc charger using my alternator to charge the lifepo battery while driving.
I will be using this mainly as isolated system boondocking. However, I will occasionally camp and was planning on just running a 20amp extension cord from the camping pedestal to power my minisplit, microwave and such. The inverter/solar battery setup would never tie into the extension cord to pedestal. I was going to create a plug for the end of the minisplit instead of trying into a sub panel. Online it says you can't plug the 9000k minisplit into a plug but it needs to go to the breaker. It's under 700 watts so I wasn't sure why that wouldn't be advisable?
What I'm confused about is about the solar/battery to ac inverter is ungrounded, even if I tied it into the van chassis. I'll be parked in public parking lots when running the minisplit at the beach and don't want to shock anyone touching my van if the neutral shorted out, but there is no ground to earth right? How do you ground the ac side of the system?