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Gerald55
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Jan 11, 2016

Inverter grounding - avoiding ground loops, etc

I am in the final stages of installing a Xantrex Prowatt SW inverter. The inverter will be hardwired into the coach's AC system through a transfer switch (the other AC source is shore power and is wir...
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Gerald55
Explorer
Jan 11, 2016
smkettner wrote:
The chassis ground should be to the RV frame. Simple and direct.
Not to the battery or the negative 12v input.

The instructions are following NEC.


Why? I'm trying to understand in what types of failures an 8 AWG wire from the inverter chassis to the vehicle chassis is useful.

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