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SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION
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- tonyiiiafl
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Torsson wrote:Source of the post When you install shore power to boats in sweden they put a 30x30cm coper plate mounted with non conductive silicone/glue to the hull under the waterline and connect the earth to that. Could that be what they mean you should connect the frame earth to?
I'm wondering if that process is for some kind of legal requirements, or just a normal practice around there. In the USA, all underwater metal items are bonded together with a bonding circuit and this is tied to the engine blocks. These (together) serve as the "earth ground" for the vessel.
Back in the LORAN days, and on boats with SSB communication radios, they also install a separate "ground plate" under the hull. That used to be a copper plate like the ones you note, but then they went to a sintered bronze block. A small sintered bronze block is porous and is small but has the same effective area as many square feet (or over a square meter) of copper plate. These are used to help control noise on the incoming RF signals.
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- Mikwallace
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tonyiiiafl wrote:Source of the post Put it on line today. Very impressed. I shut shore power, and ran from batteries. ALL day, fridge was working, toilet and water pressure pump, inverter for coffee. Batteries stayed at 100%. Controller, went up, down, and kept up with the load. Next weekend a weekend away on the hook.
Over a year old thread; but if you’re still around Tony, how did the weekend on the hook go? I like your install. What size is your inverter?
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