2.8 kw 12volt solar pannel earthing wire
roger15
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Hi I have 22 12volt 120 watt panels wired to 24volt configuration does anybody know (watt size cable), and general advice about earthing them I already have the surge protectors on the cables down to the charger
thanks all roger jones
thanks all roger jones
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If you are in an area where lightning is likely to hit, I would suggest that 6 AWG or heavier wire is good. 8 AWG and lighter has been known to "fuse".
If you are not in the US, here is a handy conversion chart:
http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=guide_awg_to_metric
Make sure you run the 6 awg straight or in nice rounded turns--Sharp corners can cause the lightning to take different paths.AWG Number Ø [Inch] Ø [mm] Ø [mm²] 6/0 = 000000 0.580 14.73 170.30 5/0 = 00000 0.517 13.12 135.10 4/0 = 0000 0.460 11.7 107 3/0 = 000 0.410 10.4 85.0 2/0 = 00 0.365 9.26 67.4 1/0 = 0 0.325 8.25 53.5 1 0.289 7.35 42.4 2 0.258 6.54 33.6 3 0.229 5.83 26.7 4 0.204 5.19 21.1 5 0.182 4.62 16.8 6 0.162 4.11 13.3 7 0.144 3.66 10.5 8 0.128 3.26 8.36 9 0.114 2.91 6.63 10 0.102 2.59 5.26 11 0.0907 2.30 4.17 12 0.0808 2.05 3.31 13 0.0720 1.83 2.62 14 0.0641 1.63 2.08
Off Grid Grounding Technique?
Another Question, this time about Lightning
Lightning Protection for PV Systems
From other past posts here, Windsun (admin/owner of NAWS), he said that most of lighting induced failures he saw were in the Inverters' AC output section.
Towards the end of this thread is a very nice discussion of proper generator grounding.
-Bill
Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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