Positive Ground Solar Panels

Safety v oltage transients and t h e sheer fact that they are required for some loads.

Positive ground solar panels.

When you re installing a solar panel system it is extremely important to ground your solar arrays and your equipment. There are three main reasons for grounding in an off grid power system. Not a problem as long as. If lightning were to strike the solar panels outside the electric current may go into the panel grounding system if you are lucky or it may travel along the positive and negative wires going back to the inverter inside your house.

At 20 these are a good value for a stand alone solar charge controller though for another 5 i would recommend getting the more common negative ground version of this model. I ended up with a positive ground solar charge controller. Each solar panel system installed is custom to your home and your energy needs. Whether you re looking to install solar on pitched roofs flat roofs shingle metal tile or ground mounted solar panels positive energy solar has you covered.

The slide in camper has a chassis ground common to all the interior and clearance lights. I have it all setup to charge the house battery and have my loads set up through a fuse block on the load pins of the controller. There are two types of ground. But before we address each of these it s important to understand the actual definition of ground.

How to ground solar panels the importance of grounding. Chassis or mechanical and electrical. Positive ground is a bit cheaper to manufacture cheaper and small mosfets apparently but this benefit is outweighed by other potential issues if connected to a trailer. I am also powering some clearance lights with the truck trailer plug.