Grounding & Bonding For Solar Inverters: Part 1: Basics

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  • Опубліковано 25 гру 2024

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  • @ilyashick3178
    @ilyashick3178 9 місяців тому +2

    it is one of the best explanation with professional examples on electrical configuration

  • @remix381
    @remix381 Рік тому +6

    Thank you. I can't wait for part 2 so that I can finally complete my solar circuits. I have been searching for a simple explanation on how to connect a grounding cable to an off grid 48 volt system with an all in one inverter.

    • @lts30000
      @lts30000 14 днів тому

      Long story but same book here.
      2 - 5k growatt inverter, 5K transformer.
      I'm doing All but solar panels right now.
      I don't know much, But what is your main question right now remix ?

  • @michaelcostello6991
    @michaelcostello6991 4 місяці тому +2

    I am in Australia but i learned so much from this video. I have never come across this subject so well explained. Amazing and Thanks.

  • @ziggyd3114
    @ziggyd3114 5 місяців тому +6

    Why doesn’t this video have 100's of thousands of views? Why has the UA-cam algorithm been hiding this channel for so long? They need to appoint a special counsel to investigate, promptly!

  • @ChaplainArthur
    @ChaplainArthur Місяць тому

    I was blind but now I see! Great example and presentation, I understand now. Watching the entire playlist.

  • @davidh2049
    @davidh2049 3 місяці тому +2

    This is the best and clearest explanation with the simple and effective graphic demo for the concepts o grounding and bonding I have ever seen. Subcribed.

  • @stormmountain2521
    @stormmountain2521 Рік тому +4

    This will help everybody understand and clear up the questions.. very good. Video,

  • @andrewborntrager7909
    @andrewborntrager7909 Рік тому +3

    Great video. Patiently awaiting part 2.

  • @raygibson1295
    @raygibson1295 11 місяців тому +3

    Your knowledge and explanations are greatly appreciated.

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  11 місяців тому

      Thanks!

    • @MuhammadKhawar-hu9or
      @MuhammadKhawar-hu9or 7 місяців тому

      If our neutral is bonded on grid trasmformer.side, in this. Case we can bound neutral in over main panel side or not?​@@ReelClearMediaLLC

  • @Kanuka-Forest
    @Kanuka-Forest 4 місяці тому +2

    Excellent video, very clear and easy to follow. Thumbs up 👍

  • @instantchiro85
    @instantchiro85 9 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant. A great explanation

  • @oybeutu
    @oybeutu Місяць тому +2

    Great explainaering,

  • @stardust-rv7mr
    @stardust-rv7mr 11 місяців тому +2

    Great video, great teacher!

  • @MiguelRamirez-n8x
    @MiguelRamirez-n8x 28 днів тому +1

    Great video

  • @icevariable9600
    @icevariable9600 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent review of fundamentals.

  • @LearnNSupportYourself
    @LearnNSupportYourself 2 місяці тому

    Very informative video. In INDIA most of electric engineer don’t know about ground bounding is used in Hybrid inverter.

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  Місяць тому

      Double check with local electricians on how your grid is wired. My videos are based on North America wiring, and your bonding and grounding may be different in India.

  • @WiSeNhEiMeR-1369
    @WiSeNhEiMeR-1369 Рік тому +1

    HOWdy R-C-M, ...
    Thanks again for a very visually understandable VIDEO
    COOP
    the WiSeNhEiMeR from Richmond, INDIANA
    ...

  • @SpottedEagleOwls
    @SpottedEagleOwls 4 дні тому

    Thank you

  • @xxwookey
    @xxwookey 11 днів тому +1

    Excellent explanation, but 'bus bar' is spelled with one 's' not two. The misspelling apparently comes from the manufacturer 'Bussman' (who made bussbars, fuses, etc). So this video has amplified the error.

  • @alexpulemotlatle
    @alexpulemotlatle 9 місяців тому +1

    Excellent

  • @MuhammadKhawar-hu9or
    @MuhammadKhawar-hu9or 7 місяців тому

    Excellent...

  • @NoOneYettt
    @NoOneYettt 4 місяці тому

    Great explanation!
    But I have a question which I'm really struggling to find an answer for. What happens in case you lose the incoming service neutral due to an accident or whatever, but your incoming service live wire is still intact? Since your neutral busbar is bonded to the grounding busbar at the main panel, won't that mean that everything connected to a grounding wire - all of your appliances' chassis - would be energized? Even an RCD wouldn't trip in case someone touches the live chassis because you have the same amount of current flowing through the live, through the load, through the neutral, through the grounding wire, and through the person to the ground. Is there a way to mitigate that or at least get warned if something like this ever happens? Of course, this is in case you don't have a grounding rod bonded to your grounding busbar. But even if you had, will its resistance be low enough to act as an emergency neutral?

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  4 місяці тому +2

      Again, I'm not an electrician or an engineer,ibut in my opinion...
      If the neutral from the grid was disconnected, there is no longer a return path on 120v circuits.
      Your appliances' chassis would not be live, unless they had an internal ground fault, just like under normal circumstances.
      The neutral buss-bar is bonded to the ground in your panel, and could possibly provide a return through the ground rod to the ground of the utility pole. My understanding is this would be minimal, due to resistance of the ground, depending on the distance involved.

    • @luboloadams1025
      @luboloadams1025 4 місяці тому

      That exact thing happened to us. The neutral wire was disconnected at the light pole. We still had power but it was extremely weak.

  • @markthompson1134
    @markthompson1134 21 день тому

    Top man

  • @dongphan3812
    @dongphan3812 5 місяців тому

    I hope you don’t mind to answer my question. What’s the proper way to grounding a solar arrays on metal ground post? Thanks

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  5 місяців тому +2

      That depends on the manufacturer of the solar charger or inverter. Some want to see one of the DC legs from panels grounded, but many do NOT want the DC grounded. In all cases, you can ground the frames of the panels, if possible to the same ground the inverter is on.

  • @fokcuk
    @fokcuk 9 місяців тому

    Great series but have to rewatch it few times...
    What happens if I have an unbonded stand alone inverter (earth has its own connector on the back of the metal case and neutral is not bonded to it), and somehow there is a short of live and earth. And I touch the case? Since it's not able to complete the circuit, I should not get hit?

  • @Eliaslionloky
    @Eliaslionloky 6 місяців тому

    ¿Para un sistema off grid puedo tirar un cable ground desde el panel de breaker principal al panel de breaker off grid? ¿O deberia instalar un nuevo ground independiente especificamente para el sistema off grid?

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  6 місяців тому

      Is the main breaker panel on the grid?

    • @Eliaslionloky
      @Eliaslionloky 6 місяців тому

      @@ReelClearMediaLLC no, es un breaker panel independiente

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  6 місяців тому

      @@Eliaslionloky I'm in the US, so this may not apply in other countries.
      You should be able to run a ground cable from your main panel if: Main panel has a grounding (earth) rod connected to its ground bus.
      You should have only one ground-neutral BOND in your whole electrical system.
      Your inverter is made to work with grid power.

  • @techchat370
    @techchat370 10 місяців тому

    very good explain bro can you please make live video to show in live test anyhow very good way to make us easier to know love from pakistan.

  • @Yaki-2505
    @Yaki-2505 Рік тому

    Can you pls explain to your audience why to implement an RCD?

    • @ReelClearMediaLLC
      @ReelClearMediaLLC  Рік тому

      Sorry, I'm not familiar with them, as they aren't used in the US. We use GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupters) which trip when the current on L1 is different than N, basically detecting that current is going somewhere that it should not.

    • @benv5243
      @benv5243 8 місяців тому

      GFCI is the American name for a Residual Current Device. Same thing.