Xantrex Technology 806-1840-01, 806-1020 Connecting the Equipment Ground, Grounding Locations

Connecting the Equipment Ground

FIRE HAZARD

Never operate the Freedom HF without properly connecting the equipment ground. A fire hazard could result from improper grounding.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death or serious injury.

The Freedom HF has a ground stud on the side of the unit as shown in Figure 3. Follow the guidelines in “Grounding Locations” to connect the inverter’s chassis to the ground.

Equipment

ground stud

Figure 3 DC Panel Connections

Basic Installation Procedures

Grounding Locations

You must connect the equipment ground stud to a grounding point—usually the vehicle’s chassis or DC negative bus ground—using recommended copper wire (if insulated then green insulation with or without one or more yellow stripes) or larger.

For recommended equipment ground cable size, see below.		only.
Table 3 Recommended Equipment Ground Cable size		installers
Recreational Vehiclea
	No. 8 AWG
	Minimum equipment ground cable size
Application	(Stranded cable is recommended)
Marineb	No. 3 AWG (Freedom HF 1000)	qualified
	No. 1/0 AWG (Freedom HF 1800)
NOTE: There are no restrictions	on length for the equipment ground cable.
a. Based on US National Electrical Code NFPA70, Article 551, par. 551-20c 2005 version.		by
b. Based on ABYC E-11 11.18 dated 07/03
In general, the equipment ground cable size must not be smaller than one		use
AWG size than the supply cable.
		This guide for

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