Connecting the Equipment Ground

WARNING: Fire hazard

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

The Freedom HW has a ground stud on the side of the unit as shown in Figure 1-4.Follow the guidelines in “Grounding Locations” to connect the inverter’s chassis to the ground.

Equipment ground stud

Figure 1-4DC Panel Connections

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.

Table 1-3Recommended Equipment Ground Cable size

 

Minimum equipment ground cable size

Application

(Stranded cable is recommended)

 

 

Recreational Vehiclea

No. 8 AWG

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.

In general, the equipment ground cable size must not be smaller than one AWG size than the supply cable.

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Xantrex Technology HW 1000 manual Minimum equipment ground cable size, Application Stranded cable is recommended

HW 1000 specifications

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