I live in an off- grid cottage in Lesotho. Your videos have enabled me to no longer buy petrol for my generator and reduced my propane consumption by over half. My next plan is to install another panel and buy a 350W slow cooker to further reduce my need for gas. We are blessed with plenty of sunshine here and with your advice one can live quite comfortably. Thanks again Jesse.
Such wonderful news Emelia! It is always nice to hear from you. I couldn't be happier hearing how the videos have reduced your fuel consumption, these kind of outcomes are exactly one of the reasons why I am sharing the video content on TH-cam. Thank you for letting me know! Jesse
Please look at anaerobic digesters or as known biogas digesters. Not only free gas for cooking,lights and geyses,but more important, free high quality liquid fertilizer. No need to ever purchase chemical fertilizer again Grow healthy organic food and more you grow,more waste for the digester.
i believe the ground wire going back to the panel is the way a fault is cleared due to the ground and neutral being bonded. The ground rod wouldn't carry enough current to clear a fault on its own. I have seen people hook 120v from a panel straight to ground rod that was not bonded and it didn't trip the breaker. It just drew about 5 amps or so and created a dangerous voltage gradient in the earth.
i second this, the ground rod in residential applications is exclusively used for lightning strikes and NOT for a ground fault path via normal ground faults, the grounded/neutral conductor is the actual ground fault path and NOT the earth rod
@@o0DJANIMATE0o where I live lightning protection has a dedicated earthing that is NOT the same as a AC grid ground rod, it even has a minimum distance from that and electrical standard mandates a ground rod connected to grid ground wire before grid electricity is allowed to be connected, they measure resistances btw neutral and ground and also check ground resistance of the rod.
The subject is compartmentalized to which level of electricity we are into and where the borders and regulations go. You can ignore most of it in your car as an example.
Thank you Jesse. Do you need to ground every single panel? What aboit the mounting structure ? All the panels are connected to a rail, is it acceptable to ground the rails only?
Ok, this might be a strange question, we recently discovered that we are feeling tingles in our home when neighbors solar is on, mostly in feet and legs. Confirmed when neighbor turns off solar the tingles go away. We don't have to touch anything in our home to feel tingling. Its felt all day from when the solar comes on and stops when the solar goes off. We have power company coming to check it out as our electrician has confirmed its not a problem within out home. Neighbors deny any issues on their side. Any idea what's going on in this situation and how to solve? thanks
I love your videos, they are so helpfull ! Could you tell me pls if i can ground my DC/AC inverter of my solar system to the grounding of the main 220 AC ground of the house in the circuit breakers box since there is a ground there too for the 220V AC or do i need to make a new seperate ground for my inverter ? Thank you.
I'm off grid and my pannels are in series to make 300 volt.. both my inverters are earthed and i have the neutral connected to earth in the A/C circuit breaker box but my solar panels aren't earthed, does that mean i should have an earth wire on my panels for safety reasons?
What would happen if lightning strikes a lamp post, tree etc. nearby (I believe lightning can reach 1million volt) Will lightning not use my ground rod as a conductor and enter my television through the ground? I am not clued up about lightning. Your thoughts?
@@gigel99324 I got given the divorce and lost averting beside my tools . I will try on my new place but I had to buy a car to transport my kids a reliable car so budget wise I am on hold
@@GensetExpert actually connect them so not to create a loop if they are to close. Just make sure your cable can handle the current and connect it to your ac ground
I live in an off- grid cottage in Lesotho. Your videos have enabled me to no longer buy petrol for my generator and reduced my propane consumption by over half. My next plan is to install another panel and buy a 350W slow cooker to further reduce my need for gas. We are blessed with plenty of sunshine here and with your advice one can live quite comfortably. Thanks again Jesse.
Such wonderful news Emelia! It is always nice to hear from you. I couldn't be happier hearing how the videos have reduced your fuel consumption, these kind of outcomes are exactly one of the reasons why I am sharing the video content on TH-cam. Thank you for letting me know! Jesse
There are small hot pots and small rice cookers that use a lot less power than traditional portable stove units. Many of them are inexpensive.
I'm from Lesotho too, where in Lesotho are you?
Please look at anaerobic digesters or as known biogas digesters. Not only free gas for cooking,lights and geyses,but more important, free high quality liquid fertilizer. No need to ever purchase chemical fertilizer again Grow healthy organic food and more you grow,more waste for the digester.
i believe the ground wire going back to the panel is the way a fault is cleared due to the ground and neutral being bonded. The ground rod wouldn't carry enough current to clear a fault on its own. I have seen people hook 120v from a panel straight to ground rod that was not bonded and it didn't trip the breaker. It just drew about 5 amps or so and created a dangerous voltage gradient in the earth.
i have seen quite a lot of skimping on rod length, depth and encasing
i second this, the ground rod in residential applications is exclusively used for lightning strikes and NOT for a ground fault path via normal ground faults, the grounded/neutral conductor is the actual ground fault path and NOT the earth rod
@@o0DJANIMATE0o where I live lightning protection has a dedicated earthing that is NOT the same as a AC grid ground rod, it even has a minimum distance from that and electrical standard mandates a ground rod connected to grid ground wire before grid electricity is allowed to be connected, they measure resistances btw neutral and ground and also check ground resistance of the rod.
this is very true. Hope everyone watching this video sees this, an earth path only is not the low resistance path that would cause a breaker to trip.
The subject is compartmentalized to which level of electricity we are into and where the borders and regulations go. You can ignore most of it in your car as an example.
:) Example with TV is for AC electricity, where ground is part of the circuit, but why you need grounding for solar which is DC ?
Thank you Jesse. Do you need to ground every single panel? What aboit the mounting structure ? All the panels are connected to a rail, is it acceptable to ground the rails only?
when you sever power from the panels on your roof going into a charge controller, is the solar panel still getting wear and tear?
Ok, this might be a strange question, we recently discovered that we are feeling tingles in our home when neighbors solar is on, mostly in feet and legs. Confirmed when neighbor turns off solar the tingles go away. We don't have to touch anything in our home to feel tingling. Its felt all day from when the solar comes on and stops when the solar goes off. We have power company coming to check it out as our electrician has confirmed its not a problem within out home. Neighbors deny any issues on their side. Any idea what's going on in this situation and how to solve? thanks
Can I connect my solar panels groud to my existing AV ground rod?
I am confused. The video stops before showing how to do the ground wiring?
Thickness of ground wire needed for 35 ft run ? Will 12 gauge work ?
I love your videos, they are so helpfull ! Could you tell me pls if i can ground my DC/AC inverter of my solar system to the grounding of the main 220 AC ground of the house in the circuit breakers box since there is a ground there too for the 220V AC or do i need to make a new seperate ground for my inverter ? Thank you.
You can use the ground in your main panel. As long as you are sure the ground rod going to earth is there.
@@MCMole Thank you very much Sir.
Thanks
All good but pic with earthing road is not correct , it should be cover with anticorosion tape
Yep, you are right of course. Thank you for your addition!
hello sir is there a specific wire size in grounding panels and inverter thank you
Check out NEC 690.47 and NEC Table 250.166
when TV has some issues the current flows back to the source (as you also stated), and not to the earth! grounding wont save you from electric shock.
I'm off grid and my pannels are in series to make 300 volt.. both my inverters are earthed and i have the neutral connected to earth in the A/C circuit breaker box but my solar panels aren't earthed, does that mean i should have an earth wire on my panels for safety reasons?
After trying to clean my panels I say YES!
@@Laurel-Crowned I know the feeling!
Why doesn't anyone ever talk about this?
What would happen if lightning strikes a lamp post, tree etc. nearby (I believe lightning can reach 1million volt) Will lightning not use my ground rod as a conductor and enter my television through the ground? I am not clued up about lightning. Your thoughts?
Can I start without BMS ? Then later buy a BMS
you risking the battery therefore you have more to loose doing that
@@EpicHardware ok thanks . I am new at all this so I got different stuff when I order
@@pedritoc.c.t.665how'd it go?
@@gigel99324 I got given the divorce and lost averting beside my tools . I will try on my new place but I had to buy a car to transport my kids a reliable car so budget wise I am on hold
@@gigel99324 It appears lack of BMS has taken him out.
Should the ac and dc earth in an off grid system be connected together?
Good question
No
@@enki2gold why?!
@@GensetExpert actually connect them so not to create a loop if they are to close. Just make sure your cable can handle the current and connect it to your ac ground
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