I have the very system you are talking about in my fish house. I don't ground, I only have DC loads.
Jesse Dahl > Why ground it at all? > > For a low voltage 12v nominal system you can per code install a + and - OC > protection and no ground. > But if it was me, I wouldn't ground it at all, > > jay > > peltz power > > On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Aladdin Solar wrote: > > Sounds like a silly question but is there any way to ground a > small battery based PV system serving a temporary fishing shack on the > middle of a frozen lake? Around here they call these 8' x 8' (or larger) > shacks "ice houses". One or more holes are augered through the ice for > fishing lines. Some of the shacks get remarkably fancy, almost luxurious (in > a guy kind of way). There is usually plenty of beer and snacks. Sometimes > fish, too. The shacks get set in place as soon as the ice is solid (4-6" > thick) and they may stay there for several months. It's a home away from > home for a lot of upper midwest folks in the winter. Some like the idea of a > small solar powered battery system for light, CD player, TV, etc. There's > no earth around for hundreds of yards, even miles. > > Charlie Pickard > Aladdin Solar > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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