Make sure the electric dryer is using a four prong outlet and pigtail. It could be that the smarts of the dryer is using 120v for its computer and with only three wires, current would flow on the ground.
Thank you, Maverick > On Jan 14, 2020, at 8:04 PM, Mac Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi wrenches, > > I've got an off grid customer that has an external PV GFI breaker in his > charge controller that trips when the dryer is on. He snuck in an electric > dryer uggh > > However, I am curious what the mechanism might be to cause the trip. Will a > ground fault on the AC side of an inverter trip a PV GFI on a charge > controller? > > I haven't dug too deep into this yet but maybe someone else has seen this. > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
