[C320-list] Solar Panel ground

[John morrison]

Ground it! There is copper grounding connector on my solar panel ( Schuco) and it also has an Al frame. The easiest route I found was to ground it to the fuel tank which is in turn grounded to the boat.
Chers
JEM 1999#574
> On Mar 17, 2019, at 8:02 AM, Scott Westwood <scottwestwood at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> Just thought I would see what comments are out there..
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> I see on my new solar panels there is a hole for connecting a ground wire.
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> 1. Do they even need to be grounded?  My thought was to always ground anything metal that could become energized (Short to hot wire)?
> 2. Can I assume it would be grounded to boat's Ground Buss?
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> 3.  If the Solar Panel is aluminum and the ground wire/lug is copper, what about galvanization?  Can't/shouldn't use Telgel since it is designed to avoid connectivity.  Simple Dielectric grease?
> Any thoughts out there?
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> Thanks,
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> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185