HappyCampers
Advanced Member
Hey WTWers!
Hope you are enjoying summer, camp life, etc...
With fishing and hiking seasons in full swing and gas prices off the charts, our camper has mostly sat since our eastern Oregon trip. This has allowed me to put my attention towards planning and installing a basic solar system.
The heart of this a Victron Smartsolar MPPT 100/20. I was initially looking at the smaller Victron MPPT units, so hadn't anticipated there to be an additional grounding wire screw (located on the left side cooling fins). After doing a pretty thorough forum search I remain uncertain as to where to ground this.
The additional ground wire for my battery relay switch (not the battery negative) was also connected to the negative buss bar in the battery box. When I recently replaced this, I grounded the new unit the same way. Is it okay to do the same with this MPPT ground wire?
Alternatively, wondering if putting it behind the nearest cabinet bracket screw would provide sufficent grounding. Since the smaller units don't even have this ground wire screw, perhaps it's not even critical to install a wire?
It seems there are a lot of folks on here with the Victrons, so hope to hear from you!
Hope you are enjoying summer, camp life, etc...
With fishing and hiking seasons in full swing and gas prices off the charts, our camper has mostly sat since our eastern Oregon trip. This has allowed me to put my attention towards planning and installing a basic solar system.
The heart of this a Victron Smartsolar MPPT 100/20. I was initially looking at the smaller Victron MPPT units, so hadn't anticipated there to be an additional grounding wire screw (located on the left side cooling fins). After doing a pretty thorough forum search I remain uncertain as to where to ground this.
The additional ground wire for my battery relay switch (not the battery negative) was also connected to the negative buss bar in the battery box. When I recently replaced this, I grounded the new unit the same way. Is it okay to do the same with this MPPT ground wire?
Alternatively, wondering if putting it behind the nearest cabinet bracket screw would provide sufficent grounding. Since the smaller units don't even have this ground wire screw, perhaps it's not even critical to install a wire?
It seems there are a lot of folks on here with the Victrons, so hope to hear from you!