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Old 06-26-2020, 03:29 PM   #1
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Grounding Wire via Negative Bus Bar

I'm in the planning stages of installing an inverter with 30a pass through and installing my Victron solar charge controller. Both instruments call for a grounding wire to the chassis.

I have (or soon will have) a negative bus bar near the both of them. It will be fed by a 2ga wire from the battery via a shunt and the bus bar will also have a 2ga wire connection to the chassis.

The grounding wire for the inverter and the solar charge controller is a green insulated 8ga wire.

Is there any reason I can't run the green grounding wire to the negative bus bar? It would seem like make-work to run it clear outside the pass-through while simply following the 2ga grounding wire from the bus bar to the frame. Heck, they'd even both be under the same screw to chassis.

What do you think?
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Old 06-26-2020, 04:33 PM   #2
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I’m no expert, but I’m thinking your ok. Equipment grounded to bar, bar grounded to frame.
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I’m no expert, but I’m thinking your ok. Equipment grounded to bar, bar grounded to frame.
Thanks. I thought should be.
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Old 06-26-2020, 05:06 PM   #4
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You are good. That is the very purpose of a bus bar.
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Old 06-26-2020, 05:12 PM   #5
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You are good. That is the very purpose of a bus bar.
Thanks.
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