Glenn
Advanced Member
This is probably an easy one for most of you…… I have never owned an inverter.
I picked up an 1100W pure sine inverter. It came with a small earth ground cable which I’m guessing is the same as case ground.
I’ve read multiple threads, but find myself still confused. So the easy part- the DC Pos and Neg go to their respective inverter battery posts.
But there is a small earth ground wire it says to hook to chassis. The videos I’ve watched and blogs I’ve read say hook up the DC ground and the AC inverter earth ground to the chassis.
I’m having a hard time getting my mind wrapped around having those shared neutrals oh the chassis especially with the truck having an ECU and other sensitive electronics.
But every source seems to say the same thing, unless I’m misunderstanding. I am simply wanting to make a short pigtail that plugs into my outlet on the inverter and hard wired to a duplex outlet on the camping box to make things look stream lined. No service box or panel for AC, just the inverter and two outlets.
The manual from the manufacture is pretty much useless.
Advice on the grounding issue is very much appreciated! I’ve included pictures of the inverter and circled in red the “earth ground” in question
Thanks everybody
Post Edit: I see in the picture their identifying it as Ground Terminal (red circle) and not earth ground as I had read elsewhere.
I picked up an 1100W pure sine inverter. It came with a small earth ground cable which I’m guessing is the same as case ground.
I’ve read multiple threads, but find myself still confused. So the easy part- the DC Pos and Neg go to their respective inverter battery posts.
But there is a small earth ground wire it says to hook to chassis. The videos I’ve watched and blogs I’ve read say hook up the DC ground and the AC inverter earth ground to the chassis.
I’m having a hard time getting my mind wrapped around having those shared neutrals oh the chassis especially with the truck having an ECU and other sensitive electronics.
But every source seems to say the same thing, unless I’m misunderstanding. I am simply wanting to make a short pigtail that plugs into my outlet on the inverter and hard wired to a duplex outlet on the camping box to make things look stream lined. No service box or panel for AC, just the inverter and two outlets.
The manual from the manufacture is pretty much useless.
Advice on the grounding issue is very much appreciated! I’ve included pictures of the inverter and circled in red the “earth ground” in question
Thanks everybody
Post Edit: I see in the picture their identifying it as Ground Terminal (red circle) and not earth ground as I had read elsewhere.