When most people think of ground mounted solar panels they think of the image on the left as featured in our dec 2017 install of the month.
Grounded solar panel.
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If lightning were to strike the solar panels outside the electric current may go into the panel grounding system if you are lucky or it may travel along the positive and negative wires going back to the inverter inside your house.
Drive a grounding rod at least 8 feet deep into the earth near the system.
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Ground mount solar panels.
This is what s called a standard ground mount where several poles are placed in the ground and a racking system is installed on top to hold the solar panels.
Here s how we ground our solar water pump systems.
Once there it could arc again to the house wiring and use its grounding system instead.
Top 3 things you need to know 1.
Not all ground mounted solar panel systems are created equal there are two basic types of ground mounted solar panel.
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Leave around 6 above ground to properly attach your copper wire to the grounding rod.
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For outdoor grounding you need to use thick bare copper wire that can.