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Originally Posted by sully75
Hello All,
I have a Prowatt SW 600 inverter I'm installing. I have a pretty simple boat and electrical system. I'm planning on installing the inverter straight to the battery. There are three wires to install: + - and ground. On another forum everyone said to install the ground wire to the - terminal on the battery. So I would have both the - and the ground wire on the - terminal of the battery.
Is that right? It doesn't make a lot of sense to me but I don't have a ton of knowledge about such things.
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You need a qualified electrician then as inverters are AC and need to be wired correctly.
But briefly....
Normally a boat with
shore power has grounding standards in place which should be conformed to by any new AC system
installation.
On
shore power the
current wants to go home to the local
power station and will use whatever means available to get there. With an inverter, home is back on the boat so there is maybe less chance for you to get a shock....generally speaking.
You should abide by the standards set in the country your boat was made in.
Get a
marine electrician, don't try to solve it by reading these
forums... even though there is lots of great
advice. Do a search on Shore
power grounding maybe.
AC, shore power, inverters and generators are too dangerous to be played with when you do not know what you are doing.