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Old 07-15-2018, 11:58 PM   #1
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Here is my electrical diagram. If anyone has a moment, would you please look at it and let me know your opinions, thoughts, ideas, or if I am missing anything. Thanks folks, I appreciate it!
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Updated with the inverter going to the negative bus bar.
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Looks pretty good Nick!!

You have certainly NOT undersized the wire/cable. That is generally a good thing but maybe a little overkill in a few instances (like 10GA for 12VDC runs). Of course, it depends on how long the run is and how much power will be passing thru it.

I don't quite understand the solar array wiring. There is an extra set of "lines" there, I think. Are you planning two sets of panels in series and then those two sets in series?

I bet you have some design considerations to explain the 'extra' shore/generator input for the A/C unit. This is often accomplished thru a single shore power plug but I bet you know that.
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Looks pretty good Nick!!

You have certainly NOT undersized the wire/cable. That is generally a good thing but maybe a little overkill in a few instances (like 10GA for 12VDC runs). Of course, it depends on how long the run is and how much power will be passing thru it.

I don't quite understand the solar array wiring. There is an extra set of "lines" there, I think. Are you planning two sets of panels in series and then those two sets in series?

I bet you have some design considerations to explain the 'extra' shore/generator input for the A/C unit. This is often accomplished thru a single shore power plug but I bet you know that.
The solar panels will be two pairs of panels in series and then in parallel. I think you are referring to the green wires on the solar panels? Those are grounds. I'm not sure if they are necessary but I'm just following instruction manuals from the panels. I'm not sure where the ground from the 80 amp breaker would go?

My thoughts for the independent input for the rooftop air conditioner: I will run a 20 amp male end off of the roof top unit. I will then have two separate 20 amp female plugs (one from the inverter/panel and one that runs to it's own 20 amp male end).

I want to be able to put the rooftop a/c independent of the inverter if needed really. The rooftop pulls 1725 watts and my inverter is only 3000 watts. I will have a mini-split a/c the is run only from the inverter.

A couple reasons:

1) If it's super hot out, I don't know if I can run the rooftop, mini-split, and everything else at the same time. I don't think I can. But I should be able to run the mini-split from the solar and the rooftop from the generator if needed.

2) I can plug the rooftop itself into shorepower if available and run the rest from solar or plug it into the other shore power outlet

(I'm typing this on mobile so it's hard to make sure this post makes sense as a reply...)
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If I don't need to run ground lines from the panels, that would be nice... The panels have enough contact with the roof to be grounded I'm sure.

And thank you JD.
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The panels have enough contact with the roof to be grounded I'm sure.

If you're going to go that route, I'd make sure to scuff all the paint/finish off of all of the contact surfaces. It only takes one thin non-conductive coating to effectively block your electrical connection and make the ground useless.
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If you're going to go that route, I'd make sure to scuff all the paint/finish off of all of the contact surfaces. It only takes one thin non-conductive coating to effectively block your electrical connection and make the ground useless.
Okay, I'll leave the ground wires. Better safe than sorry.
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