Translations:Grounding system/5/en

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Most off-grid equipment can be used in a variety of different grounding configurations - there is no universal configuration. The focus here will be on a TN-S grounding configuration, which is commonly used for off-grid PV installations. This configuration has a system ground that creates a grounded conductor (neutral). There is a separate equipment ground that is run with each circuit to bond together non-current carrying metal parts of the system (enclosures, junction boxes, major system components etc.).[1] A TN-S grounding configuration has two major functions that work together:

  1. SMA Grounding in Off-grid Systems: Design of TN and TT Off-Grid https://files.sma.de/downloads/SI-OffGrid-Grounding-TI-en-11.pdf