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Victron is not better than Sunsynk. We install both and Victron has more separate components and more to go wrong.
Having said that, Victron is extremely reliable and better suited for corrosive environments such as coastal installations as well as boats and RVs

Did anyone attend the Segen presentation on Hubble batteries?
Anyway, the item that fascinated me was on earthing and bonding given at the end of the presentations given by a learned man whose name I cannot remember at present.
He was pointing out that earthing and bonding were not the same thing. Bonding is where each item it connected together so that no potential can exist between components, This is important to prevent human harm as well a electrical damage to electronic equipment.
Then there is earthing. This should be done at only one point in a system. He gave examples how cows have been electrocuted at a distance from  distance from the lightning strike. The strike creates a spreading pool of potential as it dissipates into the ground.  There is a difference in potential created between the legs which electrocutes them.
If we put multiple earths in the ground a nearby lightning strike will do the same thing. It will create potential differences between the earth rods causing damaging currents to flow between components .
The point he then made was that we bond the equipment only to the incoming utility earth. South Africa has violent electrical storms on the highveld and I remember and years back Escom built a new national control centre. While the structure was securely earthed, all electrical equipment was bonded to an earth "mecca".
More strikes occur to nearby objects than directly to panels. If there is a direct strike, everything is fried anyway. Rather protect using appropriate lightning conductors direct to ground.

Did anyone attend the Segen presentation on Hubble batteries?
Anyway, the item that fascinated me was on earthing and bonding given at the end of the presentations given by a learned man whose name I cannot remember at present.
He was pointing out that earthing and bonding were not the same thing. Bonding is where each item it connected together so that no potential can exist between components, This is important to prevent human harm as well a electrical damage to electronic equipment.
Then there is earthing. This should be done at only one point in a system. He gave examples how cows have been electrocuted at a distance from  distance from the lightning strike. The strike creates a spreading pool of potential as it dissipates into the ground.  There is a difference in potential created between the legs which electrocutes them.
If we put multiple earths in the ground a nearby lightning strike will do the same thing. It will create potential differences between the earth rods causing damaging currents to flow between components .
The point he then made was that we bond the equipment only to the incoming utility earth. South Africa has violent electrical storms on the highveld and I remember and years back Escom built a new national control centre. While the structure was securely earthed, all electrical equipment was bonded to an earth "mecca".
More strikes occur to nearby objects than directly to panels. If there is a direct strike, everything is fried anyway. Rather protect using appropriate lightning conductors direct to ground.

Did anyone attend the Segen presentation on Hubble batteries?
Anyway, the item that fascinated me was on earthing and bonding given at the end of the presentations given by a learned man whose name I cannot remember at present.
He was pointing out that earthing and bonding were not the same thing. Bonding is where each item it connected together so that no potential can exist between components, This is important to prevent human harm as well a electrical damage to electronic equipment.
Then there is earthing. This should be done at only one point in a system. He gave examples how cows have been electrocuted at a distance from  distance from the lightning strike. The strike creates a spreading pool of potential as it dissipates into the ground.  There is a difference in potential created between the legs which electrocutes them.
If we put multiple earths in the ground a nearby lightning strike will do the same thing. It will create potential differences between the earth rods causing damaging currents to flow between components .
The point he then made was that we bond the equipment only to the incoming utility earth. South Africa has violent electrical storms on the highveld and I remember and years back Escom built a new national control centre. While the structure was securely earthed, all electrical equipment was bonded to an earth "mecca".
More strikes occur to nearby objects than directly to panels. If there is a direct strike, everything is fried anyway. Rather protect using appropriate lightning conductors direct to ground.