Hi All

Please I would like to ask Installers, How do you deal with tripping earth leakage when wiring your inverter, does one have to bypass the earth leakage?

23 minutes ago, Çangara said:

Hi All

Please I would like to ask Installers, How do you deal with tripping earth leakage when wiring your inverter, does one have to bypass the earth leakage?

 After main breaker before earth leakage through a current breaker to inverter input. The rating of the breaker depending on inverter size. 

Also having a problem with a voltronics grid tied inverter earth leakage tripping, new hager installed and doing the same. 

Send some wiring info(diagram) of how it is wired? Difficult to diagnose without môre info

Earth leakage is usually wired up after the inverter. 

Tripping when load shedding starts/stops is usually an indication of a floating neutral.

It's after the inverter, when it trips the plugs go off. Power still remains in other areas supplied by the inverter. 

The kodak 4.6kw is supposed to do the neutral earth bond automatically. 

After a few seconds the earth leakage can be switched back on and alls good in the interim. It's a intermittent thing as well. 

9 hours ago, abd7 said:

The kodak 4.6kw is supposed to do the neutral earth bond automatically

Correct, I take it you mean 5.6kW machine. But it is still a good measure to take a voltage reading between earth and output neutral when grid is off (islanding). That reading should be close to 0Vac when the neutral is properly anchored. 

Edited May 18, 20233 yr by BritishRacingGreen

3 hours ago, BritishRacingGreen said:

Correct, I take it you mean 5.6kW machine. But it is still a good measure to take a voltage reading between earth and output neutral when grid is off (islanding). That reading should be close to 0Vac when the neutral is properly anchored. 

https://segensolar.co.za/product/kodak/pv-inverter-kodak/main-unit-pv-inverter-kodak/kodak-4-6kw-grid-tied-inverter/

 

That's the one

 

Thank you for your response, will check that out