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So about to install a 375VA Victron VE Direct pure sinewave inverter with it's standard UK 3pin socket outlet. I won't be trying to wire the outlet to the van's 230V systems, it will remain standalone for the occasional use, so I can plug direct a 150W laptop's powerbrick or top off my 2A Bosch e-bike battery charger, to use "spare" capacity of my 120AH lithium.
The installation details say the inverter needs to be grounded. The inverter, on the rear has a connector with an earthing symbol. . Is this as simple of running a wire from the connector to the vehicle chassis / or back to the negative of the battery?
In 12V terms I've often understood earth / ground / negative to be interchangeable, and thus inter.
For 230V mains these do mean different things with earth usually green/yellow sheathed cables, and the earth and negatives in the mains circuitry don't interconnect.
The installation details say the inverter needs to be grounded. The inverter, on the rear has a connector with an earthing symbol. . Is this as simple of running a wire from the connector to the vehicle chassis / or back to the negative of the battery?
In 12V terms I've often understood earth / ground / negative to be interchangeable, and thus inter.
For 230V mains these do mean different things with earth usually green/yellow sheathed cables, and the earth and negatives in the mains circuitry don't interconnect.
