[RE-wrenches] Grounding system for a shack on a frozen lake?

[Jesse Dahl]

 I have the very system you are talking about in my fish house.  I don't
ground, I only have DC loads.


Jesse Dahl


> Why ground it at all?
>
> For a low voltage 12v nominal system you can per code install a + and - OC
> protection and no ground.
> But if it was me, I wouldn't ground it at all,
>
> jay
>
> peltz power
>
>    On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Aladdin Solar wrote:
>
>    Sounds like a silly question but is there any way to ground a
> small battery based PV system serving a temporary fishing shack on the
> middle of a frozen lake? Around here they call these 8' x 8' (or larger)
> shacks "ice houses". One or more holes are augered through the ice for
> fishing lines. Some of the shacks get remarkably fancy, almost luxurious (in
> a guy kind of way). There is usually plenty of beer and snacks. Sometimes
> fish, too. The shacks get set in place as soon as the ice is solid (4-6"
> thick) and they may stay there for several months. It's a home away from
> home for a lot of upper midwest folks in the winter. Some like the idea of a
> small solar powered battery system for light, CD player, TV, etc. There's
> no earth around for hundreds of yards, even miles.
>
> Charlie Pickard
> Aladdin Solar
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