[RE-wrenches] Ev charger off grid

[Tyrone Houck]

I have seen chargers cause afci/gfci fault errors off grid when there were
redundant neutral bonds and scenarios where a better electrode was needed.
In my experience car chargers are sensitive to needing a solid ground
connection.




On Wed, Jun 3, 2026, 6:05 AM Jay via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I have someone with a SOL ark 12 (9kw max offgrid) who hooked up a EV
> charger and it’s now tripping ac dual arc/gfi breakers.
> I figure the charger or car or both are making noise and the breakers
> trip.
> The charger is set to 16 amps.
>
> I guess my question is since this doesn’t happen on grid, or at least I
> never hear about it, is this an issue anyone has seen in other offgrid
> install?
>
> Thx
>
> Jay
>
>
>
>
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