<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>I once had a Xantrex DR inverter act goofy when the high voltage fence wire was a few inches from it.</div><div>The inverter was hung on the inside of a barn wall and the wire ran across the back of it on the outside of the wall.</div><div>If I remember right, the high voltage wire caused the DR to shut off.</div><div>I think the problem was cleared up with better grounding of the inverter.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div>
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Subject: [RE-wrenches] Electric fence, metal buildings, lightning<br>
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From: "Erika Weliczko" <<a href="mailto:Erika@RepowerSolutions.com">Erika@RepowerSolutions.com</a>><br>
Date: Fri, December 06, 2013 8:57 am<br>
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</style><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Anyone had to contend with electric fence installation (AC controller) using a ground rod (not main service) at remote farm building and messing with inverters? And perhaps causing other issues?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Of course, this is a metal roof with a lightning protection system (i.e. bare braided copper on roof all the way to rod.)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I think we need to redirect the electric fence wire to its own dedicated rods, away from the building that has solar.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Insights are appreciated.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Erika<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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