<div dir="ltr"><div>Ray</div><div>Yes you can have a GFI trip as a result of something on the AC side, I had a hard line data line cause a trip of a GFI even though you would not see anything on a meter, had to use a optical bridge to connect, granted this was Sunpower 327's on a Outback 7200 off grid but it can happen. This is not to say that there is not a problem with the dryer however, just that there are other possibilities. <br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 4:51 PM Ray <<a href="mailto:ray@solarray.com">ray@solarray.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>If there is any current flow between DC negative and ground
anywhere in the system, it will trip. I would check the dryer for
a ground fault, and I would check the system to make sure Neutral
is not bonded to ground in more than one place (very common). Most
importantly, I would make sure that negative is not bonded
anywhere except at the DC GFI in the controller. <br>
</p>
<p>My guess is that DC is bonded at the negative shunt as is normal
with many DC load centers, and that the dryer is a big enough load
that pulls enough DC amps, so that some of DC negative is flowing
back through the ground. Probably doesn't trip normally, because
at lower loads, less than an amp is flowing on the ground.</p>
<p>Just guessing,<br>
</p>
<pre cols="72">Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760</pre>
<div>On 1/14/20 7:03 PM, Mac Lewis wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hi wrenches,
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<div dir="auto">I've got an off grid customer that has an
external PV GFI breaker in his charge controller that trips
when the dryer is on. He snuck in an electric dryer uggh</div>
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<div dir="auto">However, I am curious what the mechanism might
be to cause the trip. Will a ground fault on the AC side of an
inverter trip a PV GFI on a charge controller?</div>
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<div dir="auto">I haven't dug too deep into this yet but maybe
someone else has seen this.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Thanks in advance for your help.</div>
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