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Installing the Inverter
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This guide for use by qualified installers only
Installing the Inverter
Do not proceed with the installation of your inverter until you have read
the section, “Designing Your Installation” starting on page 2–1. The more
thorough your planning, the better your power needs will be met to
achieve maximum performance from your inverter.
Safety Instructions
Before you start to install the inverter:
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Review the “Important Safety Instructions” on page v.
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Read and follow all Warnings and Cautions in this chapter.
Installation Tools and Materials
Tools
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Wire stripper
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Wrench for DC terminals
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Screwdrivers (Philips, slotted)
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Crimping tool for fastening lugs and terminals on DC cables.
NOTE: You may find it more convenient to have the crimp
connectors installed onto the DC cable by the store that sells you the
cable and/or connectors
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Hex key screwdriver, if set-screw type
box lugs
are used
Materials
The following checklist is a general list of required materials.
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Four corrosion-resistant fasteners sized #10 or larger for mounting the
inverter
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Copper DC input cable as selected in “DC Input Cables” on page 2–6.
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Two 1/2" hole size ring terminals or box lugs, sized for the cable
gauge selected to connect the DC cables to the DC input terminals
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Lugs and terminals to connect the DC cables that connect to the
battery fuse holder and disconnect switch
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DC fuse(s), fuse holder, and disconnect switch, or DC circuit breaker,
as selected in “Installing the Inverter” on page 2–9.