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Planning Preparations
This guide for use by qualified installers only.
Marine Applications
1
A charger needs to be equipped with a
disconnect and an over-current protection device, usually within
18 cm of each battery’s positive terminal and another over-current
protection device 18 cm near the charger’s positive terminal.
DC Grounding
Recreational Vehicles
The inverter/charger DC (chassis)
ground terminal needs to be connected to the vehicle chassis
by a minimum 8 mm
2
copper conductor that is either
insulated (green with yellow stripe) wire rated 75 °C or bare
copper.
Marine Applications
2
The DC grounding conductor may
be one size smaller than the minimum size conductor required
for the DC current carrying conductors providing the
overcurrent protection device in the DC positive conductor is
rated no greater than 135% of the ampacity of the DC
grounding conductor and the conductor is no smaller than
2 mm
2
.
Table 3
Recommended Fuse Sizes
Model
Fuse Size (A)
Freedom SW 2524-230
200
Freedom SW 3524-230
250
1.Refer to local electrical codes.
2.Refer to local electrical codes.
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