Search found 4 matches
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: EPS - Emergency Power Supply (Battery Backup)
- Topic: Earthing and N-E bonding
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9344
Re: Earthing and N-E bonding
News just in on N-E bonding - the G2 inverters sold in the UK as of April 2024 now have an internal N-E bonding relay for EPS mode included. According to my installer (who was in contact with Fox UK on this issue) the first batch of G2s sent out didn't, but newer ones do. So if this is important to ...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: EPS - Emergency Power Supply (Battery Backup)
- Topic: Earthing and N-E bonding
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9344
Re: Earthing and N-E bonding
Like you I have a local earth rod but only run the EPS circuits via a manual changeover switch. I have a relay on the EPS output that automatically bonds the EPS N to Earth but only when the EPS circuit becomes active (grid lost) Thanks Dave, so do you have the inverter Bypass Relay disabled, and ...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: EPS - Emergency Power Supply (Battery Backup)
- Topic: Earthing and N-E bonding
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9344
Re: Earthing and N-E bonding
I have this same issue. Fox H1 inverter, Whole house EPS, manual changeover switch, TN-C-S system with local earth rod, but floating neutral of ~44V when in EPS mode. So there’s no N-E bonding being done in the inverter. The question is what to do about it. Making a simple bond between EPS N and c ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: EPS - Emergency Power Supply (Battery Backup)
- Topic: What is EPS and what are the various methods/settings?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 38769
Re: What is EPS and what are the various methods/settings?
I’ve recently had Level 3 EPS installed with my H1 inverter and am very pleased with it. Power cuts where I live are unfortunately pretty regular especially in bad weather. One thing I hadn’t expected was the EPS behaviour when the grid returns. There was a cut this evening, so I threw the cha ...