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sorry i was after some answers not an english lesson if you dont like then please do not respond Thank You

sorry im off to saudi myself today i wrote it in layman terms ,funny though how nobody seems to know this problem but then how many people in the uk are off grid,and on grid with my sunny boy im glad i have it sorted before i go

the inverter is N-E bonded when ac is present. i bit the bullet and rang xantrex this morning and this is what they say you cannot run the inverter on the same circuit it must have a separate c.u which you connect the loads you wish to run up to 30 amps and when you apply power to this circuit...

thank you for your time mate

i found this before sounds familiar

right here goes i connected the mains back into the inverter if i turn off the cu off in the garage i lose the earth although earth is connected in the cu and in the transfer switch so i switched over to invert and the house electric is present but although running through my house cu i dont...

cheers pal its weird if i turn the consumer off in the garage off its coming up as no earth but turn it back on and i have an earth strange as only the L & N are only disconnected BUT i think DEADSHORT is onto something quote..Have you tried switching off the supply to the garage it must be...

of course you are correct it is a shambles because the wires are on show for a reason i needed to that know the wires are not getting warm in any way that inverter will produce 7000 watt surge so all wiring is based on that even down to the 120mm2 battery cable the 6mm solid copper battery...

a sparky i used to work with years ago he is also going to check this out but he is puzzled its been doing my head in why it wouldnt work and no one as really came up with any ideas from everywhere i have asked,so my house is running now but that tester is saying no earth although there is 2.4 m...

and yes he did just bugger off a big job came up in saudi

all it states is 30 amp in and 30amp out but use 10mm2 to a mini consumer and 10mm2 to your loads and thats about it

i tried switching off the breaker to the garage but it still tripped but i disconnected the supply to the inverter and bingo my house is running off batterys BUT no earth

the charger is fed via a SP breaker 30amp but as the inverter as got pass through BUT if the power goes it will go straight to battery's,which is no good for the person trying to fix the problem on the street so i only ever turn on to charge my batterys BUT i turn off the invert fuction as it...

please excuse my home brew lol

new consumer for my garage is going in on tuesday