The answer depends on several factors, such as local regulations and the characteristics of the installation.In many installations, it is possible to connect the grounding of the solar panels to the house grounding rod. This can be convenient and economical, as it avoids the need to install an additional grounding rod.
In general, the amount of buried earthing conductor installed for solar farms is minimized; just enough to bond each block of the arrays between the individual inverters and step-up transformers. A buried grading ring is typically run around the outside of any inverter/transformer equipment to minimize touch voltages.
The research work elaborates and establishes earthing and lightning arrester designing and testing protocol for solar PV power plants, with a case study of 65kW grid connected rooftop system for industrial loads. The methodology is set for designing and safety codes developed which can be extended for solar PV power plant applications.
The solar PV power plants have wide applications worldwide, having potential of electricity generation of 124.8 Twh. the technology of polycrystalline solar cells, panels and balance of components of the electrical systems are being established. The code of testing and performance evaluation of such systems is still under investigations.
Earthing rod: The earthing cable is connected to the earthing system, either a separate earthing rod or the house earthing rod. In this scheme, it is important that all connections are made to the grounding system. 1. Gather Necessary Equipmen t Grounding Conductors: Copper wires are commonly used.
It is recommended to use touch voltage calculations based on the “reach touch voltage” concept for large solar farm earthing systems. Using reach touch voltages avoids overestimating touch voltages. Refer to the article which explains reach touch voltages.
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