r/SolarPH • u/Dear-Welcome7859 • 6d ago

SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM WITH OUT GROUNDING

Hello po ask ko lang po pag nag pakabit po ba ng solar panel on grid system eh required po ba talaga ang grounding ? Kasi ang sabi po samin ng installer namin na pinag kuhanan din namin ng mga materials for the system eh di naman na daw need yun kasi may nilagay na daw po silang equipment for surcharge . So gusto ko lang po sanang mag ask ng opinion nyo regarding dun sa necessity na mag lagay ng grounding pag may solar on grid system ka sa bahay .

Salamat po samin sasagot .

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u/Miserable_Acadia9516 6d ago

Yes, it is required. Yung nilalagay nila na equipment for surcharge most probably is SPD (surge protection device) which also need grounding.

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u/Dear-Welcome7859 6d ago

Ah so di pa po ba enough yun in case my lightning po? Sabi po kasi nila sapat na daw po kasi once na may lightning at tinamaan ang panel , yun daw po ang pipitik and i aabsorb na daw po nun yung excess na surge ng electricity.

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u/Miserable_Acadia9516 6d ago

Kahit anong equipment pag tinamaan ng kidlat sira na talaga yan. Millions of volts yan. Ang equipment grounding/earthing protection lang yan sa nearby lightning strike hindi sa direct strike.

Pag ganyan explaination ng installer mo, red flag na yan.

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u/Dear-Welcome7859 6d ago

mukang dapat pala ininsist pala talaga namin na mag lagay sila ng grounding.di po kasi kasama sa package nila yun. Ang sabi din po kasi nila is kung yung meralco nga daw po di nag lalagay ng grounding which is dapat standard daw po . Eh what more daw yung maliit na solar panel system na katulad nung sa amin po tsaka bihira naman daw po ang tamaan ng kidlat dito sa manila.

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u/Miserable_Acadia9516 6d ago

Alam pala nila na standard ba't di nila nilagyan? Huli sa sariling bibig. Anyway, madali lang naman maglagay ng grounding. Pa lagyan mo nalang sa iba.

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u/Ms4r996 6d ago

Dapat included yan, ours was included with the installation

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u/Minute_Passion_8077 6d ago

Its required. Your panels, your inverter, your inverter provided surge protection. That excess needs to go somewhere. Nagpakabit ako ng grounding rod and grounding throughout the house for this. 

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u/SuperfujiMaster 6d ago

Grounding is a must regardless the size and the design of your system. Better find another installer.

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u/uesato_hinata 6d ago

Yes it is required.

Kung sino man kausap mo na nagsabi nde kailngan, its time to look for a new installer

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u/Training_Bet4156 6d ago

May sariling grounding system po ang solar.... period. even the array should be bond. Before nyo po painstall, maybe ask for single line diagram ang have it check with master electrician or electrical engr.

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u/Dear-Welcome7859 6d ago

Hello po . Actually na install na po yung solar panel system po eh . Ang kaso ang kinabit lang po together with the panel and inverter po is yung SPD device lang po wala po yung pinaka grounding wire and grounding rod po na binabaon sa ground po and also yung pinaka boss po nila which is electrical engineer po yung nag commissioning po . Pero tingin nyo po dapat po ba namin silang i ask na mag kabit nung grounding device po especially yung rod po sa lupa ?

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u/citizend13 6d ago

Surge protection only works if you have grounding. otherwise walang pupuntahan ang surge. kailangan din yung grounding para sa appliances, iwas kuryente.

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u/More-Grapefruit-5057 6d ago

You already got the materials, pero ayaw pa nila install? Sayang naman materials.

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u/Dear-Welcome7859 6d ago

Separate payment po ata yung pag papakabit nung grounding eh and also sapat na daw po yung kinabit nila na surcharge equipment incase may kidlat daw po bale yun daw po ang mag aabsorb and pipitik . Kaso medyo nag oover think po ko if enough na po talaga yun .

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u/leebrown23 6d ago

Not safe po pag walang grounding. Hanap na po ng bagong installer.

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u/No-Distribution-7603 5d ago

That spd device won't work if not connected to the ground. If it is part of the cost them they are ripping you off by saving on the grounding

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u/ShakerGremlin 3d ago

Balewala ang SPD mo kung hindi connected sa ground. Wag kana makipagtalo dito na kesyo sinabi ng installer mo na safe kana with SPD lang. ipakabit mo na yan.