Product Manual

© 2013 Magnum Energy, Inc.
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Table of Cont ent s
1 .0 I nt roduct ion .................................................................................. 1
1.1 Regulatory Compliance ...................................................................................... 1
1.2 How an Inverter/Charger Works .......................................................................... 2
1.2.1 Inverter Applications for Permanent Installations .............................................. 2
1.2.2 Inverter Applications for Mobile Installations .................................................... 2
1.3 Advantages of using a Pure Sine Wave Inverter ..................................................... 2
1.4 Features and Benefi ts ........................................................................................ 3
2 .0 I nst a lla t ion ................................................................................... 6
2.1 Pre-Installation ................................................................................................. 6
2.1.1 Unpacking and Inspection ............................................................................. 6
2.1.2 Required Tools and Materials .......................................................................... 6
2.1.3 Locating the Inverter .................................................................................... 8
2.2 Mounting the Inverter ........................................................................................ 9
2.3 Wiring the Inverter – General Requirements ........................................................11
2.3.1 Protecting Wire – Conduit Box or Inverter Enclosure ........................................11
2.3.2 Wiring Requirements ...................................................................................11
2.3.3 Wire Routing ..............................................................................................11
2.3.4 Torque Requirements ...................................................................................11
2.4 DC Wiring .......................................................................................................12
2.4.1 DC Wire Sizing ............................................................................................14
2.4.2 DC Overcurrent Protection ............................................................................14
2.4.3 DC Cable Connections ..................................................................................15
2.4.4 Wiring the Battery Bank ...............................................................................16
2.4.5 Battery Temperature Sensor Installation and Wiring .........................................16
2.4.6 Wiring the Inverter to the Battery Bank ..........................................................17
2.5 AC Wiring ........................................................................................................18
2.5.1 Pre-AC Wiring Requirements .........................................................................18
2.5.2 AC Wire Size and Overcurrent Protection ........................................................18
2.5.3 AC Terminal Block Connections ......................................................................19
2.5.4 AC Conductor Wiring ...................................................................................20
2.5.5 AC Wiring Confi guration ...............................................................................20
2.6 Grounding Inverters .........................................................................................22
2.6.1 Sizing the Grounding Electrode Conductors .....................................................23
2.6.2 System Bonding Jumper ...............................................................................25
2.6.3 Equipment Grounding Conductor ...................................................................25
2.6.4 Grounding on Boats .....................................................................................26
2.6.5 Neutral to Safety Ground Bonding .................................................................27
2.6.6 Disabling the Neutral-to-Ground Connection ...................................................28
2.6.7 Connecting a Large Ground Wire ...................................................................28
2.7 Inverter Notifi cation Requirements .....................................................................29
2.7.1 Inverter Warning Label ................................................................................29
2.8 Final Inspection ...............................................................................................29
2.9 Functional Test ................................................................................................30