Using approved mechanical connectors and bonding washers are two popular bonding and grounding methods. Mechanical connectors can be mounted to a module or racking frame with lay-in features which accept a copper wire that bonds and grounds components, said Zwit.
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The specific bonding and grounding requirements for PV systems in Article 690 are in Part V. Section 690.41 covers system grounding, allowing both grounded and ungrounded PV array conductors.
“Bonding and grounding PV systems ensures public safety, as well as the safety of PV installers and field electricians,” said Andy Zwit, Codes and Standards Manager at ILSCO. Excluding modules, the majority of components in PV systems are bonded like any other electrical system.
Bonding prevents a host of possible risks and dangers. “Imagine: the insulation on a PV source circuit wire becomes damaged, and the current-carrying part of the conductor makes contact with a frame or rail,” said Brian Mehalic, PV Curriculum Developer and Instructor at Solar Energy International.
A number of factors make the grounding and bonding of a PV system difficult. PV systems are exposed to the elements, which can result in atypical situations where the usual practices for bonding may not perform as intended.
Excluding modules, the majority of components in PV systems are bonded like any other electrical system. For example, grounding busbars are connected to the metal chassis of enclosures, such as disconnect switches, combiner boxes and inverters, and then an equipment grounding conductor (EGC) is connected to the busbar, Mehalic explained.
A decade ago, it was common practice to bond the metal frames of PV modules by drilling and tapping a hole in the aluminum frame of each module, fastening a lay-in lug to each, and then connecting those lugs with a bare, stranded, copper conductor.
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