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I connected the solar cell (12 V 75W) to a gel cell car battery, the car
battery to an inverter, and the inverter to a power strip. The power strip
is complaining (via a red LED) that the circuit is not "grounded" as verified
by my GFC tester. Of course it is correct, the circuit was completely
isolated from ground.
So, I "grounded" the frame of the solar cell to the metal surrounding the
circuit breaker box
and the negative pole of the inverter to the ground
junction on one of the garage lights.
The power strip is still not happy.
Plugging the outlet tester directly into the inverter also shows that the
circuit is not "grounded". Grounding the case of the inverter to the house
ac ground does not solve the problem either.
Any ideas for how to ground this thing? I don't want anybody to get hurt.
Everything works fine when plugged into the system, but that red light on
the power strip is still on.