3.3 Electrical Equipment Ground Connections

  1. Connect the Seakeeper foundation to vessel ground.
    1. Install properly sized ring terminals on (10 AWG or 6 mm2, customer supplied) Ground Cable. Seakeeper connection requires ring terminal for M6 screw.
    2. Install Ground Cable (10 AWG or 6 mm2, Customer supplied) from the M6 brass ground stud at the rear of the Seakeeper frame to a suitable vessel ground.
Figure 8 – Seakeeper Ground Stud on Rear of Frame
  1. Connect 10 AWG (6 mm2) conductor with ring terminal to vessel grounding bus to comply with:
    • EN/IEC 60204-1:2016, CLAUSES 6.3.3 & 8.2.3
    • ABYC E-11, JULY 2021, CLAUSES 11.5.2 & 11.17