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) 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 CLAUSE 6.3.3
    • ABYC E-11.5.4.