3.3 Electrical Equipment Ground Connections

3.3.1 Seakeeper to Boat Ground Connection Instructions

1. Connect the Seakeeper foundation ground stud, shown in Figure 7, to vessel ground.
   
   1. Install Cable 6 (4 AWG or 25 mm², Customer Supplied) from the M6 brass ground stud to vessel grounding bus to comply with:
      
      1. EM/IEC 60204-1 Clauses 6.3.3 and 8.2.3.
      2. ABYC E-11 July 2018 Clauses 11.5.2 and 11.16.1.

NOTE: USE ONLY THIS LOCATION FOR GROUNDING THE SEAKEEPER TO THE BOAT GROUND.

b. A proper ground connection is critically important for corrosion
protection and helps to ensure the ignition protection of the unit
by ensuring it does not carry any stray current.

c. NOTE: the ground is not referring specifically to a bonding system
but for outboard boats generally refers to the outboard engine
negative terminal, or its bus, to the DC grounding bus. This connection
shall be used only as a means of maintaining the negative side of the
circuit at ground potential and is not to carry current under normal
operating conditions. See Figure 8.