{"id":20874,"date":"2025-11-13T13:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-18-installation-manual-90672-2-s-n-18-234-2475-to-current-copy\/2-0-electrical-installation\/2-2-electrical-equipment-ground-connections\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:07:30","slug":"2-2-electrical-equipment-ground-connections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-18-installation-manual-90672-3-s-n-18-254-2135-to-current\/2-0-electrical-installation\/2-2-electrical-equipment-ground-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"3.3 Electrical Equipment Ground Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. Connect the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> foundation ground (Fig.34) to the vessel ground.
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    1. Install Ground Cable (10 AWG or 6.0 mm2<\/sup>, (Customer supplied) from the M6 brass ground stud on the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> rear brace to a suitable vessel ground. Note: ONLY USE THIS LOCATION FOR GROUNDING THE SEAKEEPER TO THE VESSEL GROUND.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Install Ground Cable (10 AWG or 6.0 mm2<\/sup>, (Customer supplied) from the M6 brass ground stud on the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> rear brace to a suitable vessel ground.
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      • EN\/IEC 60204-1:2016 Clauses 6.3.3 and 8.2.3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • ABYC E-11 July 2021 Clauses 11.5.2 and 11.17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Ground connection should be made with vessel bonding system, if available. However, the ground is not referring specifically to a bonding system but for outboard boats generally refers to the outboard engine negative terminal. Per ABYC E-11 (2021), Clause 11.5.2.7.4: If the<\/em> negative side of the DC system is to be connected to the ground, the connection shall be made only<\/em> from the engine negative terminal, or its bus, to the DC grounding bus. This connection shall be<\/em> used only as a means of maintaining the negative side of the circuit at ground potential and is not<\/em> to carry current under normal operating conditions.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        NOTE: USE ONLY THE GROUND LUG SHOWN FOR GROUNDING THE SEAKEEPER TO THE VESSEL GROUND. NO OTHER GROUNDS SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THIS LUG.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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        Figure 34<\/em> – <\/strong>Ground stud on rear brace<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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        ABYC E-11, figure 4A<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        NOTE: USE ONLY THE GROUND LUG SHOWN FOR GROUNDING THE SEAKEEPER TO THE VESSEL GROUND. NO OTHER GROUNDS SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THIS LUG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":20868,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[369],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-20874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-18-installation-manual-90672-3-s-n-18-254-2135-to-current"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20933,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20874\/revisions\/20933"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=20874"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=20874"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=20874"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=20874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}