{"id":20985,"date":"2025-11-13T15:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-40-installation-manual-90715-3-40-244-0121-to-current-copy\/electrical-installation\/electrical-equipment-ground-connections\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:57:45","slug":"electrical-equipment-ground-connections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/seakeeper-40-installation-manual-90715-4-40-254-0200-to-current\/electrical-installation\/electrical-equipment-ground-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"3.3 Electrical Equipment Ground Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seakeeper<\/span> to Vessel Ground Connection Instructions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Connect the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span> foundation to 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 foundation (Figure 23) to a suitable vessel ground. The ground cable should be installed on the inside rear of the foundation as shown below. If possible, install ground cable prior to installing the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> into the vessel.<\/strong> If there is no access to the ground stud from below the rear of the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> once installed, the rear cover, upper rear cover, and GCM bracket will need to be removed to access the ground stud from above the Seakeeper<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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      Figure 23 \u2013 <\/strong>Seakeeper<\/span> Ground Stud on Inside Rear Foundation (View from below Seakeeper<\/span>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

      NOTE: USE ONLY THIS LOCATION FOR GROUNDING THE SEAKEEPER TO THE VESSEL GROUND.<\/strong><\/p>\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> rear brace to a suitable vessel ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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\n\n\n

        3. 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 (2018), Clause 11.5.2.7.4: If the<\/em> negative side of the DC system is to be <\/em>
        connected to the ground, the connection shall be made only<\/em> from the engine negative terminal, or its bus, <\/em>
        to the DC grounding bus. This connection shall be<\/em> used only as a means of maintaining the negative side of <\/em>
        the circuit at ground potential and is not<\/em> to carry current under normal operating conditions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        4. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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        ABYC E-11, figure 4A<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Seakeeper to Vessel Ground Connection Instructions NOTE: USE ONLY THIS LOCATION FOR GROUNDING THE SEAKEEPER TO THE VESSEL GROUND. 2. Install Ground Cable (10 AWG or 6.0 mm2, Customer-supplied) from the M6 brass ground stud on the Seakeeper rear brace to a suitable vessel ground. 3. Ground connection should be made with vessel bonding system, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":20979,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"manual":[371],"model":[],"document_type":[],"hidden":[],"class_list":["post-20985","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","manual-seakeeper-40-installation-manual-90715-4-40-254-0200-to-current"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20985","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=20985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20985\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manual","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual?post=20985"},{"taxonomy":"model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/model?post=20985"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=20985"},{"taxonomy":"hidden","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuals.seakeeper.com\/seakeeper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hidden?post=20985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}