My guess would be so that the fire starts aways from the rectifier and not at it. Not saying there is an inherent fire risk. But it takes the detrimental load away to a far off point of failure.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 9:44 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > When we get big rectifiers installed, the low voltage guy is running a > 350kcmil to the MGB. 350kcmil is about 7/8" diameter including the jacket. > > It feels kind of silly to have that on the bus bar and have a #2 to earth, > but I'm told this is normal. What's the point of having that anaconda from > the rectifier to the bus bar? > > These are GE Infinity systems by the way. 16KW to 32KW systems. > > -Adam > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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