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Grounding off grid setup

I have a caravan, that is completely off grid.

I am trying to understand how to safely earth my inverter, which has a ground terminal that the manual says needs to be grounded.

After the inverter I have a consumer unit, which has an earth bar.

I've seen other posts such as the following, that state the ground should be connected to the caravan chassis:

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/60319/grounding-of-pheonix-smart-121600-in-caravan.html

But my understanding is that the caravan chassis is insulated due to the tyres, doesn't this mean the caravan chassis is not a suitable grounding point?

Would I therefore need to buy an earth rod and connect the grounds to the earth rod instead?

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Is this a mobile unit or stationary? We do not pound in a new ground rod for mobile units. Are you ever going to connect to a pedestal - which is grounded? USA or Europe?

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matt-b-1 answered ·

Europe and mobile.

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I have the same question. Did you get any answer?
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