Install the Array Equipment-Ground Wiring
Once the lugs are installed, it’s time to run the ground wire from PV frame to PV frame, and then route it into the combiner box, where it will terminate at the box’s equipment-ground lug. To ensure the lowest resistance electrical path, equipment-ground wire installed on PV arrays should be continuous.
On the array, I always use #6 (13 mm2) stranded, bare copper wire, which is more flexible than solid. Trying to bend #6 solid wire in the tight radiuses required when grounding module frames is not recommended. In some cases the NEC will allow smaller-gauge ground wire to be used, but I opt for #6 since it will better resist any physical damage.
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Tomorrow we’ll discuss the ground rod and wire. You’all come back now, ya here!