Is there a benefit from isolating AC and DC grounding. All AC powered devices are on their own din rail with its own ground. All DC devices are on their own din rail with its own ground. Nothing tied together.
Is this over kill?
Would this create a loop?
Any issue doing it this way?
Thanks
Yeah, it’s called segregation... it’s evil you son of a BITCH
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Depends on the application you are using it for but most of the time no problem at all using same ground
Need more info.
Are these combination circuits?
Motors?
New construction?
Shared panels?
Agree with Top Trainer, what’s the application?
Not enough info to answer properly.
Isolations of a dc cct will prove a better path to ground in case of some sort of failure. Dc ccts can have some pretty sensitive devices on them.
From my experience it will also reduce interference that ac can cause in something that uses dc as commutation like a fire alarm system.
I’ve seen shared ac/dc grounds cause noise in servo applications. Sometimes VFD’s wont like it either. Electronics are tricky like that.
In live audio, it is common practice to ensure that the front of house & side of house rigs, & all the stage pockets (for amps & instruments) are on the same rail sharing the same ground as a preventive measure against ground hums in the system, despite these systems being physically distant from one another. There’s no distinction for AC & DC components, however.
AC/DC
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It's for cctvs , sensors etc. In a cabinet some devices run 24 dc some 120v. When I got this contract i noticed the 24v surges would blow to pieces so I sold the client on isolating AC and DC. We did about 180 sites and now an engineer is up my ass saying separating the ground is causing issues.
The sloppy wiring is causing me issues.
607_Shittin_Pancakes -It's for cctvs , sensors etc. In a cabinet some devices run 24 dc some 120v. When I got this contract i noticed the 24v surges would blow to pieces so I sold the client on isolating AC and DC. We did about 180 sites and now an engineer is up my ass saying separating the ground is causing issues.
I don’t know how isolating grounds can cause issues; generally, keep wiring shielded or uncommon voltages separated to avoid induction issues.
Anything with circuitry, even adapters/transformers for lv in combination with AC circuits have caused me faults/headaches, usually security or FA systems as mentioned.
Maybe the engineer knows something we don’t regarding the setup.
But off the cuff, sounds like it might be either something else, or something requiring calculations based on equipment load & design.
I would start using better quality power supplies & quit worrying about the rails.