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Thanks, Jack… sorry for the lagtime. The plate is attached to what little frame there is, with a single, soldered 10ga ring terminal, so my thinking was/is that it’s now just mimicking a much larger frame, in the event the inverter would function better than just connecting the device ground to...

Thanks, it sounds like I’ve stepped into the Rube Goldberg side

Thanks, Dave. I appreciate it

Thanks for your input. It’s a bit different (I think), in that the battery negative is the ground, in the absence of a sustantial chassis ground. I’m leery of creating a negative loop in the place of a true “chassis” and its accompanying surface area.

The comparison to a capacitor is but figurative, to establish my concept. The surface area is intended to mimic the surface area of a non-existent chassis, to convince the unit that it’s not mounted in a fat-tire wagon, on a beach. I’d like it to be happy, in its humble ignorance.

Hi, thanks for the interest. It’s part of a portable power supply, for beach camping & such. It’s on/in a big, fat-tire wagon.

I’ve installed an inverter, 12v to 120vac. The inverter has a post meant for grounding to the vehicle chassis. No chassis or other ground is available in this application for the inverter to recognize. I’ve homebrewed what amounts to half of a large capacitor. There’s just one “plate”, with the...