Rats! I thought that would be the case. What approved, cost effective and secure splice methods are others using to splice Enphase trunk cables to THWN-2? I'm not a fan of wet location twist-on connectors. Some of the mechanical splices out there are very expensive.
Jason From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kent Osterberg Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:30 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Push-in Wire Connectors Jason, The roof is a wet location so connectors rated for wet locations are required. The NEMA 4 rating of the junction box doesn't change matters. Kent Osteberg Blue Mountain Solar Jason Szumlanski wrote: Anyone see a problem using Ideal In-Sure Push-In Wire Connectors in a NEMA 4 roof mounted PVC junction box? Specifically, Ideal Model 39 for splicing #10 AWG. They are 105C, 600V rated, but not rated for wet locations. I've had inspectors require wet location rated twist-on wire connectors before in these boxes. I foresee an issue... Unfortunately, these connectors were not addressed in John Wiles code corner Making Connections article in 2003. May be time for an update! Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar ________________________________ _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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