I'm with you Dick. I do not see it as a bad practice, as long as no more than two strings are paralleled and protection is sized accordingly. Our only concern is local jurisdiction interpretation. A UL certification would get us over that hurdle, I believe.
Daryl > Can someone please explain why this is a bad practice? My understanding is > the fuse will still prevent backfeeding a fault by more than one > additional > string, > the one paired by the Y connector. All the other strings are downstream of > the fuse. > > Dick Ratico > > --- You wrote: >> Wrenchers, >> Has anyone used MC4 Y Connectors to combine strings? This website >> claims >> that they are TUV Certified but does not list the manufacturer. Seems >> like best practice to fuse each string but wanted to see what others >> think >> about this product and the idea of fusing every two strings instead of >> each individual string. >> >> http://www.solarpenny.com/MC4-Y-Connectors-609-4431.htm >> >> Al Frishman >> AeonSolar > --- end of quote --- > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
