Greetings Marco, It sounds like you are likely looking for a 1000V version of something like the Polaris insulated tap connectors and insulated multi cable connector blocks or the Burndy insulated multiple tap connectors (Unitap)... I believe these all are only 600V rated. There are still some gaps in the product offerings available for the 600V to 2kV PV balance of system needs. There are some products we may be tempted to use which may have a 1000V rating, but are only for 1000V use in sign and fixture circuits. Other items with sufficient voltage ratings may be designed for use in the generation and transmission segment of medium voltage work. Some of this gear will be made for isolation, not insulated.... and likely far from appropriate and workable for our needs.
Depending on the types, gauges, and quantities of conductors you are working with as well as the required ampacity and intended installation location some of these products/links may be helpful: Erico/Pentair makes some useful options including 1000V AC/DC UL din rail mountable power distribution blocks. Some of these are being specifically marketed to the solar PV industry. https://www.erico.com/catalog/literature/P1215C-WWEN.pdf Mersen/Ferraz Shawmut offers some 1000V AC/DC power distribution blocks, some rated for fine strand conductors. http://ep-us.mersen.com/products/catalog/line/mpdb-series-ul-1953-open-style-power-distribution-blocks/ Marathon Special Products has a variety of offerings including 1500V AC/DC power distribution blocks and markets to the PV industry. http://www.marathonsp.com/index.php TE Connectivity/Raychem (Tyco) 1000V GTAP products http://www.te.com/usa-en/product-566427-000.html#guest-click Some Easy-Splice products are 1000V rated. (These look like the TE Connectivity GTAP products.) http://www.nsiindustries.com/catalog/nsiproducts/insulating-splicing-id-products-and-panel-channel/easy-splice™-gel-splicing-kits SolarBOS (http://www.solarbos.com/), Bentek (http://www.bentek.com/), and Shoals Technologies Group (http://shoals.com/) all offer 1000V PV wire connectors, "Y", "T", & "X" harnesses, and inline fuse holders. Depending on the specific circumstances of the project you may be able to use 1000V or 1500V PV lead branch connectors to make up the connection detail you are working on. Many of the PV lead connector manufacturers offer these to mate up with the commonly used connectors. I hope some of this information may be helpful. Let us know if you find 1000V rated insulated multi port tap/splice type connectors or anything else interesting and useful. Best regards, ----MATT Matthew Sirum P.O. Box 1227 Greenfield, MA 01302-1227 USA phone: +1.413.773.0611 email: [email protected] ---------- Original Message Below ---------- [RE-wrenches] 1,000 volt-rated connectors Marco Mangelsdorf marco at pvthawaii.com Mon Sep 11 16:58:03 PDT 2017 Aloha. Does anyone know of any 1,000 volt-rated insulated connectors? I checked the Polaris line but they're only rated to 600V. Mahalo, marco provision_highres_solar_logo2 with C-26351 Marco Mangelsdorf, President 69 Railroad Avenue, A-7 Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 (808) 969-3281, 934-7462 facsimile <http://www.provisiontechnologies.com> www.provision-solar.com _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
