Re: [RE-wrenches] Conduit Bending

2018-11-05 Thread Jerry Shafer
Mr. Miller I did not nor would l ever say you don't get your hands dirty, conduit work is not much different than riding a bike, the best way to stay on top of what ever you do is to practice. l to have been in the trades since the 70's. lm also a pilot and both require hands on behind the wheel

Re: [RE-wrenches] Outback sold to PA battery company

2018-11-05 Thread jerrysgarage01
WrenchesI spoke to a senior manager at Outback at SPI and they said that there they are an inverter company and regardless of ownership that would not change. At that time it was only a rumor and they may have been down playing the entire idea even after l said that they would be.Jerry Sent

Re: [RE-wrenches] Conduit Bending

2018-11-05 Thread William Miller
Jerry: I sure hope you are not implying that I don’t get my hands dirty, or that I am looking for some kind of shortcut, because your message kind of implies that. I have been in the trades since 1973. I have been licensed since 1990. I have bent EMT, rigid steel, rigid aluminum and PVC. I

[RE-wrenches] Outback sold to PA battery company

2018-11-05 Thread Bill Hennessy
Hi folks, It looks like Outback (owned by Alpha) has been sold to Enersys, who has been supplying the Outback-branded batteries for years. Anyone have any info as to how this may affect Outback production or support? https://www.readingeagle.com/money/article/enersys-acquires-alpha-technologies

Re: [RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread Darryl Thayer
That is a strange panel. If you are feeding a breaker panel yes you must be farther from the line connections to the bus bar, unless the busbars are limited in the total load breakers in which case the other set of rules apply. How and what you connect depends upon the service at that point. If

Re: [RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread Lorenzo Ortiz
Yep, all the rules still apply, But with 480 you get far more leeway as far as breaker size with the square-root factored in. On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:07 AM, frenergy wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V delta > panel. Do all the same

Re: [RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread cwarfel
Hi Bill, It's smaller than NEC 691covers, so I would think all the same rules apply (Not an engineered, stamped allowance). Chris On 11/5/2018 10:07 AM, frenergy wrote: Hey folks,             I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V delta panel.  Do all the same rules apply

[RE-wrenches] Commercial backfeed

2018-11-05 Thread frenergy
Hey folks,             I've been asked to inter-tie a system to a 600 amp 480V delta panel.  Do all the same rules apply (Backfeed max 20%, keep inter-tie breaker farthest from panel grid feeders, anything else??).  Proposed system size is about 35-40KW.  Its actually a bazillionaire's