Re: [RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-07 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
Discover AES has some very nice Li-ion batteries that work directly with Schneider Electric and soon Outback. http://discoveraes.com/ Almost all of the LFP batteries are selling for about $1,000 per usable KWH. They are expensive but if you do the math, and pick a company that will be there, they

Re: [RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-07 Thread Gary Rochlin
Simpliphi batteries, lithium ferro, are safe but a little expensive. Sent on the run from my phone. Please excuse brevity and typos. > On Jun 7, 2018, at 6:05 AM, cwarfel wrote: > > Hello Wrenches, I am trying to redesign a couple hundred watt load off-grid > system by first focusing on the b

Re: [RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-07 Thread Benn Kilburn
I'll x2 what Ray saysunless it specifies AC or DC then the voltage rating applies to either. Benn Kilburn SkyFire Energy 780-906-7807 > On Jun 2, 2018, at 11:10 AM, Ray wrote: > > I pulled up the Ilsco site. They are rated to 600 volts. That voltage is AC > and DC, unless it specifical

Re: [RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-07 Thread cwarfel
Hello Wrenches, I am trying to redesign a couple hundred watt load off-grid system by first focusing on the battery technology. The Li based battery "packages" I am aware of are essentially for a residence, which is too large for this application. Can you recommend a manufacturer of Li batterie

Re: [RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-02 Thread Ray
I pulled up the Ilsco site.  They are rated to 600 volts.  That voltage is AC and DC, unless it specifically says AC only.  We've used them for decades with DC.  Check your voltage rating for THHN cable: it does not say DC either. Ilsco is also one of the few manufacturers to make flex cable r

Re: [RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-02 Thread Darryl Thayer
I have heard AC DC no difference. However, I have experienced failure of these connectors via insulation softening in J boxes on the roof. The plastic is not thermal set and it will distort if pressured against the side of the box. This has never been a problem for interior wiring only in the so

[RE-wrenches] Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors

2018-06-01 Thread James Rudolph
Aloha Wrenches, Does anyone know if Ilsco Insulated Tap Connectors at DC rated? I looked on their cut sheet, and even called the Cincinnati and I was not able to confirm this? Does anybody know this, or have a better connector to use? Mahalo in advance, *James B. Rudolph* *Hawaii Unifed* *Dire