Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

That was my question as well.  USE -2 with green insulation is available.  Sorry to hear about AHJ's in Idaho being stuck over a decade back.  I thought that array grounding was UL listed and better spelled out now in NEC 2017.  What code cycle are you all on? Ray Walters Remote Solar On

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #8 bare standoff

Dana, sometimes I virtual track if I think that city hall is going to be a problem. Virtual tracking also has better wind/snow loads on Mountains and easier with the crazy requirements in hurricane zones. Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't"

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

Or just thhn #6 ? Michael D Nelson MD Electric & Solar, Inc. 707-684-0064 mobile 707-884-1862 office www.mdelectricsolar.com www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar > On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:24 PM, Benn Kilburn wrote: > > Dana, > Why does it have to be bare copper? Can you

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

Dana, Why does it have to be bare copper? Can you not use a green insulated #6? Benn Kilburn SkyFire Energy 780-906-7807 > On Apr 18, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar > wrote: > > Why is it #6? Usually the solar panels wire size determine Array Teks size >

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #8 bare standoff

According to our state plans examiner; all modules, module rails shall be bonded. The array Tech tracker is not on their approved list of self-grounding racks. It is a 3-4 product list. Initially I was told I was going to have to remove the trackers. Since then they have mellowed a bit. We

[RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

Greetings Dana, You may consider sheathing the bare copper wire in a product appropriately rated for the outdoors and UV etc... Possibly Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit (LFNC), electronics insulating sheathing, continuous grommet channel, heat shrink tubing, or some type of weather

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

You should not have to run a EGC/GEC along the with Array Technologies. When I have installed these in the past we always mechanically bond within the bicinity of the conduit or box we are running our wiring through. No need to non-mechanically attach anywhere. Whitley Forman    Bannon

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

Why is it #6? Usually the solar panels wire size determine Array Teks size for this wiring. What do they say please? --Dave > How about an insulated loop clamp like this one: > https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/0216763 > > You can get them in stainless and they have the rubber grommet so

Re: [RE-wrenches] Location of DC disconnect vis-a-vis rapid shutdown exemption

Hi Ray, The stand-alone diagram calls out the PV system disconnect right after the PV system DC circuits and prior to the point of common coupling with the batteries and the stand-alone inverter. Yes, you are correct a controller or DC to DC converter is not shown in the this diagram or the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

How about an insulated loop clamp like this one: https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/0216763 You can get them in stainless and they have the rubber grommet so it won't touch the rack. On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Dana wrote: > Good Morning Wrenches, > > > > I am

Re: [RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

I used a clip from Iron Ridge check with them On Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 11:00 AM Dana wrote: > Good Morning Wrenches, > > > > I am required to keep the bare #6 copper from touching the aluminum frame > work of a Array Technologies tracker where it is not mechanically connected

[RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

Good Morning Wrenches, I am required to keep the bare #6 copper from touching the aluminum frame work of a Array Technologies tracker where it is not mechanically connected by a pass-through ground clamp on a tracking array [dissimilar metals] and am looking for a lead on an insulated standoff

Re: [RE-wrenches] 3-phase with storage

The 2 Lithium batteries I use are HALT tested but it is always a big risk with a battery that may out live many of the clients. The math on these batteries has them lasting 30 to 40 years offgrid and that is pretty hard to believe! Will the BMS fail or the battery? If they can afford it I have