Re: [RE-wrenches] Leakage of current
Is there any other power sources on this building, does the leak go away at night, what is the voltage of this tingle? Fun times! On Sun, Jul 10, 2022, 2:10 PM Ron Young via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > I have a customer that has self installed an array on a metal roof using > APS Rapid shutdown devices. The roof rack is standard rails and L-feet. It > is a high voltage system that will be connected to a Sol-Ark but it has yet > to be connected, just MC cables from each set of 8 panels (3 altogether) > run back to the location where the Sol-Ark will be installed. He raised a > concern about what he described as leakage of current to the metal roof: > > "I did experience noticeable “leakage” of current to our roof prior to > installation of the ground cable...Working around the metal roof one could > definitely feel the tingle of the current, and it persisted until I had the > ground cable connected.” > > My only guess is that possibly the APS devices are leaking at connection > point but not sure how to check or he had an unprotected end of the MC > cable touching the roof but that wouldn’t leak with the APS shutoff > installed as it would need a signal from the transmitter that is not yet > installed in the Sol-Ark. The panels are LG375’s. > > Ron > earthRight Solar - Solareagle.com > ___ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Leakage of current
Hi Ron I would check via clamp on meter to see if/which string of modules has current on it. Jay > On Jul 10, 2022, at 3:10 PM, Ron Young via RE-wrenches > wrote: > > I have a customer that has self installed an array on a metal roof using APS > Rapid shutdown devices. The roof rack is standard rails and L-feet. It is a > high voltage system that will be connected to a Sol-Ark but it has yet to be > connected, just MC cables from each set of 8 panels (3 altogether) run back > to the location where the Sol-Ark will be installed. He raised a concern > about what he described as leakage of current to the metal roof: > > "I did experience noticeable “leakage” of current to our roof prior to > installation of the ground cable...Working around the metal roof one could > definitely feel the tingle of the current, and it persisted until I had the > ground cable connected.” > > My only guess is that possibly the APS devices are leaking at connection > point but not sure how to check or he had an unprotected end of the MC cable > touching the roof but that wouldn’t leak with the APS shutoff installed as it > would need a signal from the transmitter that is not yet installed in the > Sol-Ark. The panels are LG375’s. > > Ron > earthRight Solar - Solareagle.com > ___ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
[RE-wrenches] Leakage of current
I have a customer that has self installed an array on a metal roof using APS Rapid shutdown devices. The roof rack is standard rails and L-feet. It is a high voltage system that will be connected to a Sol-Ark but it has yet to be connected, just MC cables from each set of 8 panels (3 altogether) run back to the location where the Sol-Ark will be installed. He raised a concern about what he described as leakage of current to the metal roof: "I did experience noticeable “leakage” of current to our roof prior to installation of the ground cable...Working around the metal roof one could definitely feel the tingle of the current, and it persisted until I had the ground cable connected.” My only guess is that possibly the APS devices are leaking at connection point but not sure how to check or he had an unprotected end of the MC cable touching the roof but that wouldn’t leak with the APS shutoff installed as it would need a signal from the transmitter that is not yet installed in the Sol-Ark. The panels are LG375’s. Ron earthRight Solar - Solareagle.com ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
