Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
Aaron - Zep makes a bracket for supporting Enphase connectors which is quite robust: http://www.zepsolar.com/images/files/components/pdf/Enphase-Connector-Bracket-RevD-Writing_CLI.pdf Of course it is intended for use with Zep compatible modules. - Andrew Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2013, at 1:02 PM, All Solar allso...@scswifi.net wrote: Iron ridge has some wire clips that will also fit Unirac rails Sent from Jeremy's IPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand! On Apr 11, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
Aaron: We use a system with slotted PVC conduit. Got the basic idea from a wrench, don't remember who, but thanks. There are photos on our web site. Worked on a project today and the system is slowly evolving. William At 05:52 PM 4/11/2013, you wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 mailto:reoso...@gmail.comreoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6237 - Release Date: 04/10/13 Miller Solar Voice :805-438-5600 email: will...@millersolar.com http://millersolar.com License No. C-10-773985 ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
The Sunbundler is meant to be crimped closed with a crimper or pliers. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:55 PM, wire...@gmail.com wrote: How do you tighten a Heyco Sunbundler? Granted it will prevent the cable from falling to the roof but I could not tighten them to the point of securing the cable from movement. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Brian Mehalic br...@solarenergy.org Sender: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.orgDate: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:26:43 To: RE-wrenchesre-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Reply-To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org -- Cordially, *Nick Soleil* *Field Applications Engineer * *Enphase Energy* Mobile: (707) 321-2937 ** *Enphase Commercial Solar.* *Limitless.*http://www.enphase.com/commercial?utm_source=emailutm_medium=sigutm_campaign=Comm2012 * *http://www.enphase.com/commercial?utm_source=emailutm_medium=sigutm_campaign=Comm2012 1420 North McDowell Petaluma, CA 94954 www.enphase.com http://www.enphaseenergy.com/ P: (707) 763-4784 x7267 F: (707) 763-0784 E: nsol...@enphaseenergy.com [image: nabcep logo] Certified Solar PV Installer #03262011-300 “Don’t get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It’s just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there’s an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it’s wireless! .” - William McDonough This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not review, use, copy, disclose or distribute this message. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. image002.jpg___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
Here for reference: http://www.pvracking.us/purchase-online/accessories/ I've never used their WireLoops, but I can see them coming in handy as well. *Jason * On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Jason Szumlanski ja...@fafcosolar.comwrote: Rubberized clamps that fit in the rail channel from PV Racking. $75 for 300. Buy from manufacturer. *Jason Szumlanski** * *Fafco Solar* http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extensionutm_medium=emailutm_term=wordpressutm_campaign=apps On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.comwrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
Iron ridge has some wire clips that will also fit Unirac rails Sent from Jeremy's IPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand! On Apr 11, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
Thanks to all for the great suggestions. I see that there is quite a selection of products for my application. Have a great weekend all. Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com On Apr 12, 2013, at 1:02 PM, All Solar wrote: Iron ridge has some wire clips that will also fit Unirac rails Sent from Jeremy's IPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand! On Apr 11, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
Heyco Sunbundler! Typos courtesy of my iPhone. On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
We use as clips specifically designed to hold Enphase trunk cable to SnapN Rack rails. We buy them from ARE. DARYL Heyco Sunbundler! Typos courtesy of my iPhone. On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
I use the clips that come from Enphase. They are quick to install, much faster than zip-ties. Jesse Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:33 PM, penobscotso...@midmaine.com wrote: We use as clips specifically designed to hold Enphase trunk cable to SnapN Rack rails. We buy them from ARE. DARYL Heyco Sunbundler! Typos courtesy of my iPhone. On Apr 11, 2013, at 8:52 PM, Aaron Mandelkorn reoso...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering what people like to use for supporting the trunk cable for the enphase 215 inverters. WIth zipties going brittle after a couple of years aluminum or steel options are what I am more interested in. I have seen some installs with steel zipties but the sharp edge on them makes me wonder if there is a chance of them cutting into the cable. I have used 3/8 one hole conduit straps on each side of the trunk cable connector and although this seems quite stout it gets expensive on larger systems. Any ideas about products out there for supporting the trunk cable for the life of the system? Aaron Mandelkorn NABCEP Certified PV Installer Renewable Energy Outfitters Box 65 Salida, CO. 81201 (970)596-3744 reoso...@gmail.com www.reosolar.com ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management
How do you tighten a Heyco Sunbundler? Granted it will prevent the cable from falling to the roof but I could not tighten them to the point of securing the cable from movement. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Brian Mehalic br...@solarenergy.org Sender: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.orgDate: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:26:43 To: RE-wrenchesre-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Reply-To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Enphase Wire Management ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change email address settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
