Thanks, All. I have located & ordered the distance I needed. BTW – Midnite only sells to direct dealers that are purchasing in the $100- +/ year range. This is disappointing as the 600-V CAT5 is not a very common cable. Midnite did redirect me to ALT-E and shipping from NY was $77 for the cable, 50% of the cost of the cable itself.
I tried 3 wholesalers & they were not even aware of this type of cable till they researched it. All were able to source it only as a 1000’ reel order. AEE had stopped carrying the 600 V CAT5. Sigh……… ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 www.solarwork.biz "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Tump Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 8:42 AM To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sourcing 600 Volt CAT 5 cable Midnite has this and can sell it to you directly if you wish. On Apr 28, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Dana <d...@solarwork.com <mailto:d...@solarwork.com> > wrote: Thanks I will look into this option. This is my first go around with the rapid shut down & was going with the Midnite manual recommendation. So far sourcing this has not been easy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. 208.721.7003 <mailto:d...@solarwork.com> d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 <http://www.solarwork.biz/> www.solarwork.biz "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: RE-wrenches [ <mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of William Miller Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 9:20 PM To: RE-wrenches < <mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sourcing 600 Volt CAT 5 cable Dana: The garden variety Cat5 we have been using is rated at 300 volts. Unless your off-grid system is using 600 volt controllers, standard Cat5 should be code compliant. We did source a Belden 600 V Cat5 and used it when we did not really need to. It was expensive and very hard to terminate. (I damaged an Outback Hub 10. Expensive mistake). 600 volt Cat5 can be had, but I recommend you avoid using it if possible. William Miller On Apr 27, 2017, at 6:04 PM, Dana < <mailto:d...@solarwork.com> d...@solarwork.com> wrote: Hey All’yall. I am looking for 185’ of 600 volt CAT 5 cable for my off grid MidNite Solar rapid shut down system. I am not looking for the USE version. Please contact me off list. Thankyou! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. 208.721.7003 <mailto:d...@solarwork.com> d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 <http://www.solarwork.biz/> www.solarwork.biz "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" P Please consider the environment before printing this email. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html> http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> www.members.re-wrenches.org t...@swnl.net <blocked::mailto:t...@swnl.net%22%20%5Co%20%22blocked::mailto:t...@swnl.net> <blocked::http://www.swnl.net/%22%20%5Co%20%22blocked::http://www.swnl.net/> www.SWNL.net Solarwinds Northernlights Serving Mid Coast Maine & Northern California 207-832-7574 Cl. 610-517-8401 Blair "TUMP" May ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** NABCEP "Certified PV Installer" ******** MAINE'S CHARTER ******** Trace Xantrex "Certified" Dealer / Installer"
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