[RE-wrenches] Gould ITE 600 amp fusible switch

erned I might break a fuse. Do they make fuse pullers for these? My suppliers are having difficulty with this. Thanks, Jerry Caldwell | | | | | | | | | | | Gould ITE 600 Amp 600V V7H3606MS Fusible Panelboard Switch V7H3606 600A ... ITE V7H3606MS - Vacu-Break Clampmatic Fusible Panel

Re: [RE-wrenches] looking for a Megger recommendation

Dave & Blake, Thank you kindly for the recommendations. Very helpful. Best regards, Jerry Caldwell On Mon Jun 03 2019 22:47:14 GMT-0700 (PDT), Blake Gleason wrote: I've been happy with the Hioki 1500V clamp meter, but I haven't tried their PV megger yet.   Has anyone? H

[RE-wrenches] looking for a Megger recommendation

Dear Wrenches, Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced megger? The one on the Solmetric website looks nice, but I'd like to spend a bit less. Thanks, Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re

Re: [RE-wrenches] rapid shutdown units for obscure inverter

Thanks for all of the responses on this guys. I looked around and found these units from Solar BOS. http://www.solarbos.com/content/common/common.download_file.php?action_special=download_file=da4cc37711812e408480a476f2302fac_file_id=1549534 Cheers, Jerry Caldwell On Thu May 30 2019 08

Re: [RE-wrenches] rapid shutdown units for obscure inverter

Thanks Rick. I like the acronym. Jerry Caldwell On Wed May 29 2019 16:07:19 GMT-0700 (PDT), Rick Brown wrote: Jerry, Check out Midnight Solar’s Rapid Shutdown Shut Off Box (SOB).  http://www.midnightsolar.com/ rick brown SolShine Energy Alternatives, LLC Electrical & S

[RE-wrenches] rapid shutdown units for obscure inverter

and will take 4 weeks (not good for us). Does anyone know another mfr that makes rapid shutdown devices that are compatible with other mfrs inverters? Thanks, Jerry Caldwell Redwood Sun ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches

Re: [RE-wrenches] WEEB-ADR clips

Thank you Jay. Cheers, Jerry Caldwell On Tue Apr 09 2019 17:54:30 GMT-0700 (PDT), jay wrote: HI Jerry, Bryan at PV cables stocks most of the WEEB/Hubbell parts. 707-923-3000 pacific time jay peltz power On Apr 9, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Jerry Caldwell wrote: Wrenches, Does anyone know

[RE-wrenches] WEEB-ADR clips

Wrenches, Does anyone know where and if you can still get WEEB-ADR clips? I need 1,900 of them rather urgently. Any advice is appreciated. Best, Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org

[RE-wrenches] PG True Up Bill Shock

fires. Thanks, Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance 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 List-Archive:

[RE-wrenches] ANSI-C12.20 compliant meters for PPAs

Dear Wrenches, Does anyone have recommendations for low cost, user friendly ANSI-C12.20 compliant meters? I need one for a project with a PPA and appreciate any advice anyone can offer. Best regards, Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Redwood

Re: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in 4' tall crawl space

le since 1988"  P Please consider the environment before printing this email.     From: RE-wrenches On Behalf Of Jerry Caldwell Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 6:10 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] Batteries in 4' tall crawl space   Wrench

[RE-wrenches] Standing seam clamps

Wrenches, Has anyone tried the new S-5 clamps (S-5 PV Kit 2.0)? or this product http://www.solattach.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Standing-Seem-Installation-Description2.pdf Any other advice or thoughts on standing seam clamp products? Thanks, Jerry Caldwell

[RE-wrenches] Batteries in 4' tall crawl space

Wrenches, I have a customer who wants to have batteries installed in a 4' tall crawl space / short basement. Are there any accessibility code issues with installing batteries in a crawl space? Does the NEC address this? Thanks, Jerry Caldwell

Re: [RE-wrenches] tesla solar roof tiles

nd Forward Labs each can achieve. Cheers,Jerry Caldwell On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 9:21:41 AM PST, Dan Fink <danbo...@gmail.com> wrote: Jay; all I know is that a few of my recently graduated students who are already Solar City employee PV installers have been training in California

Re: [RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

Thanks Bill, The Quick Mount QBase product comes with two 3"x5/16" lag bolts. I plan on using those. Best,Jerry Caldwell On Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 7:27:21 PM PST, frenergy <frene...@psln.com> wrote: Jerry,             The only thing I feel compelled to add wi

Re: [RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

Matt, I was not aware that one shouldn't place the lags directly across from each other. Thanks for the advice. Jerry Caldwell On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 6:44:12 AM PST, Lorenzo Ortiz <lore...@cal-solar.com> wrote: It is possible according to Weyerhaeuser. On Wed, Mar 7

Re: [RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

Bill, Mineral bitumen roll roofing. 2:12 slope. Everyone who gave input below, thanks for the suggestions. I've decided to go with the Quick Mount Q-Base product. It allows you to get 2 lag bolts into the top chord on either side of the OSB web. Cheers,Jerry Caldwell On Sunday, March 4

[RE-wrenches] TJI rafters

orter lag bolts for these installations? It also seems that it would be undesirable to penetrate into the web of the beam. Any advice would be appreciated here. Thank you, Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lis

[RE-wrenches] Storage Battery Permitting

ny sounded surprised when permits were mentioned. As always, any help is appreciated. Best,Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.r

Re: [RE-wrenches] breaker instead of fused disco

no one has gotten a variance on this requirement, so I probably won't try to. All the best,Jerry Caldwell On Wednesday, October 4, 2017 6:33 AM, August Goers <aug...@luminalt.com> wrote: Hi Jerry - This chart from PG may be helpful: https://www.pge.com/includes/docs/pd

[RE-wrenches] breaker instead of fused disco

Dear Wrenches with experience in PG territory: I'm installing a system with a line side tap.  Can I use a small subpanel with room for only one circuit breaker instead of a fused disconnect?  The NEM application, step 2 requires you to select a fused disconnect from their list of approved

[RE-wrenches] definition of "areas of physical damage"

Dear Wrenches, I have a residential ground mounted installation that did not pass inspection due to schedule 40 PVC conduit stubbing up from a trench to the inverters and subpanel.  The inverters and subpanel are hung on Unistrut, which is attached to the rear posts of the ground rack.  There

[RE-wrenches] cable spacing in trenches

for direct burial cables, but this is the distance beneath grade the cables must be.  Is there anywhere in the code that calls for a minimum separation distance between cables at different voltages? Thanks, Jerry Caldwell From: Marco Mangelsdorf ma

[RE-wrenches] NESC NESC Handbook

code. Cheers, Jerry Caldwell ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re

[RE-wrenches] Solar Hub

Wrenches, I thought this website would be quite useful for those in our profession: http://solarhub.com/ Data available for most every module inverter, filterable by several different criteria - all in one location. Still in beta, though. Cheers, Jerry Caldwell

[RE-wrenches] array grounding in Canada

transformer to medium voltage. The Canadian code doesn't seem to address floating arrays. Anyone know of any precedents or other reasons why a floated array shouldn't be allowable in Canada? Thanks, Jerry Caldwell --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Bill Brooks billbroo...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Bill Brooks

[RE-wrenches] max PV voltage in Canada

Dear Wrenches, Anyone know off the top of their head what the maximum PV array voltage is per the Canadian Electric Code? Are there any published voltage restrictions for behind the fence installations (for Ontario in particular)? Cheers, Jerry Caldwell

Re: [RE-wrenches] max PV voltage in Canada

-006 Voltage Rating of Photovoltaic Source Circuits Voc x 125% • Rated open circuit voltage • Temperature affects Voc of modules. • Based on ambient temperature of -40°C. Best, Jerry Caldwell From: Rob Harlan mendo...@mcn.org To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re

[RE-wrenches] load side taps and NEC 240.21

system. Can anyone lend some insight to the spirit of 240.21(B)2 and 5? Sorry if this has been discussed before, but searching didn't yield any results. Best, Jerry Caldwell Recurrent Energy ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List

Re: [RE-wrenches] CEC module rating testing

for large systems and PPA's. Best, Jerry Caldwell From: David Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 1, 2008 6:48:16 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] CEC module rating testing Jerry, The CEC

[RE-wrenches] radiology equipment and inverters

Wrenches; We're talking to a customer who is a hospital and the question came up; can inverters interfere with radiology equipment or vice-versa? Anyone know the answer to this? Any input is appreciated. Jerry Caldwell Recurrent Energy

Re: [RE-wrenches] list etiquette

are higher than what some of us would expect from a mfr. My knee-jerk two cents, Jerry Caldwell - Original Message From: Marv Dargatz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RE-wrenches re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 7:47:55 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Request