Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread David Katz
The MC3 tool works great on the Amphenol pins. The MC4 tool definitely will not work David Katz Chief Technical Officer AEE Solar 1155 Redway Drive P.O. Box 339 Redway, CA 95560 Tel (707) 825-1200 Fax (707) 825-1202 dk...@aeesolar.com www.aeesolar.com

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread Drake Chamberlin
Rebekah Will my existing MC 4 crimping tool work with the Amphenol connecter? At 10:43 AM 4/11/2010, you wrote: Hi Jay! I bet it does! What a freakin racket mc had going! Looking forward to battery lab this summer! Rebekah Hren (336)266-8800 On Apr 11, 2010, at 10:37 AM, jay peltz <

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread Darryl Thayer
What Battery Lab?  ?  Darryl --- On Sun, 4/11/10, Rebekah Hren wrote: From: Rebekah Hren Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute To: "RE-wrenches" Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 9:43 AM Hi Jay! I bet it does! What a freakin racket mc had going! Looking

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread Rebekah Hren
Hi Jay! I bet it does! What a freakin racket mc had going! Looking forward to battery lab this summer! Rebekah Hren (336)266-8800 On Apr 11, 2010, at 10:37 AM, jay peltz wrote: HI Rebekah, The most amazing thing is that the tool is only $100 even on this site. Since the parts are interchangea

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread jay peltz
HI Rebekah, The most amazing thing is that the tool is only $100 even on this site. Since the parts are interchangeable, then does this tool work for the MC as well? jay peltz power On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:38 AM, Rebekah Hren wrote: > Hi Wrenches, > After the MC4 shortage update a few weeks bac

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread Phil Undercuffler
I ran into this same issue last month, and had to do extensive research to determine whether the Amphenol HC4 connector would be 100% compatible with the Multi-Contact connector. I came away very much reassured, and we're switching over to HC4 on a module we're about to release. The deciding fact

[RE-wrenches] Amphenol Helios as MC4 substitute

2010-04-11 Thread Rebekah Hren
Hi Wrenches, After the MC4 shortage update a few weeks back I started scouting for parts. Amphenol showed up as a compatible connector that can mate with MC4 - apparently Suntech d series modules are switching to Amphenol. Has anyone used/seen these? What do you think the implications might b