Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread bob ellison
-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of R Ray Walters Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:23 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars Midnite has a new one: http://www.midnitesolar.com/productPhoto.php?product_ID

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy
AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars Hi All, Where do I find buss bars for a battery parallel problem? I've got to fix a brand new ( not me) system, that has 4 sets of L-16's at 24v. Yea yea why didn't they go to 48? So I want to use buss bars to par

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread Mark Frye
Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of penobscotso...@midmaine.com Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:09 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars Here's one of the 6 port Burndy blocks f

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread penobscotsolar
Here's one of the 6 port Burndy blocks for up to 600 kcmil, with spec sheet: http://www.burndy.com/site-search.aspx?cx=002899303449139187703%3Ae9jb50hrnuc&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=insulated+blocks&SearchType=PartNumber&go.x=0&go.y=0 > I've also used the big Polaris insulated tap connectors.

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread R Ray Walters
I've also used the big Polaris insulated tap connectors. I used one that has 6 ports that are max. 250 MCM, I believe. I don't know the amp rating, but I would assume it would match the largest conductor. R. Walters r...@solarray.com Solar Engineer On Jan 17, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Allan Sinde

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread penobscotsolar
We've also used the larger Burndy insulated blocks. Busbars can be tricky when they are not insulated and the Burndy blocks have configurations of up to six (I think) conductors and in larger wire sizes. > Midnite has a new one: > http://www.midnitesolar.com/productPhoto.php?product_ID=207&prod

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread Allan Sindelar
Ray, We have a job under contract this summer with four Sunny Islands and a Radian sharing the same battery bank. Even with the SIs protected by 125A DC breakers, that's 850A of DC capacity that we have to buss together. The Midnite bussbar in your link is rate

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread Tom Elliot
Jay, Here's a source. http://www.stormcopperstore.com/index.html Tom -Original Message- From: jay peltz Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:43 AM To: RE-wrenches Subject: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars Hi All, Where do I find buss bars for a battery parallel problem? I'

Re: [RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread R Ray Walters
Midnite has a new one: http://www.midnitesolar.com/productPhoto.php?product_ID=207&productCatName=Busbars&productCat_ID=17 Here's a new one I just found with Del City also: http://www.delcity.net/cartviewitem?item=80510DL&search=buss+bar or http://www.delcity.net/cartviewitem?item=80006DL&sear

[RE-wrenches] battery buss bars

2012-01-17 Thread jay peltz
Hi All, Where do I find buss bars for a battery parallel problem? I've got to fix a brand new ( not me) system, that has 4 sets of L-16's at 24v. Yea yea why didn't they go to 48? So I want to use buss bars to parallel them, and looking for premade ones. Thanks in advance, Jay Peltz power ___