Our first ever, since 2004, ahj red-tag for undersized meter wiring motivated us to rewire that one and two more identical pending meters on completed jobs. It's not that much more expensive and according to the meter base label, it's code. Still even though we got away with it all these years, if ahjs are getting smarter, I am too. Anyway ferrules don't increase wire ampacity, they only make cleaner connections. Jim Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org]On Behalf Of Carl Adams Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 6:23 PM To: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: [RE-wrenches] Meter base minimum conductor size Wrenches, We often use a conventional 100A meter base and analog meter as an independent metering system for inverter output. These meters typically have a minimum conductor size of #6 AWG. For smaller systems the inverter output conductors are smaller than #6 AWG. We have upsized the conductors to match the meter base requirement, but this adds expense. I am looking for other suggestions for resolving this. With Regards Carl Adams SunRock Solar _______________________________________________ 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-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 Options & 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
