I would like to retract the part of my last post on this thread where I was referring to the bare conductor size. My bad, I wasn't thinking clearly when writing that last email. Lots of numbers in my head today. A #8 bare with #10 conductors is way out to lunch :/ The bare conductors are indeed always included and are available in different sizes, to an extent.
benn Sent from a 'smart' phone, with touch screen keys. Please excuse shortcuts and typos. On 2013-10-09, at 1:31 PM, Benn At DayStarSolar <b...@daystarsolar.ca> wrote: > William, > With Tech90 regardless of the conductor size it always comes with a bare #8 > included. A 3 conductor #10 (aka 10/3) will have red, white, and black #10 > plus the bare#8. > A four conductor will have red, white, black and blue. > > I have only ever seen or been made aware by my suppliers that the bare is a > #8, however would not be surprised if a different size bare could be ordered, > if you were willing to pay extra and wait a bit longer. > > We typically pay $15-18ea for the outdoor rated tech connector, which are > required outdoors for weatherproofing, however inspectors are fine with an > indoor rated flex-connector ($2-3 bucks ea) where weather/moisture will not > be an issue. > > For surface runs you may want to support it at more frequent intervals, > especially on horizontal runs as it is not rigid and can look sloppy if not > adequately supported. > > benn > Sent from a 'smart' phone, with touch screen keys. Please excuse shortcuts > and typos. > > On 2013-10-08, at 9:40 PM, "William Miller" <will...@millersolar.com> wrote: > >> Hilton: >> >> Can you get this cable with mixed wire gauges, i.e. 3 #10 (white and two >> colors) and 1 #8(green or bare)? >> >> How does this material look on surface runs? Can you get it to run nice and >> straight? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> William >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org >> [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Hilton Dier >> III >> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 4:28 PM >> To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> Subject: [RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection >> >> We just did a 4 pole installation using DPW top-of-pole mounts. We used >> Teck-90 armored watertight cable between the poles and from the poles to the >> house. The Teck-90 spiral wound metal flex conduit with an >> everything-resistant black sheath on it pre-stuffed with just about any >> combo of wires you might want. We cast 2" PVC sweeps into the 36" dia. >> sonotubes so the cable could enter underground and come up next to the pole. >> We put PVC end caps on the tops of the sweeps with cable holes in them, just >> for neatness. >> >> Teck-90 is a revelation. We laid out and buried a double run of 100 feet of >> the stuff in the time it took the excavator to go along the trench. >> He never got out of the cab. We get it on a 500' spool and mount the spool >> in the back of a pickup. Then we just run off however much we need, cut it >> to length, and throw dirt on it. >> >> We got it from Graybar for slightly less than the price per foot of the >> equivalent wire and PVC conduit. I had been meaning to write a post on here >> about it. >> >> We also just did PV on a barn roof and did the spool-it-off-and-clip-it-up >> routine. Made the run from the roof to the inverter on the north side first >> floor in about 40 minutes. No conduit bending. 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