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2008-12-02 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
August, One can use the SS tie wraps instead of the 1/2" wide Deltec strap. Regardless, what appeals to me is the way the spacers hold the conductors tight so they don't sag, keep them concealed behind the raceway. I'll let you know. Jim Duncan North Texas Renewable Energy Inc 817.917.0527 [EMAI

Re: [RE-wrenches] Retail sales and other issues

2008-12-02 Thread Jeff Yago
I wanted to thank those of you who have responded so far to my questions about your solar business experience.  I am hoping a few more will reply before I finish up the summary.  I think those of us ol off-grid and long-in-the-tooth solar installers wii enjoy seeing how their business model compare

Re: [RE-wrenches] CEC module rating testing

2008-12-02 Thread Joel Davidson
Microsoft Outlook SignatureIn addition to STC plus/minus 10% being skewed to minus most of the time, lab testing accuracy is plus/minus 5% (Keith Emery at NREL). - Original Message - From: Jerry Caldwell To: RE-wrenches Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: Re:

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2008-12-02 Thread August Goers
Jim - I haven't used the Thomas & Betts product you found but we've had excellent results with the Wiley Acme Cable Clip found here: http://www.we-llc.com/ACC.html We use these clips on all our installations these days and it has allowed us to get almost completely away from zip ties. I don't

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2008-12-02 Thread North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
Wrenches I'm proposing a ground mounted PV installation that will have the usual exposed DC conductors and so need to be secured into a raceway of some sort. I stumbled across this Thomas & Betts cable tying system which looked like it would work well for neatly securing long straight runs of on

Re: [RE-wrenches] More on AC coupling - SI and SB

2008-12-02 Thread Matt
Tump, As luck would have it, all my contact business cards are at my home office - 300 miles away from where I am at the moment. I would use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] general address until I get back and dig up a better one. We are sending a few guys over to the factory in Germany to further pu

Re: [RE-wrenches] CEC module rating testing

2008-12-02 Thread Jerry Caldwell
Gents, thanks for the responses. Joel's spreadsheet indicates that the CEC at least was at one time simply using the NOCT & temperature coefficient of power to determine PTC rating. Dave, if your attachment is anything different from what Joel sent I welcome you to send it my way. My brothe