Re: [RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection

2013-10-07 Thread Ron Young
Always value the input of the group William, that's why I ask for it but I admit I am leaning towards the conduit between poles idea. What has your practice been? Kirpal, your points are valid aside from cost which is the big nut to crack these days it seems. Ray, would love to have gone multi-p

Re: [RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection

2013-10-07 Thread Ray Walters
That's too many separate poles, they get to be a real hassle at more than two (and costly too). I'd go to a multipole mount arrangement, (here's one:http://www.dpwsolar.com/index.php/applications/commercial/9-commercial/17-multi-pole-mounts-g2-mpm-g2 and then all your cabling won't have to jum

Re: [RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection

2013-10-07 Thread Kirpal Khalsa
Ronwe do a lot of pole mount installations and we always run down each pole and up the nextschedule 80 pvc conduit and a junction box at the top. It is solid, and should last as long as the array---at least 25+ yearsobviously to do this right the conduit should be installed prior to th

Re: [RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection

2013-10-07 Thread William Miller
Ron: Sounds like you have already reached a conclusion. Good luck! William -Original Message- From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Ron @ earthRight Solar Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 8:08 PM To: RE-wrenches Su

[RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection

2013-10-07 Thread Ron @ earthRight Solar
Hi Wrenches, I am installing six 8 panel pole mounts in a grid tied system. My question is about preference for cable run between the poles. I am interested in industry best practices. I have been told that running conduit between the poles, i.e. along the axis, will hold the cabling but the pol