Re: [RE-wrenches] Trend away from roof flashings???

2021-04-22 Thread William Miller
Jeremy: It is amazing how we all exist in parallel universes. We have had IDENTICAL experiences with leak claims and handled them EXACTLY as you did: We meet with the roofer of choice and dissect the patient as a team. Our policy is: If we caused the leak, we pay for everything. If we did no

Re: [RE-wrenches] MC4s are listed for THWN, right?

2021-04-22 Thread Jay
Yes they are. Their rating is based on wire size, number of strands, material, insulation thickness. Insulation material isn’t specified. Jay Peltz power. > On Apr 22, 2021, at 7:35 PM, Jason Szumlanski > wrote: > >  > I found this gem today while tracking down an AFCI fault. This wa

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trend away from roof flashings???

2021-04-22 Thread frenergy
It would be interesting to know if there is some collaboration between the rack manufacturers offering these new EPDM or peel and stick legs/ cones/attachment points and roof shingle manufacturers, and what that conversation is like. Bill Feather River Solar Electric Bill Battagin, Owner 4291

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trend away from roof flashings???

2021-04-22 Thread Jeremy Coxon
William you and I think a lot alike. I had a job today where “the owner was told by a roofing company that those solar panels are making my roof leak”. This was on an 11 yr old install over new shingles. We used flashings and added flashing stock anywhere that was close to a shingle seam (jus

Re: [RE-wrenches] Trend away from roof flashings???

2021-04-22 Thread William Miller
Jeremy: Good question. I am with you in that I prefer that my pitched-roof rain-proofing relies on gravity. This is the concept invented by the first roof thatcher and followed ever since as roofing technology progressed. When I spotted this regressive trend my first question was: What happ

Re: [RE-wrenches] seeking 3ph battery based/backed inverters and experiences

2021-04-22 Thread Mac Lewis
I would look closely at Growatt. One thing easy to overlook, with 48V batteries especially, is how difficult it is to have BOS components that are UL listed on the DC side. This is an advantage of the cluster topology as opposed to a central inverter topology. There are some good custom options f

Re: [RE-wrenches] seeking 3ph battery based/backed inverters and experiences

2021-04-22 Thread Jerry Shafer
Wrenches Outback FXR inverters has a three phase option, Solark can also do this. Delta has 125 k 480 vac unit also On Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 7:12 AM Jay wrote: > Hi Christopher > > I’m not sure what power your looking for. > > Try > > https://www.princetonelec.com/dela-inverter > > There are other