Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-26 Thread Michael Welch
Hello Wrenches. I'm posting this on Bryan Norkunas' behalf, and working on getting him signed up as a manufacturer's representative. Hi Jay,   The testing which was done was a third party test I think through Interek I believe, and not through UL.  The testing of the H4 (not the UTX) and the MC

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-25 Thread Jay
Here is another https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/how-elon-musk-gambled-tesla-to-save-solarcity > On Aug 25, 2019, at 3:37 PM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar > wrote: > > It was a bad week for Tesla. Below are some links. > > https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Walmart-sues-Tesla-over-s

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-25 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
It was a bad week for Tesla. Below are some links. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Walmart-sues-Tesla-over-string-of-solar-panel-14364829.php https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-walmarts-joint-statement-resolution-talks/ https://gizmodo.com/amazon-echoes-walmarts-claims-that-tesla-solar-panels-

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-25 Thread Jay
PM > To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors > > Several years ago I disassembled an Amphenol and a MC4 connectors to find for > myself what the difference was. It came down to the cross section of the > O-ring. One brand was smalle

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-25 Thread Glenn Burt
-wrenches On Behalf Of Jim Duncan Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2019 7:10 PM To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors Several years ago I disassembled an Amphenol and a MC4 connectors to find for myself what the difference was. It came down to the cross

Re: [RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-25 Thread Jim Duncan
Several years ago I disassembled an Amphenol and a MC4 connectors to find for myself what the difference was. It came down to the cross section of the O-ring. One brand was smaller than the other. Also the female component that the O-ring fit into was correspondingly different. So in one assembl

[RE-wrenches] Amphenol Connectors

2019-08-25 Thread Mark Frye
Speaking of Tesla... What with Walmart and (Amazon?) suing them for PV fires... Can anyone here give a brief run down on the whole Amphenol UTX (?) defective or cross-mated connector story? Thanks, Mark Frye ___ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance