Re: [RE-wrenches] Flex panels?

2019-09-19 Thread Dana
No firm idea but the are definitely a Euro module as the whole camper chassis is a Euro make.. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. C - 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 0511

[RE-wrenches] Solbian's panels ?

2019-09-19 Thread Dana
Solbians website is In Italy; do they have a North American dealer? I checked the web & no contact. Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. C - 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP #

Re: [RE-wrenches] Good Tablets for the Solar Installer

2019-09-19 Thread Martin Herzfeld
Kelly. Simply, I use my phone for almost everything which is about the size of a small piece of toast these days with Samsung DeX for with bluetooth full size keyboard, mouse and HDMI display on my desk. I am able with DeX to edit a annotate pdfs, presentations, Word, Excel, micro and dc converte

Re: [RE-wrenches] Solbian's panels ?

2019-09-19 Thread Alex MeVay
Hi Dana, I know Bruce Schwab at OceanPlanet Energy brings them over: https://oceanplanetenergy.com/solar-power/ I think he might be the master distributor for the US and will likely be able to give you a trade discount. Finally, for full disclosure here, we do business with all the companies I

Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch

2019-09-19 Thread Ray
I did some research on the modules we've used over the past 15+ years to see if we had potential mismatched connector issues. We've used Amphenol H4 connects since the advent of locking solar connectors.  We had assumed they were compatible back then. Solarworld switched from MC4 to H4 somewhe

Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch

2019-09-19 Thread Bryan Norkunas
Also note the Intertek testing, I have seen many of these in the past – but never one of them tested with 12AWG or 10AWG connectors, it has always been 14AWG for some reason. And as a company that specializes in this niche, I can say in the last 10 years we have never had the request to man

Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch

2019-09-19 Thread Brian Mehalic
You say you've seen many of these tests in the past; do you specifically mean the intermatability test? Thanks for the info! (And you also really helped me out identifying some connectors on a problem-job a couple months back...thanks again!). Brian Mehalic NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installation

Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch

2019-09-19 Thread Bryan Norkunas
Yes, I have seen and have copies of many of these 3rd party “compatibility” tests. From: Brian Mehalic [mailto:br...@solarenergy.org] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2019 1:16 PM To: Bryan Norkunas Cc: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch You say you've seen many of the

Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch

2019-09-19 Thread Bradley Bassett
Someone previously at AEE tried to get NEMA involved in setting a standard, but it turned out that they were not getting cooperation from the mfg, so could not proceed. Brad On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 1:28 PM Bryan Norkunas wrote: > Yes, I have seen and have copies of many of these 3rd party > “co

Re: [RE-wrenches] connector mismatch

2019-09-19 Thread Ray
In the regulatory vacuum that ensued, we now have dozens of unregulated connectors, no way of knowing what might be on past jobs, confused installers, nervous customers, while the market they tried to control is flooded with "MC 4" crimpers on Amazon for $20. All of this for the main connector