TCB10 Failure was (QO Breakers and Panels) [RE-wrenches]

[Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar]

Please note that I meant to say that "the system had no combiner box, no
lightning protection, and was not grounded before I reworked it"

William and Bill, maybe you guys have a fancy word that describes my lack of
literacy?

Travis Creswell
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>From: "Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" <ozsolar at ipa.net>
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: TCB10 Failure was (QO Breakers and Panels) [RE-wrenches]
>Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2001, 10:42 AM
>

>Back to the failure part of the story.  I didn't see it happen but the
>combiner box that I added caught on fire.  The system had no combiner box
>lightning protection before that point. The fire appears to have started on
>the back and last for a while.  It was still sparking/smoking when the USFS
>employee checked on it.  He had to cut the wires in the pull boxes near the
>base of the trackers to stop it.  No signs of lightning damage anywhere. 
>The LA-302-DC is shows no external damage nor does the TVSS (ZNR's) built
>into the terminal board of the TCB10.

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