Flexible Cables [RE-wrenches]

[Allan Sindelar]

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Wrenches,
More offlist back-and-forth between John Wiles and myself on the Trace
disconnect/fine cables issue. The posts are listed most recent first, so
read from bottom up to follow the thread.
Allan at +E

From: "John Wiles" <jwiles at nmsu.edu>
To: "Allan Sindelar" <allan at positiveenergysolar.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:16 AM
> Allan:
>
> You have a point.  Seems like they recommended something that was not
> correct.  The original mechanical diagram has other problems too.
> Seems like no one at UL or ETL looked at that specification sheet.
>
> >John,
> >I disagree. The original spec sheet for the DC250/DC175 says "Accepts up
to
> >#4/0 fine strand cable - no ring terminals required". Sure sounds
> >responsible to me.
> >Allan
> >
> >>  Allan:
> >>
> >>  Trace sells battery cables. And they sell DC 250s.  I think it is
> >>  partially their responsibility (possibly not legally required) to at
> >>  least alert the user of possible incompatibilities, but like most
> >>  items that are for sale, it is up to the user to make the final
> >>  decisions.
> >>
> >>  >John,
> >>  >One note before I forward the post for you, re this line:
> >>  >>The DC 250 is a good piece of equipment (with tight wire bending
> >>  >>  clearances) and Trace/Xantrex is not responsible if the wrong
> >>  >>  conductors are used with it.
> >>  >
> >>  >The battery/inverter cable sets sold by Trace/Xantrex for use with
their
> >>  >equipment are the fine stranded type that you are addressing. Doesn't
that
> >>  >make Trace responsible?
> >>  >Allan
> >>  >

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