new wire for array wiring? [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Colleagues:


I can't fault an inspector for red-tagging high voltage wiring running 
along a ridge top, unprotected by conduit.  This seems way too 
dangerous.  Roofing is abrasive, right?  People walk on roofs, right?  How 
long until this wiring  insulation wears through?

Just my humble opinion.

William Miller

At 06:04 PM 12/7/2004, you wrote:

>Wrenches: I recently had an inspector reject my use of USE-2 wire with
>MC connects on the array end as the primary wire coming from the array
>to the inside wiring . This was a roof-mounted grid- tie system and what
>I had done was ran from the array with a pair of USE conductors running
>along the roof peak, securely fastened, led over the side and led into a
>jbox immediently behind the siding up under the eave.From there I ran
>romex through the attic down to a Sunny Boy in the garage. He made me
>put the wires in flex conduit. I first showed him the UV rating on the
>wire but he wasnt going for it. Was I wrong to use it exposed in that
>application even though it was only running 10' along a second story
>rooftop?


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