Locking Connectors [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Brian and Ray:

Amen, brother.  I've been preaching this for years.  See the link below.

http://mpandc.com/Portfolio/how_not_to/how_not_to.html

Is it too late to stop the madness???

William Miller


At 04:15 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:

>Ray,
>
>Sorry to rain on your parade, but I hear that Solarworld is about to change
>the dimensions of the SQ175 module (now SW 175 mono) to conform with their
>European product. I don't have the new dimensions yet though.
>
>Unfortunately (in my opinion) they are also going to a sealed JB with either
>the Tyco or MC locking connector. The one that I just saw at Electric West
>had the MC locking connector on it and I was told that that module was the
>"final" version. We shall see...
>
>Looks like openable JB's on modules are going by-by, at least for modules
>over 130W. I think that this is unfortunate since I don't like the idea of
>having open wiring on ground and pole mounts. As a compromise, I would love
>to see some way to connect liquid-tight conduit directly to the outside of
>the JB, even if the JB is not openable. The conduit would act as a sleeve
>over the pigtail just for physical protection. It might have to be 3/4"
>though, because of the size of the locking plug.
>
>Brian Teitelbaum
>AEE Solar
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ray Walters [mailto:walters at taosnet.com]
>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:13 PM
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: Re: Locking Connectors [RE-wrenches]
>
>
>
>I'm still a huge Shell/ Solarworld Fan for all John's reasons, and they
>don't screw around with the module dimensions every few years like BP
>either. Today's SQ175 will fit on a rack without drilling with an old
>130 from 5 years ago. I just hope they don't go the MC only route. I
>NEVER trusted MC connectors; wasn't there a recent recall of many of
>BP's MC- only modules, because they could overheat and burn out where
>the cable connected to the module back?
>
>Ray
>
>John Raynes wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I think y'all are convincing me to bite the bullet and stick with
> > j-box panels, and just deal with the more difficult sourcing issues.
> > At least until all of this settles out.  The "special tooling" for
> > j-boxes costs about $15-20 max and it works on all types, now and into
> > the future.  And the end result looks so much cleaner on poletop and
> > ground mount racks, which as an off-gridder is most of what we do.
> >
> > John Raynes
> >


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