Squirrel damage! [RE-wrenches]

Conrad Geyser conradg at cape.com
Sun Mar 30 12:29:46 PDT 2008


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We just had a 3.6 KW system that the squirrels went berserk on.  They chewed 
just about every wire and right through a number of the junction boxes.
Any suggestions?
Conrad
Cotuit Solar

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From: "Nick Lucchese" <nickl at sierrasolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: Testing GFCI's [RE-wrenches]


>
> Hello Again,
>
> No responses but that's okay. After another conversation with the customer 
> the story changed a bit. The neutral to ground at the sub was removed and 
> put back in place at the main service. I was able to instruct him back to 
> my original configuration and problem solved. Thanks to those who may have 
> been scratching their head to offer an explanation.
>
>
> Have a great weekend,
>
> Nick A Lucchese
>
>
>
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>>Greetings Wrenches,
>>
>>I recall this issue being brought up before but couldn't find it. My 
>>apologies to those frustrated by my unsuccessful attempt at locating it in 
>>the archives. I have an installation 1.5 hours away and just received a 
>>phone call from the customer after being visited by the inspector. For now 
>>it's a single FX on an E-panel with a string of 4-L16's, PV to be added 
>>later. There is utility present although the customer has just one 20 amp 
>>circuit running from the main service box 200' away. Neutral to ground 
>>bond occurs after E-panel in main load subpanel. Presently he is running 
>>the entire house (just his tools for construction) on this single 20 amp 
>>circuit from the utility while he builds the house. When the inspector 
>>uses his GFCI tester with the E-panel in inverter bypass mode (utility) 
>>everything checks out okay and the GFCI trips. Once the utility is removed 
>>from the equation and in stand alone mode/ inverter power the tester says 
>>that the neutral and hot wires are reversed and the GFCI's won't trip. 
>>Does anyone recall why this is and what type of GFCI tester could be used 
>>to verify that the GFCI's are working properly? The inspector had truly 
>>convinced him that the hot and neutral output wires were reversed so I got 
>>the customer to open up the E-panel to trace the wires and confirm that in 
>>fact everything is wired correctly. I'd really like to understand how this 
>>can happen so that the customer can get his final and out of his higher 
>>interest construction loan by the end of the month. Any insights?
>>
>>Thanks for your time,
>>
>>
>>
>>Nick A Lucchese
>>
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