[RE-wrenches] CBI circuit breakers

[robert ellison]

All breakers have torque specs and the recomendation is to torque them then
retorque then in a hour or so. This takes care of any "cold flow", that is
the soft copper mioving around after it is put under pressure.

It is not limited to CBI breakers, I wish i had a nickle for every breaker
that I ever found with a loose wire in a box!

Bob
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:17 AM, <dan at foxfire-energy.com> wrote:

> The only problem I've had with them is that their connectors can allow
> multi stranded wire to "broom out", (after installation) -- causing a loose
> / high resistance contact. I've learned to torque / wiggle & twist and
> retorque all multi strand connections. I have had one side of a 60A QO
> breaker go open out of the blue. db
>
>
> Dan Brown
> President
> Foxfire Energy Corp.
> Renewable Energy Systems
> (802)-483-2564
> www.Foxfire-Energy.com <http://www.foxfire-energy.com/>
> NABCEP #092907-44
>
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] CBI circuit breakers
> From: Allan Sindelar <allan at positiveenergysolar.com>
> Date: Mon, July 27, 2009 1:36 am
> To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>
> I have had no problems to date, Kent. Can you be more specific as to what
> problems you have had?
>
> Allan Sindelar
> Allan at positiveenergysolar.com
> NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer
> EE98J Journeyman Electrician
> Positive Energy, Inc.
> 3201 Calle Marie
> Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
> 505 424-1112
> www.positiveenergysolar.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Is it just me, or have other wrenches had problems with the CBI circuit
> breakers used in the Outback or Midnite combiner boxes?
>
> Kent Osterberg
> Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.
> http://www.bluemountainsolar.com/
>
>
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