[RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB

[R Ray Walters]

I didn't do the original  install, and I couldn't ID the lug because of the corrosion.
I believe everyone is correct that this isn't the DBT rated lug, though.
Another reason to use the WEEB:  a crew can't accidentally install the wrong (but almost identical, when new) lug. 
I'm sure the non-DBT lugs got mixed together in a bin at some point. 

R. Walters
ray at solarray.com
Solar Engineer




On Sep 12, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Jamie Johnson wrote:

>  That looks like a tin plated aluminum lug (aluminum corrosion) with a plated steel screw (rusted screw).......
>  
> Here is an explanation of the differences between both ILSCO GBL 4 lugs from John Wiles Code Corner in Homepower issue 102
> 
>  
> "The Ilsco GBL-4DBT is a lay-in lug
> made of solid copper, which is then tin-plated. It has a
> stainless steel screw to hold the wire. The lug accepts a #14
> (2 mm2) to #4 (21 mm2) copper conductor. It is listed for
> direct burial (DB) and outdoor use and can be attached to
> aluminum structures (the tin plate). The much cheaper Ilsco
> GBL-4 lug looks identical, but is tin-plated aluminum, has
> a plated screw, and is not listed for outdoor use."
>  
> Jamie Johnson
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer #031310-118
> General Manager
> SOLAR POWER ELECTRIC
> EC13001765
>  
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB
> From: "Peter Parrish" <peter.parrish at calsolareng.com>
> Date: Sun, September 12, 2010 6:50 pm
> To: "'RE-wrenches'" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> 
> Are you sure that's a ILSCO GBL-4DBT lug? I am pretty sure the set screw is
> not SS, which it should be to be the genuine part.
> 
> - Peter
> 
> 
> Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President
> California Solar Engineering, Inc.
> 820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
> [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of R Ray
> Walters
> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:10 PM
> To: RE-wrenches
> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB
> 
> A picture is worth a thousand words, (hopefully this will upload)
> Here's a traditional Ilsco Lug after less than 5 years near the ocean:
> 
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