[RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB

[Keith Cronin]

Perhaps in the future, we can go with a composite frame and remove the grounding 
challenge altogether?
Carbon fiber would be spectacular, minus the cost.



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From: R Ray Walters <ray at solarray.com>
To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Mon, September 13, 2010 7:14:36 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB

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 fordirect 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
>>CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26
>>peter.parrish at calsolareng.com 
>>Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885
>>
>>
>>
>>-----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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