[RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB

[William Miller]

Andrew:

You make a very good point in 2) below, however there is one step 
missing:  If a ground fault is occurring, the technician will eventually 
need to look under modules to find the fault.  This is the reason the 
top-down clips will be loosened.  If the module is grounded with #6 wire, 
the wire will prevent the module from being lifted.  Therefore, the lug 
will also be loosened, un-grounding the module -- creating the unsafe 
condition you described.

WEEB clip or WEEB lug, the technician dies.

Should we invent a WEEB jumper cable to maintain module bond while the 
modules are being lifted?

William Miller



At 07:44 PM 9/13/2010, you wrote:



>2) My biggest concern with the WEEB Clip is that the moment a top-clamp is 
>loosened the module is no longer grounded!!!  To me that is not a good 
>grounding method.  Mr Wiley is obviously a talented inventor and he makes 
>a strong argument for the quality of the bond that the WEEB Clip provides 
>when the clip is installed properly and all mounting hardware is properly 
>torqued.  What I don't understand is the argument that this is as safe of 
>a product as a properly installed outdoor rated lug for the service tech 
>who has to work on that array.
>
>
>A tin-plated copper lug with a stainless steel set screw will last.  A 
>service tech working on a faulted array that was grounded with WEEB Clips 
>might not.
>
>
>
>Andrew Truitt
>Free agent
>Golden, CO.
>
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