[RE-wrenches] Enphase and Romex

[benn kilburn]

Glenn/Jason,
So you wouldn't use romex to feed an exterior outlet on an outside wall, or
to any outside lights???

Canadian Electrical Code's (CE Code) definitions…
wet location -a location in which liquids may drip, splash, or flow on or
against electrical equipment.
Damp location –an exterior or interior location that is normally or
periodically subject to condensation of moisture in, on, or, adjacent to
electrical equipment an includes partially protected locations under
canopies, parquees, roofed open porches, and similar locations.
Dry location –a location not normally subject to dampness, but that may
include a location subject to temporary dampness as in the case of a
building under construction, provided that ventilation is adequate to
prevent an accumulation of moisture.

If inside your attic is considered a "wet location", then you have other
issues.  Are you sure the NEC's definition of 'wet location' is relating to
the location of the romex?
I just spoke to one of my inspectors and he sees no issue with entering the
bottom of a soladeck with romex.

On the grounding/bonding, I have been using the bare wire in the romex for
the enphase system ground (within the enphase cable) and running a #6 from
the mod frames and rails into the soladeck and along side the romex back to
the panelboard.

I need to get myself a copy of your NEC so I can be on the same page as you
guys.  I hear it is written in a way that is much easier to interpret than
the CE Code, which is written in a very legal jargon.

Cheers,
benn
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On 25/10/12 9:37 AM, "Glenn Burt" <glenn.burt at glbcc.com> wrote:

Soladeck on the rooftop places it in an environment that is considered
‘wet’.
I don’t think Romex is listed for use in a wet environment.
 
This would force you to use the proposed jbox in the attic for the
transition location.
I also understood that you could combine the EGC and GEC into a single
conductor as long as it is continuous or irreversibly spliced, as part of
the ’08 code.
 
-Glenn Burt
 
From: re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Jason
Szumlanski
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 9:13 AM
To: RE-wrenches
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Enphase and Romex
 
I'm sure this has been covered, but I could not find it in the archives.

 

We are considering using Romex in the attic for the first time. My plan was
to use the new Enphase coupler to connect the trunk cable to Type TC-ER,
enter a Soladeck passthrough box on the roof into a junction box in the
attic where I would make the transition to 10/3 Romex. I'm hung up on the
GEC going back to the service panel. Any suggestions?

 

By the way, we are on NEC 2008, and in most cases there is also a
requirement for an additional grounding electrode per NEC 690.47(D) (that
shouldn't really relate to my issue).

Jason Szumlanski 

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