[RE-wrenches] question about pole mount interconnection

Kirpal Khalsa solarworks at gmail.com
Tue Oct 8 14:07:52 PDT 2013


Chris....i like your design with the vaults!  Future proof! Do you make
your transition to rigid metal conduit in the concrete?  Seems solid!
Thanks for sharing...

Sunny Regards,
Kirpal Khalsa
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
Renewable Energy Systems
www.oregonsolarworks.com
541-218-0201 m
541-592-3958 o


On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Chris Worcester
<chris at solarwindworks.com>wrote:

> Hi Ron,
> We do a lot of pole mounts, last one was 12' to the bottom of modules, deep
> snow country. Typically in a system where there are or has the potential to
> expand into more than the original pole mounted array we run a couple of
> main PVC conduits underground to a concrete vault, like a C-9, C-24, or
> maybe even a C-30 vault. From this vault we distribute the conduits to each
> pole mount, or in a larger field like the 8 poles you're mentioning we
> might
> go into a second vault closer to the other end of the field, then branch
> out
> to each pole from it too. We use PVC underground, Rigid metal through the
> concrete and up the pole. Hope this helps.
>
> Chris Worcester
> Solar Wind Works
> NABCEP Certified PV Installer
> Office 530-582-4503
> Cell 530-448-9692
> Fax 530-582-4603
> www.solarwindworks.com
> chris at solarwindworks.com
>
>
>
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