[RE-wrenches] Sunny Island DC wire size

[Chris Schaefer]

Jay, a pic would be sweet. We run into these issue a lot in the off-grid
world.
Thanks,
Christopher

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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 22:05
To: Howie at CatamountSolar.com; RE-wrenches
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Sunny Island DC wire size

HI Howie,

I've seen someone use a single 4/0 fine stranded cable with a regular lug on
the end of it.
they then cut the top of the hole out to make in a sense a U shape.
Each side of the U fit into each side of the 2 hole barrel connector on the
SI.

Super slick iI thought.

I can send you a pic if you want.

jay

peltz power

On Feb 4, 2013, at 11:46 AM, Howie Michaelson wrote:

> Hi it has been more than a year since I wired up a Sunny Island 5048
> system and I'm trying to determine lug size for the DC conductors.  My
> memory is that the maxiumm wire size was (2) #1 conductors each for
> positive and negative.  Looking in the most recent SI manual states "The
> Sunny Island has a MAX DC terminal rated for 2x #2/0 AWG for DC+, DC- and
> PE."  Not sure if that is a typo - anyone no definitively?  The tech
> support line has gotten to have as long a hold time as Outback, Xantrex,
> etc...
> 
> Thanks,
> Howie
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