[RE-wrenches] Wire protection for ground mount

[August Goers]

We had a relatively good experience with solarscrim. The pricing was really
quite reasonable and it is nice having the heavy duty grommets to fasten it
in place. We used Heyco SunBundler vinyl jacketed stainless cable ties to
hold it in place. See attached.



-August



*From:* RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On
Behalf Of *Dave Click
*Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2015 6:38 AM
*To:* re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Wire protection for ground mount



I think someone here long ago recommended solarscrim.com; when I
recommended it to three contractors I heard:

1) "awesome, I just bought some and I'll use this on every project!"
2) "too expensive, I'm getting some tennis court screening on my own and
doing it myself."
3) "too expensive, I'm getting some landscape cloth(?) and doing it myself."

IMHO it looks pretty nice and you would only need it over where the wiring
is (unless you or your customer wanted to pay for the full back to be
covered, of course), but I can't comment on its cost relative to
alternatives.

Issue with hardware cloth, perforated metal, etc. is that you'd need to
find a way to reliably bond it, and sometimes a homemade solution may have
some sharp edges/points. You may be able to use a cable tray instead
(depending on your BOS approach, could run that E-W to your
inverters/combiner boxes in combination with N-S rolls of scrim).

Or of course, look to plethora of excellent wire management options
provided by your racking manufacturer. Ha ha ha.

Dave

On 2015/4/17 7:20, AE Solar wrote:

Hey Wrenchers,



Does anyone have suggestions for netting/protecting wires behind a ground
mount (for keeping hands out of there...not animals). I have seen quite a
few home-made'ish looking options on systems around here (screwing hardware
cloth onto the back of frames/racking, etc) but am looking for a more
professional  option....ideally something that is as clean looking as
possible. For what its worth the panels will be (4) high in landscape.
Thanks for any thoughts.



Adam


Adam Katzman - Owner/Operator

Autonomous Energies

4872 State Route 9G
Germantown NY, 12526

www.AutonomousEnergies.com <http://www.autonomousenergies.com/>
(518) 567-1468



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Adam Katzman
Autonomous Energies
4872 State Route 9G
Germantown NY, 12526
www.autonomousenergies.com
(518) 567-1468





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