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<font face="Arial">Hi Jim.<br>
<br>
Please see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://we-llc.com/WEEBLug_story.html">http://we-llc.com/WEEBLug_story.html</a>. </font><font
face="Arial">You can certainly repeat the test in your own lab.<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Arial">What we were trying to point out is that the
contact area for 2 threads of a thread forming screw do not match the
rating of the lug. The lug does meet the UL467 standard, but the lug
plus thread forming screw does not.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Best Regards,
Brian Wiley
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<br>
North Texas Renewable Energy Inc wrote:
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type="cite"><br>
<blockquote type="cite">6) I think John Wiles recommended the star
washer / bolt /
<br>
weather resistant lug combination as a solution in the absence of a
<br>
module manufacture's specific instructions.
<br>
Dick Ratico
<br>
Solarwind Electric
<br>
Bradford, VT
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</blockquote>
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After a quick search of Brian Wileys www site we-llc, I could not find
the video clip that allegedly shows the traditional burial-rated ground
lug frying its mounting screw at its rated ampacity. Has this
controversy been cleared up or just vanished due to lack of interest?
<br>
<br>
Jim Duncan
<br>
North Texas Renewable Energy Inc
<br>
817.917.0527
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