<div>All breakers have torque specs and the recomendation is to torque them then retorque then in a hour or so. This takes care of any "cold flow", that is the soft copper mioving around after it is put under pressure.</div>

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<div>It is not limited to CBI breakers, I wish i had a nickle for every breaker that I ever found with a loose wire in a box!</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:17 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan@foxfire-energy.com">dan@foxfire-energy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The only problem I've had with them is that their connectors can allow multi stranded wire to "broom out", (after installation) -- causing a loose / high resistance contact. I've learned to torque / wiggle & twist and retorque all multi strand connections. I have had one side of a 60A QO breaker go open out of the blue. db<br>
<br><br>Dan Brown<br>President<br>Foxfire Energy Corp.<br>Renewable Energy Systems<br>(802)-483-2564<br><a href="http://www.foxfire-energy.com/" target="_blank">www.Foxfire-Energy.com</a><br>NABCEP #092907-44 
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<div>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] CBI circuit breakers<br>From: Allan Sindelar <<a href="mailto:allan@positiveenergysolar.com" target="_blank">allan@positiveenergysolar.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, July 27, 2009 1:36 am<br>To: "'RE-wrenches'" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br><br>I have had no problems to date, Kent. Can you be more specific as to what<br>
problems you have had? <br><br>Allan Sindelar<br><a href="mailto:Allan@positiveenergysolar.com" target="_blank">Allan@positiveenergysolar.com</a><br>NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer<br>EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>
Positive Energy, Inc.<br>3201 Calle Marie<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507<br>505 424-1112<br><a href="http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/" target="_blank">www.positiveenergysolar.com</a><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>
Is it just me, or have other wrenches had problems with the CBI circuit <br>breakers used in the Outback or Midnite combiner boxes?<br><br>Kent Osterberg<br>Blue Mountain Solar, Inc.<br><a href="http://www.bluemountainsolar.com/" target="_blank">http://www.bluemountainsolar.com/</a><br>
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