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<font size=3>Allan:<br><br>
I am not sold on the CBI din breakers. For higher amperages, they
seem too fragile to hold larger gauge wires. I have had internal
failures as well. Also, the CBI breakers will open if you barely
brush your hand against them.<br><br>
The narrower QOU handles on the 2 pole breakers are very handy for our
custom interlock brackets. Overall, I think a QOU is much more
rugged than a CBI.<br><br>
Neither option negates the need for hand wiring feeds to the individual
breakers...<br><br>
William<br><br>
At 12:56 PM 10/23/2009, you wrote:<br>
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William,<br>
The first time I saw a prototype of the XW system I groaned at the use of
QOU breakers. Partly it was for the reason you mention, and partly
because the QOU had become a white elephant, not used in our industry
since the demise of the APT/Trace Powercenters. QOUs aren’t normally
stocked at our local SqD distributor, so we would have to carry yet
another stock of breakers, besides OBDC and the CBI lines. My comments to
the Xantrex techies didn’t make any difference, either.<br>
<br>
Allan Sindelar<br>
<a href="mailto:Allan@positiveenergysolar.com">Allan@positiveenergysolar.com</a><br>
NABCEP Certified Photovoltaic Installer<br>
EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>
<b>Positive Energy, Inc.<br>
</b>3201 Calle Marie<br>
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507<br>
505 424-1112<br>
<a href="http://www.positiveenergysolar.com/">www.PositiveEnergySolar.com</a><br>
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