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<font size=3>Andrew:<br><br>
You make a very good point in 2) below, however there is one step
missing: If a ground fault is occurring, the technician will
eventually need to look under modules to find the fault. This is
the reason the top-down clips will be loosened. If the module is
grounded with #6 wire, the wire will prevent the module from being
lifted. Therefore, the lug will also be loosened, un-grounding the
module -- creating the unsafe condition you described.<br><br>
WEEB clip or WEEB lug, the technician dies.<br><br>
Should we invent a WEEB jumper cable to maintain module bond while the
modules are being lifted?<br><br>
William Miller<br><br>
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At 07:44 PM 9/13/2010, you wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>2) My biggest concern with the WEEB
Clip is that the moment a top-clamp is loosened the module is no longer
grounded!!! To me that is not a good grounding method. Mr
Wiley is obviously a talented inventor and he makes a strong argument for
the quality of the bond that the WEEB Clip provides when the clip is
installed properly and all mounting hardware is properly torqued.
What I don't understand is the argument that this is as safe of a product
as a properly installed outdoor rated lug for the service tech who has to
work on that array. <br><br>
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A tin-plated copper lug with a stainless steel set screw will last.
A service tech working on a faulted array that was grounded with WEEB
Clips might not.<br><br>
<br><br>
Andrew Truitt<br>
Free agent<br>
Golden, CO.<br><br>
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