<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I didn't do the original install, and I couldn't ID the lug because of the corrosion.<div>I believe everyone is correct that this isn't the DBT rated lug, though.<div>Another reason to use the WEEB: a crew can't accidentally install the wrong (but almost identical, when new) lug. </div><div>I'm sure the non-DBT lugs got mixed together in a bin at some point. </div><div><div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Sep 12, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Jamie Johnson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><!-- wmLetter_head_start -->
<table align="center" style="empty-cells: show;" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div style="padding: 5px; overflow-x: auto;"><!-- wmLetter_head_end --><div><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div> That looks like a tin plated aluminum lug (aluminum corrosion) with a plated steel screw (rusted screw).......</div>
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<div align="left"><p>Here is an explanation of the differences between both ILSCO GBL 4 lugs from John Wiles Code Corner in Homepower issue 102</p></div>
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<div>"<font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">The Ilsco GBL-4DBT is a lay-in lug </font></font></font></div><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">
<div align="left">made of solid copper, which is then tin-plated. It has a</div>
<div align="left">stainless steel screw to hold the wire. The lug accepts a #14</div>
</font></font></font><div align="left"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">(2 mm</font></font></font><font color="#1a1818" size="1" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="1" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="1" face="Palatino-Roman">2</font></font></font><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">) to #4 (21 mm</font></font></font><font color="#1a1818" size="1" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="1" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="1" face="Palatino-Roman">2</font></font></font><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">) copper conductor. It is listed for</font></font></font></div><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><font color="#1a1818" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">
<div align="left">direct burial (DB) and outdoor use and can be attached to</div>
<div align="left">aluminum structures (the tin plate). The much cheaper Ilsco</div>
<div align="left">GBL-4 lug looks identical, but is tin-plated aluminum, has</div>
<div>a plated screw, and is not listed for outdoor use."</div>
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<div>Jamie Johnson</div>
<div>NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer #031310-118</div>
<div>General Manager</div>
<div>SOLAR POWER ELECTRIC</div>
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<div id="wmQuoteWrapper">-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB<br>From: "Peter Parrish" <<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a>><br>Date: Sun, September 12, 2010 6:50 pm<br>To: "'RE-wrenches'" <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br><br>Are you sure that's a ILSCO GBL-4DBT lug? I am pretty sure the set screw is<br>not SS, which it should be to be the genuine part.<br><br>- Peter<br><br><br>Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D., President<br>California Solar Engineering, Inc.<br>820 Cynthia Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90065<br>CA Lic. 854779, NABCEP Cert. 031806-26<br><a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a> <br>Ph 323-258-8883, Mobile 323-839-6108, Fax 323-258-8885<br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br>[<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] On Behalf Of R Ray<br>Walters<br>Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:10 PM<br>To: RE-wrenches<br>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] The Demise of WEEB<br><br>A picture is worth a thousand words, (hopefully this will upload)<br>Here's a traditional Ilsco Lug after less than 5 years near the ocean:<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive: <a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br><a href="http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm">www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm</a><br><br>Check out participant bios:<br><a href="http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/">www.members.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br></div></blockquote></span></div><!-- wmLetter_tail_start --></div></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; background-repeat: no-repeat;" align="left" height="210" colspan="1"><span><bottom.letterhead></span></td></tr></tbody></table><!-- wmLetter_tail_end -->_______________________________________________<br>List sponsored by Home Power magazine<br><br>List Address: <a href="mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>Options & settings:<br><a href="http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org">http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org</a><br><br>List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org<br><br>List rules & etiquette:<br>www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm<br><br>Check out participant bios:<br>www.members.re-wrenches.org<br><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>