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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray et al, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm very curious how the Germans deal with the
pigtail wires. Typically, their standards make ours pale by comparison.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As solar becomes more mainstream, the trade
solutions will follow. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunate and disappointing that the race to
the bottom is now also including heretofore premium
quality manufacturers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill Loesch<BR>Solar 1 - Saint Louis
Solar<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=ray@solarray.com href="mailto:ray@solarray.com">Ray Walters</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 24, 2011 9:06 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar World
Poly</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>The company that offers an innovative wire management solution
for their modules will have their stock go up. (Hint Hint Solarworld).<BR>A
few years ago we could run conduit module to module, looked great but that
would be unreasonable on a large system today. However the "just let the wires
fly, and the installer can figure out" design may be the current standard, but
its not even close to being optimized.<BR>Its unbelievable all these bright
engineers on the manufacturing side can't come up with something
better.<BR><BR>Ray Walters<BR><BR>On 6/24/2011 7:47 PM, William Miller wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:6.0.1.1.2.20110624165829.032a9ec0@millersolar.com
type="cite"><FONT size=3>Unfortunately for all of us the PV industry has put
little thought into proper wire management. Standard appliances (such
as air conditioning units) all accommodate standard trade size wiring
hardware (conduit and fittings). This is not the case with PV
wiring.</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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