<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Nick,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This tool is ridiculously expensive. Enphase should really look into alternatives. If you noticed, Wrenches were recommending other brands and I know many installers use cheap MC4 crimpers pickup up on Amazon. In fact, I have never known another installer near me using an MC brand tool since the early days when that is all that really existed. I wouldn't call it a prohibitively expense, but when one tool makes up over 25% of a truck's core tool box cost, something is wrong. Maybe I'm missing something and these other tools use dies that are acceptable, but it sounds like we are being forced into a single source/brand tool.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jason Szumlanski</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(237,237,237);color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:13px;padding-left:10px"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:5px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-right:5px"></td><td style="padding-right:5px"></td><td style="padding-right:5px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><b><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 11:32 AM Nick Soleil <<a href="mailto:nsoleil@enphaseenergy.com">nsoleil@enphaseenergy.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">The Field Wireable Connectors Installation Guide specified the following crimping tools for use with the connectors:<span style="font-size:12pt"> Multi-Contact PV-CZM-18100, -19100, or -22100. That tool is required
for meeting our reliability requirements and compliance requirements.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">The document can be found here:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><a href="https://enphase.com/sites/default/files/downloads/support/Q-Field-Wireable-Connectors-QIG-EN-US.pdf" class="gmail-m_2705916732386134501OWAAutoLink" id="gmail-m_2705916732386134501LPlnk512036" target="_blank">https://enphase.com/sites/default/files/downloads/support/Q-Field-Wireable-Connectors-QIG-EN-US.pdf</a><br>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">I have the </span><span style="font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Rennsteig now. I wasn't sure if it is ok to use since it's not the exact specified model in the Enphase
instructions. There are all kinds of knock offs for under <span class="gmail-m_2705916732386134501x_money">$50</span> and I have found a couple that seem to work extremely well, but again I'm not sure if it violates the listing to do so. </span><br>
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<div>Jason Szumlanski<br>
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Florida Solar Design Group</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_2705916732386134501x_gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 9:16 PM Jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com" id="gmail-m_2705916732386134501LPlnk586668" class="gmail-m_2705916732386134501OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi Jason<br>
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Talk to Bryan at PV cables <br>
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707-923-3000<br>
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He\u2019s got the Rennsteig tool for under $200 and the MFG tool for just under $300<br>
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Jay<br>
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Peltz power. <br>
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> On Mar 6, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Jason Szumlanski <<a href="mailto:jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com" rel="noreferrer" id="gmail-m_2705916732386134501LPlnk635219" class="gmail-m_2705916732386134501OWAAutoLink" target="_blank">jason@floridasolardesigngroup.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Is there a reasonably priced alternative to the Multi-Contact PV-CZM-##100 models? These are the only ones specified in the quick install guide. Obviously I don't want to violate the listing, but I also don't want to spend $500 for a tool for each truck.
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