<div dir="auto">Hi Dave,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I typically use the same method you do for running conductors between two non-continuous arrays. I have never had an issue with either AHJ blowback or actual compromised conductors due to a lack of strain relief.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The only code reference I can think of is 300.4 regarding protection against physical damage, but you have that covered with the use of a secured conduit. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To appease the AHJ, you could add some pvc female adapters and gland seals. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chris </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 4:43 PM Dave Tedeyan <<a href="mailto:dave@sungineersolar.com">dave@sungineersolar.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Hi All, <div><br><div>I have an inspector giving me a hard time about wire management between two ground mounted arrays. The racking is Unirac GFT, and the system was too large to have one continuous array. So there are two arrays, side by side, with only a 1' gap between the rails and modules from the two separate arrays. </div><div><br></div><div>We jumped the PV wire between the arrays through a short section of PVC for protection, and the wires are secured to the rails about a foot past the PVC on either end. The inspector is citing the following:</div><div>----</div><div>Array conductors found disconnected or
improperly connected, which may be
causing portions of the array to be
inoperable and/or pose a shock hazard.</div><div>----</div><div>They say that they are citing this because there is no strain relief as the wires enter and exit the 18" piece of conduit. My question to you all is, do you know of any code reference that says that this setup is or is not okay? I would also be curious to hear what others do to span a 1' gap on a ground mount. It almost seems as if I just left the conductors exposed for that gap, there would have been no problem.</div><div><br></div><div>I attached a couple of photos to help with my written description.</div><div>I appreciate the knowledge of this hive mind!</div><div>Cheers, </div><div>Dave<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:525px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><tbody style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><td width="125" valign="top" rowspan="6" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;font-size:10pt;border-right-width:1px;border-right-style:solid;width:125px;vertical-align:top;border-right-color:rgb(236,189,0)"><a href="https://www.sungineersolar.com/" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Logo" width="105" src="https://sungineersolar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Logo-Image-Only-1.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 105px; height: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></a></td><td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><tbody style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><td valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:0px 0px 5px 10px;width:400px;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,189,0)">Dave Tedeyan, P.E.<br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,189,0)">Owner | Sungineer Solar</font><br></span></td></tr><tr style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><td valign="top" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;padding:5px 0px 5px 10px;font-size:10pt;vertical-align:top;line-height:17px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,189,0)"><span style="font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">p: </span></span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">he | him | his</span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,189,0)"><span style="font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>a: </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1653+Slaterville+Rd.+%C2%A0+%7C%C2%A0Ithaca,+NY+14850?entry=gmail&source=g" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1653 Slaterville Rd.</a></span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1653+Slaterville+Rd.+%C2%A0+%7C%C2%A0Ithaca,+NY+14850?entry=gmail&source=g" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1653+Slaterville+Rd.+%C2%A0+%7C%C2%A0Ithaca,+NY+14850?entry=gmail&source=g" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">| Ithaca, NY 14850</a></span><br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,189,0)"><span style="font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">w:</span></span><a href="http://www.sungineersolar.com/" rel="noopener" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> www.sungineersolar.com</span></a><br><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,189,0)"><span style="font-weight:700;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">c:</span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> (607) 288-2898</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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