[RE-wrenches] Looking for insulated #6 bare standoff

[MDElectricSolar]

Or just thhn #6 ?

Michael D Nelson
MD Electric & Solar, Inc.
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> On Apr 18, 2018, at 5:24 PM, Benn Kilburn <benn at skyfireenergy.com> wrote:
> 
> Dana, 
> Why does it have to be bare copper? Can you not use a green insulated #6?
> 
> Benn Kilburn
> SkyFire Energy
> 780-906-7807
> 
>> On Apr 18, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <offgridsolar at sti.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Why is it #6? Usually the solar panels wire size determine Array Teks size
>> for this wiring. What do they say please?  --Dave
>> 
>>> How about an insulated loop clamp like this one:
>>> https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/0216763
>>> 
>>> You can get them in stainless and they have the rubber grommet so it won't
>>> touch the rack.
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Dana <dana at solarwork.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Good Morning Wrenches,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I am required to keep the bare #6 copper from touching the aluminum
>>>> frame
>>>> work of a Array Technologies tracker where it is not mechanically
>>>> connected
>>>> by a pass-through ground clamp on a tracking array [dissimilar metals]
>>>> and
>>>> am looking for a lead on an insulated standoff or strap to hold the #6
>>>> bare
>>>> copper as it passes from panel to panel and rail to rail. The plans
>>>> examiner would accept pass through clamps & this is a worst case-spendy
>>>> solution to this.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I have searched the inquired at local electrical warehouse &on the
>>>> internet and to no avail under “insulated strap” & “insulated
>>>> cable
>>>> standoff”.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone else encountered his & what did you use? Where did you source
>>>> this strap?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I remember seeing something like this in the fuzzy past & cannot recall
>>>> where I saw it or what it was for.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>>> 
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