[RE-wrenches] Wires between arrays

[Dave Tedeyan]

Hi All,

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.

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:
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Array conductors found disconnected or improperly connected, which may be
causing portions of the array to be inoperable and/or pose a shock hazard.
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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.

I attached a couple of photos to help with my written description.
I appreciate the knowledge of this hive mind!
Cheers,
Dave

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