Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Main Forums
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Question & Answer Forum
SWA cable alongside cat5e
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Talk Electrician Forum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="revor" data-source="post: 491525" data-attributes="member: 23254"><p>My thanks for the replies some good info there. Learning all the time. Don't think the installer is interested have requested 5 times to see the array he has installed at his place but does not get back to me. He was pushing on an open door. Now got a similar quote but for a smaller battery (4.8 kw) . This installer would prefer to have the inverter indoors which means running the 70 m of cable as DC . From previous postings it seems that DC underground is not a good idea. I went to see an install he had done and had he run DC to an outbuilding which housed the inverter. There was no need for a data cable with this arrangement. Interestingly the underground cable in a duct was white /transparent in colour at first I had though it had been put into a reinforced PVC hose but seemingly it is a special very flexible cable that he uses to ensure he has no problems pulling through ducting. Does anyone know what cable spec this would be? He said that 10 sq mm cable would suffice whereas the original installer was specking 16 sq mm so don't understand why they would differ. Can't see that AC or DC would make the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="revor, post: 491525, member: 23254"] My thanks for the replies some good info there. Learning all the time. Don't think the installer is interested have requested 5 times to see the array he has installed at his place but does not get back to me. He was pushing on an open door. Now got a similar quote but for a smaller battery (4.8 kw) . This installer would prefer to have the inverter indoors which means running the 70 m of cable as DC . From previous postings it seems that DC underground is not a good idea. I went to see an install he had done and had he run DC to an outbuilding which housed the inverter. There was no need for a data cable with this arrangement. Interestingly the underground cable in a duct was white /transparent in colour at first I had though it had been put into a reinforced PVC hose but seemingly it is a special very flexible cable that he uses to ensure he has no problems pulling through ducting. Does anyone know what cable spec this would be? He said that 10 sq mm cable would suffice whereas the original installer was specking 16 sq mm so don't understand why they would differ. Can't see that AC or DC would make the difference. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Main Forums
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Question & Answer Forum
SWA cable alongside cat5e
Top