Amazing job. Thanks a lot for sharing. Cheers from Argentina. I am a solar installer, with a small company, and your videos are inspirational. Keep on doing it, please!
I really enjoyed this longer form content. 11 minutes was the perfect amount of time. Loved your explanations and dialogue through the entire video. Great editing too. Honestly just a top tier video!
I may or may have not been to a system before where the one ICP Polaris lugs was not tightened at all(I'm not joking the bolt in the lug wasn't contacting then run side of the tap). And there was no heat or anything. System was running just fine. The only way I caught it was by touching it to check something else and it mOvED!🥶. Very impressive that that system ran for quite some time without issues while it was installed that way. Sometimes those problems are very hard to find.😮
And that is exactly why Polaris blocks get such a bad name. Some companies won't even allow them to be used. When really there's nothing wrong with them it's the installer! Nice work!
It appears the antioxidant application was done poorly, too much = bad and will create added resistance/ potential thermal damage. (a little goes a long way) I would recheck those terminal block torques after a few hours of 60%+ production and clean up the excess noalox...
@@Rickles they do, however aluminum conductors tend to settle after numerous thermal cycles, specifically in continuous current applications. Re-torque is highly recommended. Ive seen over 4 dozen of these insulated taps fail due to arcing/ loose connections
Followed you from TikTok. Not a lot of solar content like this on UA-cam so I love it! Keep it coming buddy 🎉🎉
Amazing job. Thanks a lot for sharing. Cheers from Argentina.
I am a solar installer, with a small company, and your videos are inspirational. Keep on doing it, please!
Thanks so much! 🥰
Smashed that like button so many times my thumb hurts. Excited for you to double my subscribers in a week
Finally in UA-cam! Gonna enjoy you long vídeos, solarboy
I really enjoyed this longer form content. 11 minutes was the perfect amount of time. Loved your explanations and dialogue through the entire video. Great editing too. Honestly just a top tier video!
Thanks so much! 🥰
Please keep up the longer content! ✌️ Stay safe out there
Will do! I've got a bumpy month or so here, but I hope to settle into a regular long video cadence as soon as I can 😄
I may or may have not been to a system before where the one ICP Polaris lugs was not tightened at all(I'm not joking the bolt in the lug wasn't contacting then run side of the tap). And there was no heat or anything. System was running just fine. The only way I caught it was by touching it to check something else and it mOvED!🥶. Very impressive that that system ran for quite some time without issues while it was installed that way. Sometimes those problems are very hard to find.😮
It is WILD how well things will run sometimes when things aren't done properly
And that is exactly why Polaris blocks get such a bad name. Some companies won't even allow them to be used. When really there's nothing wrong with them it's the installer! Nice work!
That's crazy to me that people don't like them. 🤯 I've never had one fail on me of its own accord, it's only ever been improper installation.
Love your content! Thanks for making it. What kind of torque wrench do you use?
Whatever Home Depot had, I think it's a Husky something or other 😂
Could the wire strands have moved with the change in temperature and caused the connection to become weak?
That's pretty unlikely, given modern alloys. Expansion and contraction due to temperature is taken into account in the design of these products.
It appears the antioxidant application was done poorly, too much = bad and will create added resistance/ potential thermal damage. (a little goes a long way) I would recheck those terminal block torques after a few hours of 60%+ production and clean up the excess noalox...
I was interested in the burndy taps so I researched a bit. Looks like they come with the compound inside of them already.
@@Rickles they do, however aluminum conductors tend to settle after numerous thermal cycles, specifically in continuous current applications. Re-torque is highly recommended. Ive seen over 4 dozen of these insulated taps fail due to arcing/ loose connections