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Written in conjunction with a leading
designer and manufacturer of utility
grade micro-inverter solutions for the OEM
photovoltaic solar market, the paper focuses
on the use of C&M’s Helios Spine Cable™
as part of a solar installation. Qualified by
ETL to UL standards 817 and 9703, the Helios
Spine cable is a “Plug and Play” interconnect
solution designed to reduce material cost,
installation time, and labor associated with
residential and commercial installations.
Wiring diagrams that outline several
connection methods as well a discussion of
the features and benefits of the system are
also included as part of the document.
The new white paper is available for
download from the C&M website.
Cerro gives installers the slip
Wire and cable manufacturer, Cerro Wire,
offers SLiPWire®, a thermoplastic high
heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) cable,
jacketed with a self-lubricating polymer
for an improved, lower co-efficient of friction.
SLiPWire is designed to reduce the time,
labor andcost for installation, eliminating the
materials and labor needed for lubricating
the wire.
SLiPWire also uses Cerro Wire’s True
Sequential Footage™ technology, a
sequentially printed cable reel that provides
accurate wire length with each cut. True
Sequential Footage avoids the need to carry
excess cable inventory, providing precision
length, accurate footage, and cost
control. It also uses Cerro Wire’s Max Print®
identification system to quickly identify the
size of the cable.
Fantastic plastic
Chromis Fiberoptics, producer of the first
commercial gigabit plastic optical fiber, has
announced the commercial availability of
the world’s first low-cost HDMI active optical
cable (AOC) produced with plastic optical
fiber. “This new solution takes AOCs from
beingaveryexpensive,super-premiumHDMI
solution to being a very affordable one,”
said Whitney White, the CEO of Chromis