SFVdave wrote:
rjxj wrote:
SFVdave wrote:
I have my panels and cable. I'm still waiting for the mounts and controller and fuses. Went up the ladder today and removed the vent cap, Re-ran the fishing cord over to the corner. Have any of you drilled 2 holes in the vent base vs cutting the wire mesh. Seems the mesh could end up abrading to cable. I was thinking of sliding rubber insert washers on the cable and set them in the side of the base. Am I over analyzing this?
I put something like this in the side of the vent base.
Do you recall the size? I'm using 10 awg cable.
You have to measure the diameter of the cable that you are using.
This one will work with cable that is .11 to .26 in diameter.
this will hold two 5mm or .196 inch cables so you would only need to drill one hole. They use a regular
conduit nut on the inside of the vent base but it will obviously need a small cut in the screen to hold the nut. You may be able to make the hole just big enough that you can screw directly into the plastic and not use a nut on the inside. If I did it again that is what I would try but also buy extra strain reliefs in case it boogers up the threads and doesn't want to hold. I cut the screen enough so I could get my fingers in to hold the nut as I turned the strain relief. I then used sealer on the screen.
