roof and portable solar wiring question

Tom_M wrote:
The wire is #10 tinned fine stranded. I got it at an Ax-Man surplus near where I live. It was priced at 12 cents a foot. I think they thought it was aluminum wire because it was silver colored. That was about 4 years ago. I've been in the store recently and they had nothing like it.

If I had to buy more wire I'd check eBay for heavy gauge zip-cord at least #10. Zip-cord is also called speaker wire. I helped a fellow camper with a system last winter down in Florida and he found some #10 zip-cord in Miami. It was CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum). It worked okay for his system, but pure copper would have been preferred. Listings on eBay are sometimes quite vague on what type wire is used.

The Ax Man, of course. That's why it looked different. I visit them continually but stock is only replenished as space allows. If they sold a few esoteric signal analyzers or one of those military contraptions, they'd have room for more wire. ;)

CCA is not used here. It's like going to a whorehouse for a kiss. :R

I sometimes shop at ABC Electronics (otherwise known as hole-in-the-wall electronics) in Mpls. They are on 7Th Ave N, almost under I-94 (warehouse district). I've bought everything from teflon jacketed data wire to #2 building wire from them but they are similar to Ax Man, a rotating stock of surplus.

Your coil of wire and connector looked like the real deal. I may pursue a portable panel in the future so always looking for good bits and pieces. Thanks!