Cables On Solar Panel Are Not Tinned Stranded Copper

Did a bathroom refurb this week where the lighting circuit i worked on had tinned copper cable not sure if that s the correct terminology.

Cables on solar panel are not tinned stranded copper.

Wire types vary in conductor material and insulation. Marking tüv 2 pfg 1169 pv1 f 1. I ve did some quick research and read. The bigger the awg number smaller is the wire.

Tinned annealed copper 2 insulation 90 c xlpe black 3 jacket 90 c xlpe black or red. This cable is larger than comparable coarse stranded cable. Yet tinned copper is more popular and says it is more corrosion resistant. The two common conductor materials used in residential and commercial solar installations are copper and aluminum copper has a greater conductivity than aluminum thus it carries more current than aluminum at the same size.

Kept a piece of the cable and looking at the markings it s a bicc cable with markings of y type and h. Yet it seems to costs a little less. A large number of tools are present on the internet which helps in selecting a properly sized cable for your solar panel installation. High quality tuv single core 4mm solar pv wire cable dc solar cable for pv panel pv1 f tinned copper dc solar power cable 4mm2.

But when you sell welding cable i think your lugs ought to fit your welding cable. Most solar cable available contains just 7 untinned copper strands whereas abyc requires a minimum of 19 tinned copper strands.