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Old 09-24-2020, 04:06 PM   #41
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they assume the EU standard, and has a different insulation that connection wire.
I would not worry about a short piece of connection wire, if that is what you need, just the long run to the panel is best to use solar wire.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is "solar wire"?
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"ferrules" implies iron based metal sleeves encapsulating copper stranded wire. I would imagine the iron reduces conductivity and adds a lttle resistance, as well?
Are there copper ferrules?
Of course there are copper ferrules. And aluminum and even plastic.

In this case “ferrules” refers to “objects generally used for fastening, joining, sealing, or reinforcement”
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is "solar wire"?
Solar or PV (photovoltaic) wire is specially designed for use in transmitting current from Solar Panel. Special Insulation and low loss
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Solar or PV (photovoltaic) wire is specially designed for use in transmitting current from Solar Panel. Special Insulation and low loss
A link to where you found the info that "solar wire" has a lower voltage loss per the wire size & length of wire than comparable wire, would be very nice.

If there is such a thing as solar wire, I would think it would refer to wire that can withstand the rays from the sun that damages most wire insulation.

What I do with the wire on my roof is to place the wire inside of black split wire loom. https://www.amazon.com/GS-Power-Spli...83&sr=8-9&th=1
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Here is a link to a video with very good general info about wire for solar installs. Near the end of the video his recommendations are to use wire with a high number of strands and as large of size as you can use in your system.

Always use a larger size rather than going to a size that just barely does the job.
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I would say that the video and wire being discussed is for residential solar power systems. Systems with higher wattages, longer runs and perhaps even higher voltages.

I doubt for your RV you need anything other than the correct gauge and UV resistant sheathing.
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