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Need direct burial to avoid cost of conduit

The difference is aluminum vs copper in that 10 awg is correct for copper. Posted details on aluminum vs copper related to price per ft. https://www.southwire.com/calculator-vdrop

My experience over the last year has been the supply houses in Florida carrier a 30% premium price on everything electrical compared to Lowes and Home Depot. In particular local supply houses are usually out of everything. The best pricing by far that I can find on bulk low gauge wire is at...

Yes copper is hard to come by and carries a price premium even if you can go with lower gauge wire. I suspect the accountants are pricing the product to keep it a push if you have option A or B. For direct burial, copper options are limited as well and hard to find long runs. Running three...

Completely agree. The voltage drop for DC is less of an issue but mainly trying to stay in some measure of "spec" to avoid getting into a deep dive with a future inspector if they are looking for reasons to have a concern. This is a farm installation so no requirements to pull permits or pass...

Buried in the woods with tall trees blocking the eastern sky and not a really good spot to put the panels close by that would even come close to getting maximum light. Using bifacial panels and will be installed at 12+ ft as a roof to test farming under the panels. So panels have value out in...

27 panels JKM430M-72HLM-TV which has max voltage of 43.23 and current 9.83 so in theory 430 watt panel. Rounded up to 10 per string to simplify the math. The reality is won't see the 430 watts but design for the specs.

Yes planning to use two bundles of 4-4-4 to have 6 wires for the three strings.

Looking for feedback on a solar install where the place we need the power is 600ft from an open field in the woods surrounded by tall trees. Have a remote property that we purchased, and the bunkhouse is in the woods and to get to the open field is a 600ft run. The utility ran underground...