LithiumGuy
Corralling Electrons
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I'm located in California and need recommendations on electrical wiring to run an overhead/aerial cable.
I need to connect a solar array to the house mains which is on an adjacent and separate building. The overhead/aerial will be over 10ft high above ground and be across ~11ft gap. There will be a "messenger" steel support cable as is required by code. I need 12/3 conductors (two conductors + ground).
The cable can't be solid cable because it will look odd as it won't "hang" and be crooked. So I was thinking of SOOW cable that is super strong and yet super flexible as well as being fully UV and waterproof. But I'm reading that NEC code doesn't allow "flexible" cable to be mounted permanently? Perhaps they're referring to "flexible" as extension cabling? But SOOW is several grades of durability above "extension" wire cabling.
The other choice is UF-B outdoor cabling which is within code but I think it only comes in solid form making it odd to hang across a gap especially at 12AWG thickness.
I need to connect a solar array to the house mains which is on an adjacent and separate building. The overhead/aerial will be over 10ft high above ground and be across ~11ft gap. There will be a "messenger" steel support cable as is required by code. I need 12/3 conductors (two conductors + ground).
The cable can't be solid cable because it will look odd as it won't "hang" and be crooked. So I was thinking of SOOW cable that is super strong and yet super flexible as well as being fully UV and waterproof. But I'm reading that NEC code doesn't allow "flexible" cable to be mounted permanently? Perhaps they're referring to "flexible" as extension cabling? But SOOW is several grades of durability above "extension" wire cabling.
The other choice is UF-B outdoor cabling which is within code but I think it only comes in solid form making it odd to hang across a gap especially at 12AWG thickness.