EC&M Asks - Can You Run AC & DC Conductors to PV Systems in the Same Raceway?
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In Episode 40 of “EC&M Asks,” a video series featuring subject matter experts (SMEs) answering reader-submitted questions regarding popular electrical topics, Ryan Mayfield, founder and SME of Mayfield Renewables, discusses NEC rules for running AC and DC conductors to PV systems in the same raceway. He covers the requirements found in Art. 690 of the Code. In particular, he references Sec. 690.31(B)(1), which covers conductors of different systems.
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I'm working on an install that has 240V AC circuits that supply a small enclosure which charges a tracker motor for a tracking PV array. Hangers are being used to route PV source circuit conductors within the array, and it would be ideal to use the same hanger to route our 240AC circuits. The AC circuits would be single conductor PV wire. If the cables have the same insulation rating, would this be permitted by 690.31(B)(1)? My interpretation is that these AC conductors are part of a PV system and do not need separation from DC source circuit wiring.
*Pulls out my copy of the Canadian Electrical Code to (2012) follow along* ... Nope. Must be US code. (Sections only go up to 80-014)
Edit: Solar photovoltaic systems are section 50 in the Canadian code.
The exception allowing you to combine different voltage sources in the same raceway appears to be: section 50-018 Wiring Method (9).