wiredinUSA May 2012

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Written in conjunction with a leading designer and manufacturer of utility grade micro-inverter solutions for the OEM photovoltaic solar market, the paper focuses on the use of C&M’s Helios Spine Cable™ as part of a solar installation. Qualified by ETL to UL standards 817 and 9703, the Helios Spine cable is a “Plug and Play” interconnect solution designed to reduce material cost, installation time, and labor associated with residential and commercial installations. Wiring diagrams that outline several connection methods as well a discussion of the features and benefits of the system are also included as part of the document. Wire and cable manufacturer, Cerro Wire, offers SLiPWire ® , a thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) cable, jacketed with a self-lubricating polymer for an improved, lower co-efficient of friction. SLiPWire is designed to reduce the time, labor andcost for installation, eliminating the materials and labor needed for lubricating the wire. SLiPWire also uses Cerro Wire’s True Sequential Footage™ technology, a sequentially printed cable reel that provides accurate wire length with each cut. True Sequential Footage avoids the need to carry The new white paper is available for download from the C&M website. Cerro gives installers the slip

excess cable inventory, providing precision length, accurate footage, and cost control. It also uses Cerro Wire’s Max Print ® identification system to quickly identify the size of the cable.

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Chromis Fiberoptics, producer of the first commercial gigabit plastic optical fiber, has announced the commercial availability of the world’s first low-cost HDMI active optical cable (AOC) produced with plastic optical fiber. “This new solution takes AOCs from beingaveryexpensive,super-premiumHDMI solution to being a very affordable one,” said Whitney White, the CEO of Chromis

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