Standard PV Interconnect Ribbon Sizes

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Standard PV Interconnect Ribbon Sizes

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 by Jim Hisert [Jim Hisert]

I probably should have mentioned in my last post, you don't need to start from scratch. Here are a few of the standard sizes that we have just waiting to string your cells:

2 mm wide x 0.10 mm thick

2 mm wide x 0.15 mm thick

1.5 mm wide x 0.10 mm thick

1.5 mm wide x 0.15 mm thick

5.0 mm wide x 0.40 mm thick

Standard alloy coatings include:

Sn96, 96.5% tin, 3.5% silver

SN60, 60% tin, 40% lead

SN62, 60% tin, 38% lead, 2% silver

Jim Hisert