Now anyone who is familiar with the solar techniques of power generation might have come across with the term solar wire or solar cable. And this gives birth to an obvious question being, what is the difference between ordinary cables and solar cables? why do we use solar cables?

Wires and cables are the media through which the transportation of the power takes place. Solar energy systems do no use the regular power cables and wires that we see in our day to day usage and that is for a number of reasons. Solar PV cables vary from regular cables in various aspects.

The first in line would be the construction variation between solar cables and regular cables. Usually, the solar cables are made out of a single conducting material and even in the case of a group of conductors, the multiple wires that are present inside the cable are built in a different fashion. On the other hand, a lot of the cables that are made for regular usage would be clubbed together, thus justifying the term 'cables' and not 'wires'.

The second is the material of jacket or the outer layer. Since most of the solar energy systems operate outdoors, so does the cables or wires connecting them. And in the case of regular cables, they are usually buried beneath the ground or tucked away inside the walls. This means that regular household or even industrial cables are subjected to substantially less wear and tear while the solar cables have to endure a lot of beating. For this reason, the solar cables are coated with a different material which is much more resistant to the surrounding and thus are rated for much longer use. The regular cables are mostly rated for 8 to 10 years of use but the solar cables are expected to maintain their performance for up to 25 years.

The last of the key differences in regular cables and solar cables is the wire gauge, or more specifically AWG (American Wire Gauge) that basically implies the thickness of the wires inside the cable. Generally speaking, the higher the wire gauge of a wire is, the smaller the wires are. Regular cables come in a huge variety of gauges, ranging all the way from 2 to 20, while can still go beyond this range.

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