I agree. Eliminate the "enclosure" and you eliminate his complaint. Just make them accessible only to authorized personnel and provide adequate working space. That should work.
I've never understood how a metallic battery enclosure is safer than a non-conductive enclosure, regardless of combustibility. Imagine something really heavy falling on a metallic covered enclosure and causing a battery short. Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar On Mar 22, 2012, at 6:56 PM, Brian Teitelbaum <bteitelb...@aeesolar.com> wrote: Jeremy, Sometimes the best “enclosure” is a locked room. Is it possible in this case to wall off the space and provide a locked door with a sign reading “Authorized Personnel Only” on the door? Brian Teitelbaum AEE Solar *From:* re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *All Solar, Inc. *Sent:* Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:16 PM *To:* 'RE-wrenches' *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Listed Battery Enclosure? Wrenches, I am looking to install some Surrette dual container batteries. 24- 2v cells and the inspector is looking for a 'listed' enclosure. Any takes on this? Jeremy All Solar, Inc. Jeremy and Amy Rodriguez 1463 M St Penrose, CO 81240 www.asolarelectric.com Phone 719-372-3808 Fax 719-372-3804 Email allso...@scswifi.net Email allso...@live.com _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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