If its attached to the building then its subject to 690.12. Is he also
making you comply with rapid shutdown?
Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760
On 7/20/20 2:01 PM, Kirk Herander wrote:
Hey Dave,
Well my building inspector is just being a dick about the "need" for a
fence surrounding the side of a wall-mount PV awning. He has
mis-classified it as a ground-mount per NFPA 1 rules, which requires
10' clearance for ground mounts, and doesn't care about wires being
accessible or not. This is Burlington VT after all.
On 7/20/2020 2:45:04 PM, palumbo1...@gmail.com
<palumbo1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Much like Sam’s but accomplished with plastic composite lattice. This
pic is from 2011. The zip ties are stainless steel core.
We operated only in Vermont where only 3 systems were inspected out
of over 500 installs, this wire screening was not required. But I
felt that we should be doing work up to a reasonable national safety
standard, and 2 of us were NABCEP certified.
David Palumbo
462 Solar Way
Hyde Park, VT 05655
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Behalf Of *Sam Haraldson
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*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] protecting wire below 8' w/awning array
Much like Ray we have interpreted this protection to mean the
"dangerous" parts of the solar and not the module frame. As such we
employed plastic "deer fence" Tek screwed to some racking components
in one array where the client wished for more tamper-resistance at
the point where the conductors were close to the ground.
Another solution similar to this is employed by All Earth Renewables
for their ground mount arrays that employs a tasteful looking piece
of opaque coroplast. It rests along the backside of the modules to
keep people's hands from touching conductors and looks a little
cleaner than a piece of mesh.
*Sam Haraldson <mailto:s...@onsiteenergyinc.com>*
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