Peter: If you’d client does not trust you, quit.
William Miller www.millersolar.com > On Nov 11, 2021, at 1:51 PM, peter.parr...@calsolareng.com wrote: > > > I have a long time customer who is looking to add a ground mount PV system > ~5,500 Wdc to an existing roof mount system (also ~5,500 Wdc) which is tied > into his main panel. > > He wants the new system to tie into a 150A 240/120 sub panel at his barn. He > has two RVs and a mobile home used by ranch hands that are serviced by the > sub-panel. He has lost the dead front, and I am not not sure the panel is > even rated for outdoors. The label on the subpanel says > > Underwriters Laboratory Inc. - Class 075 (?) - 0373 - P-150 > CAT NO. TM1612RH Mod. 4 > For use with TM1612RH OR TM1615RH > Interior 150 AMP MAX > > I have told client that he should scrap the sub-panel and put in a new 200 A > sub-panel employing a sub-meter to boot. > > I am getting push back and if these weren't long time customers, I'd walk > away from this project. > > If I told him that the subpanel is not NOT RATED for outdoor use and he > needed to find another dead front (which may be difficult to do), he may see > wisdom of scrapping everything and starting from scratch. > > I do not see a NEMA 3R listing on the label, in fact the word "indoor" is > located in the middle right hand side of the label. > > Any thoughts? > > I can provide photos of the sub-panel and the label -- if you provide me with > an email address -- if that might help. > > - Peter > > Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D. > President, California Solar Engineering > 1107 Fair Oaks Blvd Ste. 351 > South Pasadena, CA 91030 > (323) 839-6108 > > > Peter T. Parrish, Ph.D. > President, SolarGnosis > 1107 Fair Oaks Blvd Ste. 351 > South Pasadena, CA 91030 > (323) 839-6108 > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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