[RE-wrenches] Extra Low Voltage

2014-03-05 Thread Hugh Piggott
hi All, I am trying to find some general statements that can be made about the global legal position on who may or may not work on/install extra low voltage (ELV) systems or equipment such as batteries, PV, turbines etc. I understand that in the USA this is a matter for state legislation

Re: [RE-wrenches] conductors and the 120% rule

2014-03-05 Thread Brian Mehalic
A very clarifying change is what I'd call it! First off, rather than being based on the actual breaker size on the inverter output circuit, calcs are instead based on 125% of the inverter rated output current. 705.12(D)(2)(1) addresses Feeders - but only applies when the inverter output circuit

Re: [RE-wrenches] conductors and the 120% rule

2014-03-05 Thread Jason Szumlanski
I thought one of the the rationale for the upsized conductor between panelboards in series was to account for the possibility that the conductor could be later tapped with other loads or backfed from another PV source in theory. I never thought that rationale was reasonable - any future changes of

Re: [RE-wrenches] conductors and the 120% rule

2014-03-05 Thread William Korthof
Even in a feeder with line-neutral loads, the neutral still only carries the imbalance between the phase loads: the case of maximum possible neutral current is the hypothetical situation of the phase with largest line-neutral load current, with all those loads on, and both other phases having