Re: [RE-wrenches] Rapid Shutdown Battery Systems

Ray, Two quick suggestions... 1. Have you considered "leapfrogging" the battery connections? This would avoid the long negative cable run and have both positive and negative runs closer to the inverters. 2. Could you locate the Birdhouse inside a lockable box or cabinet? Benn Kilburn SkyFire E

Re: [RE-wrenches] Rapid Shutdown Battery Systems

Thanks for the Clarification Bill, I may forward your comments to the AHJ at some point. The system is proposed to be located in the 4 car garage, so there will be cars filled with gasoline in there as well. I always keep my battery cable runs short as possible, in this case the bank will be l

[RE-wrenches] Rapid Shutdown Battery Systems

HI Bill, Thanks for your thoughts and clarifications on this super simple ( HA) topic. But can you elaborate on the batteries are a potential massive bomb thing? thanks jay peltz power > On Aug 26, 2015, at 9:19 PM, > wrote: > > Ray, > > Do you have a massive battery bank and 3, 8kW in

[RE-wrenches] Recycling broken PV modules

Wrenches, I apologize that this is not quite 'Wrenching". A recent post by Eric Stikes; "Old or Damaged PV Modules", has sparked something that i have been sitting on for quite a while now seeing that broken solar modules are properly recycled and do not end up in landfills. Before going on,

Re: [RE-wrenches] Rapid Shutdown Battery Systems

Ray, Do you have a massive battery bank and 3, 8kW inverters inside the house? Is this in a garage or power shed. If it is a power shed, then 690.12 is not intended to relate to the power shed. That will be clarified in the 2017 NEC. The area for discussion is what constitutes the length of batte