Solar Guerilla danger? [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

Welcome to the club. I installed over 250 Omnion 4kW and 6kW inverters on SMUD
systems and about 15 on SCE systems. Utilities sometimes want UL and sometimes
not on their own systems, but always want UL on customer installed systems
(double standard). My UL Label Rule of Thumb - If the UL label falls off the
inverter, it's still UL, but if the inverter falls off the UL label, make sure
your thumb is out of the way :-)

Chris Daum wrote:

> Hello Wrenches:
>
> I think I am an 'inadvertent' solar guerilla.  Last fall, in that small
> window of opportunity when the PS series WAS approved for grid-tie systems,
> I installed one at my home/office (PS2524).  Yeah, the remote is messed up
> a lot of the time (I haven't disconnected the ground yet), and the sucker
> is NOISY, and the LEDs are stupidly placed on the bottom, but it works
> great, and is really all the inverter I need for the loads I'm powering.
>  It certainly runs my loads more efficiently and quietly that my older
> DR1524.
>
> I've had the system inspected and the local inspector (who didn't know
> doodly about these systems) was impressed by my code compliance.  Then, a
> month or so later, I heard that the UL rating for grid-tie systems had been
> rescinded for these units.  Well MY unit has a UL sticker on it....
>
> So, what do you think?  Am I kosher, or should I upgrade to a SW4024?
>
> Chris Daum
> Oasis Montana Inc.
> 406-777-4321 or 4309
> 406-777-2632  fax
> http://www.oasismontana.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent:   Monday, April 23, 2001 5:55 PM
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> Subject:        Re: Solar Guerilla danger? [RE-wrenches]
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> How does our mother and his mag feel about this topic????? Very dangerous
> to this fragile emerging industry!!!
> >To All  - Subject Guerilla Solar
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