Code Compliance [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

The problem is not a matter of code compliance or health and safety issues.
There are plenty of general and specific rules and laws to cover health and
safety issues. The problem is that some people will not take personal
responsibility and deal with problems directly. They prefer to hide behind the
cloak of anonymity, make rules and laws and send other people to deal with the
problem. No wrench who sees an unsafe PV system would be afraid to tell the
installer or the customer about the problem so that it can be fixed, right? No
wrench would shy away from reporting public hazards, right?

William Miller wrote:

> At 09:22 PM 7/24/02 -0700, matthew tritt wrote:
> >
> >
> >I have to admit that my exposure to the arcane methodology of regular
> electricians has definitely changed the way I look at AE, for the better I
> add.
> >
>
> Friends:
>
> I agree that the difference between welding cable and listed battery cable
> is too small to matter.   I do disagree strongly with the notion that RE
> systems don't need to comply with safety standards.  I am hearing this, if
> I am not mistaken,  that since many folks have lived with funky, thrown
> together systems for years, well, we don't need to bother striving to
> install code compliant systems.  This is bunk!
>
> If you live by yourself in a cabin and you've cleared brush to a safe
> distance, then I think it's OK if you burn your cabin down with you in it.
> If, however, you live with others who are counting on your skills to
> provide a safe living space, or if you are hiring yourself out to others to
> sell and install RE systems, I believe you have a moral obligation to
> embrace any and all safety standards available.  This is akin to working on
> automotive brake systems-- you just cannot take shortcuts.
>
> I've seen installations here locally that scare the pants off me:  battery
> wiring run through KOs without bushings or nipples, frayed connections,
> wired color coded differently on the different ends of the conduit, too
> much current through conductors, and on and on.  We've all seen it.
>
> I disdain those who thumb their noses at safe, tidy electrical practices.
> Good electrical practice is not "arcane methodology," rather it should be
> the foundation of our work.  It has been said here before:  Nothing will
> provide a greater set-back to our industry than a good, raging, RE caused
> house fire.  And it can happen.
>
> William Miller
>
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