NYC - Local Code Requirements [RE-wrenches]

Joel Davidson joeldavidson at earthlink.net
Wed Dec 13 10:38:32 PST 2006



This requirement needs to be stopped. Sounds like a job for NYSEIA and SEIA.

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>From: David Buckner <dbuckner at solaresystems.com>
>Sent: Dec 12, 2006 3:31 PM
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: NYC - Local Code Requirements [RE-wrenches]
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>FYI -  If any of you have clients in the NYC area, the NYC DOB Electrical
>Division has instated a new ruling that will force all new PV installations
>to undergo third party testing by UL or a UL equivalent Nationally
>Recognized Testing Lab.
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>Electrical Code Revision and Interpretation Committee of the New York City
>Department of Buildings.  The Committee has agreed to an amendment to the
>code, effective in January 2007, which will:
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>"require all future PV installations to be tested and listed as a system, by
>a nationally recognized testing laboratory." 
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>We just had to go through this process with UL and it cost over $3000 for a
>6.63 kW grid tied project with Sharp 170's and SMA inverters.
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>Merry Christmas!
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>David
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>David Buckner
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>Solar Energy Systems, Inc.
>1205 Manhattan Avenue
>Suite 1210
>Brooklyn, NY 11222-1058
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>ph 718-389-1545
>fx  718-389-2820
>e   <mailto:dbuckner at solaresystems.com> dbuckner at solaresystems.com
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