[RE-wrenches] signage for remote External Disconnect Switches

[Andrew Truitt]

> I have come to a conclusion:  Utility companies serve two (2) purposes: 1)
> To safely and profitably distribute electrical power and 2) To drive PV
> integrators insane.
>
> The particular utility of which I speak, Allegheny Power, was responsible
> for convincing the Maryland PUC for requiring External Disconnect Switches
> on PV installs if they are to be eligible for REC generation.  Now they have
> finally gotten around to inspecting a system we installed a year ago where
> the EDS was located on the opposite side of the house from the meter (we
> made our interconnection at a sub-panel) and they are requiring us to move
> it back to the meter location (or install a 200A external service
> disconnect).
>
> Does anyone know of any documentation from a utility or AHJ that accepts a
> weatherproof label (or plack) on the meter indicating the location of the
> EDS when it is not convienient for the meter and EDS to be co-located?
>
>
> Andrew Truitt
> Standard Solar Inc.
>
>
>
> --
> "Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion
> to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor
> safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could
> ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!"
>
> ~William McDonough
>
>
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