[RE-wrenches] Surge protector update?

holtek at sbcglobal.net holtek at sbcglobal.net
Sat Aug 1 08:22:23 PDT 2009


Then if I install LA's to a system in the field, an inspector could fail a 
system? Picky, yes. But you never know

Holt E. Kelly
Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products
500 Jewell Dr.
Waco TX. 76712
254-751-9111
www.holteksolar.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jay peltz" <jay at asis.com>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Surge protector update?


> Depends on who built the system.
>
> If a UL integrator builds it, the  UR works.
>
> If I build it as joe electrician, then no the UR does not work and  could 
> compromise the code compliance because of it.
>
> At least this is what I was told by a "UL" shop.
>
> jay
>
> peltz power
> On Aug 1, 2009, at 8:06 AM, <holtek at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Dumb question:
>> Since the LA is not UL listed, does that void the UL listing on the 
>> entire system? It's my undrstanding that *all* components are  required 
>> to be UL listed to make the system such.
>> Holt E. Kelly
>> Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products
>> 500 Jewell Dr.
>> Waco TX. 76712
>> 254-751-9111
>> www.holteksolar.com
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L Ratico" 
>> <Richard.L.Ratico at VALLEY.NET
>> >
>> To: <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Surge protector update?
>>
>>
>>> Weighing in ...
>>>
>>> 1)At a recent SMA Inverter Training, we were cautioned that the  Deltas 
>>> were not
>>> UL listed. Like many of us, I was already well aware of that. What  was
>>> interesting, was the trainer specifically recommending we NOT use  them, 
>>> for
>>> reasons related to liability.
>>>
>>> 2)At a different training, by a well respected professional  engineer 
>>> who
>>> frequently posts here, they were judged to likely be as effective  in 
>>> preventing
>>> damage as a voodoo doll.
>>>
>>> 3) If one "ruptured" while someone happened to be standing in front  of
>>> it........
>>>
>>> 4) Why aren't they UL listed?
>>>
>>> Dick
>>> Solarwind Electric
>>>
>>> You wrote:
>>>> North Texas Renewable Energy Inc wrote:
>>>>> August
>>>>> I made a service call to a residential PVinstallation several  years 
>>>>> ago
>>>>> that I did not install. The vintage Trace, size I don't recall,  had 
>>>>> quit
>>>>> working. The Delta surge suppressor had actually ruptured along  it's
>>>>> radial seam, a result I had always heard indicates a surge being
>>>>> absorbed.
>>>>
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