[RE-wrenches] Load or Line Side was Solar accumulation panel

[Darryl Thayer]

You are absolutly correct, and the code does say the fuses shall be dead when the switch is off.  I have not had that AHJ problem yet, but I expect it.  
Darryl

--- On Wed, 1/13/10, Carl Adams <swingjunkie at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Carl Adams <swingjunkie at gmail.com>
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Load or Line Side was Solar accumulation panel
> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:17 PM
> Wrenches,
> 
> I just had an AHJ require me to switch the load and line
> connections
> on the fused AC disconnect which sits between the inverters
> (AC
> Combiner panel)  and the point of utility
> connection.  The inverter
> was connected on the LOAD side of the fused disconnect, and
> while the
> AHJ agreed this was the safest configuration, (when the
> disco is OFF
> the fuses are safe to remove) he insisted that the PV array
> should be
> connected to the LINE side of the disconnect since it is
> supplying
> power rather than acting as a LOAD.  Any similar
> experience or
> arguments I can make based on the NEC which might help
> change the
> position of the AHJ next time round?  I still believe
> our initial
> installation represents the safest configuration.
> 
> Carl Adams
> SunRock Solar, LLC
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