[RE-wrenches] Overcurrent Protection on a Subpanel

[Dave Click]

One could interpret that if you have 6 or more inverter breakers getting 
combined in a panel, you'd want one main breaker so that you wouldn't 
have to turn off all ten individually to disconnect the system. 
Something else to ask the AHJ.

Peter Parrish wrote:
> When we use a sub-panel to combine the output of two or more inverters,
> we buy the sub-panel without a main breaker. A wrench who is working
> with us now, recommends buying sub-panels with the main breaker, which
> increases cost by about 50%. Is this a code requirement? Does it depend
> on the distance between the sub- and main panels?
>
> - Peter
>
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> California Solar Engineering, Inc.
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