[RE-wrenches] UL and Grid-tied Battery Back Up Systems

[Dan Fink]

Nice rant, Matt!

When I'm training fire departments in PV safety, I always use a comment 
I stole from Michael Coddington of NREL And Michael Sheehan of IREC from 
the Solar ABCs / NREL web lecture on utility external disconnect 
switches -- Rather than PV or battery backup systems, what firefighters 
and utility workers should *really* be concerned about is the homeowner 
who went to Home Depot or Lowes on Dec 31, 1999, purchased a generator 
and automatic transfer switch, and wired it all up wrong. It's estimated 
that up to 100,000 of these were installed.

DAN FINK
Buckville Energy Consulting