[RE-wrenches] 12V loads

[Dan Fink]

I just returned from northern BC Canada, wiring wooden wall tent platforms
for lights. I searched all over the NEC for rules regarding wiring tents,
and couldn't find a single reference! Go figure.

The tents are spread out away from the power center, so it's 120vac from a
1kW Magnum MME inverter (I really like these for remote installations,
along with Morningstar SureSine....we had to backpack the inverter 4 miles
after a 1 mile canoe trip across a lake).

Incidentally, I ran underground direct-bury romex, then conduit up the
sides of the tent platforms to outdoor outlets with the weather shield
covers screwed into the wood platform legs, and power strips in the tents
plugged into these outlets. The tents stay down for the winter.

-- 
Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications LLC
NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers
970.672.4342 (voicemail)


On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:09 PM, R Ray Walters <ray at solarray.com> wrote:

> The only way I deal with hunting lodges and the like is to install close
> to full code (I do relax on the exact year, since it isn't new
> construction), or I supply parts and advice, and let them do it themselves.
> In Taos, we had some pretty poor folks trying to make it out in the
> desert, so I almost never turned anyone away, but not everyone got the
> benefits of a professional install.
> Try telling a fellow American living in a tent or plywood shanty that they
> have to comply with NEC 2011.
>  Just to make you feel better: 12 v PV is one of the safest forms of
> electricity, so if the screw something up, they're not exactly going to
> vaporize the planet.
> They're much more likely to die in a car accident driving to your shop to
> get another fuse......
>
> Ray Walters
>
>
>
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