[RE-wrenches] How Is Rapid Shut-Down Not A Farse...

[Mark Frye]

...without a mandatory "Stop" switch co-located with the service meter 
or main breaker?

How many roof top systems have been installed to date? Many, many, many, 
many.

OK ,now I am a first responder showing up at a home that is on fire. How 
do I know whether or not the DC has been installed such that it provided 
the protections afforded by 690.12? I don't. Because it is not require 
for systems conforming to 690.12 to look any different to me than those 
that do not.

So does the "stop" switch become the new "fire fighters club" logo? If 
you have the switch the FD will save your home, if you don't they will 
let it burn down, even if you have a 690.12 compliant system that does 
not include an "initiator switch"?

Mark Frye