[RE-wrenches] Metal Battery Box

[Dave Tedeyan]

Hi all,
Thanks for the responses. The inspector just preferred to see a metal box
and something UL listed to be a FLA battery enclosure. After some more
discussion with him, it turns out he is okay with us continuing to use the
plastic ones. He will not let us make out own box though.

If we were to go with metal, I would plan to use an equipment ground sized
for the 175A breaker the is on the battery cables...
Cheers,
Dave


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*Dave Tedeyan*
*Project Engineer*

*Taitem Engineering, PC*
109 S. Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
Voice: (607) 277-1118 x121
www.taitem.com

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Jason Andrade <
jason at westcoastsustainables.com> wrote:

> I have had Powerfab build custom enclosures for me in the past but I really
> like the HDPE enclosures from radiantsolartech.com they are safe and
> constructed well.  I prefer stacked battery racks myself and am building a
> custom one now for my personal off grid system,
>
> https://www.facebook.com/113295778708585/photos/pcb.1045462858825201/1045461
> 465492007/?type=3
> This will be a completely enclosed and vented cabinet with HDPE trays for
> acid containment.
> My question is has the inspector mentioned grounding it and what size EGC
> will you be using?
>
>
>
>               Jason Andrade
>                 C-46# 974647
>            (530) 410-4745 Cell
>          Please follow the links
>         below for great content!
>
> >> On May 31, 2016, at 11:40 AM, Dave Tedeyan <dtedeyan at taitem.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> We have a local inspector who is asking us to use metal battery boxes
> instead of plastic.
> >>
> >> Ideally something that is UL-listed if that even exists, but we were
> able
> to push back on that.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a metal battery box that will
> hold 8 or 16 L16 FLA batteries?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Dave Tedeyan
> >> Project Engineer
> >>
> >> Taitem Engineering, PC
> >> 109 S. Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
> >> Voice: (607) 277-1118 x121
> >> www.taitem.com
>
>
>
>
>
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