[RE-wrenches] Battery RSD

[MD Electric & Solar]

Here is the reference, attached.

On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM jay <jay.peltz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’ll let the code experts chime in, but I would ask for the code reference
> they are referring to.
>
> The only one I can think of has to do with if the batteries are on the
> other side of a wall.
>
>  Thats as clean an install as they come
>
> jay
>
>
>
> > On Jul 29, 2025, at 9:43 AM, MDElectricSolar <mdelectricsolar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > <image0.jpeg>
> > Michael D Nelson
> > MD Electric & Solar, Inc.
> > 707-684-0064 mobile
> > 707-884-1862 office
> > www.mdelectricsolar.com
> > www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar
> >
> >
> >> On Jul 29, 2025, at 8:06 AM, Jay via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> What is the layout of the equipment
> >>
> >> Are the batteries next to and therefore in sight of the inverter?
> >>
> >> Jay
> >>
> >>> On Jul 29, 2025, at 8:44 AM, MDElectricSolar via RE-wrenches <
> re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wrenches,
> >>> I have a building inspector in my county of Sonoma who has just told
> me that we need to install a rapid shutdown switch of some type between my
> LFZ battery bank and my Solark 15k inverter. He mentioned some type of
> knife switch within 5 feet of the equipment. I cannot find any reference to
> this requirement anywhere but he insists it is required. These batteries
> happen to be simplify or brakes and Stratton batteries and each battery has
> its own 80 amp breaker on the battery and the Solark has a battery
> disconnect switch built-in. We do have module level RSD which kills the
> solar output as well as the inverter output when the button is pushed. Does
> anyone have any experience with this or can they point me to the correct
> code section or what are others doing to comply with this requirement?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Michael D Nelson
> >>> MD Electric & Solar, Inc.
> >>> 707-684-0064 mobile
> >>> 707-884-1862 office
> >>> www.mdelectricsolar.com
> >>> www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar
> >>>
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Michael D Nelson
MD Electric & Solar Inc.
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