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I can confirm that we got the DC Disco approved as the Utility Disco with a local Utility per the logic David mentioned in his email.<BR>
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The Utility did test the system and the disconnect in the field prior to approving the interconnection.<BR>
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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 15:28:00 -0500<BR>From: david.brearley@solarprofessional.com<BR>To: drake.chamberlin@redwoodalliance.org; re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<BR>Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Utility disco DC?<BR><BR>
<META content="Microsoft SafeHTML" name=Generator><FONT size=4><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">One of my previous colleagues negotiated this on a high profile project in a new jurisdiction. The inspector didn’t have a problem with this. <BR><BR>You should definitely talk to the AHJ. It’s not a difficult case to make: no PV input = no inverter output. <BR><BR>Good luck,<BR><BR>David<BR><BR><BR>On 9/2/08 2:56 PM, "Drake Chamberlin" <drake.chamberlin@redwoodalliance.org> wrote:<BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=4><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hello Wrenches<BR><BR>Can the lockable utility disconnect be DC? Has anyone tried this? On an add on system we found this had been done. It would be convenient to use this method. <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>Drake <BR><BR><BR>
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