<div dir="ltr">In Southwest Florida, we can typically do electrical 1-line schematics ourselves as licensed solar contractors, but all jurisdictions required PE signed and sealed structural drawings, or at a minimum a signed and sealed engineering letter with wind load calculations. Some jurisdictions require that the engineer certify the building is capable of handling the loads. Off-grid systems are not exempt when installed in/on a structure.<div>
<br></div><div>What's interesting around here is the huge range of fees and inspections required by various AHJs. Some jurisdictions seem to have a moving target with respect to documentation requirements and fees.<br>
<br>I also just received an 8-point rejection letter from the Fire Marshal on a commercial PV plan. None of these points were valid/applicable except for one - I did not show clear pathways per NFPA 1, Chapter 11 on the layout.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm moving to VT or O'ahu! :)<br>
<br><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><strong>Jason Szumlanski</strong><em> </em></span></p>
<p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><em>Fafco Solar<br></em></span><br></p></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div id="WISESTAMP_SIG_gmail_session"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><p style="margin:0"><span style="color:#808080"><strong>Jason Szumlanski</strong><em> Vice President</em><em>, Fafco Solar</em></span><br><span style="color:#808080"><span>Tel: 239-574-1500<span><span style="color:#ff6600"> | </span>Mobile: 239-410-4985</span></span><br>
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#0000ff"><a href="mailto:jason@fafcosolar.com">jason@fafcosolar.com</a></span></span><span><span style="color:#ff6600"> | </span> <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#0000ff"><a href="http://FafcoSolar.com">http://FafcoSolar.com</a><br>
</span></span></span></span></p><div style="clear:both"></div></div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FafcoSolar" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Facebook" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/facebook.png"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/szumlanski" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Twitter" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/twitter.png"></a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonszumlanski" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="LinkedIn" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/linkedin.png"></a> <a href="http://solarsouthwestflorida.com/feed" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="Blog RSS" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/blogRSS.png"></a> <a href="http://solarsouthwestflorida.com" style="text-decoration:underline"><img width="16" height="16" alt="WordPress" style="padding: 0px 0px 5px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/wordpress.png"></a><br>
<div style="max-width:469px;padding:0.5em 0 0.5em"><div style="border:1px solid #aaaaaa;margin:undefined;padding-bottom:0.5em;background-color:white"><table width="100%" style="border:0;font-size:80%;padding:3px 3px 0 3px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="1" style="padding-top:3px;padding-left:3px;padding-right:6px;border-right:1px solid #e5e5e5;text-align:center;font:inherit"><a style="color:#d1d1d1" href="http://solarsouthwestflorida.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:200%;color:#d1d1d1"><img border="0" alt="WordPress" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress_32.png"></span></a></td>
<td style="padding:1px 8px 0px 8px;font:inherit">My latest post:<a href="http://www.solarsouthwestflorida.com/neighborhood-solar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neighborhood-solar" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#578cca" target="_blank">Neighborhood Solar</a> <div style="margin-top:2px">
<span style="font-size:90%;color:gray"><a href="http://www.solarsouthwestflorida.com/neighborhood-solar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neighborhood-solar" target="_blank" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">Read more</a><a href="http://solarsouthwestflorida.com" target="_blank" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none"> | My blog</a></span></div>
</td><td style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;font:inherit"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.solarsouthwestflorida.com%2Fneighborhood-solar%2F%3Futm_source%3Drss%26utm_medium%3Drss%26utm_campaign%3Dneighborhood-solar" target="_blank" style="color:gray;text-decoration:none"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/apps/facebook-share.png" border="0" width="16px" alt="Share on Facebook"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Neighborhood%20Solar%20%20(via%20%40wisestamp)" target="_blank" style="color:gray;text-decoration:none"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/apps/twitter-share.png" border="0" width="16px" alt="Share on Twitter"></a></td>
</tr></tbody></table><span style="float:right;padding-right:0.5em"><span style="text-decoration:none;background:white;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:gray;font-size:80%"> <a href="http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/wordpress?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_term=wordpress&utm_campaign=apps" target="_blank" style="color:gray;text-decoration:none">Get this email app! </a> </span></span></div>
</div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Marco Mangelsdorf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marco@pvthawaii.com" target="_blank">marco@pvthawaii.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">We’ve got a strange situation in our little Aloha State. While the counties of Maui, Kauai and the Big Island require a PV permit package to include system design schematics with the package, the largest county in the state by population, the island of O’ahu, does not require any schematic for residential systems. This blows my mind.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m wondering if there are other AHJs out there on the Mainland where no schematics are required to obtain a PV permit.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any feedback would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">marco<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></blockquote>
</div><br></div></div><br></div>