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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Craig,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>This one is easy to misinterpret. You missed the words “live parts”. This has been removed from the 2017 NEC because it is actually referring to load circuits being fed directly by a PV system on the dc side. All references to loads and batteries are being removed from 690.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>This is a complete non-issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Craig Gerald Buttke<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 03, 2015 11:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] Guarding against live parts 690.7 (D)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif'><br><br>How is everyone handling 690.7 (D)</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times'>Circuits over 150 Volts to Ground. </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times'>In one- and two- family dwellings, live parts in photovoltaic source circuits and photovoltaic output circuits over 150 volts to ground shall not be accessible to other than qualified persons while energized. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif'><br><br>If you have a commercial (non one or two-family dwelling) are you screening your ground mount arrays to keep people from touching live conductors PV wires)?</span><br><br>Thanks for your thoughts<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Yours in Solardarity,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Craig Gerald Buttke<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>M:(715) 630-1227<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>O:(715) 630-6451<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>F:(715) 952-4501<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>North Wind Renewable Energy, LLC<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>1626C W Pearl Street<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Stevens Point, WI 54481<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://www.northwindre.com">www.northwindre.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional™<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NABCEP Certified PV Technical Sales Professional™<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>State of WI: Master Electrician<o:p></o:p></pre></div>
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