<div dir="ltr"><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" style="float:right;" alt="" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/f4da8165af2428d35463744c35e403b747dbf338.png?u=1613865"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">See NEC 680.8. From what I have been able to determine, it's completely unworkable to install solar modules over a swimming pool unless you can complete enclose all conductors in raceway, and even then it would be very questionable by AHJs I have asked.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I get this question at least once a week in Florida. Usually it's something like, "can't I just install them on my pool screened enclosure." Um, no. Have you seen what hurricanes do to those things? :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What's interesting is that sometimes roofs extend over the edge of a pool, or certainly within 10' of the lateral pool wall boundary. But solar panels with exposed wiring above these roofs are allowed by AHJs, so I guess if it's on the roof (or in the attic), the conductor is not considered "overhead" or "exposed."</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jason Szumlanski</font><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Florida Solar Design Group</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Howard Arey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scot.arey@solarcentex.com" target="_blank">scot.arey@solarcentex.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_4985015940292805807WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings, Wrenches!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have a client that wants one of our solar pavilions over their pool. We have never done this and wanted to hear opinions on what code requirements might be pertinent (or little known) for solar modules over water.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Howard “Scot” Arey<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Owner, Solar CenTex<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:(254)%20300-1228" value="+12543001228" target="_blank">254-300-1228</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:scot.arey@solarcentex.com" target="_blank">scot.arey@solarcentex.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/7807b1b84cb6c628e4e1f7a704ad9b76cebbe094?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.solarcentex.com%2F&userId=1613865&signature=16352c083115ead1" target="_blank">www.solarcentex.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/73f9c7be5a83fc84e16f1086112430664bcf4693?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSolarCentex&userId=1613865&signature=1ae23c7bdac0ae4a" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>SolarCentex</a><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/53d33d96c4015112cdd71167c12fe3aa57ec8066?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.solarreviews.com%2Finstallers%2Fsolar-centex-reviews%2F&userId=1613865&signature=986cc1e46f54c959" target="_blank">Top-Rated Solar Installer in Texas by Solar Reviews</a><u><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="167" height="167" style="width: 1.7343in; height: 1.7343in;" id="gmail-m_4985015940292805807Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D2EA9D.3D752C60" alt="Solar Centex Logo - No Back"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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