<div dir="ltr" gmail_original="1"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">210.8 covers GFCI protection for outlets and receptacles. Hard-wired branch circuits and feeders of a PV and ESS system are not considered outlets or receptacles.</span><br clear="all"></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If I am not mistaken, each subsection specifically mentions outlets and/or receptacles. Even the section about mini-splits is talking about cord and plug connected units, not hard-wired appliances.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The entirety of 210 is for branch circuits only, so feeders would not fall under this section.</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully that helps!</span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>Jason Szumlanski<div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM Lou Russo via RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Aloha All,</div><div><br></div><div>My engineer is pushing back on our design, which calls for a battery and load center to be installed within 6ft of the water pump and filter, the inverter is 7ft away. He is citing NEC 2020 210.8 and the need for GFCI protection. </div><div><br></div><div>Now besides the practical reason for not doing this, I can not find a code reference preventing our proposed location for the battery and load center. </div><div><br></div><div>This is for an off-grid new construction home with the PV equipment in the garage, using a Sol-Ark 15k and Discover Rack Mount batteries. </div><div><br></div><div>Any input?</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Aloha,<div><br></div><div>Lou Russo </div><div>Owner</div><div><a href="mailto:lou@spreesolarsystems.com" target="_blank">lou@spreesolarsystems.com</a></div><div>Office - 808 345 6762</div><div>Spree Solar Systems LLC </div><div>CT-34322</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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