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<div class="gmail_extra"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">Perhaps I should've been more specific with my scenario. I was imagining a supply side connection, as this would more commonly be the case when combining multiple inverters. In this case it seems like the provisions of 705.12(D) for load side conections don't even apply, no? Rather 705.12(A) becomes the relevant section, and I see very few restrictions there.</font></span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">Even with a load side connection I would tend to agree with Jason's interpretation: Does the "source interconnection" in 705.12(D)(1) refer to each individual inverter, or can it refer to an aggregated "source"?</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font color="#000000">I am interested in pursuing this idea, mainly to understand how/where the NEC forbids it. In lieu of a clear Code reference against it, how is this any different from a branch circuit (in reverse)? ie, as with microinverters.</font></div>
<div class="im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">--</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Corey Shalanski</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Joule Energy</font></div>
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</div><div class=""><div class="im"><div class="gmail_extra"><font color="#000000"><br></font><div class="gmail_quote"><font color="#000000">On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:20 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-request@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches-request@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><font color="#000000"><br>Message: 11<br>Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:10:07 -0400<br>
From: Jason Szumlanski <<a href="mailto:jason@fafcosolar.com" target="_blank">jason@fafcosolar.com</a>><br>To: RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Combining Multiple Inverters<br>Message-ID:<br> <<a href="mailto:CAJJtG3oQGBLzatinUHFp_GhivzYD6dLdsLAnkc1ofG9tR1RFgA@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CAJJtG3oQGBLzatinUHFp_GhivzYD6dLdsLAnkc1ofG9tR1RFgA@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>705.12(D) reads, "... the interconnection provisions for the<br>utility-interactive inverter(s) shall comply with (D)(1) through (D)(7)."<br>That's inverters - plural. The interconnection must be protected by<br>
dedicated OCPD, not each inverter individually. Microinverters comply<br>because of this interpretation.<br><br>That said, I've never done it. An accumulator panel is pretty cost<br>effective when you consider the alternative cost of an enclosure and the<br>
Polaris connectors. I guess if you are making the Polaris connections<br>inside the main load center or inside an inverter you can eliminate the<br>cost of a dedicated enclosure. There would be some material and labor<br>
savings.<br><br>?If the inverter has a maximum OCPD rating, you will be limited by that.<br>?Microinverters "get around" that by the wire and inverter being<br>sized/rated for the entire maximum string.<br><br>Jason Szumlanski<br>
<br>?Fafco Solar?</font></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>