<div><div dir="auto">Kirk,</div><div dir="auto">Not sure if this helps but </div><div dir="auto">690.31(A) \u201cwhere PV source and output circuits operating at max system voltages greater than 30v are installed in readily accessible locations, circuit conductors shall be guarded or installed in a raceway\u201d</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It doesn\u2019t mention 8\u2019 but mentions \u201creadily accessible\u201d. We have AHJs that interpret that as 8\u2019 unless a 6\u2019 fence is installed around the array. I don\u2019t have a reference for those measurements though...just feedback we have gotten from inspectors </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:38 AM Kirk Herander <<a href="mailto:vtsolar@icloud.com">vtsolar@icloud.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div id="m_-2324706722151937619__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">All,<div style="font-family:Arial"></div><div style="font-family:Arial">Is there a reference to this so-called "8-foot rule" that someone could point me to in the NEC? Thanks.</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Adam Katzman<br>Autonomous Energies<br>PO Box 1245</div><div dir="ltr">Kingston, NY 12402<br><a href="http://www.autonomousenergies.com" target="_blank">www.autonomousenergies.com</a><br>(518) 567-1468<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>