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background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp37214c22card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); max-width: 314px;">SimpliPhi AccESS Sol-Ark integrated energy storage & management</h2><p class="ydp37214c22card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 155, 167);">SimpliPhi your power with AccESS to a fully integrated energy storage & management solution with Sol-Ark Power e...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Maybe the paperwork is in the mail.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">As
a side note, we did two Sol-Arks with Simpliphi last year and it works
fine. Sol-Ark has recently added a generator test start function to its
firmware. The system 15kW generator starts and runs for 20 minutes every
Monday morning. The system remains grid-tied, so the genny is getting
no load exercise.<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">regards, bill<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpbf523c5fyiv1637018878ydpe8bb32aasignature"><div>Bill Hennessy<br clear="none">Berks Solar, LLC<br clear="none">371 Centennial Rd<br clear="none">Mertztown, PA 19539<br clear="none"><br clear="none">o 610 682 4300<br clear="none">c 484 560 4666<br clear="none">NABCEP certified installer<br clear="none">PA contractor #44411<br clear="none">www.berkssolar.com</div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:23:26 PM EDT, Lorenzo Ortiz <lorenzo@cal-solar.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpe8aed43eyiv0081304570"><div dir="ltr">Wrenches,<div><br></div><div>We have recently had an AHJ reject our Solark 12k system with Simpliphi batteries stating:</div><div><i><font color="#0000ff">"Energy storage systems are required to be listed per UL 9540 per NEC 706.5 (See also Annex A in the NEC, under energy storage systems).</font><b style="color:rgb(0,0,255);"><u> The Sol-Ark system is not listed and tested per UL 9540 but is only listed per UL 1741</u></b><font color="#0000ff">. </font><b><font color="#ff0000">The complete system (ie. batteries, inverter, and any other components associated with the energy storage system) must be listed per UL 9540</font></b><font color="#0000ff">. Please provide documentation and certification sheets (from a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (NRTL)) for both the batteries and SolArk inverter to show that all components are tested and certified per UL 9540. If it cannot be shown that the batteries are tested and listed with SolArk inverters per UL 9540, then </font>such system<font color="#0000ff"> cannot be installed and a different system that is listed and tested per UL 9540 must be chosen for the project.</font></i></div><div><font color="#0000ff"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Have any of you run into this with Solark? Is the plans-checker in the wrong about the entire system needing to meet the standard and not just the batteries? The code language is kind of confusing. I can't find any documentation on Solark's website regarding UL 9540. I know Tesla and Simpliphi have recently put out documentation regarding this.</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Thanks in advance for your help.<br clear="all"></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#0b5394"> </font><a href="https://californiasolarco.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1TLB_9lGffKFTTBgmo2m41B3Nstr2yscg&revid=0B6l5VcsZgAv3Y1lKMllEcnltSlU4Ky84bGd3TENRQWV6R0hVPQ" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);" alt=" California Solar Electric Cooperative" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" class="" data-id="1626809840283"></a><span 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