<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">It is TOO bad to have your integrity questioned at this point in your relationship. Time verses $$$$$, installing the correct & compliant equipment should be a no brainer for your client. There are times that I indicate to the clients, their homeowners insurance will not cover things if there is a fire and you & your insurance will be liable. Yeah I know you probably have made your client aware of all these things but\u2026..sometimes the best job is the one you walk away from. <div class="">Just offering some support from someone who has \u201clost\u201d a few clients in the past\u2026. but it comes with a sigh of relief. My $0.02 T<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 16, 2021, at 9:02 AM, <a href="mailto:petertor@pobox.com" class="">petertor@pobox.com</a> <<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com" class="">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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Hello August,
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I agree with everything you mentioned. And yes the submeter is meant to capture the tenants' electricity usage.
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I will give my client 'till Thursday 11/18 to advise me of their intent.
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It would be a shame to lose a client of long standing.
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We shall see what we shall see.
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Hi Peter - The cost for new equipment is a drop in the bucket compared to labor and just getting it right so it passes inspection. There's not much you can do if the front cover is missing and it looks like an indoor panel located in an outdoor location. Maybe you don't need an inspection? Even then, typically messing around with old equipment, finding breakers, etc, can easily negate the cost of just starting with new equipment. It may depend on how easy it would be to remove the old panel and install a new one.
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A decent outdoor panel with likely required main breaker (per NEC 225.31 unless you meet 225.33) is less than $200:
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I'm not sure about the sub-meter you're referring to - that's likely to add cost. Is that to meter the potential tenants in the RVs and mobile home? That gets a little complicated when you add solar.
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On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 1:51 PM <a href="mailto:petertor@pobox.com" class="">petertor@pobox.com</a> <<a href="mailto:peter.parrish@calsolareng.com" class="">peter.parrish@calsolareng.com</a>> wrote:
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I have a long time customer who is looking to add a ground mount PV system ~5,500 Wdc to an existing roof mount system (also ~5,500 Wdc) which is tied into his main panel.
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He wants the new system to tie into a 150A 240/120 sub panel at his barn. He has two RVs and a mobile home used by ranch hands that are serviced by the sub-panel. He has lost the dead front, and I am not not sure the panel is even rated for outdoors. The label on the subpanel says
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For use with TM1612RH OR TM1615RH
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Interior 150 AMP MAX
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I have told client that he should scrap the sub-panel and put in a new 200 A sub-panel employing a sub-meter to boot.
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I am getting push back and if these weren't long time customers, I'd walk away from this project.
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If I told him that the subpanel is not NOT RATED for outdoor use and he needed to find another dead front (which may be difficult to do), he may see wisdom of scrapping everything and starting from scratch.
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I do not see a NEMA 3R listing on the label, in fact the word "indoor" is located in the middle right hand side of the label.
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I can provide photos of the sub-panel and the label -- if you provide me with an email address -- if that might help.
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