[RE-wrenches] protecting wire below 8' w/awning array

[Ray]

If its attached to the building then its subject to 690.12.  Is he also 
making you comply with rapid shutdown?

Ray Walters
Remote Solar
303 505-8760

On 7/20/20 2:01 PM, Kirk Herander wrote:
> Hey Dave,
> Well my building inspector is just being a dick about the "need" for a 
> fence surrounding the side of a wall-mount PV awning. He has 
> mis-classified it as a ground-mount per NFPA 1 rules, which requires 
> 10' clearance for ground mounts, and doesn't care about wires being 
> accessible or not. This is Burlington VT after all.
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>> On 7/20/2020 2:45:04 PM, palumbo131m at gmail.com 
>> <palumbo131m at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Much like Sam’s but accomplished with plastic composite lattice. This 
>> pic is from 2011. The zip ties are stainless steel core.
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>> We operated only in Vermont where only 3 systems were inspected out 
>> of over 500 installs, this wire screening was not required. But I 
>> felt that we should be doing work up to a reasonable national safety 
>> standard, and 2 of us were NABCEP certified.
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>> David Palumbo
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>> 462 Solar Way
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>> Hyde Park, VT 05655
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>> *From:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org> *On 
>> Behalf Of *Sam Haraldson
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2020 1:16 PM
>> *To:* RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] protecting wire below 8' w/awning array
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>> Much like Ray we have interpreted this protection to mean the 
>> "dangerous" parts of the solar and not the module frame.  As such we 
>> employed plastic "deer fence" Tek screwed to some racking components 
>> in one array where the client wished for more tamper-resistance at 
>> the point where the conductors were close to the ground.
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>> Another solution similar to this is employed by All Earth Renewables 
>> for their ground mount arrays that employs a tasteful looking piece 
>> of opaque coroplast.  It rests along the backside of the modules to 
>> keep people's hands from touching conductors and looks a little 
>> cleaner than a piece of mesh.
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