[RE-wrenches] Outback NEC 2020 Compliance?

[Kent Osterberg]

Don't just nag on Outback. It's the same issue with the Schneider 
Electric XW distribution panel and with the Midnite E-panels.

Kent Osterberg
Blue Mountain Solar

On 9/13/2020 1:10 PM, Ray wrote:
> I'm taking a Mike Holt course on NEC 2020 changes for my license 
> renewal, and I just came across these changes in 408.18.  They apply 
> to Switchboards and Switch gear, which the Outback GS Load center 
> qualifies as.  The new requirements do not allow arrangements that 
> require the installer to reach across uninsulated, ungrounded 
> terminals or busses in order to make connections.
>
> As has been brought up on this list before, the GS load center is a 
> nightmare to work in, with the main shunt, negative buss, and ground 
> buss buried behind layers of other equipment, including both 
> ungrounded AC and DC  exposed breaker terminals.
>
> I'm pretty sure they added this new code section to address equipment 
> just like this.  Outback? are you finally going to fix this, and give 
> us a better load center to work with?
>