Hi: I came across this document related to battery venting and calculation of the required vent hole size which was put out by Sonnenschein,
It's based on the EN 50272-2 standard. Perhaps it can be used to provide some guidance for discussion with AHJ's http://www.sonnenschein.org/PDF%20files/BatteryRoomVentilationInstallation.PDF JARMO _____________________________________________________________________________________ Jarmo Venalainen | Schneider Electric | Solar Business | CANADA | Training & Development Specialist - Senior Phone: +604-422-2528 | Fax: +604-420-1591 | Mobile: +604-505-0291 Email: jarmo.venalai...@schneider-electric.com | Site: www.SEsolar.com | Address: 3700 Gilmore Way, Burnaby, BC V5G4M1 *** Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: Allan Sindelar <al...@sindelarsolar.com> To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org>, Date: 11/03/2014 02:36 PM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Venting (WAS Passive Battery Venting) Sent by: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> Drake, No, and unless and until it comes up again, they won't. My drama with them in January led to a draw: I put in a vent fan and they tabled the issue without broader resolution and approved the final inspection so the clients could move in. Allan Sindelar al...@sindelarsolar.com NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc. 505 780-2738 cell On 11/2/2014 10:08 AM, Drake wrote: Allan, Has New Mexico ever come to conclusions concerning venting sealed batteries to the outside, or is it still in limbo? Thanks, Drake ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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