What is the layout of the equipment Are the batteries next to and therefore in sight of the inverter?
Jay > On Jul 29, 2025, at 8:44 AM, MDElectricSolar via RE-wrenches > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wrenches, > I have a building inspector in my county of Sonoma who has just told me that > we need to install a rapid shutdown switch of some type between my LFZ > battery bank and my Solark 15k inverter. He mentioned some type of knife > switch within 5 feet of the equipment. I cannot find any reference to this > requirement anywhere but he insists it is required. These batteries happen to > be simplify or brakes and Stratton batteries and each battery has its own 80 > amp breaker on the battery and the Solark has a battery disconnect switch > built-in. We do have module level RSD which kills the solar output as well as > the inverter output when the button is pushed. Does anyone have any > experience with this or can they point me to the correct code section or what > are others doing to comply with this requirement? > > > Michael D Nelson > MD Electric & Solar, Inc. > 707-684-0064 mobile > 707-884-1862 office > www.mdelectricsolar.com > www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the other: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: http://www.members.re-wrenches.org
