Re: [RE-wrenches] Costs of Solar Permits

I recently read that for the city of Santa Anna, they do not charge for permits or inspections of PV systems in an effort to promote installations. It sure would be nice of more cities jumped on board with this type of thinking. Brian C. White Design Engineer - PV Systems Eagle Roofing Produc

Re: [RE-wrenches] Costs of Solar Permits

http://www.rules.house.gov/111/AmndmentsSubmitted/hr2454/cardoza173_hr2454_111.pdf Back in June, I found this amendment to the Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill- limiting solar permit costs for residential at $500 and noncommercial at 1% of the project cost, up to $10k. Noncompliance with permi

Re: [RE-wrenches] 2009 Federal Tax Credit Clarification

This may help, from a SEIA webinar in September. To answer your question: "It depends." (sorry!) See pages 13-15. http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SEIA%20Tax%20Basis%20Webinar%209%2024%2009%20%5BCompatibility%20Mode%5D.pdf Original Message Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] 2009 Fede

Re: [RE-wrenches] Report-Guidelines for Roof-mounted PV System Installations

The original code citation here was directed toward large rooftop unit (RTU) air conditioners and other large equipment that can not be disconnected without extensive cost and disruption to the building occupants during re-roofing. Hopefully this helps someone in case they have this imposed as

[RE-wrenches] Report-Guidelines for Roof-mounted PV System Installations

Wrenches,Just an FYI. I just had a chat with someone at the National Roofing Contractors Assoc. and they made me aware of this report they just released.http://www.nrca.net/rp/pubstore/details.aspx?c=12&id=526 Apparently this report concludes that PV arrays being installed on a homes' roof sho

[RE-wrenches] Square D GFCI's and Magnum SW inverter

Wrenches, I installed a Magnum 4048AE inverter a couple months ago. It has a SEARCH problem dealing with the 5 or 6 circuits that have GFCI receptacles. When the CB's for these circuits are on, if you set the search mode at 30 watts or less the inverter stays on all the time. If you set it at 50

Re: [RE-wrenches] 2009 Federal Tax Credit Clarification

With tax season coming up, we are getting inquiries about how the federal tax credit works. My reading on what little info the IRS has is that the 30% credit can be taken only on your actual out of pocket expenses - that is, full cost of the system minus any other rebates, incentive, or grants