Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Fuse Locations

2014-08-10 Thread RE Ellison
Do not put a circuit breaker in a battery box if you have ever seen one in anger in a dark room they can toss a good set a flaming sparks out that arch chute ! Not good in a battery box! A class T fuse bolted on to a terminal is safe, from my understanding they don't throw a spark when they bu

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Fuse Locations

2014-08-10 Thread William Korthof
Also, I think working clearance requirements are relaxed. Very sensible. Battery packs present a potential for serious problems in the event of an uninterrupted fault. IMHO, in the US, we already have far too many complicated code rules on PV systems. But for battery systems, this exception i

Re: [RE-wrenches] ground-mounted systems, performance

2014-08-10 Thread Alex Cozine
The only problem I've seen was due to a sloped hillside and a riding lawnmower projectile. These modules are what refer to as the "Cadillac" of modules. If you have a chance to use them, you should. On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Rebecca Lundberg < rebecca.lundb...@powerfullygreen.com> wrote

Re: [RE-wrenches] Battery Fuse Locations

2014-08-10 Thread Richard L Ratico
Drake, It seems the code is providing some flexibility for the location of OCPD in battery circuits. Placement "as close as practicable to the storage battery terminals" is ok even if that is in an enclosed space (say a battery box) where the possible accumulation of flammable gases may occur. Dic

Re: [RE-wrenches] ground-mounted systems, performance

2014-08-10 Thread Rebecca Lundberg
Hi Jesse, I'm curious about what you are seeing. We've seen better performance than that on arrays with those modules, but don't have module-level monitoring available on any of our systems. Does it look like there is a bipass diode failure with the shattered modules (probably covered under warran

[RE-wrenches] Battery Fuse Locations

2014-08-10 Thread Drake
Hello Wrenches, I'm studying the NEC for a rectification exam, and came across this little gem. Can anyone explain what the following code rule is saying from 240.21 H, (Overcurrent Protection, Location in the circuit)? (H) Battery Conductors. Overcurrent protection shall be permitted to be i