The contractor told me that the clearance issue should have been caught by the inspector when the service was upgraded ten years ago.
The lady was quite elderly and she was embarrassed. I'm pretty sure that his request had more to do with him not waiting for my signature. But that had nothing to do with me saying no. I don't accept pictures for much of anything....especially if I can't trust the person.And you said ...". "
Solar City usually has their name on the inverter. I am surprised that there is no permit considering the POCO involvement. Old small services can be a challenge because there may not be a way to determine the buss rating and that dictates the size of the solar contribution. I don't see any labels on the service or conduit, one of which should be a diagram of the building that shows the layout of the solar equipment.Tiger:
A neighbor sold his house to a guy who fixed it up, added solar panels, and moved out renting it out. The other day I saw him over there fooling around with the main breaker, I asked him what he was doing and he said the main was turning off, he called Solar City and they told him to replace the main breakers, that they were defective. First of all they left the original 60 amp panel on the house, stuffing bigger breakers into the panel doesn't seem right to me, but I'm a carpenter not an electrician. What would you do to this guy if Solar City had bothered to get a permit? View attachment 2403
Tiger said:Another thing that I don't see is a GEC for two ground rods. Then there's the missing DC disconnect.
Tiger said:What is the ampere rating of the mains and the back-fed breakers for the solar?
T "If you are really a retired builder you certainly know that if the breakers trip you need bigger breakers."
I have encountered several re-roof jobs that had solar. I probably talked about it here but if it is in the average day thread I'll never find it. Here is the first one. I didn't know that there was solar until I showed up for the sheathing inspection. The roofer told me that he was going to put it back together himself. He said that he has done it before. He assured me that the panels were safe and dead because they were unplugged. I told him to send a solar, C-10 or B licensed contractor to pull a permit to replace the solar.Ruppert has a question?
ICE do you have any re-roof inspections with a solar array on the roof? How's that process work?
Ruppert has a question?
And when you retire will there be another ICE the II or is there a Jr. ICE to pick up where you left off?
Is there 3 feet of walking space for firefighters? (maybe around the outside)The roof is aluminum and the solar installers beat the Hell out of it. The roof can't be seen from the ground, so the HO is unaware of the damage. This is one case where I'm thankful that quality control isn't my bag.
Is there 3 feet of walking space for firefighters? (maybe around the outside)