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Old 10-02-10, 11:31 AM   #171
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I wasn't wrong about you being lucky!! Sounds like you have some
nice ASHPs to keep you warm this winter!

My guess is, many of these PV installers are flying by the seat of their pants.
Have no clue what they are doing, or just too lazy to do a good job.
Maybe it's just the 'experts' & 'professionals' that I always run into are goofs.?.
Kinda like taking your car into the dealer. Not a good idea in many cases.

When I saw the Enphase inverters, I knew those would be my pick, if we got PV.
But, thinking about how they are installed discouraged me a little.
Is this kind of installation in the local rule book? Or even the NEC book?
Will the inspector go ape when he sees 220vac ON THE ROOF!!
Or, will he want the 220vac installed the same way that PV DC is installed
in the old-tech PV systems??

It's moot anyways, since my wife loves how our roof looks, as is..

We gave our tax guy the Sanyo specs and he got us the break last year..
Not too shabby.. Plus all the insulation work we did got us a bit too.

Cheers,
Rich

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