The bad news from the 2014 codebook:
690.47 Grounding Electrode System. (D) Additional Auxiliary Electrodes for Array Grounding. A grounding electrode shall be installed in accordance with 250.52 and 250.54 at the location of all ground- and pole-mounted PV arrays and as close as practicable to the location of roof-mounted PV arrays. The electrodes shall be connected directly to the array frame(s) or structure. The dc grounding electrode conductor shall be sized according to 250.166. Additional electrodes are not permitted to be used as a substitute for equipment bonding or equipment grounding conductor requirements. The structure of a ground- or pole-mounted PV array shall be permitted to be considered a grounding electrode if it meets the requirements of 250.52. Roof-mounted PV arrays shall be permitted to use the metal frame of a building or structure if the requirements of 250.52(A)(2) are met. Exception No. 1: An array grounding electrode(s) shall not be required where the load served by the array is integral with the array. Exception No. 2: An additional array grounding electrode( s) shall not be required if located within 1.8 m (6 ft) of the premises wiring electrode. -Glenn From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Szumlanski Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 2:22 PM To: RE-wrenches Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Mike Holt Solar Video - LIVE in your town, limited time only I had to quit watching at noon, so I was disappointed to have missed the theatrics. I just installed a system on my home to NEC 2008 as is followed here. I have convinced a local plans reviewer that since it was removed in NEC 2011, the building official should waive the 690.47(D) requirement for rooftop systems. He specifically asked me if it would return in NEC 2014, and if I am reading this right, the answer is definitely "no." Since there was no aesthetically acceptable way to run the additional GEC in my case and make it "as close as practicable (which is ambiguous anyway), I cut it out immediately following inspection - something I would NEVER recommend a customer do, of course. Nonetheless, I feel this was a reasonable and acceptable move given that there are thousands of systems out there inspected under NEC 2011 that have not additional grounding electrode. I will continue to listen with great interest... Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar <https://wisestamp.appspot.com/pixview.gif?p=chrome&v=3.21.0&t=1386616464493 &u=ce9344a8140ce271> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Richard L Ratico <[email protected]> wrote: Mr. Holt explicitly stated his desire to create a groundswell of opinion to immediately eliminate this requirement of the code. Would it not be better to carefully think through and discuss the issue, in contrast to what was permitted on his "show"?
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