Jerry, Every building department is different and you may have to prove it to them. That said I have never needed permits for offgrid installation and on a few cases where the building department wanted one, they backed down once they thought about it. It could happen though these days...The one thing you might do is have the owner take out the permit and you are the consultant. Good Luck
Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail [email protected] text 209 813 0060 > Dear Wrenches, > Has anyone installed storage battery systems with no PV or other > generation source? I see no info on local building department websites > about permitting storage batteries. I've heard one person refer to > battery storage as a "energy storage appliance" and allege that no permits > are required for this. > I'm asking because I am bidding on a small battery only installation. > It's pretty much just a battery pack and an inverter. The installation > is a test installation for a company who writes software to manage battery > installations. The management of this company sounded surprised when > permits were mentioned. > As always, any help is appreciated. > Best,Jerry Caldwell > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar "we go where powerlines don't" http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/ e-mail [email protected] text 209 813 0060 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
