Yep make them portable. Here is one of mine.
Local inspector shot me down
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@Supervstech, can your provide a link to the residential blockade? I was just told by an inspector in the Charlotte NC area that Residential must fully comply with NEC2020 as of July 2022.
Lt.Dan
Solar Wizard
Do you drive on those panels?
Ampster
Renewable Energy Hobbyist
I presume that is what the ramp on the left is for?
400bird
Solar Wizard
Is that how you make a solar powered car? Park it on the panels?
Just need tow that behind a Ford Lightning and you’re all set!
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Lt.Dan
Solar Wizard
I dont see how the panels would support the weight of any decent size car, or even offroad vehicle?
Ampster
Renewable Energy Hobbyist
I think those comments were in jest. At least, mine was.
My tow it behind the Lightning was for realI think those comments were in jest. At least, mine was.
Well the last two code review classes I went to said residential is 2017, if the inspector says 2020 by July, it is news to me. I would ask for verification.
LonnieU
New Member
Same as I just got told in my review class. Had this link from same class from the NC Fire Marshall's website. Scroll down to the 2020 Exceptions NC One & Two Family Dwellings.
My father was threatened by the local authorities after he installed a system on his farm.
We thought about it for awhile and decided if we wanted more PV's and components, we would buy a surplus school bus and fabricate cheap folding mounts to allow 4 solar panels wide (for the entire length of the bus) when unfolded. Perhaps 20+ panels.
At the first sign of trouble, we would simply drive the bus to another property and wait until the gestapo went away.
We thought about it for awhile and decided if we wanted more PV's and components, we would buy a surplus school bus and fabricate cheap folding mounts to allow 4 solar panels wide (for the entire length of the bus) when unfolded. Perhaps 20+ panels.
At the first sign of trouble, we would simply drive the bus to another property and wait until the gestapo went away.
Its been a few months so I thought I would post an update. After being shot down by the inspector for a DIY offgrid system, I have taken the last few months to get quotes from local contractors and I'm just shocked by the prices. Most installers wanted $40-$60 grand for a 10kw system installed with batteries. The equipment varied but I focused on Sol Ark. Practical Preppers would not install in my area of NC. I called a list of Sol Ark certified installers within 100 miles of me and I only got one complete quote. I guess I'm gonna go back to a DIY trailer mounted solar generator.
Nobodybusiness
Collecting the leftovers of the Great Sky Reactor.
Doesn’t surprise me considering the mass influx of out of state people moving to Wake and Chatham counties as well as Mecklenburg.
People selling their 1800sqft house for a $1,000 ,000 and then coming here buying up whole counties.
Then enacting policies that caused them to flee the state they were in.
Vicious cycle.
OzSolar
Whatever you did, that's what you planned.
That just stinks that you couldn't at least get a few more serious responses. How many kWH of battery were they quoting?
12VoltInstalls
life passes by too quickly to not live in freedom
Probably $40k vacation bonus amps
I live in Mecklenburg county, and my mind boggles at the volume of condo and apartment construction lately…
I would want to know exactly what they are rejecting, and push for it.
Residential single and two family dwellings is on 2017 code until 2025. Inspectors CANNOT insist a inspection will need to be installed to the future code standards…
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