What are North Carolina laws regarding solar panels hooked to battery banks?I have installed a small solar setup (less that 250 watts) on my roof that is tying into a battery bank that will house about 350 Ah when I am done. All of this is stored in a large, plastic tool box on wheels and will be tying into a 5000 Watt inverter in my place. OK, does anyone know if laws require that such a... | |
If your installation meets the prevailing electrical code for your state, Inspection is one aspect to meet the code.
If you have homeowners insurance and want to keep it- you need to have it inspected.
If you plan on trying to run your power meter backwards- Don't. One you will lose all electricity if the power copmpany finds it, and they will eventually. And 2, your insurance company will not cover anything if there a problem that led to a fire, or caused a personal injury to someone working on the powerline.
If you wired your installation to parallel the AC mains, if you followed best practices, and met the fundamental requirements, such as a common bond to ground, adequate lightning protection for the roof mount brackets, and related, and extra ground rods driven into the ground, and have a panel installed for that parallel system, an inspection should not be that big of a deal. If you did not do those things, it is cheap insurance to find out what you do need to have. And that your work is of adequate quality.
If you wired in a power transfer switch to switch the panel system in event of power loss- you need to have it inspected.
