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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them (www.npr.org)
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[+] -13 points 8 months ago (17 children)

I am not asking how the technology works. I am asking how the utility verifies that people are using compliant products.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    The same way they do now.

    You realize generators exist right?

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  • [+] -10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

    Permanently connected generators typically require permits.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    yup and if you install it wrong it's you in trouble but you still can buy them and diy without a permit. They should just be regulated so only the certified ones can be sold.

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  • [+] -9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

    yup and if you install it wrong it's you in trouble

    No, it's the linemen who are in trouble.

    They should just be regulated so only the certified ones can be sold.

    So you want to ban the sale of raw solar panels and inverters?

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    No, because we're talking about all in one systems that plug into the outlet, why are you bringing up raw components?

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  • [–] -3 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    ...because one can also connect those? If I was to buy them, I sure would, because they're less expensive, more readily available, and more serviceable. Why don't you want to talk about them?

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    "The utility" has never had a way to prevent you from doing something dangerous with your wiring or with the electricity they send you. The best we've managed has been to encourage appliance manufacturers to design their products with safety in mind, through the UL program (which is voluntary). This is why the writer talked to the "vice president of engineering at UL Solutions."

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  • [+] -10 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    "The utility" has never had a way to prevent you from doing something dangerous with your wiring

    Yes they have. It's called permitting.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    And what's stopping you from doing it anyway?

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  • [–] -5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    If you're gonna break the law, you're gonna break the law and we can just ignore any discussion of legality. But that's not what we're doing.

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