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Originally Posted by john rogers View Post
James, you forgot that I am in California and in addition to the battery pack issue, the electricians, solar panel roof installers, ETC all have to be union and there has to be at least one licensed electrician on each part of the job. To help confuse and mess things further......the city and SDG&E inspectors have to be specially trained! I figure that CA is probably the worst state to do this stuff so if the company gets everything okay here then all the other states will be a breeze.

There are some places where the home owner can do this stuff on their own but not here.
The difference between City vs. County installs here can be amazing.

In the county, we can most of the electrical work and all of the plumbing work on a generator. We can't do the final tie in utility, so a licensed electrician does that. We also pay them do an inspection.

In the City, a licensed electrician has to do it all and a licensed plumber has to do the gas line. Permits and inspections are required for virtually everything. The costs are much much higher.
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