San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings

Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by bazzargh on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:03PM (#11552200)

What are those two regulations? The California Electrical Code 2010 has that no point on the wall space behind a countertop can be more than 600mm (24in) away from an outlet, which actually means an outlet every 4 feet (2 feet space are allowed either side) (Article 210.52). I don't see 18 in in there.

There's a good diagram of the regulations here: http://buildingincalifornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/R... ... but there's similar drawings explaining this in the code itself.

I'm not doubting that there's weird inconsistencies in the rules, but the 18in thing struck me as weird from my own experience of remodelling my house recently, so I looked up the CA code. Apparently SF are still fighting Carl Malamud to stop him putting their building code online. https://archive.org/stream/gov.ca.sf.electrical/ca_sf_electr...

(edited to fix 300mm to 600mm. I know 600mm isn't quite 24in but that's what the code says)

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Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings by mindslight on Saturday April 23, 2016 @01:25AM (#11554271)

I agree, that sounds fishy. Maybe it's just an oversimplification of some pathological case, but I don't see how. The SF law on its own (as stated) would seem to preclude any counter deeper than 18", and then a receptacle in line with each edge should satisfy the NEC.

Carl Malamud is a saint. It's preposterous that people are expected to be bound by laws they cannot even access. But this obviously only affects the DIYers - commercial electricians benefit from the unjust barriers.

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