6ft 7 inches dc disconnect

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With rapid shut down inverter. Can I stack inverters on wall, my dc disconnect will be well past 6’7” code reference please. I’m having a debate with a co worker. I say your dc switch can be past the 6’7 inches thank u
 
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I see it all the time. Especially on carports ?
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The general rule is 6'-7" above finished floor/grade/working platform. Exception #2 modifies this rule, allowing a switch to be higher than 6'-7", when the equipment is higher than 6'-7", is accessible by portable means, and has its disconnect(s) adjacent to it. 705.70, formerly 690.15(A), spells out the rules for inverters in not readily accessible exterior locations, which explains how it applies on carports.

I see this as necessary to do for carports, to keep it out of reach of the general public, but it is not something I'd recommend for a wall-mounted line-up of inverters, where making them all accessible from the finished floor is practical.
 
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This is solar edge inverter rapid shut down I would think the AC disconnect would be the Ac/and dc disconnecting means
 
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This is solar edge inverter rapid shut down I would think the AC disconnect would be the Ac/and dc disconnecting means
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You have to check the documentation to confirm whether an inverter has both disconnects, if you are expecting to take credit for this. It is common for inverters to come with only the DC disconnect, with the underlying expectation that separate AC disconnect will be grouped with it, such as a circuit breaker in a grouped AC combiner.

At one point, some of the smaller models of SolarEdge's inverters came with both AC and DC wired through separate poles of the same disconnect, but that is no longer the case. For the 3-phase commercial SolarEdge inverters, it always has been a DC-only disconnect.
 
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Yes, Solardege integrated disconnects are often DC disconnect ONLY. No AC disconnect.
 
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