I plan on running my lights, refrigerator, and fans (house and heat exchangers) directly off of the 24 volt battery buss. No inverter conversion losses that way.
I will run the 24 volt buss in the abandoned central HVAC duct. The 24 volt buss wiring will be within the 2 inch added inside insulated wall. Since it is 24 volts, it is intrinsically safe, and does not need to be in conduit.
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Sounds great! I am curious why you say it is intrinsically safe because from my understanding (which I am always open to being wrong) any long runs of DC power is not all that safe.
All power is a risk, but anything below 29 volts is considered by regulation to be intrinsically safe (this is referring to flash over etc).
BUT, always use caution and fuse everything, it can still burn from current!
>:(Ah I see what you meant now. That is kind of funny that 29 volts is the number that is considered 'safe' I would have guessed it to be much lower than that. I learned something new there!
It is the government, so the actual number is 28, but the say below 29, because they think people are too stupid to know if 28 is okay, 12 is also fine.
AND WE PAY THESE PEOPLE! SMH!>:(LOLS! It is all in the wording!
And protecting your Phoney Baloney Jobs with the wording. ROFLOL!
:)It is like when I went to a store that primarily sells chainsaws and told them that I wanted an 'Aggressive chain' for a saw and not a 'Safety chain' and the owner corrected me and said it was a 'Limited kick-back chain' and that if he used (or allowed me to use) the term 'Safety chain' that he could be held liable if I hurt myself with it because the term implies that the chain is 'safe'. What a world man!