Translations:Electrical codes/2/en

The electrical codes of many countries also include a section that deals with photovoltaics and solar installations, but in many locations the code does inadequately addresses small-scale battery based systems, is completely unintelligible to the majority of the people installing these systems or simply does not address them at all. In many places this is combined with a lack of a permitting process and a lack of enforcement to create an environment in which many PV systems are designed and installed improperly due to ignorance or in a race to the bottom on cost. In locations where there is insufficient guidance from the electrical code, the United States National Electrical Code, when combined with the best practices that have been developed in the off-grid sector, serve as a useful guide in most locations. This is the idea on which this website is based.