wrote:

I am a real softie in that crowd. Most of them are hard core "if it
ain't NRTL listed, don't even bother unpacking the box".
The law will back them up every time.

BTW I have a question in to the Lee County building department asking
if a FSEC certified system can be installed if it is not NRTL listed.
I will post the answer.

That's a beginning.
Then if they say no the next step is to call FSEC and and a couple of
manufacturers of FSEC certified solar systems and tell them your local
inspector won't allow the systems.
Even though thousands of of FSEC certified systems are being installed
though the state with inspector approval.
Then you'll eventually find the ending when they get their acts together.
Solar systems are relatively new and a very small part of inspector duties.
I've always found that rigid ideologues who buck the tide of common
sense get tossed.
And an inspector nail sticking up against common sense will get hammered
down.
An inspector is in essence just another CYA bureaucrat.
If I cared I would start he
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/people/directory.php?d=do
My question would be what to do about a local inspector who is negating
FSEC's hard work and not allowing the progress of solar systems.
I would say the FSEC's work is meaningless to me and everybody else in
my locality because your certification is ignored by the inspector.
Maybe he'll just answer by saying
"Hey, you live in a locality of twit inspectors and there's nothing I
can do. Move, or live with it."
And maybe he'll say, "Give the FSEC Marshall this joker's name and he'll
set him straight."
If I cared about solar I would raise all kinds of hell if an inspector
told me he wouldn't approve a FSEC certified Skyline system.
BTW, we're still not clear on Bryan's problem. He never mentioned an
actual system, just that a company was installing a system.
And it appeared to me the company was using using components that had
never been tested as a system by FSEC.
Our solar companies and inspector troops need some FSEC leadership on solar.

Jim - Looking for solutions, not looking to make more problems.