solar

  1. HappyHippyDad

    Solar panel installation course?

    I would like to learn more about solar panel installations, with a view to fitting them. I cant find any in the Gloucester/Stroud area but have found 'The Focus Training Group' that run a 5 day course in Bristol. Has anyone done this course with them, or heard anything about them? Any...
  2. R

    Ireland How do I get into doing renewables?

    I’m a qualified electrician and I’m just wondering what ways I can get into doing renewables is there a small course I can do or what are my options?
  3. N

    Solar solar protection for inverter and battery

    Hie. How can I size my protective devices for my solar installations because most breakers keep burning out. I'm I missing something?
  4. kenburgess

    UK Rotary isolators vs ordinary isolators?

    Why are rotary isolators used on solar and heat pump installations rather than other IP rated isolators?
  5. E

    Solar pv - slates being drilled through to install

    Hi, Recently I had solar panels fitted and realised how they have done it and I hope someone will be able to give me advice how bad and dangrous workmanship that is. 1. They trilled through the slate roof so hooks rest on the slates and then going into rafters. Basically slate became load...
  6. G

    Solar Spare solar energy, how to measure?

    We have solar PV panels (1.5kw) and I'm curious about fitting an immersion diverter to use any spare solar energy for heating water rather than sending it back to the grid. Before we do that, I'd like to have an idea if we have sufficient spare solar power for this purpose, if not then it's...
  7. S

    App for net solar export

    Hi all, We have a 3.9Kw array (13 x Sapphire 300W Black Mono solar panels) on our roof with a Growatt 3600MTL-S mini inverter. All good and has been working fine since installation in 2018. However, the system does not give me a 'net' import/export value. I've been looking for a meter (wifi...
  8. U

    Solar Panel Theft Solutions

    Trying to help out one of my customers who keeps on getting the PV panels stolen from one of his business premises which has a low roof making the panels easily accessible. As I maintain the intruder alarm he is asking me for some security ideas So the questions, are there any systems out there...
  9. bigspark17

    Solar Array swa sizing

    Any help on solar array swa sizing? 4kw array needed around 20M swa from house to array. thanks
  10. P

    Type AC RCD with solar inverter

    A friend of mine asked me to look at here PV system as she is not getting any power (and thus money) from it. First real issue is the Aurora inverter has a E031 fault which I suspect is burnt out relays, so I can probably fix that with a big iron and a couple of new relays (at last for another...
  11. G

    Solar Panels Solar Batteries , re charging.

    I have recently had panels fitted and very pleased with the results and am thinking about adding a battery to the system. As regarding re charging, is it a simple calculation? If, for instance, you have a system generating 5kwh at peak, will it recharge a fully drained 5kwh in one hour (...
  12. B

    Solar Solar powered hot tub

    G'day, In order to lower my electricity bill, I want to use the power of the sun to heat my hot tub. The setup is the following: A 100W solar panel is driving a raspberry pico microcontroller which is measuring the temperature of the water in the hot tub. If the water is below 40C=105F it will...
  13. B

    Solar installation - DNO limit

    Hi, I'm new here, having recently had nearly 13kWp of solar panels installed on a barn roof, feeding into two Solis inverters (covering about 10 kWp and 3kWp respectively). I'm on a single phase supply and was surprised when told that the DNO limited my export to 3.68kWp - if I had known...
  14. M

    New Zealand Turn off "Solar I Boost"

    Husband had solar panels installed plus a booster "Solar I Boost" 2 years ago. Ongoing problems with the booster. I have spent the last year manually boosting the water heating twice a day as we never have enough hot water. I just want to turn if off and have constant hot water. Please can...
  15. M

    Solar Panels solar pv completion certificate template

    evening, we have our mcs acrediatation assesment next month but i need to do some completion certificates, would anyone have a pdf template i could use please?
  16. D

    Spanish Solar PV , what went so wrong ?

    https://uk.yahoo.com/news/spains-solar-energy-crisis-62-131420708.html
  17. B

    I want to install a Solar IBoost+ on my Megaflow 300I cylinder, is it possible?

    Hi I want to install a Solar IBoost+ on my Megaflow 300I cylinder, is it possible on this cylinder?
  18. HappyHippyDad

    A few general questions for any who fits solar panels?

    I still enjoy my work, but have a bit of an itch to try something a little different, perhaps solar. A few (Saturday coffee) questions for those of you who install solar panels in domestic situations.... 1. Do you do this by yourself (i.e one person) or do you always need a helper? 2. Is...
  19. G

    Getting into Solar PV again, MCS??

    HI all, after getting loads of people asking me for solar im looking to get back into it The question is as my quals have lapst do i need to join REAL and be MCS as of 2022, i was in them but it's really going to put me off if i have to jump all these hoops again ?? THanks Grtand
  20. F

    How to stop backfeeding on a portable solar panel.

    Hi everyone, You were so helpful with my last enquiry, I am going to ask a related question. I bought a portable solar panel to keep my caravan battery topped up. The one I bought was made in the UK from a firm Low Energy Supermarket, 18volts with a 10 year warranty. Good specs, or so I thought...
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