10KWp system over the phases

[Markc]

As long as the £120 survey is all they ask for then all should be good. If the relays and testing are insisted on then the costs will be ridiculous.

Agreed, but I think £120 for someone to walk on site and say yes is a joke.

 

[SolarCity]

What exactly are they surveying for?

 

[Markc]

What exactly are they surveying for?

Fun, waste time, to gain £120 Quid! I truly don't know. Just seems a bit of a joke. As I say this is what I have heard and not witnessed. I need to contact them in a few weeks and will ask the question.

 

[SolarCity]

It annoys me because there is nothing they can learn on site that they don't already know. The figures are there - and we all know that a 4kW system at this time is not going to need any reinforcement. Like you say, it's just to gain £120 notes.

 

[mac1]

Hi I am also newly registered with MCS and have a 10 kw system to fit, how did this installation go ? Did you use a 3 phase inverter or 3x single phase ones. By the way I know panels are different prices, how much is a reasonable price fitted for a 10 KW system fitted to a large flat roof - Thanks.

 

[edexlab]

g59/1!

Spoke with our DNO engineer this week and they've decided several months ago that they should ignore pv ratings which is what they wanted initially and just use inverter output ratings to size systems ,have to agree this is the way it should have been from the start!
anyway they did'nt feel the need to tell anyone this ,and so they are now overloaded with paperwork and new staff who have'nt a clue ,nothing new there!
this week I've had several applications returned asking me to fill in the attached application form (blank) which i sent back highlighting the fact that i'd already sent it and they never even looked at it .

DNO chap said the main problem was in rural areas of the Uk the transmission is 132kv down to 11kv which meant that they have less control over voltage rises and he said this will ultimately mean any large rural system >4kw per phase could well be designated G59 at their discretion
as the grid is aging and in need of repair / upgrade