Am I being too fussy?

[JulianC]

Sometimes you have to install in the box.

True dat. On a recent job the main CU was in the meter box I shoved the gen meter in there and everything else hung on the wall outside.

 

[Earthstore]

Don't shoot the messenger, it was only advice that came from the SSE.
However, here is a question, when the DNO or energy provider come to a house to change a meter or upgrade the system and they find it not possible because it is full of consumer units, generation meters etc etc, and they have just been installed by an electrician, who will have to pay to have them relocated?
As mentioned before, what is "good practice", the easiest way or the right way?

 

[powervan]

lol well just to make u rest easy earthstore when I put my equiptment in there i ALWAYS make sure plenty of room left!! UNLESS they EVER start putting in EXPORT meters?? then it may be fun! never seen one yet? has anyone?

 

[MattyKHZ]

My house was so poorly built that it actually had 3 meter boxes and I asked why. 1 was gas, 1 elec and 1 empty. So they removed the third which I could have possibly used now for generation meter.

Install was finished by 4pm yesterday and that was without commissioning a new CU as went with the usual 2 way CU, isolator and largish generation meter.

They went to get a Crabtree from their supplier in the morning and could not get the one they wanted so it would only have left 1 spare for my new kitchen so glad I did not pay the £300 extra for a CU that was not what I wanted.

12.5 KW generated today. Now just got to wait on my MCS certificate before I can send FIT forms off.

I believe I need a new MCS certificate if I change meter (that is what I have been told) so come new kitchen time I will have to get a MCS registered electrician to fit and commision the Wylex CU with inbuilt meter I guess. Hopefully there will still be a few about.

 

[SRE]

Are you sure you've generated 12.5kw today - that's huge for a December day.

 

[MorganPVI]

I doubt any system hit more than 4kwh today. 3.76kwp in N Wilts did 3.3kw.

Sounds like the meter had 9kw on it already!! Maybe they wired it backwards!! (twice)!!

 

[MattyKHZ]

Meter was 0.2 this morning and now 12.6 so is that 12.4 KW generated?

Dead on South facing in Tamworth.

 

[powervan]

if i was u i would STIC with that meter even if it takes up more space ! u be able to forget the kitchen and put an exstention on at that rate!!

 

[Sunshine777]

Managed 8 kWh today and thought that was doing well - 12 is nothing to sneeze at!

 

[JD6400]

I have got to admit i am with Earthstore on this one , in my opinion it is unacceptable to install in the cut out box .:frown2:
I think we all agree it is not best practise to do so , and as far as i can remember i always thought the dno could kick up a fuss and demand it be moved ?:53:

 

[powervan]

u lot be staying at home this summer just to watch ur meters spin!!!!!!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!DIVORCE!!!!she will be having the 43.3p for next 25yrs !!!! get it booked !!!!

 

[Sunshine777]

Nah, she'll be demanding the index-linked FIT for 25 years and tough luck if it ever gets cut; it'll be back to court to renegotiate!

 

[jupestar]

'The 4000tl is the dog ******** of inverters, so if you got that you got a great deal. Roofing, well i need to see photo's, should be sitting flat, otherwise it is a sloppy job.. Customer service? - our is non-existent.

 

[SRE]

Meter was 0.2 this morning and now 12.6 so is that 12.4 KW generated?

Dead on South facing in Tamworth.

Consider yourself very lucky then, excellent panels and inverter at a give away price producing 12kwh on a December day - most peeps would give their eye teeth for that. At that rate you'll be able to buy a dozen CU of your choice and gold plate them!

Just to give you a comparison we're 300ish miles North of you and haven't seen anything past 3kwh/day for the last 2 weeks and most days were between 1.5 - 2.

 

[SolarCity]

12.4kWh is huge and very unlikely at this time of the year.

Like SRE said, as far as the panels and inverter, you have a superb system at a, frankly, stupidly low price.