Plug in solar

[Munroast]

Oh dear, Export without MCS or Flexi-Orb certification There is a £250 fee for this service. That is the killer.
Electrical Installation Certificate
Building Regulations Certificate of Compliance (Not applicable for Scotland)
DNO Acceptance Letter
May also cause a problem, but at £250 that will take two years at least to pay back.

i had to pay £500 so that I could get the go ahead from scottish power to export up to 6kw

at 12p per unit that is a whopping 4,166 kwh just to to pay back a box being ticked,
in our first year we only exported 5,600

there is little profit in Solar

 

[SUNRAY]

i had to pay £500 so that I could get the go ahead from scottish power to export up to 6kw

at 12p per unit that is a whopping 4,166 kwh just to to pay back a box being ticked,
in our first year we only exported 5,600

there is little profit in Solar

I mentioned something very similar in post #248

 

[Munroast]

I mentioned something very similar in post #248

we went solar and going down the EV route for ethical and environmental reasons, (its a luxury we can afford) there is absolutely no short term benefits and doubtful to precarious long term benefits.

 

[SUNRAY]

we went solar and going down the EV route for ethical and environmental reasons, (its a luxury we can afford) there is absolutely no short term benefits and doubtful to precarious long term benefits.

Thank goodness, at last another seems to understand.

 

[morqthana]

Doesn't apply to DIY plug in at the moment of course.

Aren't the panels themselves fixed electrical equipment?

 

[denso13]

Aren't the panels themselves fixed electrical equipment?

Don't think so for plug in solar. Does it matter?

 

[morqthana]

The Building regulations apply to fixed electrical equipment.

I don't think that solar panels are left lying on the ground, or a roof, or just propped against a wall or a fence. They are fixed in place.

 

[denso13]

I don't think that solar panels are left lying on the ground, or a roof, or just propped against a wall or a fence.

Neither do I. The stand alone ones are weighted down with concrete blocks, no fixings.

I'm still not sure why it matters.

 

[ericmark]

As I have said, a tangled web. Let us look at the nitty-gritty, if it is plug in and temporary it does not come under the same rules as installed, but what we want is Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) and what is important is can we get that with plug in solar.

There are two types of DIY solar, the battery system which is not grid-tied, and the plug-and-play system which is. The 12p/kWh which it seems Octopus is offering completely changes which one is best.

The £250 registration fee means again nothing is certain, until that is clarified it is in the lap of the gods as to which is best.

 

[denso13]

but what we want is Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) and what is important is can we get that with plug in solar.

Not for DIY plug in, no. I'm sure things will develop though.

 

[morqthana]

Neither do I. The stand alone ones are weighted down with concrete blocks, no fixings.

And ones on roofs, or balcony rails?

I'm still not sure why it matters.

“electrical installation” means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer's side of the electricity supply meter;

 

[denso13]

And ones on roofs, or balcony rails?

Fixed to wall brackets, like my TV.

"electrical installation” means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer's side of the electricity supply meter;

I know, and I'm sorry for being thick, but so what?

 

[morqthana]

Fixed to wall brackets, like my TV.

Fixed electrical equipment.

I know, and I'm sorry for being thick, but so what?

So the law requires reasonable provision to be made for safety.

 

[ericmark]

I'm still not sure why it matters.

It is down to if G98 is required, and also building regulations as far as hanging off a wooden fence.

At the end of the day, SEG is so important. Which it seems needs a smart meter, once someone says I have an 800 watt inverter, and I am getting SEG it is an open question.

Once someone says, I am getting SEG and I installed this system, then we can say good or bad, until such time, it's all guess work.

 

[denso13]

So the law requires reasonable provision to be made for safety.

Agreed.