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Yeah, I am kind of glad that mine was put outside now after reading your story. I didn't think it was something that needed to be viewed, I thought it was just a breaker box, which it is mostly apart from that little export meter.

🤦‍♂️ Okay, thankyou.

Yeah, could be very dangerous, but I'm not talking about a DIY job, I am talking about coming up with an professional consumer product that's "plug and play" and will allow homeowners to share excess energy with their neighbours and vise versa (if they also have solar) rather than being forced...

My installation was finally completed yesterday and appears to be working as intended. Is there a device that I can include in the system to detect exported power and then divert it to my neighbours through an extension lead or something? I don't want the greedy energy companies, who pay a...

Yeah, the only issue would be less export, but you don't get much for that anyway, ideally I want to store or use everything I produce and export/import as little as possible.

Yes, I wanted to avoid it because of the wait and potential cost of it. At the time I didn't know I could have had a 5kW inverter and limited the supply to grid to avoid a DNO but still have the benefit of 5kW inverter for Battery and Water Heating.

I agree, I only found out afterwards that I would be better off having a larger inverter so that I could charge the battery quicker, and use the excess to heat my water with the iBoost. Don't know why the sales didn't mention it, would have been a little more money for a lot more benefit...

I have a 3.6kW inverter, and a PV array power rating of less than 6kW which I believe are the limits, if I had an inverter larger than 3.68kW then I would require DNO. It means that I will waste some produced electricity on the summer days when conditions are optimal as my inverter will only be...

Day 34 and this cowboy company still haven't completed my solar installation ... someone visited to finish commissioning end of last week and realised that they needed to install a communications cable which has taken 3 visits to detect, then realised that they threw out the inverter connectors...

Thanks for your suggestions. Both strings are on same roof, one above the other, no shading. I'm don't want to tinker with it in a way that may affect the warranty, but could turn off the AC supply at the isolator and use the new voltages. Although I am more confident now that all 14 panels...

Thanks, so if I take the Voc of the panel 37.32V and multiply that by 7 = 261.24V. So I should expect to see approximately 261.24V. String 1 = 209V / 37.32Voc = 5.60 = 6 Solar Panels? String 2 = 223V / 37.32Voc = 5.97 = 6 Solar Panels? Saying that I did get a spike of 4956kW during the day...

So the installer has replaced all the damaged panels and added/corrected all the other issues as far as I am aware, although they are still to commission it tomorrow. Is there a way to check that all of my panels are connected without physically checking? The space underneath the panels is...

Good point about them being brand new, they appeared to be visually, although not packaged individually, I think the company may have bought them in bulk and they come on pallets not individually boxed. They arrived in a small van all sandwiched together standing on their side without any...

See my thread here on the rest of the installation (pics included), some issues there too. Solar System Review

Thanks, yes the installer is not the one I ordered my system from, but one that was subcontracted and I only found out when they arrived on site. They're actually a central heating specialist that's been doing solar for the past 12 months and this was their first job for the company I ordered...

I completely agree, they did not take much care at all, imagine receiving a brand new car with scratches all over it, what's worse is that I believe these scratches will most definitely affect the performance of the product.

Hi, My solar installer has not been very careful when handling my solar panels to say the least. Firstly when unloading and handling on the ground by a single person, they were slide around with no protection scratching up the frames on the van floor and my tarmac driveway. They then stored...

I think I will need to extend the cable of the DC adapter by about 2m, I plan to make a cut and then use additional wire inserted between to extend the cable. Do you see any issues with this? Would I be better off increasing the voltage to the 4.5v option to allow for the voltage drop on the...

The device is a solar iBoost sender as shown in the images.

Hi, I would like to power a device that currently uses 2x 1.5v AA batteries but also has a 3.4v DC input for a mains power adapter. I can't find a 3.4v DC adapter but there are ones that allow for voltage selection starting at 3v, 4.5v, etc. up to 12v, such as this one: Power Adapter Could I...