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    Pv Problems?

    This could be the problem,been up there and removed the offending muck .........I will keep you informend,waiting for a frosty morning
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    Pv Problems?

    Thanks for that I checked the Inverter today , to be honest thr readings were all over the place string A string B 234v 239v 239v 239v 240v 239v 247v 239v 243v 244v I did notice a large amount of bird muck on the offending panel, about 2in dia ,could that...
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    Pv Problems?

    Yes, sorry,should have said After a lot of going back and to,and alot of help from Steptoe and others,the installer put in a new 25mm 2 core cable in from inverter to house CU,FOC. He put a copper rod about 10 foot from the inverter and told me that was the earth He had id the earth at the...
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    Pv Problems?

    Hi, I have got a Solar Photo Voltaic Commissioning Sheet, it says the panels are SunTec STP250S-20/wd IT allso says [1string] [2string] String Test Voc 300v 300v Isa 1.3A 1.3A Sun 120w/m2@3degree Same
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    Pv Problems?

    What bit of the data sheet should I be looking at
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    Pv Problems?

    Could be..............is there any way of checking.... besides frost
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    Pv Problems?

    After a difficult birth I got my solar panels up and running in July, having paid for them in Febuary, Everything seemed ok Till today, at 8 oclock this morning after a light frost ,I noticed the frost on 15 of the panels had thawed out ,but no 4 panel was fully frosted, is there any...
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    Earth cable to no where

    The trouble with ...more or less....where money is concerned ,it is generally less Why cant anything be writen down so it HAS to be law to have eicr's every change of occupancy.
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    Earth cable to no where

    Hi, I wonder of anybody can help me,my daughter is soon to start university 2nd year rentting a private property with 3 other girls through a letting agent.they viewed the property in Febuary and said it was ok, since July there has been extensive alterations including a compleat new kitchen...
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    Cable Size

    Is there ANYBODY out there who does have consideration, or concern, or care with respect to safety, or competence that anybody can complain to ---------- Post Auto-Merged at 19:37 ---------- Previous post was made at 19:25 ---------- Your right ,things are moveing slowly "behind the scenes"...
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    Cable Size

    These people, aren't they suposed to be the guardians of the electrical industry
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    Cable Size

    Install Update As predicted got stonwalled at NAPIT The reply from the greater good is below I have had a response from the independent technical reviewer. They have made the following points to me:
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    Cable Size

    Thank you for your comments I recived my report for the PV system on Friday the 1st of June On the 1st of June at 10am I sent a copy of the report to Mark Nelson NAPIT and my installer with a question how can my cable conform to BS7671,as you state. but it does not conform to the...
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    Cable Size

    Can any body tell me , woulds the !% volt drop for the AC cable to the inverter,be included in all inverter manufactures instalation guides
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    Cable Size

    I was amazed, my hand did not pass through him anyway ,the main thing, he knows what he's on about
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    Cable Size

    Install update Had someone round today to look at the system (never met anybody from the virtual world befor) General conclusion ......bit of a Bodge (a lot of a Bodge actually) What I can't understand is ...once all the problems have been higlighted ,according to NAPIT, I have to have the...
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    Cable Size

    What I would Realy Like to Know is.........if all this true about HSE law(and I still find it a bit mind blowing,there's GOT to be another side to the argument),how does anybody ,who employ trades man know when HSE law being broken ,in other words what should I have done...
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    Cable Size

    Oh My Goodness.............It seems to me I would have been better of doing the job myself.......at least then I would have then been fined/imprisoned for my ownincompetence
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    Cable Size

    To be honest I had you in mind when i wrote post 95If you are saying if I employ a person who is so well qualified for a PV job that he could have better qualifications than 90-95% of contrbuters on this forum and somthing goes/is wrong I could be fined or imprisoned then THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD
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