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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 555039" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>I've seen and repaired many UK solar installers work... They did try to shut out cowboys via the MCS system, but demand meant cowboys still got around that, and some companies just employed gangs of idiots to bash systems into your roof.</p><p></p><p>There are training courses for solar which cover most aspects of good installation, but mostly we worked with manufacturers instructions, particularly in regard to roof mounts and frames. We also discovered how many **** roofers there are <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="☹️" title="☹️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/2639.png" />. My team were never encouraged to rush a job, a well installed system should be good for 40 odd years. In fact the roof covering should fail before the panels and frame. </p><p></p><p>I've watched a few of the Off grid Andy videos. He spends an awful lot of time building his own battery. A few people in here have done that, personally I would rather buy off the shelf gear. There's a level of expertise I just don't have despite a background in Aerospace control gear, so whilst you can cobble a system together yourself, software compatibility is going to be an issue, plus you would expect a factory built battery to have a level of quality control inspection and testing that I doubt self builders would know how to do. ' it works' is not quality control <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😀" title="😀" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 555039, member: 490"] I've seen and repaired many UK solar installers work... They did try to shut out cowboys via the MCS system, but demand meant cowboys still got around that, and some companies just employed gangs of idiots to bash systems into your roof. There are training courses for solar which cover most aspects of good installation, but mostly we worked with manufacturers instructions, particularly in regard to roof mounts and frames. We also discovered how many **** roofers there are ☹️. My team were never encouraged to rush a job, a well installed system should be good for 40 odd years. In fact the roof covering should fail before the panels and frame. I've watched a few of the Off grid Andy videos. He spends an awful lot of time building his own battery. A few people in here have done that, personally I would rather buy off the shelf gear. There's a level of expertise I just don't have despite a background in Aerospace control gear, so whilst you can cobble a system together yourself, software compatibility is going to be an issue, plus you would expect a factory built battery to have a level of quality control inspection and testing that I doubt self builders would know how to do. ' it works' is not quality control 😀. [/QUOTE]
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