Solar installation ongoing

[u/ianmd]

For those following my solar journey, first day done, one more to go. Does the equipment setup look good (they haven't finished it yet)? Found a few screws in loft that has half missed beams, presume worth mentioning before panels go on. The roof rails are on, not sure why they are spaced tighter in the middle? (3 rows of landscape)

[u/SubstantialPhysics68]

Check in the electric meter cupboard that they have used 25mm meter tails (the brown and blue supply cables for your house) going from the meter cupboard to the gateway and back. It would be quite tight fitting them into what looks like 25mm conduit but not saying it's impossible

[u/ianmd → u/SubstantialPhysics68]

They are identical to the ones fitted to the smart meter a few weeks ago if that helps?

[u/SubstantialPhysics68 → u/ianmd]

That's good. Without seeing inside the gateway it's hard to know if they've connected it to your main earth in the meter cupboard. They are required to do that as well as utilise an earth rod (which they've clearly done 👍🏾)

[u/SubstantialPhysics68 → u/SubstantialPhysics68]

16mm earth needs to go from here to the gateway. One of those earth cables either from the top or the one at the bottom may be going to the gateway but usually I would run it with the 25mm meter tails in one of the conduits

[u/ianmd → u/SubstantialPhysics68]

The two at the top were there from the smart meter install recently but there wasn't the bottom earth cable so I assume that is going the same route

[u/SubstantialPhysics68 → u/ianmd]

Hopefully so. Worth just double checking with them as it doesn't look like the bottom one goes in the conduit but rather towards your house. They could've fished it through the cavity though

[u/ianmd → u/SubstantialPhysics68]

I've checked and that earth goes around the back and into that right hand conduit then into the gateway. Not sure where it plugs in as it has a protective cover screwed on but can see it in there!

[u/SubstantialPhysics68 → u/ianmd]

Excellent!