10KWp system over the phases

[SolarCity]

EDF used to but now they are UK Power Networks the last time I spoke to them (Forget it's the same guy as when it was EDF!!) they will not let it go higher. Think a few installers in the UKPN area may be court out. I have to speak to them again in a few weeks time so it may well of changed again!

What have they suggested for >3.68kW systems?

 

[Markc]

what have they suggested for >3.68kw systems?

g59/1!

 

[SolarCity]

That's crazy! They have effectively priced any >3.68kW system out of the market.

 

[Markc]

That's crazy! They have effectively priced any >3.68kW system out of the market.

Yep! I have heard they asked for £120 for a survey and agreed to the installation there and then! So I think it's a money making scam at the moment. Why pay a penny for a visual survey to say yes OK?

As I say things may well change again. For UKPN it's early days.

 

[SolarCity]

As long as the £120 survey is all they ask for then all should be good. If the relays and testing are insisted on then the costs will be ridiculous.

 

[Markc]

As long as the £120 survey is all they ask for then all should be good. If the relays and testing are insisted on then the costs will be ridiculous.

Agreed, but I think £120 for someone to walk on site and say yes is a joke.

 

[SolarCity]

What exactly are they surveying for?

 

[Markc]

What exactly are they surveying for?

Fun, waste time, to gain £120 Quid! I truly don't know. Just seems a bit of a joke. As I say this is what I have heard and not witnessed. I need to contact them in a few weeks and will ask the question.

 

[SolarCity]

It annoys me because there is nothing they can learn on site that they don't already know. The figures are there - and we all know that a 4kW system at this time is not going to need any reinforcement. Like you say, it's just to gain £120 notes.

 

[mac1]

Hi I am also newly registered with MCS and have a 10 kw system to fit, how did this installation go ? Did you use a 3 phase inverter or 3x single phase ones. By the way I know panels are different prices, how much is a reasonable price fitted for a 10 KW system fitted to a large flat roof - Thanks.