Discuss Inverter tripping occasionally at startup in the Solar PV Forum | Solar Panels Forum area at ElectriciansForums.net

Lm5861

DIY
Reaction score
0
Hi all,

My 3 month old grid tie inverter has tripped on 3 occasions at startup.
Have read plenty of threads here about similar issues but unclear as to the fix.

So for my setup the inverter goes to a separate mcb on a separate secondary consumer unit. There is rcd protection here and it does not fail.

That secondary consumer is fed from a mcb of my main consumer which feeds the rest of my house, single rcd for entire consumer and it is at this rcd that trips on these occasions in the morning.

I have read about adding an rcd or rcbo straight after the ac isolator of inverter but I would have thought the rcd in my solar consumer would have done the same thing.

It sounds like my leakage is too great at the main consumer when all the house is combined with the solar?

What is people’s thoughts on remedy action to stop this? Thanks
 
Your PV system should never be fed by shared RCD. At the moment your additional protection is compromised by this. To rectify this you need to swap main rcd for main switch and replace mcb's for Rcbo's or replace whole consumer unit.
 

Reply to Inverter tripping occasionally at startup in the Solar PV Forum | Solar Panels Forum area at ElectriciansForums.net

Similar Threads

Hello there I have just installed a new Solis S6-GR1P3.6K-M-DC Inverter - this replaced a 10 year old+ Sungrow inverter that failed/out of...
Replies
5
Views
2K
Hello everyone, I'm currently working on a project to upgrade an existing renewable energy system and could really use some expert advice. The...
Replies
0
Views
640
Hello - hope someone can advise please. I have a recently purchased second hand Myford lathe which has a 3-phase inverter (Siemens Micromaster...
Replies
11
Views
1K
Hello All Can I say to start with I am not an electrician but used to be a heating engineer (yes I can hear the groans). I have wired the...
Replies
85
Views
14K
Greetings, I have a solar 5kw system installed with a hybrid inverter (no batteries yet). My electrician decided to add an extension board for the...
Replies
18
Views
4K

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Electrician Courses Green Electrical Goods PCB Way Electrical Goods - Electrical Tools - Brand Names Pushfit Wire Connectors Electric Underfloor Heating Electrician Courses
These Official Forum Sponsors May Provide Discounts to Regular Forum Members - If you would like to sponsor us then CLICK HERE and post a thread with who you are, and we'll send you some stats etc
This website was designed, optimised and is hosted by Untold Media. Operating under the name Untold Media since 2001.
Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock