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Does a PV system have to be RCD protected?
I did a number of PV installations with a very experianced electrician who said that the PV system had to be RCD protected, but I'm not sure. The AC cable will not be burried in a wall and it's not going into a bathroom, or outside, or suppling a socket. Also putting the PV system on a shared RCD could cause problems if the RCD trips and the Solar is still live for a few seconds.
I did a number of PV installations with a very experianced electrician who said that the PV system had to be RCD protected, but I'm not sure. The AC cable will not be burried in a wall and it's not going into a bathroom, or outside, or suppling a socket. Also putting the PV system on a shared RCD could cause problems if the RCD trips and the Solar is still live for a few seconds.