Soladin 600 querry

[raedurham]

Hi,i'm new on your very informative site.I would like to ask a question if i may about the Soladin 600 that i have had installed on my new
bungalow.I was told that with it being a new build the minimum requirement to be installed is a 0.5 kw system.
There are 3 panels on the roof and all seems ok with regards the inverter flashing yellow when it is working.
The instalation was done by a qualified lecky and i have the certificate of compliance. Now the inverter is connected to my cu on to it's own
rcd,all well and good. Now i recieved a monitoring meter from british gas that just transmits the usege to a table top monitor showing me how
much i'm pulling off the grid.
If for instance i had nothing turned on at 0 watts then turned the inverter on and had a load of say 400 watts i would expect the inverter to
supply that under normal generation conditions.Now if i increased my demand to say 1kw then i would expect the grid to makeup the difference.

When the Soladin is turned off my consumtion is about 170 w according to the meter,when the sun is shining and the inverter is working my reading
on the meter goes upto about 270 w therefore it seems im heating the sun rather than it compensating me.
I wrote to Mastervolt and told them what was happening and they said that it was correct ,it feeds back to the grid.
Now my understanding is with these things is that it is connected to my cu and its supposidly pumping into my system so i would expect the
wattage to go down when the sun shines and if anything is left over it would then feed back the grid.
I am not in the FIT system as i missed the deadline.

My electric meter is a Landis and gyr 5325A and sometimes the red light comes on and displays the word r e d,now i understand that means im
sending power to the grid if it had been a model D meter.It seems the power i'm drawing off the grid and the power from the inverter is added
together and appears i'm drawing more than i should be.
Sorry for a lengthy explanation but cant see why my meter reads high when i turn the inverter on.
Many thanks for any advice you may have on this problem.

Rae

 

[Spudnik]

Hi raedurham and welcome to www.electriciansforums.net!

 

[Guest123]

Welcome along.:cool4:

 

[vernam616]

So your not on a FIT and dont have a generation meter installed

 

[CRAGS]

Hi and welcome

 

[MarkieSparkie]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

 

[raedurham]

Hi, No i dont have a generation meter installed just the bog standard Landis and gyr E110 5235A which i understand is not an multi directional meter as is the model D.When the bungalow was built these panals and inverter were installed as a requirement of the building regs i understand and i got the certificate of installation but not cert for the FIT because the person who installed it did not buy the system the builder did,ebay i think.The installer said because he did not supply the units he could not issue a cert to get me into the FIT system.I checked with one company and he said it would cost £300 to give me a cert but because the system is so small i didn't think it was worth that kind of layout.
I have noticed now the sun is shining that the red light on the meter is staying on for sometime so i gather thats helping me with my usage as it's not showing the numbers increasing either.
One last queery though,am i ok in using this Landis and Gyr meter although it's not a reversible one,ie monitoring whats going back to the grid.I would have though the architec would have noticed that it was the wrong meter.
One final point is that i have signed up for one of those smart meters that will be nstalled aroung July time so wondered if leccy board would notice i have a solar panal system installed.They would think great we dont have to pay him for what he is sending back to the grid.
Anyhow many thanks for replying and i hope this has helped you understand my situation with this solar panal kit.
Cheers Terry