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Hello,
DIY'er here looking for some advice.
In March 2023 we should be getting 5.5kW of solar PV going on the roof feeding into the current consumer unit.
The current CU is a Wylex, probably about 15 years old, plastic, 100A main switch with 2 sets of RCD protected MCBs.
Installation last inspected in 2014 when we had some alterations made to the kitchen and Minor works cert issued,
One of the MCBs feeds an unused isolator in the airing cupboard that once fed a shower (now removed), so the PV installers intend to use this spare MCB, no problems there.
I'm wondering if it's worth:
a) having an inspection done before the solar PV gets installed
b) changing the CU to a metal clad one to meet current IET regs and swapping from MCBs to RCBOs
Cheers,
Dave
EDIT: for b) I mean getting that done, not doing it myself. Done it in the past and I'm sure I could do it safely, just know I'm not allowed to anymore....
DIY'er here looking for some advice.
In March 2023 we should be getting 5.5kW of solar PV going on the roof feeding into the current consumer unit.
The current CU is a Wylex, probably about 15 years old, plastic, 100A main switch with 2 sets of RCD protected MCBs.
Installation last inspected in 2014 when we had some alterations made to the kitchen and Minor works cert issued,
One of the MCBs feeds an unused isolator in the airing cupboard that once fed a shower (now removed), so the PV installers intend to use this spare MCB, no problems there.
I'm wondering if it's worth:
a) having an inspection done before the solar PV gets installed
b) changing the CU to a metal clad one to meet current IET regs and swapping from MCBs to RCBOs
Cheers,
Dave
EDIT: for b) I mean getting that done, not doing it myself. Done it in the past and I'm sure I could do it safely, just know I'm not allowed to anymore....