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Solar supply on test reports

Alan B

How do I document and test existing solar secondary supply when adding or modifying an installation that includes solar but not working on the solar system.

I have worked on a few installations now that have main supply plus solar, I have no training on solar installations.

I look to make sure cabling looks professional and that there are isolators on DC input to inverter and AC output from inverter, use them to isolate the supply while I work.

On the test report I record that there is a second supply and that it's solar but I don't do any testing or open anything up.

Is this enough or do I need to start learning more about solar and doing more?

I haven't worked on an installation with battery but same question.

Also if I was asked to do an EICR do I just agree with the owner that the EICR doesn't include the solar installation or do I need to decline the job until I get more knowledge on solar?

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    The guy I sat next to on the handheld hedge cutter course is an aerial access technician working for a Network Rail contractor.

    He had the biggest and heaviest Stihl hedge cutter I have ever seen, I tried it out and it’s a monster. He said it’s okay because he never lifts it above waist height, they work from the top of embankments and retaining walls suspended on ropes with a chainsaw and hedge cutter on lanyards working their way down, so the debris falls away from them.

    He was the only guy doing the City and Guilds, for the Lantra award we were trained and assessed by the trainer on the day, he did exactly the same training but then had to arrange to do a separate assessment on another day for the C&G award.

    There is not supposed to be any real distinction between the Lantra and C&G awards, but the rail industry wants C&G. The only issue with this is actually being able to book an assessment, as it’s not viable for assessors to do individual assessments, basically they need to be able to do three at the same location to make it worthwhile financially. 

    All this started because I was subbing to an electrician who had several housing association maintenance contracts and was going down the “Facilities maintenance” route rather than being a straightforward electrical contractor, there’s far more money in void maintenance getting some guys to paint an empty flat than there is in purely electrical work.

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