"Ed Throws Trade Bodies Into Chaos Over DIY Solar!" (efixx) :-) lol
Cue another early amendment and Section in BS7671 and another 'membership' level in the brilliant CPSs for the trade to do DIY Solar installs.
:-)
"Ed Throws Trade Bodies Into Chaos Over DIY Solar!" (efixx) :-) lol
Cue another early amendment and Section in BS7671 and another 'membership' level in the brilliant CPSs for the trade to do DIY Solar installs.
:-)
DESNZ have released their technical safety study on Plug-in solar and opened a consultation on their proposal to amend the Plugs and Sockets Regs to introduce them. Looks like the momentum is building for their introduction.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plug-in-solar-electrical-safety-study
Well nothing happens for years, and then it moves at pace, perhaps to avoid being overtaken by other events.
We now have a national specification - though not a British standard, this being written by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to me, it seems technically perfectly OK on a quick read.
Plug-in Solar Device Interim Product Specification -Technical and safety requirements for plug-in solar photovoltaic devices
Version 1.0, June 2026
Also there is now public consultation on plug-in solar is now open - but it seems calculated only to get the most enthusiastic of responses, as will be closed in a little under 2 weeks ! This smacks of doing only the legal minimum to say we had a consultation phase.
I can see question 6 raising a few eyebrows.
6 The electrical safety study showed plug-in solar was safe at a circuit level. Should the Interim Product Specification limit the number of microinverters to one per household or one per household circuit?
At the very least. I don't know about many other houses but I have 2 indoor socket circuits, not counting the cooker branch or the one on the loft lights for the TV am, namely main ring and kitchen, and 2 more outdoors, garage and out-buildings. So perhaps I could have 3 plug in inverters making a total of 2.4kW with 6kw of panels ?
The government announced its intention to make plug-in solar panels available in shops within months, providing households with a simple and affordable way to take control of their energy use and reduce costs. This consultation is a critical step in delivering that ambition.
Issued: 16 June 2026
Respond by: 30 June 2026
Enquiries to:
Clean Power Unit
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Ground Floor
3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW
Mike
Well nothing happens for years, and then it moves at pace, perhaps to avoid being overtaken by other events.
We now have a national specification - though not a British standard, this being written by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to me, it seems technically perfectly OK on a quick read.
Plug-in Solar Device Interim Product Specification -Technical and safety requirements for plug-in solar photovoltaic devices
Version 1.0, June 2026
Also there is now public consultation on plug-in solar is now open - but it seems calculated only to get the most enthusiastic of responses, as will be closed in a little under 2 weeks ! This smacks of doing only the legal minimum to say we had a consultation phase.
I can see question 6 raising a few eyebrows.
6 The electrical safety study showed plug-in solar was safe at a circuit level. Should the Interim Product Specification limit the number of microinverters to one per household or one per household circuit?
At the very least. I don't know about many other houses but I have 2 indoor socket circuits, not counting the cooker branch or the one on the loft lights for the TV am, namely main ring and kitchen, and 2 more outdoors, garage and out-buildings. So perhaps I could have 3 plug in inverters making a total of 2.4kW with 6kw of panels ?
The government announced its intention to make plug-in solar panels available in shops within months, providing households with a simple and affordable way to take control of their energy use and reduce costs. This consultation is a critical step in delivering that ambition.
Issued: 16 June 2026
Respond by: 30 June 2026
Enquiries to:
Clean Power Unit
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Ground Floor
3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2AW
Mike
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