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Guidance for plug in solar for Electricians

Alan B

We are now a few days from plug in solar being legal. The likes of Martin Lewis is recommending people should ask an electrician to check their installation before plugging a solar system in.

I have seen various comments referring back to changes in the law and changes to the specification for a 13A plug.

But I haven't seen any guidance from IET, NAPIT or NICEIC for electricians stating under what conditions it's acceptable to plug one of these systems in.

Personally as it stands today based on what I have seen I would not be willing to say iny installation is acceptable unless it was a single socket on it's own circuit protected by a bidirectional type A RCBO. Which I am sure isn't what the government wants.

Have I missed something, is something in the pipline?

I know lots of people will just do it, but in those situations I am not responsible.

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  • 0 in reply to Chris Pearson

    Schuko to BS 1363 adapter

    Haha! 
    Or indeed cutting the Wieland plug off and putting a UK plug on it, or even wiring it to an outdoor socket or a  fused spur (but of course none of that would ever be compliant, would it, nor would the German DIY solar plus battery kit  for a touch over the price of the UK one without..)

    And note in Germany, to encourage rapid uptake, its all zero VAT rated ("Mehrwertsteuer 0%" ) while in the UK it very much isn't. 

    Mike  

  • 0 in reply to mapj1
    mapj1 said:
    And note in Germany, to encourage rapid uptake, its all zero VAT rated ("Mehrwertsteuer 0%" ) while in the UK it very much isn't. 

    It did occur to me earlier this evening that if HMG wishes to promote balcony solar, they could zero-rate it, or even match grid leccy at 5%.

    Of course if the situation were reversed, no German would even think of bending the rules. ;-)

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