Nice Pv Jobs

[Eco Deal]

We all love posting pictures of ugly jobs so i thought I would start apost for us installers to post some NICE pictures of installs on here.

Here mine 15 x yingli panda 265w & sunny boy 3600TL !!!! keep em coming

 

[Eco Deal]

JA solar 240w x 16 & power one 3600

 

[Eco Deal]

245w Sharp & sunny boy 4000TL

 

[Gavin A]

Sanyo H series system with 4000TL on Yorkshire Stone Roof

4kWp Sanyo H series on slate roof

4kWp Upsolar + 4000TL

4kWp REC black framed on quaker meeting house

 

[Eco Deal]

4 kwp upsolar looks good Gavin

 

[Megavolt]

Some nice jobs makes a change. Sadly

 

[series530]

At the risk of being a littled biased.... I'm very pleased with my installation. I didn't want a load of panels looking like a chess board on our roof. In fairness, the way they have been installed presents something of a problem due to the shade of the chinmey .... but I always knew that from the outset. They could have been installed in the centre only above and below the central dormer but caused issues with rainwater missing the lower guttering and would have over powered the look of the centre of the roof.

I was also especially pleased with the attention to detail shown in getting the panels mounted straight on what is a rather wavy roofline due to the fact that the right hand end of the house is an extension.

 

[Blueflash]

Its easy to get a nice job on a great roof with few shading issues. Its even better to see a smart array on a buckled farm house roof when its also not possible to acheive a rectangle design! Or 4-50kw systems and keep laser sharp lines through out.
These are not ours. One of Bisols 500kw jobs in Slovenia, shown to us during a customer tour last year!

 

[Eco Deal]

its great that blueflash .

What inveter you got series530? if its dual MPPT it may not be to bad but if the panels are on a one string inverter then its going to suffer!1

Solar edge would of been my choice for your install

 

[Eco Deal]

This is solar edge

 

[Eco Deal]

Sunny boy / Samsung 247w
Bonnie Scotland .

 

[Eco Deal]

Yingli 265w x 15 & solar edge

 

[Scobo]

Our house ...

 

[Gavin A]

its great that blueflash .

What inveter you got series530? if its dual MPPT it may not be to bad but if the panels are on a one string inverter then its going to suffer!1

Solar edge would of been my choice for your install

from his sig, it looks like enersys micro inverters.

 

[series530]

from his sig, it looks like enersys micro inverters.

Indeed .... Enecsys micro inversion is used throughout as we have issues with the chimney and the aerial on the house next door.

 

[fiardor]

Just a few of mine.

The first photo has a glaring AC over sight that has now been rectified but if anyone can guess what it was Earthstore has offered to buy us all a round of beer!
HEE HEE i can hear his jaw hitting the floor as he reads this :furious3:

Answers on a post card LOL

 

[Gavin A]

apart from it being switched off, it seems to be using some form of black flex cable instead of twin and earth. and it seems fairly small as well.

is that it?

 

[fiardor]

Enecsys are great until one packs up.
The original batch of inverters were poor so we are constantly having to replace them(Enecsys pay of course).

So i asked Enecsys if we could mount inverters on the inside of the roof and they couldnt see why not so thats what i know do.
Sorts out all sorts of future issues.

 

[fiardor]

apart from it being switched off, it seems to be using some form of black flex cable instead of twin and earth. and it seems fairly small as well.

is that it?

The black cable is FP200 as it has a 2.5mm earth as opposed to a 1.5mm in T+E which i prefer (lower Zs)

The cable runs 3 metres up outside of building hence the use of this UV protected cable.

So no but i like your style Gav.

I was gonna say yes just so we get a pint off Earth LOL

 

[Gavin A]

The black cable is FP200 as it has a 2.5mm earth as opposed to a 1.5mm in T+E which i prefer (lower Zs)

The cable runs 3 metres up outside of building hence the use of this UV protected cable.

So no but i like your style Gav.

I was gonna say yes just so we get a pint off Earth LOL

hmm...

knowing those inverters can be trixxy buggers to wire up first time then, I'm going with you'd wired the sockets up with reverse polarity as you wired positive into position 1 as would be logical for anyone other than the germans apparently...?

 

[fiardor]

Nein meine Freund PMSL

Dont hate me Gav but it is an SMA AC guidline :13:

 

[Earthstore]

Firstly, I would like to say this is what all PV systems should look like, they are a credit to you, it is good to see someone that takes pride in their work.

Hmmm, the AC thingy, is it that you can not turn each inverter off independently, of course we can not see how they are connected up inside, or am I buying the drinks?

 

[Gavin A]

Firstly, I would like to say this is what all PV systems should look like, they are a credit to you, it is good to see someone that takes pride in their work.

Hmmm, the AC thingy, is it that you can not turn each inverter off independently, of course we can not see how they are connected up inside, or am I buying the drinks?

oh yes, of course it is.

 

[Earthstore]

34.16KWP, Suntech 280 panels, installed Dec 2011, (just in time phew)

 

[GaryM]

Dont hate me Gav but it is an SMA AC guidline :13:

CSA of the AC cable too small, especially when shared between two inverters?
You've now either installed a second supply or a larger cable?

 

[GaryM]

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34.16KWP, Suntech 280 panels, installed Dec 2011, (just in time phew)

That's a fantastic looking installation!
Lots of attention to detail there.

 

[fiardor]

Damn you Earth.

Keep your money LOL

Yes i had to separate the inverter supply as per sma guidelines and upgrade the supply to 4mm swa (although sma do stipulate 6mm!!)

And your photos are quite frankly inspiring Sir.
Nice, very nice.

 

[Gavin A]

if we're doing commercial PV installs...

26kWp on this roof installed in November, and another 21kWp or so on the opposite roof face installed in March once DNO permission had been received.

Rail extensions below the panels were needed to spread the load better across the steel work below.

I was pretty impressed that we managed to work from both ends into the middle (for speed) and get both sides to within a few mm of each other over 60m of roof.

I probably ought to go back and get some photos showing both sides at once, and without working installers and associated debris on the roof.

 

[Gavin A]

Damn you Earth.

Keep your money LOL

Yes i had to separate the inverter supply as per sma guidelines and upgrade the supply to 4mm swa (although sma do stipulate 6mm!!)

And your photos are quite frankly inspiring Sir.
Nice, very nice.

hold on, that was what I was getting at in my first post.

and it seems fairly small as well.

that's got to be worth half a pint at least surely?

 

[fiardor]

Lol yeah sorry Gav I'll drink to that bud

 

[series530]

Enecsys are great until one packs up.
The original batch of inverters were poor so we are constantly having to replace them(Enecsys pay of course).

So i asked Enecsys if we could mount inverters on the inside of the roof and they couldnt see why not so thats what i know do.
Sorts out all sorts of future issues.
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Funnily enough, that's exactly where mine are installed and I specified that for that very reason. Repair is childs play. How many have gone wrong so far ? .... none, but I am in a better position if this were to happen.

 

[Earthstore]

I would like to point out, that I sell systems and then project manage the jobs from start to finish, I help out where I can, from installing, collecting any materials that may be needed, problem solving if I can help, and dealing with the customers from start to finish.
I watched the sparky, who was so fussy, but it showed in the results, and the performance of the system.
So the credit should really go to him. I am an engineer by trade, but from a practical background.

 

[SolarCity]

This was a ground mounted system that we installed a couple of months ago.

The place was a mud bath and took longer than it should. The meter/isolators box was supplied by Sibert Solar and it was particularly useful.

 

[zeljuga]

Looks like even Brow its bonded . Wallis can help on this jobs.Nice one SC.

 

[Energetic]

A couple of our favourites.

 

[fiardor]

Well, i feel much better seeing some of these photos, impressive and inspirational.

I take my hat off to all who have posted on this thread, you are a credit to the PV industry.

 

[Eco Deal]

loved the way you stuck a link into your wholesale website !!! last time I did this I got barred from the forum !!!!!

Very nice photo's of quality installs. Nice to see!

- great deals on PV equipment and Suntech 245w Mono panels available from 66p/w!

 

[Earthstore]

Hey, the link works from your post too, so now its on here twice:13:

 

[methley]

My SolarEdge install. 16 x 235W Sanyo and SE3500 inverter. There's three matching panels on the east side of the gable too. Pity the sun's not shining today :-(

 

[SolarCity]

Very nice photo's of quality installs. Nice to see!

- great deals on PV equipment and Suntech 245w Mono panels available from 66p/w!

Do you work for EvoEnergy or do you just get your stuff from them?

The reason I ask is that your one and only other post on this forum was informing us that you get your inverters from EvoEnergy, who always have them in stock.

 

[Eco Deal]

he works for them!!!

 

[J&M Electrical]

Some great looking installs, I sort of wish we had the money to outlay to get ourselves MCS Registered.

 

[screwdriver]

And a few different ones from me!

 

[Energetic]

nice...

 

[solarfred]

No nasty blocks of ugly concrete on these designs

 

[LightGEN]

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Just a few of mine.

The first photo has a glaring AC over sight that has now been rectified but if anyone can guess what it was Earthstore has offered to buy us all a round of beer!
HEE HEE i can hear his jaw hitting the floor as he reads this :furious3:

Answers on a post card LOL

Mounting the equipment on chipboard is frowned upon as well - should be ply board with a fireproof layer on top.

 

[tlsambo]

Here's a couple of ours. Number one is 20 Phono Solar 190 with Enecsys. The PV Sol prediction was 2973 and the actual for it's first year was 3223.
Number 2 is 18 x BP4180 (I miss BP, great panels :-( ) This one had an SMA 3000HF and pretty much matched it's PV Sol prediction.

 

[SolarCity]

Nice. But the hanger bolts will be a no-go soon.

 

[scottliv]

Here are some pictures of my 3.75kW installation. There are 15 Sanyo H250 panels coupled to a SMA SB4000TL. It is connected to two strings: 8 and 7 panels as there is some shading from the neighbouring house in the winter.

The panels are mounted in black anodised SEN SOL 50 frame. It really does look the business.

the cables are laid off the roof and secured in a net tray under the frame, then come into the roof through a vent that was fitted.

I am very pleased with the job and it has produced 1370kWh since it was installed in Nov 11. Here is the link to my system on pv output. Country View 3.750kW

Scott