Solar panel installation course?

[HappyHippyDad]

I would like to learn more about solar panel installations, with a view to fitting them.

I cant find any in the Gloucester/Stroud area but have found 'The Focus Training Group' that run a 5 day course in Bristol. Has anyone done this course with them, or heard anything about them?

Any suggestions with regards learning about solar panels, inverters, feeding into the grid etc? Or ways to learn about them?

 

[plugsandsparks]

TBH, all you need to know is within the MI's, they are generally very good and easy for an electrician to follow.

e.g. You will get very specific MI's for the panel mounting system, ditto invertor, ditto battery system etc, if anything i would consider manufacturer specific free training.

All i would say is: Solar panels are heavy, roofs are high, when panels are connected in series voltages rise very quickly with typical voltages in the many hundreds of VDC. CT locations appear to trip up many installers, lol

Good Luck, just designing a 30KW, TP system with 75KWh of batteries, ground based. My back is hurting just thinking about it...

 

[Deleted account]

I’ve just bitten the bullet. Getting a 3.6Kw system fitted to my house. I considered doing the course and doing it myself, but for £5,500. All done in a day I’ve got a professional company to do it.
It’s not what I don’t know is why I’m not doing it myself, it’s what I don’t know, I don’t know.

gas going to 10p per kwh
elec going to 33p per kWh.
this will take my gas and electric bill up to an eye watering £2500 per year
it’s a no brainier. I’ve got the money in the bank doing nothing, should save me £600 worste case or £860 best case.

I’ll get back to you in 1 year with the results.

 

[swaRRR]

I’ve just bitten the bullet. Getting a 3.6Kw system fitted to my house. I considered doing the course and doing it myself, but for £5,500. All done in a day I’ve got a professional company to do it.
It’s not what I don’t know is why I’m not doing it myself, it’s what I don’t know, I don’t know.

gas going to 10p per kwh
elec going to 33p per kWh.
this will take my gas and electric bill up to an eye watering £2500 per year
it’s a no brainier. I’ve got the money in the bank doing nothing, should save me £600 worste case or £860 best case.

I’ll get back to you in 1 year with the results.

With the price of leccy they're a great investment right now. Problem is getting the actual gear into the UK. Very hard, very long waiting times.

 

[swaRRR]

TBH, all you need to know is within the MI's, they are generally very good and easy for an electrician to follow.

e.g. You will get very specific MI's for the panel mounting system, ditto invertor, ditto battery system etc, if anything i would consider manufacturer specific free training.

All i would say is: Solar panels are heavy, roofs are high, when panels are connected in series voltages rise very quickly with typical voltages in the many hundreds of VDC. CT locations appear to trip up many installers, lol

Good Luck, just designing a 30KW, TP system with 75KWh of batteries, ground based. My back is hurting just thinking about it...

What's the 'MI'?

 

[UNG]

What's the 'MI'?

It's a cable that is rarely used these days

 

[Eddy Currents]

What's the 'MI'?

Manufacturers Instructions

 

[swaRRR]

Manufacturers Instructions

ffs lol never racked my brains for ages trying to figure that one out.

And yeah, i asked my installation manager how he learned what he knows and he said he reads every manual.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Supplies are an issue, i have a drum of cable that should have been with me last Tuesday, battery systems waiting for "vital components" before i can take delivery due sometime in August. I have panels but no fixings and an inverter with no panels or fixings. Glad i am going on holiday, lol

 

[swaRRR]

Supplies are an issue, i have a drum of cable that should have been with me last Tuesday, battery systems waiting for "vital components" before i can take delivery due sometime in August. I have panels but no fixings and an inverter with no panels or fixings. Glad i am going on holiday, lol

We tried to get some rail this week and the kind we needed was nowhere to be found in the country. None of our suppliers can get hold of it in good time because basically everything solar comes from the EU and China.