Was it SEAI or ESB initiated inspection ?
It is for the SEAI and they are looking for:
How long since the install?
1st December
Your installer should have those documents if you don't.
Inspection takes half an hour. Very straightforward.
Thanks, have emailed the installer alright so just making sure everything is in order.
Arranged my BER for next week,
Assessor asked about a conformity cert?? for the PV panels? Is there a name for what he needs to see?
Is it just a data sheet for the panels used, or is there a system specific cert for my install he would need to see?
Data Sheet
I don't know, but I remember reading on a few threads across this forum individuals stating that they are slowing down the battery charge and spreading over the full nighttime hours (i.e. they changed their settings to this). I thought it was to do with battery life but unsure. Admittedly, the posts were over the last few cold months so you are probably spot on that it is a temp consideration.
Yeah, thats the theory, batteries charged slower last longer.. but Its splitting hairs really down at this level.
But with the solis, you cant set a Target soc, you just set a charge rate. The 16 cell DIY have a rating of 200AH and have a recommended discharge of 0.5 - 1c (100-200 amps) can do 400 amps for 3 minutes and 600 amps for 30 seconds. The batteries are not being pushed hard at all as the max now on the solis inverters is 100 amps.
Thanks for that graememk. Really only 11am to 5pm that can go above 50% potential, on a good day. I wonder is your orientation affecting it much. What is the grey line? My yard and house are together. I would be interested in seeing similar from anyone else please.
It's the battery level.
My orientation (and slope) hurts a lot in the winter, but in summer it's charging the batteries before I even get up.
My yard is connected to the house too, but we're drystock.
Are you going down the line of the TAMS grant?
Batteries could help balance the solar.
Reason I asked if you were connected to the house is that your tied to whatever domestic feed in tariff there is (we'll not get the fixed 13.5c that is being offered to commercial)
But it can be down as a capital allowance and VAT
Getting an "Over voltage battery hardware" warning from my solis hybrid inverter,
Production tanked from 5kw to 30w, is it resetting itself?
Looks like it broke the weather as well, gone from sunshine to dark and sleet
Panels at 640w now, par for the weather
What causes that error? AC voltage too high?, or is it voltage too high on the string, on the DC side?
The error message is gone off the app and isn't showing in the alert logs.
Will check the portal when i get to a laptop.
it will resert once the voltage drops to certain level. You can check the overvoltage limit on the inverter under storage settings\control parameter. It could be that it is set too low.
Also getting the following alarms on my Solis 6 KW Hybrid Inverter
"Grid Over Voltage"
or
"Grid over frequency"
These both self-resolve and Solis and Installer say it is nothing to worry about?
Did you have a power cut? We get the grid over frequency if the power goes as it did last night, thankfully I wired the backup socket during the week so could plug a light or two in.
Look at your electric bill.
Are you billed as a domestic or non domestic?
It's the DG code on your bill
DG1 is urban domestic
DG2 is rural domestic
DG5 is Non domestic.
It's unlikely that your down as non domestic.(but I'd not completely rule it out)
We have a second yard and that is domestic too.
I had the same error several times yesterday "grid over voltage" and "alarm code 1010"
I checked the grid standard on the inverter and its set to ENEL...I think it should be set to EN50438IE but that option isn't on the inverter menu so I've queried it with the supplier. Anyone know what ENEL is? lots of googling only gets me an Italian electricity company so maybe its an Italian standard.
I'm not sure if the grid standard is relevant to the error -- maybe check yours to see what its set to?
Just looking online here and mine is set as ENEL also as the national standard
Just noticed on the soliscloud.com portal that there is a inverter upgrade button, was that always there and is it to upgrade the inverter firmware? Clicking says to contact support for access.
Is there anywhere that show the firmware versions and changelogs?
Irish grid standard is outlined on Page 8 of the document below. Basically a modified version of EN 50549-1, with some Irish specific settings.
I don't believe that the grid over voltage errors are related to this. Are you urban or rural?
Not that I have come across. Need to contact support to initiate the upgrade.
Got prompted to submit meter readings for a two month billing period today.
Day units 60kWh
Night units 800kWh
93% night rate 😎
Hard to make calculations for extra battery storage work based on these results in the middle of winter.
wow :) if they are your dark-of-winter stats, 60kWh peak is possibly all you'll need from now to October!
I'm urban and didn't have this error last summer with the same setup, this inverter & strings are in the garage, I've a second inverter in the house which didn't go into alarm at all -- but the eddi (in the house) recorded the max voltage at 245.2v, is that too high?
My supplier sent me the specific grid settings today so I'll make those changes tomorrow - as you say its probably not related.
Interesting. Tend to see the Grid Over Voltage errors with rural installs as the local transformer isn't up to the job.
Have you a Solis? Can you post up the settings translated for Irish grid?
Yes its a solis.
The settings they sent me are exactly the same as on Page8 that you mentioned, on the inverter menu you just select USER-DEFINED under grid standard and enter the settings as per page 8.
Copied below is the report from Solis cloud of the inverter itself, its odd because there are higher voltages e.g. 239.3v than at the time of some of the faults e.g. 235.7, 236.3 etc
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