Solar PV Hints, Tips & Troubleshooting

Yep, it's actually discharging - SOC is reducing. It starts once the battery hits 100%. Showing on app and inverter screen. Solis confirmed it's an issue and being investigated. It was already reported so they just added mine to the list.

Production based on the lowest common denominator (so lowest panel wattage)

There could also be some complications if the internal resistances are different and/or how the panels behave with varying temperatures. e.g. your original panels might behave a certain way at 40C while the new panels behave differently at the same temp. I'm speculating a little there, but I would think thats a fair assumption

Best bet is to shuffle the panels around and have all the same on the same string, alternatively you can get optimizers (€50-60 a panel) to effectively isolate the new ones.

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question but I'm trying to get my head around the new Micro Generation Support Scheme.

My understanding is that one of the things you need to do to avail of this is submit a NC6 form to ESBN.

The NC6 From asks "Does interface have type test certification as per Conditions Governing the Connection and Operation of Microgeneration - DTIS-230206-BRL?"

The checklist at the end of the form asks that you attach "Type Test Certificate for Microgenerator Interface as per I.S. EN 50549-1"

Does anyone know are these the same form and how do you go about getting this form/forms?

I didn't qualify for the grant as my house is a post 2012 build.

The NC6 form itself looks easy enough to fill in - it is the "Type Test Certificates" that are to accompany the form which I'm having trouble with.

Just to "roll it back" a sec......you mention you don't qualify for the grant as your house is a post 2012 build. Which grant is this? Just want to make sure your working on the right foundations...(facehugger)

When I was getting the solar PV system installed (Jan of this year) there was an SEAI grant available but your house had to have been built in 2011 or before and there was also something about the BER rating having to be a C or below I think - neither of these criteria applied to me at the time.

I just had a look at the SEAI website and the grand conditions seem to have changed and it's now saying if your house was constructed before 2021 you can apply.

Can I backdate my application for this grant I wonder?

That was my point, that the timeline criteria requirements had changed for the grant from pre-2011 to now pre-2021. I still have issues with it being "pre-anything", but at least they are increasing the net to allow additional people (like yourself) to take advantage of it.

Sadly I didn't realize that you already had your installation in place. Sorry.

Not sure you can avail, but you know I'd give SEAI a call/email and see what they say. Worst they can do is say outright "no", but generally they have a bucket of grant money and they actually WANT people to use it.