Photovoltaics (PV)

719 topics in this forum

1. Changeover switches reccomendations (and what do the regs say)

   By jimseng, Wednesday at 12:56
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   • jimseng
   • Thursday at 17:13

2. Considering scaffold tubes for a ground mount.... thoughts? 1 2

   By TedM, March 9
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   • TedM
   • May 4

3. Explain these comments on a Gary Does Solar video? 1 2

   By Alan Ambrose, April 22
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   • SteamyTea
   • April 30

4. Balcony Solar Is Coming! 1 2 3 4

   By TedM, March 24
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   • Beelbeebub
   • April 30

5. Can I DIY solar panel replacement?

   By Andeh, April 29
   • 5 replies
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   • trialuser
   • April 29

6. Leave solar batteries out of the system until we have the house up and running?

   By saveasteading, April 12
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   • saveasteading
   • April 13

7. Dumb question - can you usually run inverters in parallel?

   By Alan Ambrose, April 11
   • 8 replies
   • 346 views
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   • -rick-
   • April 11

8. Solis hybrid inverter start up

   By Dillsue, April 4
   • 3 replies
   • 352 views
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   • Dillsue
   • April 7

9. Lowest profile flat roof ballasted system 1 2

   By Mattg4321, March 30
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   • Tetrarch
   • April 4

10. Are all panels basically the same now?

    By TedM, March 19
    • 24 replies
    • 862 views
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    • -rick-
    • March 24

11. Help with GSE in roof design

    By SBMS, March 1
    • 22 replies
    • 850 views
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    • jimseng
    • March 3

12. Upping export limit.

    By Beelbeebub, March 3
    • 1 reply
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    • Dillsue
    • March 3

13. what i should not have done when installing solar

    By scottishjohn, February 27
    • 8 replies
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    • Russdl
    • February 27

14. Earth Neutral bond for hybrid inverter (again) 1 2

    By jimseng, February 11
    • 47 replies
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    • Bramco
    • February 20

15. Octopus Export rates (Outgoing) are reducing

    By JohnMo, February 17   

    • export
    • pv
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      Tagged with:

      • export
      • pv
      • solar
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    • 15 replies
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • February 20

16. Octopus are reducing the feed in tariff is there an alternative?

    By MikeSharp01, February 18
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    • MikeSharp01
    • February 19

17. Victron Multiplus generator recommendation

    By PaulD, October 27, 2025
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    • Hastings
    • January 13

18. Moss on pv

    By Oz07, January 5
    • 12 replies
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    • SteamyTea
    • January 5

19. Elster A100C FIT meter fault

    By Roys, December 17, 2021
    • 16 replies
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    • Dillsue
    • December 27, 2025

20. Surge protection, fuses and MCBs in loft from PV array. 1 2

    By jimseng, December 6, 2025
    • 42 replies
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    • Nickfromwales
    • December 22, 2025

21. New ground mount PV array 1 2 3 4 6

    By JohnMo, June 27, 2023   

    • pv
    • ground mount
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    • JohnMo
    • December 22, 2025

22. Wiring up an Eddi

    By Crofter, December 18, 2025
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    • cjsparkey
    • December 18, 2025

23. Is the party over (pt2) - End of high fixed price export tariffs?

    By -rick-, November 26, 2025   

    • solar
    • export
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      • export
      • tariff
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    • Stu789
    • December 7, 2025

24. Earth neutral bond for inverter before I get grid hook up on new build. 1 2

    By jimseng, November 12, 2025
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    • jimseng
    • December 6, 2025

25. Solar newbie... 1 2 3

    By Crofter, November 18, 2025
    • 51 replies
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    • Crofter
    • December 4, 2025