PV ancillary space?

[Matt540]

Hi all

 

planning on installing a PV setup in my upcoming project and one of the small concerns i have is where will I put all the PV ancillaries (inverter, cutoffs, meters. Etc)

 

All installations I’ve seen online these are normally on a cement board in the garage or utility room. Unfortunately with the size of my build I don’t have these options. 
 

My consumer unit will be on the wall in the corner of the kitchen/diner and I was happy that this wouldn’t be too unsightly, however now with the addition of solar, the extra wiring and ancillaries would become a bit much to have out in the open.

 

my initial thoughts are to build a shallow wardrobe style cupboard that can contain everything electrical but I’m not 100% sure of A. How much space it really takes up? and B. Is it okay to have these components in a cupboard? I understand an inverter can generate a bit of heat so maybe needs some amount of ventilation 

 

 

thanks 

[Nickfromwales]

Hi. 
If space is at that much of a premium you can get an inverter which can be mounted outdoors, with just the ancillary equipment indoors ( isolators etc ) which may solve the issue. 
Or go for panel mounted individual ‘micro inverters’ which will just require a controller. 

Edited September 3, 2021 by Nickfromwales