Depth for buried DC cables

[Mr Punter]

11 minutes ago, Beelbeebub said:

you get no points for batteries.

 

If that is the case, make no provision for them.  Do not suggest to tenants that they are authorised to install batteries.  A world of liability for you.

[-rick-]

So these properties are all owned by a single person with no plan to sell separately? If you wish to preserve an easy option to sell separately it sounds a fair bit more complex than otherwise.

 

If operating as a pooled resource there may be options to get more efficiency out of the system. (Multi-tenant inverters exist, someone posted a link here recently).

[Beelbeebub]

2 hours ago, -rick- said:

So these properties are all owned by a single person with no plan to sell separately? If you wish to preserve an easy option to sell separately it sounds a fair bit more complex than otherwise.

 

If operating as a pooled resource there may be options to get more efficiency out of the system. (Multi-tenant inverters exist, someone posted a link here recently).

Yes, no plans to sell.

 

I've looked at the multi tenant systems (solshare or something). They are pretty pricey (5-10k) and have 15 outputs (5 x 3phases) so make the most sense in blocks of flats.

 

2 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

 

If that is the case, make no provision for them.  Do not suggest to tenants that they are authorised to install batteries.  A world of liability for you.

That is the most hard nosed approach but the benefit to the tenants is much more limited - especially with lower export rates.

[JohnMo]

22 minutes ago, Beelbeebub said:

especially with lower export rates

If MCS or octopus approved why not higher export rates, they are not limited to 3-4p kWh.

[JohnMo]

3 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

 

If that is the case, make no provision for them.  Do not suggest to tenants that they are authorised to install batteries.  A world of liability for you.

You don't need to, plug in batteries are almost here, if they want batteries they will have them like it or not.

[Beelbeebub]

22 minutes ago, JohnMo said:

If MCS or octopus approved why not higher export rates, they are not limited to 3-4p kWh.

I was thinking of the higher rates!

 

They were 15p, now 12p

 

And I suspect they will keep falling as solar generation gets more and more common.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/solar-powers-record-share-britain-electricity-july