What happens after your solar power system has been installed?
The operator’s manual
After installation, you are given the operator’s manual. This is part of the Australian Standards and contains essential information about your solar panel system.
The operator’s manual contains:-
List of equipment
- Warranty information
- Equipment manual
- Equipment handbook
- Equipment datasheets
- Array frame or racking engineering certificate
- Shut-down and isolation procedure
- System performance estimate
- Maintenance requirements
- What to do if there’s an earth fault alarm
- System-connection diagram
- Site inspection checklist
- Testing and commissioning checklist
- Declaration of compliance
- Certificate of electrical safety
The monitoring
No solar PV system is fully installed without the monitoring. Make sure full monitoring is part of the package – solar generation, solar self consumption, and utility electricity consumption. Before your installers leave, make sure you get your login. Get remote, too, so your installer can easily checkup if anything’s wrong and narrow down for the on-site look – saving everyone time and money.
Testing & commissioning
Next step after everything is assembled is testing and commissioning. The testing is a check of various electrical, mechanical, and structural elements that impact system performance and safety.
After these tests are passed, the system can then be added to the grid, but is turned off again until smart meter installation.
Changing and switching on the meter
The final step is the installation of your smart meter. In NSW, it’s a requirement that this is completed by Level 2 Electricians who have received extra training in handling grid connections. This is completed by your energy retailer, sometimes for a price.
Without a smart meter, you can’t receive Feed-In Tariffs because that’s the equipment that does the maths for it.
If you already have a smart meter, you don’t need to get a new one! Once it’s installed, your solar system is ready to turn on for good.
Switching on your solar power system
Once your solar system is connected to your new meter it starts generating electricity for your immediately.
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Unit 21/6 Gladstone Rd, Castle Hill NSW 2154
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1800 338 809
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Contact Us
Head Office
Unit 21/6 Gladstone Rd, Castle Hill NSW 2154
Victoria Office
34 Chartwell Drive, Wantirna Victoria 3152
Phone Inquiry
1800 338 809
Email Us
info@rksolar.net