Solar Installation Explained

Experienced professionals from concept to completion your project will be in the hands of trained and qualified people. After initial survey and system specification, your project will pass to one of our highly qualified teams of accredited electricians and solar panel installers. Planet Solar’s deep resource base also means that we provide a substantial level of post installation customer care with dedicated telephone contact points during working hours and interactive email contact facilities available for customer support out of hours.

Installation of Roof Mounted Systems

The mounting system we use consists of roof hooks that are fixed to the rafters with proprietary Solar PV aluminium mounting rails subsequently attached to these. Waterproof flashing is secured over the roof hooks, where required, as an additional security measure to ensure that no leakages will occur. The PV modules are then attached to the mounting rails and are secured in place.

Electrical Installation

The Solar PV modules are electrically connected by a single cable in series to form ‘strings’ in a combination which is compatible with the chosen inverter.

Planet Solar will only install inverters certified as G83/1 compliant for use in the UK. The certification can be supplied if requested. Inverters are used to convert the DC power derived from the array into AC power suitable for parallel connection to the mains utility (230 Vac / 50Hz).

Inverters are usually installed alongside the DC and AC isolators in a suitable location (e.g. loft space, garage or meter cupboard). Access to the equipment is important for commissioning the system and there must be a 15-20cm gap around the inverter to allow air flow to the unit.

Metering

As part of your installation we will include an OFGEM approved Generation Meter. This meter is used to display the amount of kilowatt hours your Solar PV system has generated from the date of commissioning. You will be required to provide your electricity supplier with a quarterly reading from this meter in order to claim your Feed In Tariff payments.