solar panels and their direction

I've been told by the sparky that does my MCS that there's isolator from panels (as close as practical) then another at the inverter.
I have to do his bidding or no cert
Bloody labels everywhere too.
Mind you I wouldn't fancy the water works on them though

this is an issue I had not previously considered, it is true if the sun is out you CANNOT TURN THE POWER OFF, you can stop it going to the inverter but house on fire and water used to quench fire = not good news for fire fighters, short of covering the panels during a fire (not very practical) I can see no easy answer, other than let the property burn, bad news for solar PV owners, insurance increases on the cards I think, Rick

and this is just a 4 x 4 forum, no it is a knowledge base, Rick

solarman216 said:

I can see no easy answer, other than let the property burn, bad news for solar PV owners, insurance increases on the cards I think, Rick

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Indeed, and it could also be why some estate agents aren't in favour

With our panels there is an isolator in the loft next to the inverter also next to out meter another isolator and 2 way consumer unit for them. the company take full pl insurance for the panels if anything goes wrong , true we don't actually own the panels the company just rent the space on our house for 25 years, we had to sign an agreement as stupid as it sounds for a peppercorn .

when we changed our mortgage they just asked for a copy or the contract agreement for the panels with no problems .

The panel company state that if any problems arise because of the panels if we decide to sell our house they will but it off us at market value .

I was really skeptical at first but 12 months on we have seen a massive reduction in our electricity bill , and don't see any negatives and if we did sell would be a good selling point i would have thought.

makeitfit said:

I've been told by the sparky that does my MCS that there's isolator from panels (as close as practical) then another at the inverter.
I have to do his bidding or no cert
Bloody labels everywhere too.
Mind you I wouldn't fancy the water works on them though

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especially as they are usually running at around 380 volts DC and if the sun is out probably 30 plus amps, with water on melted cables does not bare thinking about, Rick