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The issue was these AC capacitors were still bolted to the live 3 phase supply! :)

While working on a Parallel - 3Phase In - Single Phase 110VAC Output bespoke German UPS (With Borri/Astrid interals) I switched the system to bypass to do a repair. All went Ok, then while clipping some internal trunking covers back on, I got a proper belt from the AC capacitors in the bottom...

I went last year and thought the same, some big brands were missing and while me and an electrician friend of mine found some useful info out, I didn't go back this year. CEF live down at the NEC was pretty good though so may well head down to that again this year.

Hi offgridAndy, thanks for the detailed response, this is great! I'm based near Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, the turbine is 15mins down the road from me. Interesting to know that lowering it isn't too much to worry about, as it's not my turbine I was quite reluctant to offer to...

Thanks for the confirmation Geoff1946. I'll let him know how the FIT scheme works. It was all new to me. Thanks for the offer roys, I found some blogs and such today describing the spring wear and tear, thankfully these do seem quite popular so a few folks have blogged about DIY servicing on...

Hi everyone, a friend down the road from me has inherited a Proven WT6000 turbine with his property and a Windyboy inverter. It is set to grid export. (I have added that detail as looking through various technical manuals for these turbines it seems some configs of these turbines were set to...

How do they work with DC coupled battery storage though? I have a Smart Meter linked Octopus Energy so the Import/Export of the whole house is done via a calibrated/serialised Meter anyway and logged on Octopus's billing system. I'd be interested to get an official answer from MCS. Potentially...

We should have met 18 months ago! I've just about completed what sounds like a similiar journey, I won't name names either but I contacted 6 x companies, 2 x quoted it, one was nothing like what I asked for and the one I bought it off turned out to be beyond a nightmare and completly...

So this is the MCS Standard for PV. MCS Standard For PV (I haven't yet read the whole document, it's on my to do list) This is the bit I found relates to metering on page 15. "5.7.1 A means of recording and displaying the total AC generation of the system shall be installed. 5.7.2 If...

Hi Murdoch, I've fitted a new 2 Row DB for the controls and inverters to wire into and having the inverter feeds common up, then have to go out to the meter then back again just seems like a waste of devices, DIN slots and wiring, it requires me to make additional holes in my new DB and as it...

Hi Binky, thanks for the response. Be interesting to see if anyone can confirm whether the MCS scheme auditors would flag it as a non-conformance or whether they would accept its redundant now.

I have a query for all the solar specialists on my network. I am currently fitting/having fitted a solar + battery installation on my house. Anyone who knows me knows that if something doesn't make sense I always ask, I've never been one for doing something just because, 'that's what we always...