Recent content by willspark

What is the name of the tariff that you are on with Octopus?

I have done 4 installations for customers over the last 6 months. All have recently been accepted by Octopus. All they have wanted to see is Electrical cert, building regs cert and G98/G99 Acceptance email. 😀👍

Hi, I'm an Electrician who has been installing Solar systems for customers. I'm not MCS approved and my customers are fully aware of this before installation. One of my customers was just about to apply for the new non MCS scheme with Octopus, but as you said above the only ? Is the building...

I really hope this is true and others follow suit. I've recently done my first 3 installs that have all been to a high standard. But as I'm not MCS and refuse to pay there fees and all the BS paper work that comes with it. Until now I've informed customers they can't claim SEG but hopefully now...

If you run a 10mm or 16mm 3 core armored. That would be more than sufficient. But as Murdoch said a 50mm duct would be best.

No, I do intend to get MCS, depending on how much interest I get from the solar. I’ve explained to the client and they are happy that they will not be able to claim the smart export guarantee. Which in my eyes is hardly worth it anyway. 3p KWH with current supplier. Can you give any advise on...

Thanks for the reply. With regards to changing the garage DB. Installing a small PV DB next to the existing Board just seemed an simpler way of doing it, and not having to change the whole garage DB. Also trying to keep the cost down for the customer. Obviously want everything to be safe and to...

Hi, Im about to do my first solar project. I've have completed my Bpec PV course and have been a time served spark for 22 years. I plan to install a 5.4KW Array and 5.4KW of battery storage on a large garrage building. The Garage has its own DB that is feed from another larger sub DB in the...