Today at 10:00 AM, the installation of our new photovoltaic system began.
The approval from the city was granted last week.
Currently, the substructure (Schletter) is being installed.
Tomorrow, the panels will be mounted and the strings routed into the house.
Further electrical installation / inverter setup has not yet been scheduled.
I will keep you updated.
This is an info thread to show how long this process takes, from the first bracket on the roof to commissioning.
Best regards,
Thorsten
The approval from the city was granted last week.
Currently, the substructure (Schletter) is being installed.
Tomorrow, the panels will be mounted and the strings routed into the house.
Further electrical installation / inverter setup has not yet been scheduled.
I will keep you updated.
This is an info thread to show how long this process takes, from the first bracket on the roof to commissioning.
Best regards,
Thorsten
Today, 21.03.16, work continued.
The day started with the question: Where is the inverter?
It was supposedly supposed to be delivered to me since Thursday. As it turned out, a misunderstanding. The device is currently not available. The shipping company failed to communicate this.
Well – there is strength in keeping calm. I am still too ill to get upset about something like this. There are more important matters. It will arrive eventually, the metal box – I really have other problems.
The string and AC DC isolators were installed, and the main distribution box was prepared as far as possible.
The installers were young and less experienced. They messed up the first drill hole for the strings from the bathroom (behind the knee wall) down into the utility room. The hole ended up somewhere in the wall insulation; it was sealed again afterwards. It’s a good thing I’m sick right now; otherwise, I would have sealed it myself (meaning I would have gotten very angry). Instead, I stayed relatively calm.
Despite all explanations, it went wrong. I can hardly walk; this could have been very frustrating. Well – until January I would have been standing right beside them all the time, which is not possible now. Trust during construction always goes wrong. You always have to be present during important trades.
Drill hole #2 also seemed problematic. But I specified drill hole #2. It had to be done correctly. I know my house, every measurement, every square millimeter of the building – I helped build it.
I then asked the young workers to get a flexible rod from the car, and I realized: you really have to drill through the screed on the upper floor to make a hole for the strings. Drilling even more holes as they planned (string cables next to boiler-solar cables – yikes) would have really disturbed me.
Now I am waiting to see when the rest will be installed. Frankly, the topic doesn’t really matter to me at the moment – it’s more important that I become functional again within a reasonable time (months). The solar/photovoltaic system can wait.
Thorsten
The day started with the question: Where is the inverter?
It was supposedly supposed to be delivered to me since Thursday. As it turned out, a misunderstanding. The device is currently not available. The shipping company failed to communicate this.
Well – there is strength in keeping calm. I am still too ill to get upset about something like this. There are more important matters. It will arrive eventually, the metal box – I really have other problems.
The string and AC DC isolators were installed, and the main distribution box was prepared as far as possible.
The installers were young and less experienced. They messed up the first drill hole for the strings from the bathroom (behind the knee wall) down into the utility room. The hole ended up somewhere in the wall insulation; it was sealed again afterwards. It’s a good thing I’m sick right now; otherwise, I would have sealed it myself (meaning I would have gotten very angry). Instead, I stayed relatively calm.
Despite all explanations, it went wrong. I can hardly walk; this could have been very frustrating. Well – until January I would have been standing right beside them all the time, which is not possible now. Trust during construction always goes wrong. You always have to be present during important trades.
Drill hole #2 also seemed problematic. But I specified drill hole #2. It had to be done correctly. I know my house, every measurement, every square millimeter of the building – I helped build it.
I then asked the young workers to get a flexible rod from the car, and I realized: you really have to drill through the screed on the upper floor to make a hole for the strings. Drilling even more holes as they planned (string cables next to boiler-solar cables – yikes) would have really disturbed me.
Now I am waiting to see when the rest will be installed. Frankly, the topic doesn’t really matter to me at the moment – it’s more important that I become functional again within a reasonable time (months). The solar/photovoltaic system can wait.
Thorsten
Well, 07.04.2016.
The inverter and battery have just been installed. Around 1:00 pm the utility company will come and replace the meter. The system will be commissioned today.
The notification to the Federal Network Agency has been submitted.
Unfortunately, an internal power meter is missing; it was not available. So the system will be put into operation today without battery support, and the missing part will need to be retrofitted.
Apparently, the Home Manager is still missing as well...
Well... progress at a snail’s pace.
The inverter and battery have just been installed. Around 1:00 pm the utility company will come and replace the meter. The system will be commissioned today.
The notification to the Federal Network Agency has been submitted.
Unfortunately, an internal power meter is missing; it was not available. So the system will be put into operation today without battery support, and the missing part will need to be retrofitted.
Apparently, the Home Manager is still missing as well...
Well... progress at a snail’s pace.
S
Sebastian797 Apr 2016 12:09However, that does not seem to have been the best company after all...
Sebastian79 schrieb:
But that doesn’t seem to have been the best company after all...They are actually quite good. Very reputable and reliable. The installer also does an absolutely spotless job.
The smart meter is missing, but the inverter and battery were delivered.
And they came right away for the next stage of installation.
I don’t want to hold the installation company responsible for missing deliveries or supply difficulties. They will deliver the rest later, and that’s fine with me.
Even if that takes another 10 days, I won’t lose more than 25–30 kWh of potential battery energy, so I’m completely relaxed—this is a minor amount.
My utility room is very small. Extremely small. 4.96 sqm (53 sq ft).
Everything is now installed in there, and I’m surprised at how much can fit in this tiny space and that it still works.
- Heating
- Ventilation (the Pluggit 310 is definitely not small)
- 300 liters (79 gallons) of water
- Solar thermal system
- Distribution cabinet
- Washing machine
- Telecommunications and networking
- Dryer
- "182" garden tools + 2 grills
- Pressure washer
- Fax machine
- Now the inverter and battery—also not small.
- And much more.
The funny thing is, you can still enter the room without bumping your head.
That’s efficient use of space…
S
Sebastian797 Apr 2016 12:30I find it rather unreasonable for the trades and for oneself, but oh well.
I would definitely be upset if such parts were missing, as it reflects poor planning by the company. At least the execution is good, but waiting like this was the worst part of the construction for me...
I would definitely be upset if such parts were missing, as it reflects poor planning by the company. At least the execution is good, but waiting like this was the worst part of the construction for me...
Sebastian79 schrieb:
I would definitely be upset if parts like that were missing, as it reflects poor planning by the company.More likely poor planning on the part of the carrier responsible for delivering the items, who simply didn’t communicate.
Anyway. At 50 years old, I’m honestly too old to get even slightly annoyed by something like this. It’s just about 10 or 20 euros. These are minor issues; when building the house itself, I faced much bigger challenges than this.
Someone will just come by again to install whatever is missing.
If I were in their place, I’d be upset too: over 100 km (62 miles) one way from the almost Münsterland region all the way here just because of a small part...
Most of the photovoltaic work will be done by around 3:00 p.m., I’ll have made another step forward with my house, and I’m really happy about that. I’ve made progress again, and that feels great.
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