Electrician for "electricity leak" ?

Astria

waqasahmed said:

Qyburn said:

Do you have an isolator on "your" side of the meter? 

I don't believe so unfortunately. The only isolators are at the inverter end of things

You must have 2 separate forms of isolation in case you need any work done on your consumer unit or wiring. One will be to isolate the inverter and the other to isolate the grid. It should also be easy to access in case of emergency isolation is required (part of NEC 690.12)

anon_ymous

Astria said:

waqasahmed said:

Qyburn said:

Do you have an isolator on "your" side of the meter? 

I don't believe so unfortunately. The only isolators are at the inverter end of things

You must have 2 separate forms of isolation in case you need any work done on your consumer unit or wiring. One will be to isolate the inverter and the other to isolate the grid. It should also be easy to access in case of emergency isolation is required (part of NEC 690.12)

Thanks. In that case, I've no idea where that is unfortunately

Qyburn

Where is your invert it connected, is it on your side of the consumer unit, or split off between meter and CU?

Astria

waqasahmed said:

Astria said:

waqasahmed said:

Qyburn said:

Do you have an isolator on "your" side of the meter? 

I don't believe so unfortunately. The only isolators are at the inverter end of things

You must have 2 separate forms of isolation in case you need any work done on your consumer unit or wiring. One will be to isolate the inverter and the other to isolate the grid. It should also be easy to access in case of emergency isolation is required (part of NEC 690.12)

Thanks. In that case, I've no idea where that is unfortunately

You should have received documentation with your solar panel installation stating how to isolate it, and typically they include wiring diagrams too for any electricians possibly working on it later on. Some even install a document pouch next to the inverter.

Qyburn

Just one point I don't think a "leak" as in current flowing between wires is really likely.  The chance of a short circuit "leaking" a fixed amount of current without getting worse or tripping something seems very unlikely.  So wiring faults would really mean wired in such a way that some appliance was powered when it shouldn't be, rather than leaking power into nowhere.