Very good informative video

Enjoyed the video Mark

Good stuff Mark

Superb video,tips that actually work in practice. I tried the last tip for a bubble set using a sliding bevel instead of a angle gauge, it took the guest work out, leaving a nice neat job in white pvc conduit. Many thanks looking forward to the next video.

I'll be giving that a miss. The connector hook and cable looks an absolute mess.

Get the bird mesh around or you will have birds nesting inside, unless you want that of course.

Hi mate, watching your videos, made my life easier starting on solar installers journey...great content...

Great Video thank you, a system i've got my eye on.

First of your videos I’ve watched so maybe I’ve missed something, is your system grid tied, and if so don’t you need mcs accreditation to connect (apart from exporting on octopus trial)? Did you have to go g98 as you’ve already got an inverter in your house presumably so you’re over 3.6kW?

Do you need to use the EV Ultra cable or will 6mm armour do?

Great video and explanation. Don't you use a MEN link between Earth and Neutral?

The bottom of the board doesn’t align with the top of that light switch. That would do my head in😮

Interesting you went for east/west rather than all south, does the yield turn out bigger with fitting the panels in this orientation?

Should mention that the GivEnergy gateway can only take 40amps, so if you have too many panels, it won't read them.

Struggling to find the roof fixings you used to mount the solar. Got a name/brand for them? Thanks

Nice kit. Good video Mark

far too much waffling

A nice looking bit of kit, Mark. One or two things I noted during the install - design issues, not installer issues 🙂 - the AC power connector to the inverter doesn't give much room for the bend in the AC cable. Maybe the manufacturer should have a right-angled terminal connector as an option to make the electrician's life a wee bit easier! Secondly, the finished outdoor unit is very smart but I think I would be fitting some kind of mesh to close-off the gap at the back of the unit to prevent rodent damage to cables or wasp nests. The changeover contactor has to be break-before-make, of course, and so there is no guarantee that any equipment like routers or desktop PCs will not 'see' the grid drop out. I would always advise the use of UPS for these devices. The minimum delay before back-sync and automatic reconnection to the grid from island mode required by G99 is 20s (clause 10.3.4). I would say it should be a minimum of 60s if the installation is supplied from an overhead MV distribution network to allow any auto-reclosing equipment on the overhead feeder to have finished its sequence. Finally, I'm a bit wary of the use of a C125 incoming MCCB(?). Installations in rural areas supplied from pole-mounted transformers can have surprisingly low prospective fault currents, so a busbar fault in the gateway might not be cleared! Thanks for another very detailed and informative video.

Hi Mark great use of fullface mask, the filter all I could see was Brown ring on the housing this is for organic vapours only. It won’t stop particles you will need a filter that has a white band, and I would always recommend P3. Keep up the great training

Brings back memories of bending iron and copper pipes throughout a whole building. If only the pipe material was made like that really thin wiring stuff with the melty plastic covering that goes around all sorts of corners 👍

If your customer now has a heat pump that heats the hot water there's no point in solar diversion into an immersion heater because the heat pump is three or four times more efficient - so the export tariff makes more sense for any surplus. Also because they have an EV I presume they are using a cheap rate overnight tariff - they could also time the heat pump to heat the hot water at the same time for even more savings.

Very neat install and very well explained. I was just onto Givenergy technical support and could not get a proper answer about the gateway and all-in-one. One person told me the all-in-one was a hybrid inverter plus battery in one box. Another person told me the gateway was an inverter but then changed the story to suggest that the PV DC connects through it to connect to the all-in-one so there was only one inverter in the all-in-one acting as a hybrid. All total rubbish as I suspected from the datasheets. (Poor one sheet items lacking in detail - as are the insulation manuals). What I wanted to know was what happened if you set the battery to self discharge to maximise export tariff - does the 6kW output first come from PV with battery help if needed or does it just discharge the battery by 6kW and the PV get wasted because there was only one inverter? It's obvious from your walk through that there are two inverters - an AC coupled battery and a PV DC-AC inverter, so you could get 6kW battery + PV kW export potentially, but I'm still unclear about if the software limits export to 6kW for DNO approval and takes PV first with battery addition if the sun goes down, or if battery "force discharge" ignores PV and lets PV go to waste. Can you clarify? Obviously, in addition, the inverter can have its own DC coupled battery as a hybrid - possibly the reason for the confusion. Also, did you fit an earth rod for island mode?

Great screwdriver for the price. Great review. 👍

Great video, I want this system but I am in SW France! Any ideas?

Does anyone have an Android application for this camera because unfortunately the Play Store tells me that it is not available in my country (even if someone has it installed on their phone & tablet, I can send the application to make a copy of it) I wrote e-mails to the manufacturer but no one responds, so no This app's trash can equipment is just perfect

Ma ktoś może aplikację do tej kamerki na androida bo niestety w sklepie Play pisze mi że nie dostępna w moim kraju (nawet jak ktoś ma wgraną w telefon &tablet mogę podesłać aplikacje do zrobienia jej kopi ) pisałem maile do producenta ale nikt nic nie odpowiada więc bez tej apki sprzęt do kosza tylko się naddaje

Hi Mark I'm doing the same! 18 way board in the house going to two 8 way boards in outhouses. I need to add ArcFlash protection - any idea how you do that with these boards? Great content :)

Yes we use the SiGe here in Ireland, it is the best one out there on data specs but also it is 1K more expensive than the Sofar powerall which has less depth, great for utility rooms. nothing lasts outside where we are!

Can anyone confirm this inverter does work with lead acid battery's please ?

Very interesting product. Not able to see any prices online or anything though, so my guess is they're quite pricey. If they can match GivEnergy prices, they're on to a winner.

Tell that customer to move that router off the floor and closer to the middle of the house 😅

Pretty sure there is still not agreed V2H standard for CCS so that claim might be nonsense.

What kind of price we talking comparing with fox ess I was thinking about. Where are you based mark? Looks.good system

The obvious question is how does the cost compare to the Tesla PW and The GIvEnergy All-in -One?

Excellent content again, wonder if there is a business opportunity for external battery box

Excellent video, I wonder if the DC EV charger will be bi-directional.

Installed a three phase one last month along with their gateway. So easy to install and the user app is very good.

That's really great to see another all in one to choose from. How does the price compare to Giv and the TP? I do like the look of this, it looks neat and tidy and i really like the inbuilt safety components. Great video, thanks.👍🙏

Really great video Mark. Thanks to yourself and Yogi I should be installing my first one next week. The gateway looks like a dream to connect up.👌🏼

Nice video and unit looks very neat… Is that effectively working as an AC Coupled solution with no solar?

So if u do an eicr then a board change for remedials is this classed as an EICR or EIC..

Very similar connectors and construction to huwaei products. Looks a gd system

Nice video. Can I ask question please. If you don’t have spare ways in the board I assume you have to install a new DB from cutout using Henley blocks and additional tails!? If so can I ask where the CT clamp goes to as the EV ultra cable will go to new DB but surely CT clamp needs to go to cutout? Is that right or can you explain further? Thank you

Great video. Are you planning on doing video of a bridge over bigger items please??

Hi Mark. Have you ever moved one of these batteries between houses before? I'm thinking of getting one but intend to move house well before it would have paid for itself so just wondered if you think moving it to a new property would be an option?

Why did you not put that ugly junction box on the outside?

Thank you

Hey Mark, great video, learnt a lot. I have pretty much the same system and want to add in the EPS part now to power the main board when the GRID is out. Ideally automatically. If we put an ATS in then we will of course get the loop between EPS and GRID mode as the Inverter is powered off the main board as well. Did you get the contactor method working you mentioned in the video or did you go with putting the inverter on another subboard thats not EPS powered? I'm not a sparky just interested so please do treat me like an idiot as thats the level I'm at :-)

hi my charger use 3phase butnot fast charging

Thanks for this. I was looking on FB Marketplace recently for a Bosch Go or similar to clear out my DIY tool bag.... have you tried any other brands? I saw the Enventor (bit cheaper and Type C). Looking forward to more CU installs (Going to have mine replaced this year)