Is my friend going to burn his/her house down?

wingnut771 said:
The roof mounting is not the issue. The issue is when they see solar panels then you must register your whole system with approved inverter and university professor grade CAD drawings, it doesn't matter if the panels are hanging off the side of the wall or sitting in the grass in the garden.
Click to expand...
Funk my life. Sorry funk my friends life.
 
wingnut771 said:
In 2019 you could use a chingchong inverter.
Click to expand...
Sometimes I really like the DA and then sometimes like now I really hate them. Definitely voting ANC next year so that I can have a DB board that looks like the ones the rest of the country has.
 

Attachments

  • KZN shack DB.jpg
    KZN shack DB.jpg
    49.4 KB · Views: 9
pieter_pompers said:
Funk my life. Sorry funk my friends life.
Click to expand...
What I would do is do what you want to do anyway and get a CoC for insurance purposes and then just ignore them. This is Africa after all. If they bother you, tell them you'll vote ANC or Cape Independence Party next year if they harass you anymore.
 
wingnut771 said:
What I would do is do what you want to do anyway and get a CoC for insurance purposes and then just ignore them. This is Africa after all. If they bother you, tell them you'll vote ANC or Cape Independence Party next year if they harass you anymore.
Click to expand...
Thing is you can't get a COC if you don't have a city approved inverter and I, sorry meant my friend, is definitely not going to spend R20K+ on an approved inverter setup when they can get one for a fraction of the price while still still having all the proper protection features.
 
pieter_pompers said:
Thing is you can't get a COC if you don't have a city approved inverter and I, sorry meant my friend, is definitely not going to spend R20K+ on an approved inverter setup when they can get one for a fraction of the price while still still having all the proper protection features.
Click to expand...
Ask your (sorry, your friend's) insurance company why the CoC is okay for dbn or jhb but not cape town and if they can recommend a sparky that can supply certificate. Tell them you will take them to the constitutional court if they refuse for discrimination.
 
pieter_pompers said:
Thing is you can't get a COC if you don't have a city approved inverter and I, sorry meant my friend, is definitely not going to spend R20K+ on an approved inverter setup when they can get one for a fraction of the price while still still having all the proper protection features.
Click to expand...
On second thought, forget about CoC, this is Africa after all. Just put inverter/battery in a place that can't burn down the house if the chingchong catches fire.
 
You won't burn the house down, if there's a short after the inverter the separate breaker will trip or the inverter fuse will go, no big deal.

If the inverter decides to get smokey the primary breaker feeding it will trip, also no big deal.

In Zim there are fuses in the DB board and no earth leakage, no breakers, and I set up a system that's been running for years exactly like this. That's a 10 year old mecer 2000W connected to 400Ah of battery.

Can count on 3 hands the amount of times I've been electrocuted, your "friend" will be fine.

#notanelectrician
#notlegaladvice
 
Last edited:
I agree with Scott above. The lights/plugs are on a separate circuit being fed by the inverter - probably safer than running extension leads all over the house with no fuses or breakers.

The inverter or batteries catching alight\blowing up are more lightly to burn your girlfriend's house down than the wiring so put inverter in a good place - not in a wooden cupboard or somewhere stupid.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter