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Finally a English man doing solar panel 😊

Stumbled across the Sigenergy stuff and it looks great - how does it compare to the Tesla Powerwall 3 that’s about to be released? Cost and performance. Ideally looking for a whole house backup

I do rate Wiha tools. Not got the crimping tool, cheers for the demo 👍🏻

Do NOT miss house bashing. A really great walk through video, lots of knowledge imparted in an easily comprehendabe manner. Got to admire your patter as well, some of the other guys make my brain commit sepu ku in under 5 minutes. I'd love to see what you'd make of the hotel refurbs i work on... Eternally bemused at what they get away with. Seriously you'd have a heart attack 😂. Still... I don't sign them off, so not my problem 😬🤠🙈🙉🙊

Hi, great explanation and install. Can i ask a question please as you said something that ive never heard before. I am in the process of choosing an install and im getting a 6.9kw array east facing and a 9.5 kw battery Give Energy. My question is would a Give energy 5kw invertor be ok as thats my preference, but the installer is telling me its under rated and i should have a 6-7kw invertor. They have said i will lose too much performance in June & July. But you said that the invertor can take in upto 7kw in DC. So am i right in thinking if there is battery space and the house is using 3kw then upto 4 kw could still go into the battery? But if im using 7kw in the house only 5kw could be used from solar? And once the battery is full a max of 5kw can be utilised for house or export? Its so confusing for a novice like me, and i dont want to make a mistake with my choices. Thanks

Sorry but what area do you cover.

What is your view now have fitted enphase? Do you think with two or more directions of panels they would be more efficient.

Hi mate, Just wondering i know this video is 2 years old, im looking at buying the same ev charger, do they require surge protection or is it built in to the device?

So glad you are getting converted to micro inverters, the future!!!! Great vid!

If you have a decent sized battery just use the immersion heater on a timer … save £1K …

What I would give to be able to buy that van in the US.

Nope afraid not, I went 2 years ago and the amount of electrical content was minimal at best. Complete waste of my time, It’s a plumbers show with a spattering of electrical stalls to open it up to a wider audience.

Very much appreciate the insight and explanation. Great video Mark!

Just started doing EICRs and school boy errors are tripping me up. I spent an hour tracing a fault before I remembered my link was wrong side of a split load board.

Just purchased a 4 year old new build. It has an EV charger installed using 2.5mm T&A, with a 25A MCB on the consumer unit. Charger has been capped to 25A using dip switches inside the unit. When I plug my car in, as expected it’s capped at 25A which is fast enough for me. Is this OK or should I be expecting a house fire? 😅

How can I identify if my jr45 jacks in my new home are set to T568A or T568B. I took a picture of one of them, but I can't tell anything from the picture. I ask this because I may have to re-do all of them (about 8 or 10) and I don't know how much spare ethernet cable I will have inside the wall. If it is not much, I have to be very careful when I wire the cables with a new and better jr45. Thank you.

LFP chemistry?

Any ideas around the earthing arrangements?

This must have been the third video I've been impressed with. Subbed

cut your damn busbar , makes no sense to leave it exposed like that

Does this have to be connected to the app to work? I simply cannot get it to link up.

Hi, I have recently ordered panels and solar from EON and I need a G99 for exporting. I have been told that the install cannot be booked until the G99 has been received however another installer has stated that I can install the solar but cannot recover and SEG payments until the G99 has been released. Are EON correct as I would like to benefit from solar despite the SEG while the sun is still shining?

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Great software 12 months in of industrial designs and still keep finding new features that save you hours of work than using separate programs. The schematic shown in the video can be framed and turned into a cad drawing in less than a minute and if you spend the time to label can form part of your documentation pack for points of isolation etc for your renewable compliance. Pretty sure my face is on their canteen dart board, for the amount of time I email them or the long list of requests I send in 😂 which to be fair they do listen and implement. A work around for a stand alone main switch/switch fuse is to use the junction box option and add cpd, this will also allow you to change cable size at this point you can then change symbol to look like main switch. Junction boxes will show on the ukforms as a separate test Although you can combine them via circuit edit and notes tab.

Looks like an awesome piece of kit definitely going to have to look into it for training and course delivery for the new apprentices.

Mark can you please confirm.this software name I would like to purchase it. Cheers

Good video. But it is easy to install a consumer unit, just be tidy with the wiring.... Did you use the correct torque setting?

marvel me22's are my favorite by far

I’m 14 years old and my dad let me use his van the same one as this and I have to admit it’s the fastest van I’ve ever drove I

Let's be honest a Stellantis EV (which is renound for poor efficiency on their EV drive train) and a small 50kWh battery (45kWh usable) this isn't meant for long distance motorway driving. Hopefully you can get it swapped out for something that suits your purpose. Also if you are regularly charging I would definitely recommend subscribing to the Tesla supercharger network and Ionity network. Around £8/month each subscription but it reduces charging costs considerably on the rapid chargers.

My Caddy is on 230k. I'm looking to replace it, but my average is 90 - 100 miles a day. Most small evs are no good for that range. The areas i work in do not have street charging, and generally, I have a temp board while replacing the board, so only trickle charge available. Toyota are looking at other options. Nissan are looking at solid state units. Next Ford are cancelling ev factorys and looking at hydrogen. Most new diesels (new ford custom & Stellantis group) have wet belt engines, which are a bad idea!! Ford 1.5k to replace belt, the latter cheaper. Next, the deprecation - I have 5 customers who can't afford to get rid of their evs - they all have gone into negitave equity. For me, it's all a mess at the moment.... i think I'm going to hold on to the caddy!

I have a good few vans and i did look at electric, i had a problem with firstly the price of the van and it's resale value, i paid £12.995 plus vat for a new Citroen berlingo diesel in 2022 and i've recently just sold it via ebay for £13k plus vat so lost no money and i've found it like this since 2019, Same with a Mercedes sprinter van it had lost £2750 and it was getting near 3 years old but it did have under 20k miles on it, i did some sums and thought 70p-80p charging per kw and my problem was paying someone £14.50 an hour to sit there, so just had a new Citroen berlingo driver diesel delivered a few weeks ago what was £17,500 plus vat, it worried me too if ever there was a power cut and no vans can go out and the cost to get say 5 hire vans quick,

Can I assume you don’t have a battery storage?

ev is not the answer there an government agenda dont fall for electric stick to combustion engines

The title should have been cream of the croppers 😂

I note that you have placed the harvi ct clamp between the supply fuse and the electricity meter. I thought the ct clamp was supposed to clamp after the meter but before the consumer unit?

The van manufacturers have a long way to go to catch up with EV cars it seems regarding motors, batteries and software.

I have a ID Buzz I get 260 Miles on a charge at home. I work local and charge once a week. I would not go back to diesel.

Once again an unbiased opinion on EV van transition. EV van are getting better, however still a long way to got on the battery tech, it’s ok for our business model 60 mile radius and I have a spare diesel van. Perfect for Royal Mail, Amazon, but not so good for a business that can’t or don’t what to change and that’s ok. On the infrastructure the gas pipes have been upgrading pipes for years digging up street blocking up traffic that was the opportunity to upgrade every property electrical connection, we can’t even getting New Builds to have a 3 phase. The latest figures to upgrade the electrical infrastructure to meet net Zero is £ 60 Billion.

Another great video from a great guy

Wouldn't have one given, get 700 mile range on my vivaro with heating or ac on. Be like swapping my 90l tank for 10l one, fuel up once a week usually, takes 5 mins, go anywhere.... really can't see the appeal in EV ok if you chop them in every 3 years or so but 5 years battery will be fried and the vans basically a milk float for local jobs

I work for a DNO one of my jobs is dealing with voltage complaints which is becoming more common mostly car charge points. The main issue is the networks weren't designed for the electronics and protection in modern tech its not unusual to see 20v diffrent throughput the day. I went to a property with solar that was pushing the voltage up to 272v but after fitting a voltage recorder the voltage was going as low as 230v after some investigation there is atleast 6 customers with solar on the same phase on the cable back to the substation so all the inverters fighting to push back to the transformer untill one gives up and sends an alarm

Interesting comments on using EV's for your local business, I would also like to mention that another issue for home businesses is home charging, not easy. For me EV's are good locally with office charging, but for longer journeys, e.g. more than 50 miles and nowhere to charge at your work place makes Diesel the better solution at least for the next 10 years or so

I have had an ENV200 for 5 years and it works well for me as a domestic electrician covering a 25/30 mile radius. I have home charging at 7p kW so a lot cheaper to run than when I had a diesel van of similar size. I do agree that they won’t meet everyone’s needs but it is improving all the time.

I would avoid the Buzz as the payload is limited to 650kg, less than a transit connect or caddy maxi. I was all set up to order 2 a when they launched as the local main dealer was under the impression it was taking over from the T6.1 to then inform us they just weren't suitable. Hopefully the LWB version will be much better but no guarantee.

Diesel definitely Mark. Love your channel.from fellow sparky 😊😊

You now have Tesla opening many more chargers (If not all?) MUCH cheaper

Think I’ll wait 5 years…

No nonsense information. Just the job!