Public Consultation on S.R. 55:202x - Solar photo voltaic micro-generators for dwellings - design, installation, commissioning and maintenance
NSAI has launched a public consultation for draft S.R. 55:202x - Solar photo voltaic micro-generators for dwellings - design, installation, commissioning and maintenance.
Public consultation period: From 11th June 2021 until 13th August 2021, inclusive.
Scope:
This S.R. provides guidelines for the design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of solar PV systems with outputs that are connected to and operate in parallel with the Low Voltage (LV) Network. This S.R. applies to single phase microgeneration as defined by the network operator in both new and existing dwellings.
This S.R. applies to solar PV systems which use crystalline silicon or thin film standard PV modules only.
It does not apply to design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of solar PV modules or PV cells which form part of a building envelope including PV tiles, PV slates, PV modules or PV cells which are ground mounted, wall mounted or form part of the roofing or cladding of the dwelling commonly known as BIPV (built in PV) systems.
Contents:
The draft contains the following:
- Section 1 Scope
- Section 2 Normative references
- Section 3 Terms and definitions
- Section 4 Symbols and abbreviations
- Section 5 General
- Section 6 Design
- Section 7 Installation
- Section 8 Commissioning
- Section 9 Handover
- Section 10 Maintenance
- Annex A – Example schematics (informative)
- Annex B – Sample load calculations for solar PV modules (informative)
- Annex C – Sample labels for solar PV system (informative)
Drafting committee: NSAI/TC 031/SC 07 "Solar panels" is responsible for the drafting of S.R. 55.
How to have your say:
All interested parties are invited to comment on the draft S.R. 55 through the NSAI “Your Standards Your Say” (YSYS) forum.
Find out how to use Your Standards, Your Say by watching a step-by-step video example here.
