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Phew! Clever cat :)

Oh no.. not another one :( Worth taking a read of this thread - similar issue (though he rejected the MG (not MG4)) - IIRC the OP got estimates for the price of a 3rd party warranty, which is detailed somewhere in the thread. ETA: found it - see postings #33 & #34...

(y) I'm interested what benefits "plug-in" solar would add over having addition regular panels and inverter / micro-inverter installed? Cost, I guess 🤷‍♀️ Ditto.

As you will have read in my post #9 earlier, Germany has a different domestic wiring scheme that uses radial, rather than ring, finals; thus mitigating many of the issues ;)

No worries. Vehicles must only have one fog light and then it makes sense to have one reverse light on the other side. The fog light is on the offside, so you know which side to overtake! ETA: See also Reversing 💡 | MGS5 EV Forum

Correct - that is not an area of safety concern that I am aware of. Absolutely - also for those that only have space for a couple of panels in the garden (y) The key concern is introducing a generation device on the load (= user) side of the existing protection devices such as MCB's or RCD's...

I disagree. The earthing rod connects the earth and neutral supply from the vehicle (or generator) to ground on the supply side of the RCD. If a human then touches a faulty device (i.e. one whose external metal casing has become live), some current will flow - via the human - to ground. The...

Yes, there are some upcoming changes to BS7671 (Amendment 4:2026) released next month, that will pave the way for more technical regulations, expected to be announced this summer, to permit plug in solar. There are still a lot of concerns in the industry how that will work and concerns as to...

Hmmm.. I do worry if I'm being question by you, out of all people on here ;) Yes, exactly that situation ⚡ I think you missed the earth rod bit where I said... Obviously, without an earth connection, the RCD would be as useful as a chocolate teapot. FWIW; In the UK, RCD's do not have an...

That thinking is not 'wrong' as such, just not complete. With a fault on a single appliance you will not be harmed, but you will not be aware a fault has occurred. The technical issue is that any other fault occurring on another device or wire could allow the full 230V to cross your body...

They should all comply with G98/G99 regs for cut-out in the case of no grid. Obviously they will also need to do that or they'd electrocute users with 'live' pins on their BS1363 plugs.

Not enough, of course ;) (+ PM'd you)

I hope they gave you commission for advertising it on here :)

(y) 16 is definitely not enough ;) On that note... it looks like we'll have harvested just over 1MWh of solar this month :)

(y) agree. Sadly, I suspect the government will accidentally lose the only phone on which they have a copy of the BS7671 wiring regulation and leave the only laptop, which has a PDF of BS7617 on a train. And then claim there are no reasons to not make these devices available to purchase...