Model Release 2.0

• Type of site surveyed

  Commercial Premises

  Residential Installation

• Business Name

• Name of Customer

• Customer Name

• Contact number for Customer

• Email for Customer

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Are there access control requirements that the installation crew needs to be aware of?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• ID Documents

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Access code each morning

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Identity documents

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Access pin each morning

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

Main AC connection point

• Single Phase or 3-Phase

  1

  3

• Three phase equipment?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Main AC connection Amps Rating

• Photos of main AC DB

  Media

• Is Earth Leakage Working

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Generated to be Connected?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Photo of changeover switch (if none it was connected illegally - refer to extra work section)

  Media

• Photo of generator spec plate

  Media

• Breaker size at generator

• Distance from Generator to Inverter (trench required and power cable extra cost)

• Is Generator Portable (plug to be used instead of fixed DB)

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Generator to Feed Gen Port or Changeover (when outside of spec Gen Port will not accept generator)

  Select Gen Port (no smart load possible) Changeover required (extra cost)

  • Gen Port (no smart load possible)
  • Changeover required (extra cost)

• Customer wants Gen started Automatically by Inverter

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Distance between Inverter and Generator (trench required and signal cable extra cost)

• Customer will arrange Generator supplier to programme Control Panel to accept NC signal

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Non-essential circuits / equipment:

• Non-essential circuits that are on a mixed use breaker (E.g. aircon on plugs circuit)

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Specify which circuits (Electrican needs to fix this)

• Are there circuits that should not be connected to the inverter system at all

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• What circuits (Plug Circuit will require additional Earth Leakage)

• Number of Sub DB's

• Sub DB(s) contain non-essentials and essentials

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Is there 3-Phase supply to Sub DB (with no 3-phase equipment) that can be used to split the sub DB?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Length of AC cable required to connect essential power to sub DB(s) (Electrican to do this at additional cost before or after intallation)

• Photos of Sub DBs

  Media

• Any additional electrical work required

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Proposed location of inverter

  Loft

  Garage

  Cupboard

  Other

• Does the cupboard have ventilation? (Required)

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Photo of inverter location

  Media

• Wifi available

  Good

  Fair

  Poor

  N/A

• Did you notify customer that this has to be sorted before installation?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Did you notify customer that this might have to be resolved if Wifi Dongle doesn't connect?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• AC cable run from Inverter to DB (10m is included in standard installation)

• Did you notify customer of extra costs

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• PV Cable run to Inverter (20m is included in standard installation)

• PV cable that requires conduit / trunking

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Length of conduit / trunking

• Indicate routing on photo

  Media

• Underground?

  Yes

  No

• Length of underground cable

• Show routing on photo

  Media

• Acknowledge that the client needs to arrange the digging and closing of any required trenching

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

Roof Information:

• High roof?

  Yes

  No

• Height of roof

• Access via lower levels?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Access to roof

  Easy

  Hard

  Cherry picker

  Scaffolding

• Photo of roof access point

  Media

Roof details

• Number of proposed PV orientations

Roof and PV details for string 1

• Satellite photo of building (indicate PV location on photo)

  Media

• Photos of roof where string is to be installed

  Media

• Roof construction

  Select Wave tile Plain tile Slate Concrete IBR Corrugated Other Brownbuilt Kliplok Unknown

  • Wave tile
  • Plain tile
  • Slate
  • Concrete
  • IBR
  • Corrugated
  • Other
  • Brownbuilt
  • Kliplok
  • Unknown

• Roof structure

  Trussed rafters (W)

  Trussed attic

  Vertical purlin

  Perpendicular purlin

• Roof pitch (approx)

• Orientation of roof / array

  Select North East West NE NW E + W

  • North
  • East
  • West
  • NE
  • NW
  • E + W

• Dimensions of roof

• Flat roof mounting required

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• General condition of roof

  Very GOOD

  GOOD

  Average

  POOR

  Very POOR

• kWp of PV

• Shading issues?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Extent of shading

  None or little > 20 %

  Modest 20 - 60%

  Significant 60 - 80 %

  Heavy < 80%

• Photo of obstruction / Shading

  Media

Roof and PV details for string 2

• Satellite photo of building (indicate PV location on photo)

  Media

• Photos of roof where string is to be installed

  Media

• Roof construction

  Select Wave tile Plain tile Slate Concrete IBR Corrugated Other Brownbuilt Kliplok Unknown

  • Wave tile
  • Plain tile
  • Slate
  • Concrete
  • IBR
  • Corrugated
  • Other
  • Brownbuilt
  • Kliplok
  • Unknown

• Roof Structure

  Trussed rafters (W)

  Trussed attic

  Vertical purlin

  Perpendicular purlin

• Roof pitch (approx)

• Orientation of roof / array

  Select North East West NE NW E + W

  • North
  • East
  • West
  • NE
  • NW
  • E + W

• Dimensions of roof

• Flat roof mounting required

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• General condition of roof

  Very GOOD

  GOOD

  Average

  POOR

  Very POOR

• Shading issues

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Extent of shading

  None or little > 20 %

  Modest 20 - 60%

  Significant 60 - 80 %

  Heavy < 80%

• Photo of shading

  Media

• kWp of PV

• Age of Property (approx

Fridge

• Number of fridges & freezers

• Older than 2 years

Any other information

• Any other information

• Any other sketches

  Drawing

• Any other photos

  Media

Sign off and management review

• Surveyor Signature

  Sign

• Customer Signature

  Sign

• Installation of a simple geyser timer

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Number of timers

• Wifi or digital

• Connection of existing generator to inverter

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Installation of a new generator

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Installation of extra surge protection (area prone to lightning)

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Any other electrical work required

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Specify

• Is a prelim inspection and quotation to the client required?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A

• Will the CoC electrician need to complete his work prior to installation of solar?

  Yes

  No

  Mixed

  N/A