PV panel mounting

[SimonSays]

Prior to installation our PV installer thought that 9-10 panels would fit on our roof but on the day said only 8 would fit. Post installation it's pretty clear that there's room for one more and still leave ~30 cm between it and the roof edge.

I called the installer and asked if he could come back and fit a 9th but he said that if he did it would not be MCS compliant.

There are a few installations round this way where the panels go pretty much right to the roof edge, so I suppose these installations were prior to the MCS regulations existing/coming in to force.

What would you do? Ask for the extra panel and live with it, knowing that if high winds caused a panel to lift the installer wouldn't admit liability and fix it at his expense?

[Stan]

It must be so annoying but it sounds too late, especially if the scaffolding has been removed.
I’d be planning a second system elsewhere if at all possible.

[SimonSays]

Well that's the funny thing. The installers didn't use any scaffold. They just put a ladder against the house, lifted some tiles, fitted the rails and fixed the panels to them.
Saying that, we do have a nice big flat roofed extension.... but it'll be shaded from mid-day onwards.

[nowty]

SimonSays, hope it is not too rude to ask you what your total installed capacity is with the 8 panels. I can add you to my not so secret list of Camelot Members Annual Green Electric Generation. https://camelot-forum.co.uk/phpBB3/view ... f=13&t=922

[SimonSays]

Sure; I have 8x 400W panels pointing 166^o south.