Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Pre wire for solar panels and Roof supporting solar pane 5Aug 31, 2018 10:32 am All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Pre wire for solar panels and Roof supporting solar pane 6Aug 31, 2018 10:39 am BrentandAllison I've just had mine pre wired - the roof question wasn't even asked.... I honestly don't think its a concern. The only thing they have done is put the frames up that hold the panels - not even sure if they have run any wires. The place is full of wires and I have no idea which one is which! LOL Did you prewire one cable for your solar or two? I read that depending on your roof areas and designs. You may need two wires. if the panels are separated . eg. some panels facing north and some panels facing east/west. Re: Pre wire for solar panels and Roof supporting solar pane 7Aug 31, 2018 10:42 am I'd say 2 as the panels are split from our main roof area and 4 panels on the garage. All progress pics are in the first post - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89917&p=1761154#p1761154 Re: Pre wire for solar panels and Roof supporting solar pane 8Aug 31, 2018 12:05 pm we asked our builder to provide 2 extra 20 mm conduits to the roof space for future solar panels installation. it cost us $150. Later when we decide to install panels they will just put their wires into prepared conduits. no frame strengthening needed for solar panels. Re: Pre wire for solar panels and Roof supporting solar pane 10Sep 02, 2018 8:50 am I decided to pre-wire my build to avoid any conduit on the outside of the house. I decided to run a “10mm 4 Core & Earth Orange Circular Cable” from the power box to location for the inverter and I ran 2 conduits from the bottom level roof and top story roof. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ You would think I got a discount for the install wouldn’t you.. We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16667 Just to makea point about this, an approach that some people have found sucessful in negotiating these rises down, Is to provide some workings to the builder, specifying… 4 81830 We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13836 |