Solar and EV lab · Level 1 of 8
Site survey: name every part and every isolation point
Level 1 of 8 in the Solar and EV lab: a free solar and EV exercise at Foundation level. Walk a solar, battery and EV charging site. Name each part, find the places that isolate it, and say which parts stay live after you switch off.
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The brief
- Client
- Hartley Works Ltd
- Site
- Roof and car park, Hartley Works
- Work order
- WO-SEV-101
- Task code
- SEV-01
- Difficulty
- Foundation
- Type of work
- Site survey
Walk a solar, battery and EV charging site. Name each part, find the places that isolate it, and say which parts stay live after you switch off.
Skills you practise
- Solar and EV system parts
- Isolation points
- Live parts after isolation
What the test checks
The acceptance test marks the skills this level practises.
- Solar and EV system parts
- Isolation points
- Live parts after isolation
In this lab
- Strings, protection and the day's generation
- Battery rules under a tariff
- Charger faults and load management
Levels in the Solar and EV lab
Next: String sizing for the coldest and hottest day
- Site survey: name every part and every isolation point
- String sizing for the coldest and hottest day
- Select cables, fuses, isolators and surge protectors
- Generation against load: size the array for self-consumption
- Battery dispatch: cut the bill under a time-of-use tariff
- Commission the system: the safe energising order
- EV charger fault: a car will not charge
- Load management: three chargers on a limited supply
Part of the Solar and EV lab
Size a solar array, set a battery and fault-find an EV charger on a commercial site.
Feeds these internships: Electrical Design, Electrical and Solar Energy Systems.