Install Question
Hi everyone,
I'm having my solar setup installed at the end of July and wanted some advice from those who have already gone through it about battery and inverter placement.
The installers are Evergen, and it's an 11.16kW setup (east and west facing roof), Sigenstor 12kWh battery (2x6kWh), a 10kW inverter and a gateway.
I know that they are going to want to install on the side wall to the house as it's easier and then tails can run from the roof straight down. The meter box is on that side towards the front alongside the PodPoint charger, and the consumer unit is in the utility room which is behind the side door you can see.
However, this is a south facing wall and gets hit with pelting sideways rain in the winter and baking sun in the summer. Additionally it is a shared driveway, and having the battery units mounted that far forward will make parking challenging to allow the doors to open without impacting on our neighbours - already we have to make sure we haven't lined up our doors with the charging cable.
I would prefer it all to go in the front of the garage behind the driveway - much better temperature control and dry in the winter. We have electric in there with a small consumer unit (just 2 RCDs - one for the lights and another for the plug) however the cable that feeds this from the house is inaccessible and runs under the patio with no trunking evident.
How likely are Evergen's installers to be able to put everything in the garage? If they do, what would be the solution for getting the cables into it from the detached house? I did wonder if I should try and lift some of the block paving and dig a small trench but I don't want to start that unless I knew the installers would be able to use it. Plus there is an ACO drain running in front of the garage door I would need to dig under the concrete bed.
What solutions have people here come up with? Or should I just get them to install it on the wall but at the back of the driveway instead where it's a bit more sheltered and shouldn't interfere with the cars?
TLDR: am I overthinking a driveway install or is there a straightforward way to install everything into a detached garage?