Solar Panels Query

[BeardyMan]

Depends on the system she's gone for. I presume (probably incorrectly) that it's going to be a tied into the national grid? So it'll power your house and the excess gets sold back to the electricity company.

What type of batteries would you be looking to charge? If normal ones just get a few of the decent battery chargers and run from the wall socket as per usual. AFAIK you should be able to isolate your property from the grid in a SHTF scenario, so you'll still have power (when the sun's shining)

If you want a rechargeable battery bank (leisure batteries for go off grid) then you're going to need to tap into the system. Remove the link from the internal system to the grid, put your charge controller there and hook that up to your battery bank. I'd buy the bits now (they're not extortionate) for use at a later date. I wouldn't want to get myself hoofed out of my home for making unauthorised changes to the brand new PV system