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Any contractor doing PV installation work, from installing solar panels to the actual energising of the building, must be an electrical contractor. An electrical contractor must be registered in terms of the Electrical Installation Regulations (2009) and must either be a licenced electrician or must employ one as a contracting firm in his full-time employ. The Electrical Installation Regulations define ‘electrical installation’ as “machinery, in or on any premises, that is used for the transmission of electrical energy from a point of control to a point of consumption anywhere on the premises, including any article that forms part of such an installation, irrespective of whether or not it is part of the electrical circuit.”

All new solar installations require the supervision and general control of an Installation Electrician or Master Installation Electrician. 

No person other than an Installation Electrician (IE) and a Master Installation Electrician (MIE) can issue a Certificate of Compliance on a solar installation. No other qualification other than an IE or MIE can qualify a person to so do.

No solar installation is allowed to be used by any end-user without it having been inspected and certified as safe by an IE or an MIE. No other qualification is relevant for this purpose. Please note that a licenced Single Phase Tester cannot work with DC and may therefore not sign off on DC installations, which would include PV and any three-phase installations. Therefore, a person with a Single Phase Tester qualification cannot issue a Certificate of Compliance for solar installations.

 

https://ecasa.co.za/technical/pv-installers-must-be-electrical-contractors/

42 minutes ago, YellowTapemeasure said:

https://ecasa.co.za/technical/pv-installers-must-be-electrical-contractors/

Thanks for the link.

Where does it leave a very old IE yellow book issued years ago if no updates on regulations have been passed?

On 2022/08/12 at 11:16 AM, Scorp007 said:

Thanks for the link.

Where does it leave a very old IE yellow book issued years ago if no updates on regulations have been passed?

I am not sure what you mean. This is the ECASA expressing an industry opinion, so not necessarily an enforceable regulation or a standard.