Added a extra battery to a system I didn't install.

hi anyone shed any light how I commission a new battery to a exciting installation that's not be installed and commissioned by myself thanks

ben1223 are you an installer? You can call givenergy support

THALL if he were, i doubt he'd be asking?

Roberto Wouldn't be the first installer to pop on here to ask a question.

Indeed it wouldn't, I am wondering what is exciting about this install ?

I presume he means existing.

positor1 He mean existing. I believe. BTW everything you will do yourself is exiting and you are proud of rather then asking someone to do it for you for extortion you would pay them for installation.

I've been wondering this myself - I have an existing battery and inverter which was installed by a very nice approved installer.

Is adding a second battery something a keen DIYer can do ? and if so, what does that do to warranty etc ?

Thanks in advance

Your existing equipment manufacturers warranty should be unaffected.
Your installer warranty should also be unaffected - as long as you are not making changes to the wiring etc.
Adding a battery should be fairly simple if you are connecting same generations together, slightly more complicated if combing different generation batteries.
Beyond drilling some holes in the wall and following basic installation instructions you will need to set your Master and Slave batteries.
If your considering the adding additional larger batteries you might, perhaps, consider holding out for the AIO which although is more money gives you lots of additional benefits.
Every chance in the next budget PV Batteries are included in the Zero VAT as a standalone product. Rather than as currently zero vat when installed (I think this also applies when you purchase along with even a single PV Panel too??) in combination with PV.

In terms of physically installing a second battery (assuming Gen2 batteries) then its very simple.

Mount the battery on the wall. Then use the "All-in-One to All-in-One" cable to link the batteries, set the new battery to be slave 1 using the DIP switches, fit an earth bonding link between the batteries and that's more or less it.

In terms of "commissioning" it I think you'd need the original installers login details which you're not going to get as they'll have multiple customer systems on that account.

dragon2905 perhaps, consider holding out for the AIO

if you have a hybrid inverter, would be a waste if you have separate ac3 and solar inverters.

And you need to be an electrician who has been trained in GE kit.

From experience, it's easy to install, but impossible to get GE to commission. ended up having to get another GE installer (original one won't communicate) to take over the system and install, having disconnected everything again so they could verify it's done properly.
Feedback from installer is that other systems allow a DIYer to plug and play batteries, only GE make it difficult

Dabz Absolutely right and it will not be changed. Givenergy it's UK company and brits like to overcomplicate simple jobs and make it more difficult. Its one anty customer company i know.
BTW this is Givenergy. Please do not mix names as name GE its for well know General Electric.

HipHopAst
for those of us of a certain age perhaps but I never confuse GE as that old company traded as GEC mostly.

And on a forum about GivEnergy one would assume GE is GivEnergy?

I can only imagine how many people on a GivEnergy community forum would have read my post and assumed I was chatting about General Electric 🙂 I suspect people are a bit less daft than you expect

positor1
I think I need to take issue with that. Having worked for 40 years in GEC and its successors, GE were The Enemy!!!

Back on topic, my installers don't respond to emails now they've done the job and got the money. I have been considering taking the GivEnergy training courses so I can be permitted to handle future installation and commisioning myself and take over the engineer account for my system.

mrand31 I think I need to take issue with that. Having worked for 40 years in GEC and its successors, GE were The Enemy!!!

Are you saying general electric and general electric company were different entities?
What a weird world..apologies - I have always thought them to be the same.
IBTW I am also considering doing the GE (sic) course so i can add batteries in the future on my own system. Time constraints mean i doubt it will happen.

positor1 Courses take only 1.5h and apparently are free.

HipHopAst I believe you will also have to be electrically approved too.

They are I believe going to be done 'in person' in the near future at Givenergy with a dummy install.

anglefire Yes I know this that's why I have not done it. But any sparky can do it as part of commissioning. Lol.

All sorted now I had to get the customer to email GE to approve us to have access to recommission