NRS approved solar equipment

[Tradie]

You had a backup system installed in 2022, if you are connected to Eskom or the municipality, you should be registered right?

If Eskom is your grid supply then you should be fine until March 2026, Apparently Eskom has rolled out a public awareness program to make the public aware that you must register your SSEG and allowed a grace period until March 2026 and apparently the registration is free.

Now the big question: what is an SSEG and who must register, this seems to be the challenge.

If your grip power is supplied by a municipality, then you need to check with your municipality, if they have rolled out an SSEG public awareness program or offer a grace period until March 2026, I am not aware of any such programs or grace period.

To complicate things, many of the products sold in the SSEG industry are not NRS 097 approved.

This is a list I found which applies to the Cape.

https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Forms%2C%20notices%2C%20tariffs%20and%20lists/Approved%20Photovoltaic%20%28PV%29%20Inverter%20List.pdf

I believe the real challenge in the SSEG industry is not, if the people installing the equipment are suitably skilled, but more the lack of information and clear cut regulations. If we cant agree on the neutral/earth bond or lightning earthing and bonding or the type of wireway used for DC cabling., then how are we going to move forward.

[Tradie]

What I dont see on the list,

Must
RCT
Mecer
voltronics.

[Dave A]

To complicate things, many of the products sold in the SSEG industry are not NRS 097 approved.

This is a list I found which applies to the Cape.

https://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Forms%2C%20notices%2C%20tariffs%20and%20lists/Approved%20Photovoltaic%20%28PV%29%20Inverter%20List.pdf

What I dont see on the list,

Must
RCT
Mecer
voltronics.

One should not confuse the Cape Town approved inverters list with certified NRS 097 compliant inverters.

Cape Town issued a bylaw banning all inverters that can't supply excess power back into the grid, and promptly removed all those inverters that did not meet their requirement off their list.

[Tradie]

Do you have a list of inverters which can be used in KZN or should I say a list of NRS 097 complaint inverters.

I have just received an email from eThekwini, requesting NRS certification for the inverter that need to be registered.

One should not confuse the Cape Town approved inverters list with certified NRS 097 compliant inverters.

Cape Town issued a bylaw banning all inverters that can't supply excess power back into the grid, and promptly removed all those inverters that did not meet their requirement off their list.

[Dave A]

Do you have a list of inverters which can be used in KZN or should I say a list of NRS 097 complaint inverters.

I have just received an email from eThekwini, requesting NRS certification for the inverter that need to be registered.

Ask the inverter supplier for the certificate. They should have one.
If they don't, you have a problem.