What question would I ask?

1/ What is the availble budget?

2/ What do I want to achieve?

3/ What type of system would I install?

4/ Who can design, manage and sign off a backup system?

5/ How do I determine the size of the backup system?

6/ Do I need to add solar?

7/ Do I need to register the backup system with the local electricity department?

8/ Do I need an engineer to design the system?

9/ What size system can I install without registering the system?

10/ What will it cost to design a solar systerm?

11/ What will it cost to get and engineer to sign off the installation?

12/ What will it cost to register with the local elctricity department?

13/ At what point do I need to apply to register a solar system?

14/ What are my responsibilties are the user/owner?

15/ What are the installers responsiblities with regards to registration?

16/ When can I connect the system to the electrical installation?

17/ Do I need a structual engineer to check the roof or structure before I fit solar panels?

18/ Do the panels require grounding/binding or lightning protection or both?

19/ Where on the property can my lithium lifePo4 batteries be installed on the property, will it affect my insurance cover?

20/ If I have already installed a solar system will I fined or disconnected from the supply, if sdo what is the fine?

This is just the question off the top of my head, there many more, but we will go into them in anotehr post.

If you know the answer and have facts to support your response, please feel free to add, I am not looking for hearsay replies, or what might have been said on social media.

The reason I have started this thread is because I plan to install a system at home and I need to do it right. I dont want to sit with lithium batteries in my study/office and be told that they cant be installed there because of xyz, or if they are mounted withing 600 mm of an exit.

I am glad I have waited this long and have a much better understanding of how this all works.