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David Turver

@7Kiwi

Jun 28 • 12 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

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🚨The UK Government’s plug-in solar safety report is a shocker! They’re pushing plug-in panels hard for net zero, but the safety study by unqualified person has serious flaws that put homeowners at risk. Thread 🧵(1/11)

In 2025 the government committed to plug-in solar and promised a proper safety study. What they actually delivered falls far short. (2/11)
gov.uk/government/pub…

The £80,309 contract went to sole bidder, Arceio Ltd — a dormant company incorporated in July 2024. Its director has no electrical engineering or safety qualifications. (3/11)
find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066722-…

The tender required electrical engineering expertise. It wasn’t met. Even worse, the report’s own acknowledgments state that the views in the report are not the government’s. (4/11)

Major scope failure: real UK homes were ignored. Up to 45% of households have no RCD protection and of these, up to 25% still use old fuse boxes. These setups were excluded from testing. (5/11)

Also excluded: homes with dedicated solar circuits, EV chargers, battery hybrids (despite known fire risks abroad), and multiple devices. Testing used only modern RCBO boards — found in at most ~25% of homes. (6/11)

The test results are damning:
• 100% failure rate in over/under-voltage disconnect tests
• 100% failure in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) tests (7/11)

• 60% of devices failed over-power output tests. One unit exported 761W instead of its 600W rating. Yet the study still claims it passed the test. (8/11)

Leading electrical safety experts (IET, NICEIC, Electrical Safety First) warned that bi-directional currents from plug-in solar could be a problem for RCDs in older homes — raising electric shock risk. Their concerns have been ignored. (9/11)
niceic.com/news/joint-sta…

This narrow, flawed report by an unqualified contractor doesn’t prove plug-in solar is safe. The government is putting Net Zero targets above public safety. Plug-in solar rollout should wait until a proper safety report by chartered electrical engineers is completed. (10/11)

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