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The kit works for 25 years.
The paperwork has to last as long.
Short reads for anyone who installs, hands over or looks after equipment, on what gets lost at handover and what losing it costs years later.
For solar and EPC, HVAC and heat pumps, electrical, mechanical and building services, EV charging, generators and plant, facilities and O&M teams, and building owners.
Every trade that installs, hands over or maintains equipment
It isn’t a solar problem. Every trade that hands over equipment has it.
Electricians, mechanical and building-services contractors, EV charger and generator installers, facilities teams: anyone handing over equipment loses serials the same way.
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Solar installers and EPCs
The serial number you didn’t photograph will cost you the warranty
Every solar warranty claim starts with one question: what is the serial number of the failed unit? If nobody recorded it at handover, the claim stalls.
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HVAC and heat pump contractors
60 days: the HVAC warranty clock nobody on site is watching
Some HVAC manufacturers want every unit registered within 60 days of installation, with its serial and model. Miss the window and the extended cover can go.
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EPC contractors and asset owners
The handover is where an EPC’s money goes to wait
Retention and final payments wait on the handover. So does the asset register the owner needs: manufacturer, serial and warranty for every key component.
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Solar installers, EPCs and asset owners
Solar handover pack checklist: what your client should get on day one
A practical checklist for a solar PV handover pack: system details, a per-unit equipment register with serials, nameplate photos, warranties, certificates and sign-off.
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Installers, site crews and owners
Where to find the serial number on an inverter, solar panel, battery or AC unit
Where the serial number and rating plate sit on inverters, solar panels, batteries and air-conditioning or heat pump units, and why to photograph them on install day.
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EPCs, installers and O&M teams
Asset register template for solar and HVAC: the columns that actually matter
The columns an equipment asset register needs for solar and HVAC handovers: identity, serial, rating, condition, location, warranty and photo evidence. Includes a real sample file.
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