Overview
What it does
San Andreas Solar installs solar panels, hybrid inverters and home batteries, so homes run on sunshine and stay on in a power cut.
On OPS Hub
OPS Hub → Customers, meters & solar.
On the phone
Installers take jobs in OPS Work.
What players physically do
Everything below happens in the world, with your character, where other players can see it.
- Fit roof panels or a ground array
- Install the hybrid inverter, DC isolator and home battery
- Wire it into the consumer unit
How the system works
How San Andreas Solar's part of the world fits together — and what breaks when it doesn't.
San Andreas Solar
How it works
Panels → DC isolator → hybrid inverter → consumer unit, with a home battery beside the inverter.
Day and night
In daylight the panels power the house and charge the battery. After dark, or in a power cut, the battery takes over.
Limits
Panels must be within 30 m of the inverter; the inverter feeds the consumer unit beside it.
Checking
[E] on the inverter shows output and battery charge.
Every job
Every job San Andreas Solar does. Open one to see who it's for, what the customer pays, what the engineer earns, the certificate needed, the parts used and exactly how the server checks the work was really done. A job is only paid when its check passes.
Solar PV installation
Fit solar panels, an inverter and optionally a battery so the home makes its own power.
Solar PV installation
$2,400engineer earns $900
Panels, inverter and battery — generating.
Who it's for
Money
Customer pays $2,400; the engineer is paid $900 wages when it's signed off. The rest goes to the company.
Certificate
Electrical installation (Part P) required to accept this job.
How it's created
Raised automatically for customers around the city, and by customers on the phone.
How the server checks it was really done
1 × Solar Inverter must be placed within 50 m of the job, after the job was accepted.
Parts used from company stock
Training: Solar PV installation — the full step by step, tools, PPE and hazards for this job.
Training & safety
Each group of jobs has a course in OPS Academy: the lesson below, a health & safety module, an exam and a practical. You can read all of it here, or take it on OPS Hub → Classroom, in the OPS Academy app on the phone or laptop, or at opsacademy.sa in game.
Electrical installation (Part P) · certificate required
Solar PV installation
Fit solar panels, an inverter and optionally a battery so the home makes its own power.
Overview
Panels make DC power in daylight. The DC isolator lets you make the array safe. The hybrid inverter turns DC into mains for the consumer unit and charges the home battery. After dark, or in a power cut, the battery takes over. Panels must be within 30 m of the inverter, and the inverter feeds the consumer unit beside it.
The equipment — and what it does
Make DC power from daylight.
/towers → San Andreas Solar → Solar panels (roof rails or ground arrays).
Disconnects the array so you can work safely.
/towers → San Andreas Solar → Isolators & protection.
Converts DC to mains, feeds the house and charges the battery.
/towers → San Andreas Solar → Inverters & batteries. [E] shows output and charge.
Tools & protective equipment
Reaches walls, ceilings and pole steps. Place it at a 1-in-4 angle on firm ground.
Drills walls for cable entry and fixes brackets, cameras and boxes with the right plugs and screws.
Proves a circuit is dead before you touch it, and measures voltage, continuity and resistance.
Tightens electrical terminals and rack rails to the correct torque — not too loose, not stripped.
Clipped to a pole or anchor point, it stops a fall when you work above 2 m.
Rated gloves for work near live electrical parts and for sharp metal edges.
Protect your eyes from fibre shards, drilling dust and laser light.
Makes you visible to traffic and protects your head from falling objects and low beams.
Step by step
- Plan the roofFind a sunny roof face within 30 m of where the inverter will go.
- Fit the panelsClimb with your harness clipped on and place the panels.
- Fit the DC isolatorPlace the isolator between the array and the inverter.
- Fit the inverter and batteryPlace the inverter next to the consumer unit, and the battery beside it.
- Test[E] on the inverter: check output in daylight and the battery charge.
- CompletePress Check on the job.
Health & safety — hazards and controls
A fall from a ladder or pole can cause serious injury.
Use a ladder at a 1-in-4 angle on firm ground with three points of contact. Above 2 m on a pole, clip on your harness.
Panels make dangerous DC whenever there's daylight.
Open the DC isolator before working on the array or inverter.
Heavy kit such as racks, UPS cabinets and cable drums can injure your back.
Lift with your legs, keep loads close, and use two people or a trolley for anything over 25 kg.
What goes wrong if it's done badly
They don't feed it, so there's no output.
It doesn't feed the house — you'd need extra mains cable.
The fixtures check for the inverter fails.
Assessment
Stock & suppliers
Parts this company keeps in stock. Jobs use them up; managers reorder from suppliers with purchase orders, and stock below its minimum raises an alert.
| Part | Unit | Cost | Reorder below | Supplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar panel 430 W pv-panel | each | $160 | 8 | PowerCore Electrical 2 h delivery · On account |
| Hybrid inverter inverter | each | $1,300 | 1 | PowerCore Electrical 2 h delivery · On account |
| Home battery 10 kWh battery | each | $3,200 | 1 | PowerCore Electrical 2 h delivery · On account |
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