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A Kent system is commissioned when every box is ticked, every pass condition met, the photo set uploaded, and the customer has signed — not before. These three checklists give you that discipline in a field-ready format.

Common

Every Kent hybrid site, both platforms — run this first.

Kent M1

Single-phase platform additions — run after Common.

Kent G3

Three-phase platform additions — run after Common.
Run Common first, then your platform’s list. Items never cross platforms — M1 steps do not apply to G3 and vice versa.

Pass/fail discipline

Every item in these checklists has a defined pass condition. Meet it, tick it. If you cannot meet it, the item is a fail — and a failed safety or sequence item stops the commissioning until you fix it and re-verify.
  • 📷 marks items that require a photo in the commissioning record. The full shot list is the Site Photo Checklist.
  • Items carrying a KNB-VAL tag have a value pending Kent confirmation. Apply the stated interim rule exactly and record what you measured — the interim rule is mandatory, not optional.
Treating a KNB-VAL interim rule as optional because “the real number is coming” is not acceptable. Record the measured value against the tag every time.

The commissioning record

A complete commissioning record has four parts. All four must be present before you leave the site.
1

Completed checklist(s)

Every item ticked, every pass condition noted. Common plus the relevant platform list.
2

Full photo set — uploaded same-day

Photos taken today, uploaded today. Photos left for later have a 40% survival rate.
3

Settings snapshot

Photograph every settings screen after final configuration. This is the restore point for every future service visit.
4

Customer sign-off

Walkthrough completed, DO/DON’T handover card left on site, customer signature captured with the record.

Common mistakes

MistakeWhy it matters
Ticking now, photographing “later”Photos taken after leaving are unreliable and often never happen
Treating a KNB-VAL tag as advisoryInterim rules are the current field standard — deviating creates an unrecorded gap
Running the backup test with a lamp instead of real essential loadsThe test must prove your actual installation, not a proxy
Leaving zero-export “configured” but never witnessedConfiguration without a utility-meter witness is not commissioning