Before you start
Confirm which platform you are siting — the clearance figures differ. Never enclose either platform in a tight, unventilated cabinet.Kent M1 clearances
Kent M1 cools by natural convection (fanless, under 35 dB) — blocked convection is blocked
cooling.
Kent G3 clearances
Kent G3 uses fan cooling with air intake on the LEFT and exhaust on the RIGHT — never
block either side, and never park two units exhaust-to-intake.
Clearance figures — KNB-SVG-04 (Kent M1) and KNB-SVG-05 (Kent G3)
Sun and derating
Direct sunlight is a derating condition on both platforms — output falls exactly on the hot afternoons the customer needs it. Shade is a performance feature, not cosmetics. Hot-surface reminder while you plan access: the Kent G3 heat-sink can reach 75 °C in operation.Ventilation don’ts
- No sealed niches, meter cupboards or decorative boxes around the unit.
- No curtains, creepers or storage growing into the clearance zone over time — photograph the clear zone at commissioning and tell the owner it must stay clear.
Common mistakes
- Measuring clearance to the wall paint, not to the shelf the owner adds next month — brief the owner that the zone stays empty.
- Stacking two Kent G3 units 300 mm apart because “that’s the object rule” — between inverters is 700 mm.