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Follow this order the first time. After you have done it once, jump straight to the checklists — but always run the golden on-site sequence.
Kent M1 and Kent G3 are different platforms. Platform pages, parameters, and commissioning checklists are not interchangeable. Confirm which unit is on site before you open anything.

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Before your first site

Work through these four steps in order. Each one builds on the last.
1

Safety — read all six pages

Start at Safety First and read every safety page before touching a unit. The Isolation & Shutdown sequence is where most field injuries and equipment damage happen. Know it cold before anything else.
2

Environment and siting

Read Choosing the Location through the Site Photo Checklist. Siting mistakes are the number-one cause of warranty disputes and summer derating — and they are invisible on the invoice.
3

Your platform's pages

Work through the full page group for your platform — Overview → Installation → Commissioning — alongside your Kent training deck and your platform’s commissioning checklist. The platform pages carry every cited parameter value.
4

The commissioning checklist

Print or open Common Commissioning and your platform’s checklist. No sign-off without every pass box ticked and the required photos taken.

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On site — the golden order

Run these five steps on every installation, every time. Do not reorder them.
  1. Environment audit first. Take your photos before tools come out. They are your warranty defence.
  2. Electrical pre-checks dead. Verify polarity, earth, and port identification with everything OFF and isolated.
  3. Power up in the official sequence. AC grid first, PV DC second, battery last. If a site card or video says otherwise, it is wrong — report it.
  4. Function tests. BMS handshake, charge and discharge cycle, CT sanity check, backup transfer test.
  5. Documentation. Full photo set, settings snapshot, customer sign-off on the handover form.
Never copy settings from a video or from another brand’s unit. Only parameters from this knowledge base and Kent training material apply to Kent hardware. Wrong grid-code settings create a compliance breach that lands on your accreditation.

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Common mistakes

The site photo checklist is not decoration. Without dated, geotagged photos of clearances, gland seals, earthing, and the final display, you have no evidence in a warranty or insurance dispute. Five minutes of photos saves weeks of argument.
Settings from a different brand, different model, or even a different firmware version can set the wrong grid code or protection thresholds. The parameters on the platform pages here are extracted directly from the official Kent manuals.
They are different platforms with different power-up sequences, different terminal torques, different commissioning menus, and different checklists. A Kent M1 setting entered on a Kent G3 is a mis-configuration, not a shortcut.