> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learning.kent.co.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Kent Installer Path: Site Prep and On-Site Sequence

> The exact reading order before your first Kent site and the golden on-site sequence every Kent installer must follow from day one.

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.

<Note>
  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.
</Note>

## Before your first site

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

<Steps>
  <Step title="Safety — read all six pages">
    Start at [Safety First](/safety/safety-first) and read every safety page before touching a unit. The [Isolation & Shutdown](/safety/isolation-and-shutdown) sequence is where most field injuries and equipment damage happen. Know it cold before anything else.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Environment and siting">
    Read [Choosing the Location](/environment/choosing-the-location) through the [Site Photo Checklist](/environment/site-photo-checklist). Siting mistakes are the number-one cause of warranty disputes and summer derating — and they are invisible on the invoice.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="The commissioning checklist">
    Print or open [Common Commissioning](/checklists/common-commissioning) and your platform's checklist. No sign-off without every pass box ticked and the required photos taken.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 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.

<Warning>
  **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.
</Warning>

## Common mistakes

<Accordion title="Skipping environment photos to save time">
  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.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Copying settings from a video">
  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.
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Treating Kent M1 and Kent G3 as the same machine">
  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.
</Accordion>

## Related pages

* [Commissioning Checklists](/checklists)
* [Safety First](/safety/safety-first)
* [Site Photo Checklist](/environment/site-photo-checklist)
* [Who This Is For](/start-here/who-this-is-for)