Who this helps
field teams, sales teams, and permit coordinators collecting service-equipment photos for solar intake.
Solar Meter Main Combo Photo Checklist
Prepare meter-main combo photos, labels, breaker positions, service ratings, and missing field details before residential PV plan review.
What to gather
- Full meter-main photo
- Label and rating close-ups
- Breaker and busbar context
- Workspace and service-entry photos
Suggested workflow
- Capture wide and close-up photos.
- Record ratings only from visible labels.
- Flag any missing or unreadable values.
- Send the packet to the electrical reviewer.
Boundary
SolarPermitPrepAI is an intake and precheck workflow. It is not an engineering stamp, permit approval, electrical design service, or legal advice.
Packet quality checklist
- Capture the whole meter-main area plus readable labels and breaker locations.
- Do not guess ratings from similar equipment or old notes.
- Keep photos tied to the correct address and current project scope.
Professional review boundary
- SolarPermitPrepAI does not approve service equipment, interconnection methods, or electrical compliance.
- A qualified reviewer must verify meter-main details, ratings, and field conditions.
- Use photos as intake evidence, not as design approval.
Missing-item triggers
- Label is unreadable or missing
- Main breaker or busbar rating is unknown
- Meter-main layout does not match previous notes
- Line-side tap, service upgrade, or backup equipment may be involved
Quote handoff review
Before paying for review, confirm the address, AHJ, utility, project scope, equipment models, attachment list, and open questions. The cleaner the packet, the easier it is for a qualified professional to price and route the next step.
When the $49 packet prep is worth it
Pay only after the free precheck has an address, AHJ, project scope, equipment notes, first document list, and a qualified reviewer who can make the official decisions. The $49 review is useful for missing-item, document-owner, field-verification, reviewer-question, and quote-handoff structure. Skip payment if you need an engineering design, PE stamp, permit submission, portal login, fee payment, utility or AHJ contact, code interpretation, licensure verification, inspection readiness, construction authorization, safety advice, or guaranteed approval, interconnection, inspection, schedule, quote, payment, ranking, traffic, sales, or revenue.
Can the checklist determine panel compatibility?
No. It helps collect photos and labels for a qualified reviewer.
Are wide photos or close-ups more useful?
Both. Wide photos show context; close-ups show ratings and labels.