Comment on Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US

ReverendIrreverence@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or the fact that most people with balconies live in rented apartments and apartment managers aren’t going to pay to subsidize an electric bill that tenants are entirely responsible for paying.

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  • Landless2029@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yep. My apartment has restrictions in the lease that would prevent me from clamping solar panels as pictured.

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• brot@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not so good - issue is that your “code” for electrical installations doesn’t include balcony solar and that your institutions are not able to include it because of reasons that do not make sense to anyone outside the USA

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  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Let me guess? Electric monopoly?

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    • chaospatterns@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No, it’s electrical code. Standard outlets can’t be used to supply power because it means you have a plug that has exposed wires commonly called suicide wires. While these balconey top solar likely use grid following so it has to detect a grid voltage, the electrical code doesn’t consider it AFAIK.

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