I have a huge backyard that faces west. I would happily fill half of it with plug-in panels if I could.
Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards |Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits
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scytale@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
That’s the wrong approach. If you’re installing more than a couple hundred watts worth of panels you should either do an independent system or do a proper grid-tied solution.
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Lol that’s very definitely not allowed and dangerous.
foxymochakitten@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I want one SO BAD my balcony gets tons and tons of sunlight!!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
As soon as this becomes popular the grid monopolies will get it banned.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Go harder, disconnect from the grid.
Jackery/similar power station as your main power supply for the house, charged by solar and a backup generator. Or you could keep the grid connection just to keep as a backup. Either way that largely isolates your house from the grid in a way that plug in solar doesn’t.
in Australia if you can be connected to the grid and you do not, they charge you network maintenance fees anyway, yiu just dont oay fir power.
That said I lived off grid in the bush for a decade.
I’m now on grid and i feed power into the grid from my roof top solar, last months bill was in credit for $45 (albeit I wasn’t} home for the month) and I charge my ebike and ecar as well off solar when i am home. I have 8.6kW of grid feed solar on the roof (notional)
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I can see old EV batteries getting a second life doing this. The state will then charge you a fee for not using electricity they generate.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Nevada NV Energy just put in a surcharge for those with roof top solar.
thinkercharmercoderfarmer@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Oh, they’re already trying. It’s up to us to make sure they fail.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
It’s been banned for ages in the US. This has been it getting unbanned.
They also don’t help all that much. Little drop in the bucket compared to a normal solar setup. The early companies that have been trying to sell them here in the US are taking advantage of the naive and charging too much in relation to any benefit.
TIEPilot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They will ban on safety, you can back feed the grid and kill lineman with these systems. You need an ATS or otherwise its a real issue.
stfn@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Not exactly, at least those plug-in solar systems that are legal in Germany must include anti-islanding, they shutdown immediately once there is no power in the grid.
balkonvolt.de/…/funktioniert-mein-balkonkraftwerk…