Plug in solar

TroubledTarts

Most of us are aware I hope you can pickup a couple of 410w panels from somewhere like city plumbing for £110, a micro inverter for £100 with the 3 pin plug and mountings for about £40 so £250 all in.

That makes payback a bit quicker and maybe makes getting a battery with the system an option too

As an example we have two 450w panels on a north facing shed so not optimal at all buy today as an example then have put nearly 4kw into our ecoflow batteries (only had the system up two days the previous day that was cloudy a messily 400w.

So if the budget allows get a micro inverter that supports a battery as well to harness the excess over your base load.

TroubledTarts

That said above if people don't harness the excess solar better for Agile and other products with the excess generation I presume

QrizB

we have two 450w panels on a north facing shed so not optimal at all buy today as an example then have put nearly 4kw into our ecoflow batteries

That's pretty impressive - 4kWh from 900Wp is 4.4 hour-equivalents of generation (or 4.4 Os in G&E-speak).

Is that a Stream Ultra X, by any chance? With two EcoFlow panels?

Most of us are aware I hope you can pickup a couple of 410w panels from somewhere like city plumbing for £110, a micro inverter for £100 with the 3 pin plug and mountings for about £40 so £250 all in.

Just to share another German example:

https://www.netto-online.de/balkonkraftwerk-1000w-800w-solaranlage-steckerfertig-wifi-komplettset-photovoltaik-anlage-800w-kabellaenge-5m/p-2865810000

Currently € 209, which is about £182.

TroubledTarts

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81959953#Comment_81959953

I haven't got a micro inverter yet but my ecoflow delta max takes the feed from the panels set up in series and in a bad bit of planning then charges the other two as it goes (lots of loss but it's free power and my ultimate goal is yet to be thought through properly as we may be moving soon so everything is lift and shift right now)

I did look at the ecostream products but already have 6kw of battery storage with one delta max and two delta 2 max.

Currently not feeding anything back into the house electrical system yet but that's the planm We do feed a cable back in the house for air fryer and anything that draws constant 2400w or less.

To be honest it's a little hobby and a bit of run right now.

I like what you have found there is that delivered to the UK and with an electric plus and some warranty(I didn't have time to fully look)

TroubledTarts

Even now on a north facing shallow shed roof not one story high putting 328w in whilst the tumble dryer on eco setting takes 1235w out

QrizB

I like what you have found there is that delivered to the UK and with an electric plus and some warranty(I didn't have time to fully look)

Sadly, you need to be in Germany for that deal. But it is plug-and-play there.

I'm hoping we'll get some similar offers over here once UK Gov delivers on its promises :)

TroubledTarts

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81959974#Comment_81959974

I hope so, the media seems to suggest systems for £400 but putting them together yourself can be so much cheaper and therefore the payback is even faster, even if the excess is not harnessed

Qyburn

I'm sure I saw a post saying the decision had now been made, including deciding the changes to be made to BS 7671 and the G.98 (etc) regulations. I can't find the post now, nor anything official.

QrizB

From what I can see, several websites are sayig the BSI aren't expecting to publish their product standard until July. So summer 2026 could be mostly over before any 100% legal kits hit the shelves.

Before then, you're taking a chance.

Grumpy_chap

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81960034#Comment_81960034

A couple of days might be very much on the optimistic side to travel from the policy decision to the technical standards being finalised and aligned and the subsequent implementation.

Maybe watch this space in a couple of years.

Maybe a couple of decades.