Has plug and play solar now been passed, I see adverts?

[big-all]

i assume its AI generated as the live and neutral are rather square??

 

[ericmark]

i assume its AI generated as the live and neutral are rather square??

I had not noticed, but yes, however, it does seem suppliers have been jumping the gun advertising products as being DIY installable which are not.

There has also been a host of YouTube videos showing the use of plug and play solar, it hardly matters if they say this is not yet legal, they are showing how easy it is, and I am sure many have fitted these units.

So YouTube "£300 Plug-In Solar — Is This Too Good To Be True?" even if he does point out all the downsides, he links to all the components on Amazon and at £106 (plus £27 for cable) for the inverter is must be temping to jump the gun. Oh, panels another £200 so total from Amazon of £333, OK I would want brackets etc, so likely more like £400, but we are being told it will take 2 years to pay that back, where with a full system looking at 6 years plus.

I am looking at a £1000 bill to repair my gutters because the snow came off the solar panels with a rush, rather than slowly before panels fitted, so it took the gutters off with it.

 

[JohnW2]

i assume its AI generated as the live and neutral are rather square??

... and no obvious fuse in the plug, either.

 

[ericmark]

Retailers like Lidl and Iceland, alongside manufacturers such as EcoFlow, are working with government to enable them to be brought to the UK market.

from Gov.UK so with the firm being named in the press release, one can assume if they say it does not need an electrician they know what they are talking about.

 

[JohnW2]

from Gov.UK so with the firm being named in the press release, one can assume if they say it does not need an electrician they know what they are talking about.

If something is sold (legally) in the UK which comes with a fitted BS1363 plug, it's hard to see what "needing an electrician" (if such were said to be the case) would/could mean

 

[ericmark]

If something is sold (legally) in the UK which comes with a fitted BS1363 plug, it's hard to see what "needing an electrician" (if such were said to be the case) would/could mean

It seems EcoFlow jumped the gun, and advertised plug and play solar before it has been OK'ed but the UK government, and the advertising complaints people have required them to remove the adverts.

I think we all know others have also jumped the gun, and it means no one is sure about what is legal and what is not.

 

[JohnW2]

It seems EcoFlow jumped the gun, and advertised plug and play solar before it has been OK'ed but the UK government, and the advertising complaints people have required them to remove the adverts.

That may all be true, but it still would not make any sense of them saying that it "didn't need an electrician" if it comes with a fitted BS1363 plug, would it? How on earth could 'an electrician be required' to plug in such a product?