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

[JohnW2]

I would assume rounding up or down.

The differences/discrepancies, although not enormous, are far too large to be the result of any credible rounding.

 

[ericmark]

It seems some info logged local, and some goes to a server in China. But close enough to what the smart meter says not to worry about it.

I have seen so many reports about a law change to allow plug and play solar, but still no one has said what law stops us using it.

 

[big-all]

It seems some info logged local, and some goes to a server in China. But close enough to what the smart meter says not to worry about it.

I have seen so many reports about a law change to allow plug and play solar, but still no one has said what law stops us using it.

you can get any old carp from china with fake European ce [china export ]so buyer beware to do the type testing which off course they wont

where as any uk based company cant sell any product that doesnt comply with relevant standards or regulations or they become responsible for selling a non-compliant items unless they specifically state something along the lines off " not for human consumption"....."should not be connected to mains electrics" or"should only be taken under medical advice" in other words a disclaimer saying you and i know what you want to do with this product that at this stage has not been passed as suitable so the blame is fully on your shoulders and i wash my hand off responsibility by my disclaimer

now any responcible company like say lidl are more likly to care about any negativity from selling prematurely with an outright disclaimer over a simple warning " this product must not be used until the regulations change " in the near future but even that could produce way to much bad publicity iff the spec supplied became different to the final spec and not fully compliant

 

[morqthana]

In my garden I have an outbuilding which is oriented basically E-W, with a pitched roof, so one face of that is pretty much south facing. 19m² and virtually unshaded. Angle is less than ideal, about 10°, but overall quite a useful space, and being single storey easy to access.

But with no export earning not much point, and battery payback time is a bit long.

 

[morqthana]

... fake European ce [china export ] ...

Myth.

where as any uk based company cant sell any product that doesnt comply with relevant standards or regulations

Amazon can.

 

[JohnW2]

It seems some info logged local, and some goes to a server in China. But close enough to what the smart meter says not to worry about it.

Are you saying that some of the figures you're being provided with are incorrect?

 

[JohnW2]

In my garden I have an outbuilding which is oriented basically E-W, with a pitched roof, so one face of that is pretty much south facing. 19m² and virtually unshaded. Angle is less than ideal, about 10°, but overall quite a useful space, and being single storey easy to access.

It would presumably be fairly trivial to increase the 'panel angle' to something closer to optimum?

But with no export earning not much point

That presumably depends upon the amount of one's demand during the hours of daylight, particularly in Summer. If demand were large enough to exceed a modest amount of PV generation, then there would be nothing to export. One would, of course (as with everything to do with such technologies) wait quite a long time before one got to the financial break-even point but, ultimately, if one was still alive and the equipment still working, one would thereafter enjoy an increasingly low price for the electricity one had generated and used.

... and battery payback time is a bit long.

True.