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

[ericmark]

Registered office: Crick, Northampton, NN6 7SL so being sold by a British firm, see nothing in advert to say not yet passed, the data sheet says Schuko plug, it has the company name on data sheet, so thought better not to say what plumbing outlet are selling them. It says 6 in basket in last 24 hours, so it seems they are selling well?

This one

has a battery, so could be non grid connected, and the battery is about the same as what I have, so not really a great bargain for me, and the grid tie is it seems for the through charge, it seems it does not supply energy into the grid.

There seems to be a problem with the phrase "Balcony solar", "Grid tie", and "Plug-in" as non means it feeds back into the grid, so maybe I have miss read the advert?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Your 'links' don't actually link to any items?

 

[ericmark]

I did not put in a link, as not sure about legality if I said who the plumbing firm was, I did a Google hunt for "Plug in Solar" and got

for my first 6 hits. The third one was Argos which was it seemingly being completely legal, and the Amazon adds may not be UK, so hard to say if aimed for the UK. Hard to say even when price quoted in £ if UK or not.

But since you ask the advert I was looking at is here sure the sysops can get rid of it if not allowed.

 

[mattylad]

Somehow I doubt that they are much use in the UK, I doubt the output is enough to run a house or give anything back to the grid and earn us some money.
I can sell you a crate of snake oil though, vary handy for squeeky snakes.

 

[jj4091]

If you had enough of them with batteries it might be ok to run heating and fridge freezer perhaps during power cuts but probably cheaper and easier to buy a generator.

 

[Rodders53]

But since you ask the advert I was looking at is here

"Stock availability: Collect 99 days Delivery 117 days" - suggests none in stock and a to be confirmed delivery date in the distant future?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Somehow I doubt that they are much use in the UK, I doubt the output is enough to run a house or give anything back to the grid and earn us some money.

The suggested 800w, at best, would satisfy, my 100 to 300w base load, during the most of the day, if the sun was shining - and I would have surplus if not stored. Worthwhile, probably not.