Interesting reason for not using an extension lead with Plug-in Solar

[boringoldcodger]

There may well be good reasons for not using an extension lead with plugin solar, but is this one of them?

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/plug-in-solar/#:~:text=Standard%20household%20extension%20cables%20are,with%20a%20long%20enough%20cable.

At (admittedly, currently) limited to 800 Watts I'd have thought almost any extension lead would be OK.

 

[flameport]

No.

Best case it's someone who read somewhere that extension cables can overheat when wound up or used with high loads such as EV charging for long periods and somehow jumbled that up into them not being suitable for solar.
Or more likely is AI slop.

 

[JohnD]

"Standard household extension cables are designed to send power, not receive it, so they could become dangerously hot."

Cables are not clever enough to know which way power is travelling

 

[BS3036]

It's frightening that any educated person should make such a statement. The only reason I can think of not to use an extension cable is if its resistance is high enough that the voltage drop causes the inverter to see a voltage higher than its cutoff voltage.

 

[JohnD]

It's frightening that any educated person should make such a statement.

Some people consider Boris Johnson to be educated.

 

[IJWS15]

"Standard household extension cables are designed to send power, not receive it, so they could become dangerously hot."

Cables are not clever enough to know which way power is travelling

I guess these people thing cable has an arrow on it so the factories making up extension leads know which end to fit the plug onto.

 

[ebee]

They might be mistaking Wattless Power for Powerless Watts I suppose