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New #blog post: Adding A Balcony #Solar Install to our garage

We've had solar for nearly 3 years now, but our easterly exposure has been niggling at me: output starts waning around lunch so the afternoon feels wasted (particularly after a cloudy morning)

So, I've added some west facing panels to the garage using a plug-in solar kit

This post talks about the install, setting up monitoring with #telegraf as well as results in the week since

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/adding-plugin-solar-to-our-capacity.html

Adding a Balcony Solar Kit To Our Capacity

I recently installed a balcony/plug-in solar onto (well, around) our garage to provide some additional solar capacity. This post talks about the install experience, setting up monitoring via telegraf

www.bentasker.co.uk

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Slash909uk 2d ago

@ben ooh, nice. I have a similar issue with afternoon sun as my panels face south east.

I might well be using plugin units to help with this when they are legal.

I wonder if I can add these as I have already got 4kW peak installed? Does this not break G98 regs?

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Ben Tasker 2d ago

@Slash909uk Going over 4kWp does (afaik) mean you'd need DNO signoff.

I'd guess that wont change with the new rules (Id be willing to bet plugin capacity will be capped at 800W)

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Slash909uk

@ben agreed, very likely a low limit. will be interesting to see how this interplays with fixed installs 👍