Lawmakers seek measure to make small-scale plug-in solar panels available to renters – Capitol News IL

The plug-in solar bill allows people to install small solar panel systems that can be plugged into normal wall outlets for personal use. Instead of a rooftop, the panels could be set up on a balcony, in a yard, or on a porch or patio.
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Surprise!
7 months ago

392 watts. That’s 4.8KWh over 12 hours per day as solar panels don’t work well when it’s dark. And out of that 4.8KWh there are losses going into the battery and coming out of the battery. Most of those losses are as heat but a cheap $25 Chinese system will also throw off energy as electromagnetic interference, both radiated and conducted, And then there’s the safety consideration of line-connected power converters built with the cheapest and fewest Chinese components possible. I’d prefer to avoid the fire risk vs not enuf juice to run a toaster. Yet another bone-head idea from… Read more »

Mr Watt
7 months ago

Wow a Demoncrat with a good idea!

The Railroader
7 months ago

Thirty bucks on Amazon. No program needed. Hard for Illinois political animals to skim from Amazon. Easy for them to steer confiscated taxpayer funds to their friends and pals.

Call my shrink
7 months ago

And let’s see , hang them out a window ? What about the buildings that are constantly shade side. Who has stock in these companies

jillmarie
7 months ago

and then the HOA Karens will go ballistic, not up to community aesthetics

Joe
7 months ago

Is the renter responsible when it malfunctions and screws up the electricity in the building ???

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