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Balcony Solar: $1.74/watt direct plug-in solar

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Edit: and there it is, the post has been flagged, to be kept off the front page and suppressed from discovery. Most people in the US don't know that things like this even exist, so it's novel, new, and interesting. Our media environment and politics have kept us away from broad understanding of current technology and possibilities. The US also has Stockholm-syndrome levels of subservience to HOAs, too, for example. W…

"Most people in the US don't know that things like this even exist," Exactly how would you know that?

Talking to people in real life. Comments on articles like this. The fact that it's only legal in a handful of states...

Re: Balcony Solar: $1.74/watt direct plug-in solar

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Does any know how these kind of setups work for shared GFCI circuits? Like if I have a couple bathrooms on the same circuit as an outdoor GFCI plug I’d like to use with 1200 watts of panels, is that doable?

The devil is in the details of “a couple bathrooms”. Is it just led lights and ceiling fans? No problem, especially if it’s a 20A circuit. If for some reason you plug in a space heater and a hair dryer then you have issues. So you really to figure out what is/will be running to eliminate the risk of burning your house down.

Re: Balcony Solar: $1.74/watt direct plug-in solar

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Does any know how these kind of setups work for shared GFCI circuits? Like if I have a couple bathrooms on the same circuit as an outdoor GFCI plug I’d like to use with 1200 watts of panels, is that doable?

The devil is in the details of “a couple bathrooms”. Is it just led lights and ceiling fans? No problem, especially if it’s a 20A circuit. If for some reason you plug in a space heater and a hair dryer then you have issues. So you really to figure out what is/will be running to eliminate the risk of burning your house down.

Yeah that’s my worry. Curling iron, hair dryer, etc. Never more than one at a time though.

Could I move the outdoor one to a separate breaker? Or would that require rewiring everything?

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