Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there must be something in it
Balcony solar taking off: 1.5M Germans have them there must be something in it
www.theguardian.com
‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off
Even if non-optimal, it's still an amount of energy capture that isn't otherwise happening.
Easy to install - just plug into your power plug - low costs - starting at around 300€ - and return on invest in 1-2 years. That‘s a quick win.
However, you should have more recent power cables installed in the wall, not old ones from the 60ies. Or put differently, if your cables in the wall get warm when your hair dryer runs for half a hour - don’t do it.
Does the wiring actually matter? The max output for the solar should be drastically less than the pull from a hair dryer. Normally the hair dryers less than 7 amps at 240v, but the solar should be half that at most right?
The article says they cost 400-800 Euro and the poster at the top says they generated 380kWh which is about 100 Euro's worth so seems more like 4-8 years. Still likely worthwhile of you can get that and they last significantly longer than 10 years, but not a no brainer everyone should buy.