by Karl Dyson | Aug 23, 2026 | DIY Solar News
This is one of the questions I get most often, and it has a genuinely confusing answer right now. The short version: the regulations say one system per household. The product spec says one per ring circuit. Those are different things, and the gap between them matters...
by Karl Dyson | Aug 21, 2026 | DIY Solar News
The supplied cables that come with most plug-in solar kits are 1 metre long. Your panel is on the fence. Your inverter is on the shed wall four metres away. So the first practical question almost every new installer asks is: how far can these cables actually run? The...
by Karl Dyson | Aug 19, 2026 | DIY Solar News
The plug-in battery market in the UK is moving faster than any other part of the home energy space right now. New products are being announced, regulations are settling, and the question of which battery to buy is genuinely complicated by the fact that the best option...
by Karl Dyson | Aug 18, 2026 | DIY Solar News
There is a version of this conversation that involves a lot of optimistic marketing and a version that involves real numbers. This is the real numbers version. Plug-in solar and plug-in batteries are becoming the same conversation in the UK. The regulations that...
by Karl Dyson | Aug 18, 2026 | DIY Solar News
Octopus Nook: Every Question Answered About the UK Plug-In Battery for Renters and Homeowners On 22 June 2026, Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson walked on stage at the company’s Energy Tech Summit in London holding a small grey cube. That cube is the Nook —...
by Karl Dyson | Aug 2, 2026 | DIY Solar News
Plug-In Solar in the USA: Eight States Have Now Signed Laws and California Could Be Next When we published our first US plug-in solar guide earlier this year, Utah was the only state with a law on the books. Five months later, eight states have signed legislation, ten...
