by Karl Dyson | Jun 11, 2026 | DIY Solar News
Nobody Wanted My Solar Job. So I Did It Myself. Three companies. Two never replied. One told me the job was too small. All I wanted was someone to fix a couple of brackets to a fence and lift two panels into position. Not wire anything. Not touch the consumer unit....
by Karl Dyson | Jun 11, 2026 | DIY Solar News
You bought the panels, got them up, checked the app and the numbers look nothing like what you were expecting. It happens to almost everyone. The good news is that in the vast majority of cases the reason is something completely normal, or something fixable. Here is...
by Karl Dyson | Jun 11, 2026 | DIY Solar News, Weekly Roundup
This week’s big story was not a product launch or a price drop. It was a warning shot from the people who wire British homes for a living — and it is worth taking seriously. Five electrical bodies tell the government to slow down On 8 June, five of the...
by Karl Dyson | May 31, 2026 | DIY Solar News, Weekly Roundup
Another busy week in UK plug-in solar. The BSI product standard clock is ticking, retail launches are getting closer, and the summer solar window is wide open. Here is everything that matters this week. The BSI standard: seven weeks and counting The single biggest...
by Karl Dyson | May 24, 2026 | DIY Solar News
Plug-In Solar in the US: Everything American Homeowners and Renters Need to Know (2026) Something shifted in the American solar conversation in 2025. Not the big rooftop systems that cost $20,000 and take a contractor six weeks to install — the small ones. The ones...
by Karl Dyson | May 24, 2026 | DIY Solar News
The EcoFlow STREAM series — including the Stream Ultra X, Stream Pro, Stream AC Pro and Stream Micro Inverter — is one of the most popular battery-integrated plug-in solar systems available in the UK. It is also one of the most technically involved. This FAQ answers...
