2026 · Plug-in / balcony solar
Offset your electric bill — no battery, no electrician
Plug-in solar kits drop straight into a standard wall outlet through a certified microinverter — no charge controller, no battery bank, no permit in a growing number of states. They run alongside the grid, not instead of it, shaving your bill a kilowatt-hour at a time. Use this quick estimator to size a kit and see your rough payback.
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01 — Your site
Sun & space
Pick the region closest to you, then dial in the kit size and your electricity rate. Numbers update live.
02 — Kit size
03 — Your offset
What a 800W kit buys you
Annual savings ÷ a ~$1100 kit carrying 81 kWh/mo of your grid draw. Real output varies with panel angle, shade, and weather — treat this as a planning floor, not a quote.
Is it legal where you live?
Plug-in solar rules change state-by-state and month-to-month. Rather than publish our own list that goes stale, we point you to a tracker maintained by people who watch it full-time:
Check your state's status →Before buying, confirm your state's current rules and look for UL 3700 / UL 1741 certification on the kit.
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