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Wall mount
Balcony wall solar kit
Panels sit on an adjustable bracket fixed to the solid wall of your own balcony. A microinverter sends up to 800W into your flat through a weatherproof outdoor socket.
- Up to 800W into your home
- For solid balcony walls
- One per household
This kit
Coming soon- Price
- Price TBC
- Dispatch
- Date to be confirmed
- Limit
- One kit per household
Before you join
Check your balcony and building can have it, and whether you need a yes from your landlord or freeholder.
What's in the box
- Solar panels (one or two, depending on the kit)
- A microinverter that turns their power into mains electricity and caps what goes into your home at 800W
- An adjustable wall bracket made for the kit and registered as part of it
- A mains cable with a plug, to go straight into a weatherproof outdoor socket
That's what every registered kit of this type includes. We'll list the exact contents, sizes and weights once we've chosen the kit.
Specifications
The fixed points are below. Everything marked "to be confirmed" arrives with the kit we choose.
- Output into your home
- Up to 800W (799VA)
- Panels
- To be confirmed
- Panel size and weight
- To be confirmed
- Microinverter
- To be confirmed
- Bracket
- Adjustable wall bracket. Fixing details to be confirmed
- Cable and plug
- To be confirmed
- ENA Type Test Register
- We'll only sell a model listed as Compliant
- Warranty
- To be confirmed
- Where it can be used
- England, Scotland and Wales
Walls it suits
A solid brick or concrete wall that's part of your own balcony, such as the back wall of a recessed balcony or a solid balcony front.
Fixing into the building is an alteration, so you'll need the freeholder's written consent, even if you own your flat. They may ask for the fixings to be checked by a professional, and on a higher floor we'd suggest it anyway.
In England, check with the council first if the building is listed, or if the wall faces the street in a conservation area.
Not a wall with timber, ACM, MCM or HPL cladding, not a building having wall remediation, and not a wall on a property boundary, such as one shared with a neighbour's balcony. Never fix panels with cable ties, rope or straps.
Before you order
Tick each of these first. If one's a sticking point, ask us.
- Your balcony isn't timber, and your building has no timber, ACM, MCM or HPL cladding and no wall remediation under way or planned.
- Written consent from the freeholder or managing agent for fixing into the wall, and from your landlord too if you rent. Our permission letters do the wording.
- A weatherproof outdoor socket within reach of the kit's own cable. No extension leads or adaptors. If there isn't one, an electrician can fit it (ask permission first if you rent or lease).
- Modern RCD protection in your fuse box. If you're not sure, have an electrician check it.
- Tell your home or contents insurer before you put it up.
- Register the kit free at myplugin.solar before you first use it.
- One kit per household, and never with a home battery.
Delivery
We'll deliver to your door anywhere in England, Scotland and Wales. Plug-in solar isn't allowed in Northern Ireland, so we don't send kits there, or to the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
Panels travel flat in a large box. Before you order, check it'll fit in your lift or round the turn of the stairs. We'll give the box size and weight here before ordering opens. Our delivery page covers concierges, lifts and stairs.
When ordering opens, you'll be able to cancel at any time before dispatch for a full refund, and for 14 days after delivery.
Questions about this kit
When can I order?
Once we've chosen the kit and checked it's listed as Compliant on the Energy Networks Association's Type Test Register. Join the list on this page and we'll email you first. We don't take any money until then.
Can it go on the outside wall of the block?
Only on a solid wall that's part of your own balcony, with the freeholder's written consent. Never on cladding, on a building having wall remediation, or on a wall on a property boundary.
Who puts it up?
You do, following the maker's instructions, or someone you choose who's competent to fix a bracket to masonry. There's no installer or scaffolding involved, and we don't offer fitting. Your freeholder may want the fixings checked.
Do I need an electrician?
Not to plug it in. You need a weatherproof outdoor socket within reach of the cable, and modern RCD protection in your fuse box. If you don't have those, an electrician can fit the socket or check the fuse box.
Can I add a battery later?
No. The rules say plug-in kits must not be used with a home battery.
