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It has never being cheaper to diy your solar installation with 500W solar panels at 100€ and 1Kwh lifepo4 cells at 100-80€.



Yup, solar panels are ridiculously cheap nowadays. In almost every case I've seen, the hardware to mount the panels has been more expensive than the panels themselves


You can even skip storage in many cases, which brings the cost of an installation down dramatically. Low-tech magazine has a great article on the concept.


DIY solar install is much easier than I thought it would be, especially if you use micro-inverters.


Do you have any product/purchase info and links for that pricing please?


To get decent prices on solar panels you have to pick up from a local supplier (which at least here in the US is difficult because they cater primarily to professional installers); they're just too expensive to ship. Even then around here the cheapest panels are going to run at least ~$0.35/W, although you might be able to find used ones for less.

Batteries are a little easier. For used in the US I'd take a look at https://batteryhookup.com/




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