[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":236},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fkits\u002Fapsystems-ez1-kit":3,"author-mike":199},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"bare":7,"body":8,"dateModified":165,"datePublished":165,"description":166,"extension":167,"howToSteps":168,"kits":169,"layout":182,"meta":183,"navigation":184,"path":185,"schemaType":186,"seo":187,"sources":188,"stem":192,"targetKeywords":193,"titleTag":197,"translationOf":168,"__hash__":198},"content\u002Fkits\u002Fapsystems-ez1-kit.md","APsystems EZ1-LV kits","mike",false,{"type":9,"value":10},"minimark",[11,18,24,29,32,35,39,42,46,49,53,97,109,113,116,133,136,140,152,156,159,162],[12,13,14],"answer-box",{},[15,16,17],"p",{},"The EZ1-LV is a microinverter certified to UL 3700 — the plug-in photovoltaic standard SB 868 will require. About $325 for the inverter alone, or $969 to $1,100 for a complete two-panel kit from resellers such as US Solar Supplier. If you care about buying something that's definitely compliant in January 2027, this is currently the safest choice on the market. Check current pricing and reseller availability before ordering; both have moved during 2026.",[19,20],"illustration",{"brief":21,"caption":22,"ratio":23},"The EZ1-LV microinverter with its certification label legible. This is the component the whole page is about, so the label matters more than the panel.","Product photography, credited to the manufacturer where it is theirs. We say which.","wide",[25,26,28],"h2",{"id":27},"why-this-one-matters","Why this one matters",[15,30,31],{},"Nearly everything else on the market is certified to UL 1741, the older grid-interactive inverter standard. That's a real listing, but it isn't the plug-in standard, and SB 868 asks specifically for certification as plug-in photovoltaic equipment.",[15,33,34],{},"The EZ1-LV cleared UL 3700 through CSA, a nationally recognised testing laboratory. That's the box the law is asking you to tick.",[25,36,38],{"id":37},"who-its-for","Who it's for",[15,40,41],{},"Anyone spending over $700 who wants to be certain they aren't buying something that'll be awkward in January. Also anyone in a condo who's going to have to explain the purchase to an HOA board — \"certified to the standard the law requires\" is a much easier sentence than \"the components are individually listed.\"",[25,43,45],{"id":44},"who-it-isnt-for","Who it isn't for",[15,47,48],{},"Someone who just wants to try this for under $400. The certification premium is real and it isn't worth paying on a test purchase.",[25,50,52],{"id":51},"what-it-saves","What it saves",[54,55,56,69],"table",{},[57,58,59],"thead",{},[60,61,62,66],"tr",{},[63,64,65],"th",{},"Setup",[63,67,68],{},"Estimated annual saving",[70,71,72,81,89],"tbody",{},[60,73,74,78],{},[75,76,77],"td",{},"Two panels, ~800W, south, tilted, someone home",[75,79,80],{},"~$280",[60,82,83,86],{},[75,84,85],{},"Two panels, ~800W, west, on a railing, someone home",[75,87,88],{},"~$185",[60,90,91,94],{},[75,92,93],{},"Two panels, ~800W, west, railing, house empty by day",[75,95,96],{},"~$115",[15,98,99],{},[100,101,102,103,108],"em",{},"Estimated at SCE's 33.2-cent average rate. ",[104,105,107],"a",{"href":106},"\u002Fmethodology","Full working",".",[25,110,112],{"id":111},"the-zero-export-option","The zero-export option",[15,114,115],{},"APsystems sells a companion meter (about $90) that throttles the inverter so nothing ever flows back to the grid. Two reasons to want it:",[117,118,119,127],"ol",{},[120,121,122,126],"li",{},[123,124,125],"strong",{},"Before January 2027",", it takes the interconnection question off the table entirely, because there's nothing to interconnect.",[120,128,129,132],{},[123,130,131],{},"If you're a business",", where the dwelling-unit language leaves things unclear, the same logic applies.",[15,134,135],{},"It costs you a little production — you're capping output at your household's live demand — but it buys certainty. For most residential buyers after the law takes effect, it's unnecessary.",[25,137,139],{"id":138},"drawbacks","Drawbacks",[141,142,143,146,149],"ul",{},[120,144,145],{},"Sold mostly as a component rather than a neat consumer package. You'll be assembling a kit from a reseller's bundle rather than opening one box.",[120,147,148],{},"Panel quality varies by reseller. Ask what panels are in the bundle and check they carry their own listing.",[120,150,151],{},"No battery path. If you want storage, look at EcoFlow.",[25,153,155],{"id":154},"verdict","Verdict",[15,157,158],{},"The best answer to \"what should I buy if I want this to be uncontroversial.\" Not the cheapest, not the prettiest, and the one we'd point a nervous HOA at.",[160,161],"affiliate-disclosure",{},[163,164],"sources-block",{},"2026-09-01","The first microinverter certified to UL 3700, the standard SB 868 will require. 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He is not an electrician, a solar installer, or a lawyer, and the site says so wherever it matters. He has a background building web products, and built the savings model here himself, using NREL irradiance data and Southern California Edison's published rates.",[15,211,212],{},"Since September 2026 he has been running a plug-in kit on that balcony and logging what it actually produces. Every measured figure on this site comes from that kit. Everything else is labelled as an estimate.",[25,214,216],{"id":215},"editorial-independence","Editorial independence",[15,218,219],{},"We don't accept review units on terms that involve anyone approving the review first. If a manufacturer sends us a kit, we say so on the review, and we keep the right to publish a bad one.",[15,221,222,223,108],{},"Reach him at ",[104,224,226],{"href":225},"mailto:hello@smallsolarco.com","hello@smallsolarco.com","Mike Yu started SmallSolarCo after working out that a plug-in panel was the only kind of solar available to him — he rents in Irvine with a west-facing balcony and no roof of his own. He is not an electrician, a solar installer, or a lawyer, and the site says so wherever it matters. He has a background building web products, and built the savings model here himself, using NREL irradiance data and Southern California Edison's published rates.","Irvine, California",{},"\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike","\u002Fimages\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.jpg","Founder",{"description":227},"authors\u002Fmike","kb0uodhMlGk_YV3nMOIXdr6bpZgtB5zNoRxdGxsXMQ8",1788387858795]