[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":140},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fkits\u002Fhoymiles-hiflow-pro":3,"author-mike":100},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"bare":7,"body":8,"dateModified":69,"datePublished":69,"description":70,"extension":71,"howToSteps":72,"kits":73,"layout":84,"meta":85,"navigation":86,"path":87,"schemaType":88,"seo":89,"sources":90,"stem":94,"targetKeywords":95,"titleTag":98,"translationOf":72,"__hash__":99},"content\u002Fkits\u002Fhoymiles-hiflow-pro.md","Hoymiles HiFlow Pro","mike",false,{"type":9,"value":10},"minimark",[11,18,24,29,32,36,39,42,46,49,53,56,60,63,66],[12,13,14],"answer-box",{},[15,16,17],"p",{},"Announced on 15 July 2026 and described by Hoymiles as the first UL 3700 compliant plug-in microinverter in the US. It handles 360 watts per unit, so reaching California's 1,200-watt ceiling means running about four of them, ideally on separate outlets. Hoymiles had not published pricing and general availability was still limited as of 1 September 2026 — we've left the price column blank rather than guess at it.",[19,20],"illustration",{"brief":21,"caption":22,"ratio":23},"The HiFlow Pro unit, with a size reference. Four of these reach the 1,200-watt cap, and that is the practical catch this page describes.","Product photography, credited to the manufacturer where it is theirs. We say which.","wide",[25,26,28],"h2",{"id":27},"why-its-on-this-list","Why it's on this list",[15,30,31],{},"It was the first product to publicly claim compliance with the standard SB 868 will require, and it started the wave. Hoymiles is a large, established microinverter manufacturer rather than a startup, which matters for a device that's meant to sit outside for twenty years.",[25,33,35],{"id":34},"the-practical-catch","The practical catch",[15,37,38],{},"360 watts per unit is modest. If you want the full 1,200 watts you're buying four inverters, four panels, and finding somewhere to plug them in — and you'd want them spread across more than one circuit rather than daisy-chained into one outlet.",[15,40,41],{},"That's fine for a house with several exterior outlets. It's awkward on a balcony with one.",[25,43,45],{"id":44},"who-its-for","Who it's for",[15,47,48],{},"Someone building up gradually, or someone with several separate sunny spots — a patio, a wall, a yard fence — rather than one big surface.",[25,50,52],{"id":51},"who-it-isnt-for","Who it isn't for",[15,54,55],{},"Anyone wanting one box, one panel, one plug, done.",[25,57,59],{"id":58},"verdict","Verdict",[15,61,62],{},"Important product, slightly awkward shape. Watch it, and watch what Hoymiles does next — a higher-output version aimed squarely at the 1,200-watt cap would be the obvious move.",[64,65],"affiliate-disclosure",{},[67,68],"sources-block",{},"2026-09-01","Announced July 2026 as a UL 3700 compliant plug-in microinverter at 360W per unit. Reaching California's 1,200W cap takes about four of them.","md",null,[74],{"name":5,"brand":75,"size":76,"price":77,"battery":78,"cert":79,"certNote":80,"shipsToCa":81,"suits":82,"order":83},"Hoymiles","360W per unit","Not published","No","certified","UL 3700 compliant (inverter)","Limited","Building up to 1,200W across multiple outlets",40,"article",{},true,"\u002Fkits\u002Fhoymiles-hiflow-pro","Product",{"title":5,"description":70},[91],{"title":92,"url":93,"accessed":69},"Hoymiles, 'HiFlow Pro, first UL 3700 compliant plug-in microinverter in the US', 15 July 2026","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.prnewswire.com\u002Fnews-releases\u002Fhoymiles-introduces-hiflow-pro-the-first-ul-3700-compliant-plug-in-microinverter-in-the-us-to-boost-diy-solar-302826258.html","kits\u002Fhoymiles-hiflow-pro",[5,96,97],"UL 3700 microinverter","Hoymiles plug in solar","Hoymiles HiFlow Pro | UL 3700 Plug-In Microinverter","VnQL0rS2eEcD3Np27FmMkffyPn74zFPbY0-I9C4THxg",{"id":101,"title":102,"body":103,"description":131,"email":129,"extension":71,"location":132,"meta":133,"name":110,"navigation":86,"path":134,"photo":135,"role":136,"sameAs":72,"seo":137,"stem":138,"__hash__":139},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.md","Mike",{"type":9,"value":104},[105,112,115,119,122],[15,106,107,111],{},[108,109,110],"strong",{},"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.",[15,113,114],{},"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.",[25,116,118],{"id":117},"editorial-independence","Editorial independence",[15,120,121],{},"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.",[15,123,124,125,130],{},"Reach him at ",[126,127,129],"a",{"href":128},"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":131},"authors\u002Fmike","kb0uodhMlGk_YV3nMOIXdr6bpZgtB5zNoRxdGxsXMQ8",1788387858813]