[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":134},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fterms":3,"author-mike":98},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"bare":7,"body":8,"dateModified":86,"datePublished":86,"description":87,"extension":88,"howToSteps":89,"kits":89,"layout":90,"meta":91,"navigation":7,"path":92,"schemaType":93,"seo":94,"sources":89,"stem":95,"targetKeywords":89,"titleTag":96,"translationOf":89,"__hash__":97},"content\u002Fterms.md","Terms and disclaimers","mike",true,{"type":9,"value":10},"minimark",[11,18,23,26,29,32,36,45,49,57,61,69,73,76,80],[12,13,14],"answer-box",{},[15,16,17],"p",{},"Everything here is general information. It is not electrical advice, not legal advice, and not financial advice. Savings figures are estimates from a model we publish in full, and legal statuses carry a date because they go stale.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"this-is-information-not-advice","This is information, not advice",[15,24,25],{},"Everything on SmallSolarCo is general information. It is not electrical advice, not legal advice, and not financial advice. We are not electricians, attorneys, or licensed contractors.",[15,27,28],{},"Plug-in solar connects to the electrical system of a building. If any part of your outlet, cord run, circuit, or mounting is unclear to you, consult a licensed electrician before proceeding. We do not publish wiring instructions.",[15,30,31],{},"Leases, HOA governing documents, city ordinances, and utility rules vary and change. Nothing here overrides them, and nothing here should be relied on in a dispute. Consult an attorney.",[19,33,35],{"id":34},"savings-figures-are-estimates","Savings figures are estimates",[15,37,38,39,44],{},"Every dollar figure produced by our calculator or shown on a page is an estimate from the model described on our ",[40,41,43],"a",{"href":42},"\u002Fmethodology","methodology page",". Real production depends on weather, shade, dust, equipment, and your own consumption patterns. Figures explicitly labelled as measured come from our own logged equipment and describe that equipment, not yours.",[19,46,48],{"id":47},"legal-statuses-go-stale","Legal statuses go stale",[15,50,51,52,56],{},"We date every legal claim. Laws change, bills get signed or vetoed, and regulations get written. Check the date on anything before relying on it, and check the ",[40,53,55],{"href":54},"\u002Fis-it-legal","tracker"," for the current position.",[19,58,60],{"id":59},"affiliate-links","Affiliate links",[15,62,63,64,68],{},"Some links to sellers are affiliate links and we earn a commission on purchases made through them. This does not affect the price you pay or what we recommend. See the ",[40,65,67],{"href":66},"\u002Faffiliate-disclosure","affiliate disclosure",".",[19,70,72],{"id":71},"no-warranty","No warranty",[15,74,75],{},"The site is provided as is. We try hard to be accurate and we correct errors when we find them, but we don't warrant that everything here is complete or current, and we aren't liable for decisions made on the basis of it.",[19,77,79],{"id":78},"contact","Contact",[15,81,82],{},[40,83,85],{"href":84},"mailto:hello@smallsolarco.com","hello@smallsolarco.com","2026-09-01","This site is information, not electrical or legal advice, and the savings figures are estimates from a published model.","md",null,"article",{},"\u002Fterms","WebPage",{"title":5,"description":87},"terms","Terms and Disclaimers | SmallSolarCo","IlxhSZLh2_y45Zc9ah4qtIzlTKMemDHD49leVmFQHeI",{"id":99,"title":100,"body":101,"description":125,"email":85,"extension":88,"location":126,"meta":127,"name":108,"navigation":7,"path":128,"photo":129,"role":130,"sameAs":89,"seo":131,"stem":132,"__hash__":133},"authors\u002Fauthors\u002Fmike.md","Mike",{"type":9,"value":102},[103,110,113,117,120],[15,104,105,109],{},[106,107,108],"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.",[15,111,112],{},"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.",[19,114,116],{"id":115},"editorial-independence","Editorial independence",[15,118,119],{},"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.",[15,121,122,123,68],{},"Reach him at ",[40,124,85],{"href":84},"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":125},"authors\u002Fmike","kb0uodhMlGk_YV3nMOIXdr6bpZgtB5zNoRxdGxsXMQ8",1788387857832]