What Type of Solar Inverter Should I Buy in Jamaica?
A quote lands in your inbox. It names an inverter brand you’ve never heard of, quotes an efficiency figure of 97.5%, and says nothing about what happens when JPS goes…
A quote lands in your inbox. It names an inverter brand you’ve never heard of, quotes an efficiency figure of 97.5%, and says nothing about what happens when JPS goes…
Two in the morning, the power’s been out for hours, and nothing in the room is moving. That’s the situation behind this question, and it isn’t really about fans. The…
Three quotes land in your inbox. One is J$900,000, one is J$1.6M, one is J$2.4M. All three say “grid-tied solar,” all three name panels you’ve never heard of, and none…
You set the panel out at 7am, came back at 6pm, and the power station is showing 40%. Eleven hours of daylight, and less than half a charge. So how…
Power outages are more than an inconvenience in Jamaica. Whether caused by hurricanes, tropical storms, grid disruptions, or maintenance work, losing electricity can affect everything from food storage and internet…
Two years after the install, the JPS bill starts creeping back up. Nothing has changed in the house same appliances, same habits but the numbers say otherwise. The panels look…
You have bought the solar panel and the power station, you lay everything out in the sun, and then the plugs don’t match. Or they connect, but charging crawls along…
Three quotes, all of them labelled “hybrid solar system,” and the highest is nearly double the lowest. Same house, same roof, same problem. Nothing in any of the three documents…
JPS bills keep climbing. Hurricane season keeps producing multi-day blackouts. And solar seems like the obvious answer except the quotes you’re getting range from J$400,000 to J$3M+ depending on the…
Look at your last twelve JPS bills. For most Jamaican businesses, electricity sits in the top three controllable operating costs behind payroll, usually ahead of rent. Now think about the…