Renters / Turn it into power your stuff can use

Inverters for renters

For a renter, the inverter is the small box behind a plug-in panel. It has to be certified, and it has to shut off when the grid does.

What matters

  • Look for UL 3700 certification with the testing lab named. California's law requires certification by UL or an equivalent national lab.
  • A power station has its own built-in inverter; you do not buy one separately.

Watch out for

  • Avoid any inverter sold to "backfeed" an apartment through an outlet. It bypasses every protection.

Equipment we have researched

Not for sale through us yet. Specs are copied from the cited source on the date shown; nothing here is hands-on tested.

APsystems

APsystems EZ1-LV

Plug-in microinverter

AC output
900 W
UL 3700
CSA certified (APsystems)
Not yet available

Hoymiles (model family)

Hoymiles HiFlow Pro

Plug-in microinverter

AC output
360 W to 500 W
UL 3700
Listed by Hoymiles
Not yet available

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