Sunborne curates portable, plug-in balcony, and expandable off-grid systems for renters, urban dwellers, van-lifers, weekend cabin owners, and homeowners without usable rooftop space — every SKU hand-picked, freight baked into the listed price, and supported by a staffed desk of working solar designers.
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800W balcony kit
Today
3.4 kWh
What we ship
Folding arrays, briefcase panels, rolling briefcase power stations.
600–800W plug-in kits, single-string microinverters, landlord-safe wiring.
Expandable lithium kits, MPPT controllers, complete DIY bundles.
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We don’t list everything. We list what we’d ship to a friend — UL/IEEE certified where the listing calls for it, sourced from a vetted roster of domestic and allied manufacturers while the IRA supply expansion is still open.
Request the full SKU list01 — Portable
Folding arrays from 100W to 400W, self-heating LiFePO4 batteries, and rolling power stations that hum below a movie’s soundtrack. Pack light, plug in, head out.
02 — Balcony
600–800W plug-in kits with a single-string microinverter and the kind of wiring cover that gets you a green light from the landlord. Listed price includes freight, brackets, and the small parts.
03 — Off-grid
Stackable 5 kWh modules from a vetted roster of U.S.-and-allied manufacturers, paired with 40A MPPT controllers. Add panels next season — same battery bus, same charge profile, no forklift upgrade.
04 — Add-ons
Permit-ready prints for the bigger arrays, weather-rated combiner boxes, charcoal filters for generator neighbours, and accessory cables we tested because the ones in the box never fit.
Who it’s for
The same eight BALCONY kits on a marketplace site don’t help you decide which one fits a fourth-floor walk-up. Group your space here — we’ll point to the SKUs we’d actually spec.
Plug-in balcony kits and rolling battery carts designed for leases, walk-ups, and the third-floor fire escape. Move it when you move — no drilling, no landlord negotiations, no panel on the roof you don’t own.
How it works
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A fourth-floor walk-up, a 24-foot cargo van, a screened-in porch above a tree line, a vacant lot off generator power — span, orientation, shading, and what you actually want to run.
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Not a chatbot, not a configurator. A staffed desk of working solar designers — engineers, NABCEP-certified installers, electricians — turns your space into a panel count, a battery bus, and a runtime budget that survives a cloudy week.
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Every SKU ships with freight baked into the listed price — no $480 panel-fee ambush on the doorstep. U.S. distribution, UL/IEEE certified where applicable, and a phone number that picks up if something doesn’t fit.
Talk to a designer
A south-facing balcony on a third-floor walk-up. A 24-foot cargo van with the alternator running all night. A screened-in porch over a tree line. A vacant lot off generator power. Whatever the shape — we’ll size a system you can actually run.
One working designer per request — usually a same-day reply with a panel count and a battery bus. No chatbot, no drip funnel.