Sizing guide · Balcony · v.1
Is balcony solar even possible for you?
A short, honest read before you decide whether 600W or 800W is the right call. Five things to check on your balcony, the kit we recommend, and a line straight to the design desk if your balcony isn’t quite a yes-or-no.
Walk-up without a balcony?
Solar for the no-balcony apartment.
Window sill panels, community garden mounting, and the lease / HOA rules that govern what a renter can leave behind. A short, honest read for the renter walk-up — paired with a portable or balcony kit to size against.
Four-check read — and the kit Sunborne recommends.
Real customers · Balcony
Real balconies, real numbers.
Three customer installs behind the same five-checklist decision above — same freight-included SKUs, same landlord-safe brackets, different balconies. The kit each card links to is the one the customer actually ordered.
Brooklyn, NY · 4th-floor south-facing balcony
800W Plug-In Balcony Kit
A south-facing 4th-floor balcony with a 2 m × 1.2 m railing. Renter, so the kit had to be no-drill and reversible. Landrail clamp brackets on the top rail, single-string microinverter, freight included.
Explore the kit →Outcome
3.4 kWh on a south-facing afternoon; meter runs backward at sunset.
Phoenix, AZ · West-balcony apartment
600W Single-String Balcony Kit
Mid-summer Phoenix with a west-facing balcony that crosses the 800W sub-permit line by noon. The 600W kit sits below the threshold the landlord flagged in the lease addendum, so it stayed plug-in and reversible.
Explore the kit →Outcome
Under the 800W sub-permit line; landlord blesses it on a single email.
Miami, FL · Fence-mounted two-string
1200W Dual-Input Microinverter
A broader install: 400W rigid panels fence-mounted across two strings, one dual-input inverter handles both. The balcony rail stayed clean and the array hid behind a jasmine trellis.
Explore the kit →Outcome
One inverter, two strings, no combiner box — fence-mounted and out of sight.