Cory Mac from Oy Electrical called the plug-in solar brands "sellouts" and planned a video on why he wouldn't touch it. Then installers across Europe got in touch, and he went to Germany to see real systems for himself.

Recorded on the LONGi stand at Solar & Storage Live 2026, NEC Birmingham, with Sarah Wallace from LONGi.

Cory found one host had three generations of plug-in systems, with paybacks of around 1.4 and 2 years. His verdict: "we're making a big hissy fit over nothing. Bodgers are gonna bodge." He'd rather someone hangs a couple of panels off a balcony than climbs onto a slate roof with a drill and silicon. Sarah pushes back: the real problem was announcing plug-in solar before the rules were in place.

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🎬 Clips from Cory's own video, "Why Every Electrician is Worried about THIS" (Oy Electrical on YouTube), used with his permission.

In this episode:

• Why Cory called the plug-in solar brands "sellouts"

• The brand that agreed to an honest review, whatever the outcome

• Meeting a stranger off Instagram in Germany: three systems, three generations

• "Bodgers are gonna bodge": balcony vs roof

• Announced before the rules: where it went wrong

Chapters

0:00 Cold open

0:17 Meet Cory Mac from Oy Electrical

0:31 Why I called plug-in solar brands sellouts

2:36 Investigating plug-in solar in Germany

4:08 The verdict: bodgers are gonna bodge

4:35 The real problem: no rules at launch

Guest: Cory Mac, Oy Electrical

Host: Sarah Wallace, LONGi

Recorded on the LONGi stand at Solar & Storage Live 2026, NEC Birmingham.

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