What to Buy — and How Not to Get Cheated

Buy on verification, not on brand loyalty. For panels that means a serial checked against the manufacturer’s own portal and a barcode visible inside the glass. For inverters it means asking who actually builds the unit and where the service centre is. For batteries it means cycles, not years. These guides give you the check, brand by brand.

58 guides in this pillar · clusters C2, C3, C5 · How we verify ↗

Every guide in buying

Grouped by the question it answers.

Which panel, and is it real?

Wattage choice, N-type vs P-type, Tier-1 reality, and the serial checks per brand.

Which inverter, and who actually makes it?

Brand-by-brand prices and reviews, sizing by kW, and the rebadging behind the local names.

Which battery, and how long will it last?

Lithium against tubular on Rs-per-cycle, brand tables, BMS, and the grey-market warning.

Run the numbers

Solar system sizer

Put in your monthly units and get a net-billing-aware kW size.

Battery payback calculator

Storing a unit at Rs 50 against exporting it at Rs 11 — when it pays back.

Start here

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