{"id":19209,"date":"2020-01-30T09:40:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T07:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=19209"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:55:45","slug":"pay-as-you-go-solar-charger-new-product-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/30\/pay-as-you-go-solar-charger-new-product-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay-As-You-Go Solar Charger – New Product Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the DC-powered home or business in mind, this week sees the launch of the SHS 200 MPPT.<\/p>\n

It’s a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) enabled solar charger which provides power to DC appliances: Fridge; Television; Radio; Hair Clippers; and Mobile phone-charging for example.<\/p>\n

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This is how it works: When a customer prepays for electricity use – which he\/she can do by mobile money transfer – they receive a code by text message (SMS) which is typed into the keypad of the SHS 200 MPPT. The device is then unlocked for a period of time – a few days…or a month – making power available to the customer.<\/p>\n

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Electricity provision has been shown to have a huge impact on the lives of families living far from the grid. For the domestic user a system of this size will typically provide sufficient daily power to run all the DC appliances normally found in an off-grid home. For the entrepreneur, reliable electricity is often\u00a0the resource needed to start a business – using light-industrial power tools, or to refrigerate goods for sale, perhaps – which will have a life-changing impact on the whole community.<\/p>\n

PAYGo<\/h4>\n

For service providers, the pay-as-you-go model extends the market to customers who – lacking sufficient capital to buy the equipment upfront – are, however, able to afford to buy it over time …whilst enjoying the benefits of electricity from the outset.<\/p>\n

The SHS 200 MPPT uses\u00a0OpenPAYGO Token<\/a>\u00a0technology – an agnostic PAYGo algorithm which allows distributors to work with their preferred PAYGo platforms (PaygOps, Paygee, Angaza, for example) – or even their own proprietary platform.<\/p>\n

Power harvest, storage, provision<\/h4>\n

The SHS 200 MPPT can be combined with Solar Panels of up to 200Wp, and a 12V battery (lead or lithium) of up to 160Ah. It has\u00a015 load output ports:<\/p>\n