As an effective way to improve the electrification rate globally, Pay-As-You-Go solar business model has been proved feasible in many developing countries, and more and more countries are deploying the Pay-As-You-Go pilot. it seems like a real hot and new things for many potential stakeholders has an interest in running their own Pay-As-You-Go business, but is it really that easy to run a Pay-As-You-Go business?
We discussed 'The Common Problem of Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home System' in our last article, and mentioned that to run a PAYG company well, there are three essential part need to be considered, Capital, Quality and Service, the capital will decide how big your PAYG company can do, the quality and service will decide how far your PAYG company can go.
Let's now discuss how to select Pay-As-You-Go solar home system?
Affordability and last mile distribution are a big obstacle to those unelectrified households, with a majority of those unelectrified living in a remote village and nonliterate.
In the beginning phase, Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home System focus more on the entry-level solar home system or pico solar lantern, which can only provide lighting, phone charging, torch and radio, the market always want more, so fan and TV are becoming popular in recent year, with a small portion of them can even power a fridge/freezer.
More optional appliances mean a more powerful pay-as-you-go solar home system, components like solar panel and battery, it is expensive and becomes a target of some theft, also some end-users trying to reverse-engineer the solar home system and use the battery directly without paying, and create a huge loss to the PAYG operators. Besides, some un-user-friendly PAYG solar home system with an easily-broken token input keypad or unclear PAYG credit status, which result in the end-users forget or unable to pay on time, and suffering from the darkness again.
At Micergy, we support PAYG companies by supplying high quality, user-friendly and tamper-resistant product to decrease the default rate and aftersales cost.
Tamper-resistant control unit
* High-class industry design with no screw exposed
* Anti-tampering screws, professional tools required
* Iron box to protect the battery from being opened
* MCU program will self-destruct if violently opened
128*64 dot matrix LCD display with backlight
* Battery level: 1% to 100%
* Remaining credit days: >N Days
* Remaining battery usage time: >N Hours
* Device information, software version, manufacturer information
* Fault warning information
4 x 3 capacitive touch keypad with buzzer sound
* 4 x 3 capacitive touch keypad to ensure the sensitivity, stability and reliability of the product will not change due to changes in environmental conditions or long-term use
* Buzzer sound feedback when touching the keypad
* Buzzer sound remind when the battery level is low
Two-way authentication, Triple protection
* Two-way authentication encryption protection between solar panel and MCU
* Two-way authentication encryption protection between battery protection board and MCU
* Two-way authentication encryption protection between MCU and accessories including LED lamp, LED Torch and FM Radio
Micergy MP1 and MP2 are Pay-As-You-Go Solar Home System with highest level of quality, user-friendly and tamper-resistant level to help PAYG Operators decrease the default rate,Welcome to visit Micergy website www.micergy.com or drop an email to info@micergy.com for more information.
About Micergy
Micergy started lithium battery manufacturing in 2009 and provides custom lithium battery products for different sectors, including energy storage batteries, lighting electric vehicle batteries, and custom batteries for golf carts, Marine, RV, and Forklifts. Besides, not limiting ourselves to the R&D of BMS to protect the battery and lengthen the lifespan, relying on the competitiveness of the battery, Micergy further embraces the IoT technology and developed comprehensive 'Energy + IoT' solutions for various sectors to solve the affordability problem of product with a high upfront cost.
