{"id":1243,"slug":"solar-calculator-not-binding-disclaimer","title":"Solar.com plainly states its calculator \"is based on assumptions and does not represent a binding solar quote\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["editorial-discipline","customer-facing-tools","estimate-quote-law"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Solar.com's savings/ROI calculator is plainly labelled non-binding: \"based on assumptions and does not represent a binding solar quote.\" Similar non-binding labelling is universal across solar estimators (EnergySage, Google Project Sunroof).\n\n**Source:** Solar.com https://www.solar.com/learn/solar-calculator/\n\n**Confidence:** Verified (the labelling is on-page).\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** A worked example of [[rule-label-every-estimate-with-vintage]] in the wild. The discipline is to make the disclaimer *as visible* as the number it qualifies — not buried in fine print.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-customer-facing-calculators-smb-june-2026","title":"Research brief: customer-facing calculators & tools for SMBs — the honest case (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"solar-calculator-inaccuracy-newton-test","title":"Solar calculator inaccuracy: three Wolcott St (Newton MA) homes of 1,885 / 881 / 493 sq ft returned near-identical savings ($30k-$32k) on Google Project Sunroof","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"solar-incentives-change-daily-staleness","title":"Solar incentives can change daily — unmaintained solar calculators actively mislead","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-label-every-estimate-with-vintage","title":"R3 — Label every published estimate as an estimate, and show its vintage prominently","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-20T16:50:09.602Z","updated_at":"2026-06-20T16:50:09.602Z"}