The 7 Best Solar Batteries in 2023

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This panel can put out close to 100 watts youtube.com/post/UgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8Fh… when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.

From a service technicians point of view you should take generac off this list. Our company installs 7 different manufacturers and Generac is by far the worst from a service perspective. Unfortunately very unreliable. We went as far as discontinuing selling their product. Pink Energy went bankrupt selling their product because of service with Snap RS and also their own bad business practices. Just a disclaimer to any future battery owners.

Well done; thank you. It will be interesting to look into warranty information. Seems like warranties are getting up into the 25-year range on many solar power components. . .

Great video & massive improvement from your first videos, they run a lot smoother and you have improved your talking & presenting skills a lot, well done man👏🏻

Always interesting thankyou, not many power outage here in UK obviously everyone has different needs/requirements/budgets , went with alpha for the simple expandable neat system and no complaints after a year

Wow, this Segway Portable PowerStation Cube Series sounds like an incredible piece of outdoor gear! With its massive capacity, fast recharging, and waterproof technology, it seems perfect for camping and ensuring uninterrupted power supply. Plus, the Smart APP control feature is a great bonus. Thanks for sharing this recommendation!

Always learn from you. Appreciate your positive attitude.

I have 2 powerwall 2’s it was simple to sign up, had good correspondence and install was done expertly. Had one small issue and that was due to incoming voltage fluctuation but a change in software fixed that issue That’s been 3 years now and they have not given me any problems. I recent went from a 6.6kw solar system to a 13.3 Kw system using maxeon 5’s with the inbuilt IQ7 microinverters. Last year we had a net export of1500kw/hr for the year where the year before new panels went in we had a import of 2600kw/hrs for the year. One thing I have worked out that the battery calculators fail to negotiate is you need 1 x 13.5kw battery per person per day to negate any imports, even during winter. So this year we hope to install another Tesla 2 and utilise off grid mode we will trial off grid and if we don’t import anything we will consider going off grid forever. Good bye meter and energy costs.

Amazing thank you 🙏

Great review!

having 2 batteries of 12volt each 200amp. which option will give more backup time. options : connecting both in parallel to get 12v 400 amp. Option-2 : connecting both in series to get 24volt and 200 amp..

Installed a Solar Edge 10KWh battery and inverter. So far so good.

ITP renewables sponsored a home battery testing centre in Canberra, Australia that included Sonnen, Panasonic, LG Chem (strangely missing off this list), Tesla, BYD and a bunch of other manufacturers. Of the batteries they tested in 3 phases (accelerated testing) they had issues with all of them including the Tesla Powerwall 1 and 2, Sonnen and others. Only two batteries performed close to spec with no faults - the best was the Sony Fortelion and next was the Pylontech. The sony was both fault free and showed low degradation while the Pylontech was fault free and looked on track for 70% capacity after 10 years of continuous daily cycling (10% - zero). I'm not sure if you can still buy Sony Fortelion outside of Europe and Japan and they weren't cheap. The point is making a reliable home battery that's plug'n'play isn't easy.

I agree with your high praise for Generac and their ability to provide on the ground local service. That seems important. I also like the integration of the gas generators with a battery system. I have a portable propane/gasoline generator and a transfer switch. It’s loud and a hassle to go outside and get it going in bad weather (which is when the power goes out). I mainly would like a system that is automatic (comes on immediately when the power goes out), quiet, and can provide enough power to get by for 6-12 hours which around here is the typical power outage. A Generac gas generator might be enough, but is a bit loud. Solar, I’m not so sure. I have an Anker 2000w battery with portable panels, but that can’t power the entire house through the transfer switch. Seems $$$$ on any other solution than I have now. Seems there are so many variations on how to do this.

What about smaller systems like the Anker SOLIX F3800 with transfer switch home integration? I think they have one that integrates with the roof solar panels but also the option of just directly plugging it into the transfer switch which would be beneficial for short term power back up. They also have the capability to add an expansion battery.

A comprehensive review with honest, real-world critique along with practical and informative insights. Good job guys. 5*

We went with a Homegrid Stack'ed with currently 24kWh worth of modules. Homegrid is owned by Lithion who is now owned by Valence Technologies. So it's not as much of a "big name" company like Panasonic or Generic or someone, but we decided to go with it anyway because it integrates so nicely with the Sol-Ark inverter that we went with. So far I'm really happy with the Homegrid. And we're planning to max it out this year to 38.4kWh. We live out in the country and power outages are common here. The expandability and large capacity was a big selling point for us.

Apart from Tesla all these producers listed are new to me (Canadian are PV providers). I have 2x5=10 kw of storage from Dyness. TCO was cheap as chips: under 2700 Euros. Tesla is overrated and too expensive and proprietary. I have a cheap string inverter, and because of non proprietary all in one solution (i.e. not an all in one like Tesla) i was easily able to upgrade my batteries. How you gonna do that with a Tesla? u would have to buy another power wall and over a barrel with what they provide. I specifically opted for a componentized approach to design in order not to be tied in (pun intended) to an all in one solution that forces you to get locked in. Which leaves me to say thank you for the video it was very informative.

Is the Tesla Power Plan not a big reason to go powerwall?