How I Pay NOTHING for Electricity (basically) - FranklinWH Home Battery Review

Finally a company takes LFP to home storage ! 👏👏👏

crazy, it's really happening! thanks

Yup. Made the decision in 2017 to go all electric and solar. I'm grid tied except for a small off-grid system with 25KW battery for power outages. 2 teslas that average 40,000 mi per year and 3200 sq ft. all electric home and we pay ~$200/yr in electric use. Saving about $6000 a year in gasoline and electricity costs. Not in sunny CA either. I'm in the hills of West Virginia. It was a big upfront investment but that's exactly what it is, and investment in my families future. Paying tomorrow's bills today, and about 4 months from breakeven.

Ben: I have done just about the same thing at my house. I have two Tesla car's and power my house also. I have two power walls and a 4.8 and a 8.16 system all from Tesla. So far I am about the same as you. I really don't pay for Electricity but am waiting for winter to see how things work out. As long as the sun shines I do great. Love all your videos. Keep it up.

@ben great video! Very educational and informative. EZ Solar Electric & Roofing installs Franklin WH along with taking people off the grid. Please let us know how we can help on your next product.

Hey Ben. Once again a great video. We are also looking into getting a solar system (15.39kW) with the FranklinWH batteries. We are thinking to go with two or three batteries. Our options are to start with two batteries and add a third one in a few more years once the existing two degrated (perhaps to ~80%), or start with three batteries and let all three degrate at the same rate from day one. There are multiple aspects to consider - Will I be able to save more with three vs. two batteries and being able to get to zero energy bills, if so for how long, will the batteries last longer than 12 years with leftover capacity if we use three vs. two of them and therefore they will experience lees cycles each, can these batteries last 15-20-25 years, I am assuming that installing a new one or replacing one in the future will have extra permit and installer costs, will batteries will become cheaper in the future, etc. Would a third FranklinWH aPower battery in your house make a difference? Any advise you can offer is very appreciated, thanks.

Haven't seen the video yet, but love Franklin WH I just installed my companies first one last week and am doing 2 more next week

I really hope all states go to time of use pricing. This will encourage people to start using the solar spike at 4pm that happens. Plus it will make batteries more economical.

What's really exciting about you doing this is the newer storage options either coming soon or just starting production. Sodium ion are expected to be half the cost of LFP and flow batteries are a little cheaper than your setup but good for 30 years. That on top of solar prices expected to keep falling.

Good stuff!

Very nice Ben. I am doing something similar. 8kw in Canada. EV, Hot tub and all the normal stuff. $33.05 total including all tax per month. Still have one more ICE truck to get moved to a Lightning or something like that. One more year and the system will have paid for it self. ROI 6.5 years.

Made $230 last year on my power bill under NEM 2.0. No battery yet, but a location is set aside. As we have until 2030 to get the tax credit I will wait and watch the technology.

Great video! Are you able to use solar for the pool equipment?

Wow that's Cool

Thank you for the informative video. I am in agreement with most of the points you covered. I am not too far from you in Orange County. I used Energy Sage and settled on a 13.1kw solar system (32 REC410AA Pure panels, 32 Enphase IQA inverters) with two FranklinWH batteries. The project is in the midst of the city permit approval process. Although I began the process a month before the NEM 2.0 April 14th deadline, we failed to meet the deadline. I believe having the two storage batteries is still worth going through with the installation and being under NEM 3.0. I can't wait for the final completion of the system. Like you, we have two kids, a pool, a Model S and a Y. Can you elaborate more on your EV home charging routine?. What hours of the day do you schedule the charging of your two EVs. Is it always at night and to what percentage? How is it impacting the system?

I definitely want to do this, or something similar. But, I'm in SW Ohio where we have four seasons and loads of high overcast clouds in the winter. While it will likely come, we don't have time of day billing, so energy arbitrage isn't a thing. In sum, the payback period for me would be substantial, especially with battery backup.

What about the ROI? How long will it pay for itself? Getting off gas will actually make your house self sufficient.

I've heard that things have gotten less than idea in many California locations, but where net metering is still available with a fair payback for energy that you produce, isn't it much more cost effective to use the grid as your battery (for when the sun doesn't shine), using a chemical battery mainly for energy arbitrage if the nighttime rates are really good compared to daytime, and then probably a propane generator or something like that for true outages (where a sizable tank of propane can replace thousands in batteries, with basically unlimited shelf life)?

Went to checkout the Franklin batteries but their website doesn't have pricing... Super disappointing =/

Same experience here - smaller house, so far only solar (battery should be connected in 2 weeks), but rate of return is amazing and the fact I also charge 2 EVs is great. The energy independence part is not so important for me at the moment, but it might be in future - and we'll be ready.