SolarEdge Energy Bank Reviewed 

they’re both great in their own way. coming from an installer

Agreed, this channel is pro enphase. But that doesn't bother me as much as the title ending with a preposition!

If you check the website for PST, they are an enphase installer so of course they're going to be biased.

And on top of 5% efficiency advantage, DC coupling charges the battery under high irradiance instead of clipping.

@@christhompson9450 can you elaborate?

@@qwertybrain I can't speak for SolarEdge and if they can do this, but generally this means that if your solar inverter has a limit of say 10kW, and your solar panels are generating more than that, the extra is stored in the battery instead of being lost. AC-coupled batteries can't do that. Enphase inverters should be sized correctly and never have to throw away power though.

@Jo Blow Thanks. Is there any advantage to AC coupling?

Freedom forever

You cannot. LG chems, Solaredge battery and older A series storedge inverter models can work with the Tesla Power Wall 1

We haven’t offered LG Chem batteries for close to three years now. They’ve never had good service or supper but the pandemic really pushed them over.

@@dalerolph what are your thoughts on the FRANKLIN STORAGE Battery back up using 2 units verses Changing my Solaredge Inverter and using 2 Solaredge batteries? Which is a better system?

I’ve heard of SE offering free inverter upgrades to those with the old model buying a battery

This was Q4 of last year, SolarEdge had just started shipping the Energy Bank.

And that's 3 per inverter. Could have 9 total. Totally biased and inaccurate review.

That data isn't incorrect, the SolarEdge energy bank battery can only output during a grid outage in backup mode 5kW max regardless if you have 2 batteries connected to it, whereas you can have 4 IQ 10 batteries connected together for up-to 15.36kW of backup power. If you're comparing a single battery then sure the energy bank is 5kW and the IQ10 is 3.84kW but when you add a second battery then SolarEdge is still just 5kW while the IQ 10 is now 7.6kW

@@dalerolph Haha, i am not enphase pro nor SolarEdge, just compare apples to apples here, now you are saying 4 IQ 10 Batteries, People need to understand here is that 4 IQ 10 batteries means 12 iq8 batt inverters inside it, its same as adding another 2 inverter to SolarEdge batteries, Also SolarEdge can provide 10 kw back up when using 10 kw or higher energy hub inverter , provided two batteries are daisy chained into single inverter. So still I will say your data sheet is mis leading. compare apples to apples.

@@benitpokharel4328 the problem is two inverters with a battery for each is more expensive then 3 IQ 10 batteries. Not to mention you're splitting your system among these two inverters which you may not have enough solar panels for, you're just adding more equipment to potentially fail and complicating the project. We did this for a customer, it's not ideal. You're also neglecting the fact that Enphase IQ8 micro inverter increase backup capabilities during the day so you could have a 8kW solar system giving you 32 amps of backup PLUS two IQ 10 batteries giving you another 32 amps for a total backup power of 64 amps during the day. You're still restricted by SolarEdge's inverter regardless of the size of the solar or batteries, you only get 5kW in backup no matter what per inverter.

@@dalerolph No if you compare both system with all balance of system they run out to be similar. I am again saying I am not SolarEdge nor Enphase Pro both of them have their own disadvantage and advantage, if you say adding another solar edge inverter requires more solar power, so does adding another sets of IQ10 BATTERY, you cannot add battery simply and except it to be charged itself right? if you think grid charging an option then both of them can provide grid charging if the utility permits. yes sunlight back up is something emphases has extra, but if they have to run in self isolation mode then you cannot back up more than 2 ,3 circuits during day, so lots of innovation is still needed. still in AHJ that doesn't incorporate power control system , adding IQ 10 batteries triggers more panel upgrades Straight fact. i am not here to discuss about products ,i commented because the data sheets comparison was not Fair, we install both products we are certified installers for both products, we use both products case by case basis .To say frankly Both products sucks when the system size grows larger, ( we installed both system in one house here in palm desert California one after another, as customer was not happy with the product provided, unfortunately both system failed , the system size was large 20 kw system with 4 IQ 10 Battery) there are not better products in market that can solve the consumers choice, the technology is growing hope something gets better.

What part of the US are you in and what is your system size/setup?

Please elaborate

except reliability