SolarEdge Vs Enphase Battery 

Excellent video Joe, the education is outstanding.

Another great video, well presented and understandable. Good job, thanks.

Great content. Thanks

Very helpful, I'm in the process of choosing between these two systems.

Good information.

Loving my Encharge 10 and 6.12 kW solar panels. On city water and natural gas I am a whole home backup with only limited to not run electric dryer and stove when in outage situation.

I'm not sure about the specifics of the Enphase and SolarEdge batteries but Ive seen general specs showing LFP batteries have almost double the possible recharge cycles of NMC. The published battery warranty for both companies seems to be 10 years but I wonder if in actuality the Enphase batteries may have a longer usable life?

Joe, what is the max as far as batterys go on the enphase ensemble system 4 IQ 10's for 40 kwh or can you add more like 5 or 6 batterys?

Thanks for another very informative video. I enjoy your videos very much. I live in Western Canada in a province called Alberta. We get alot of sunshine in winter, even though it is cold outside. I'm planning to install solar (hopefully with battery backup) in the near future. At this time we use natural gas for heat and hot water. I've thought about installing a heat pump, would still require backup heat. Do heat pump compressors have the same power surge as air conditioning compressors?

Are you able to run your A.C system with your enphase system? I'm thinking of getting a 4ton variable speed unit with a 10kw enphase battery backup "full energy independence system"

It would be an interesting segment to see the Apps for the various systems... The Tesla App is pretty killer, and from what I've been able to clean, it doesn't have any serious rivals. I'm not talking about their product availability, or customer service, both of which I understand leave much to be desired.

Did I miss something, my EnPhase system works fine in off-grid charging batteries and running house. We had an AC setup with central inverter that would NOT do that. I can add additional panels now because I've increased my "total output" on panel grid allotment without adding additional wiring, thus increasing my output. I have a backup generator as well and although it can't charge the batteries, I can monitor battery usage, switch to generator and then back to solar once they are supplying power, and so on. More "work" on my part, but gives me an option. I have 6 IQ batteries (banks of 3 ea) and I can't sustain power for days with cloud cover, that's why I kept my generator, plus live in a canyon with lots of trees! One thing for sure, technology seems to outdo themselves and thanks to Joe for explaining a lot of the likes/dislikes of systems. He helped make my decision.

Can you do a video on lifepo4 big batteries vs?

Are these systems blown away by some of the server rack batteries now available? Gyll, for example, can store about 5 kw hours (about half what one of these can store) and only cost about $1500 each and you can get several and get much more capacity for a small fraction of the cost of these two option? Maybe I am missing something?

I have a question. I live in the Southern California Edison are. Time of day rates would be a priority and air conditioning is not. We have no special heavy starting loads. Is it more important to size the solar to charge the battery or to size it to support the house. It seems like the battery is more critical as a source than the solar. Thoughts?

I would be interested in seeing how the SPAN panel works with each of these.

What other states have a 1 for 1 credit for NEM ? Also has Virginia changed the size of the maximum system to 20Khw before stand by chargers? Thank you for the help.

Your videos are the BEST. Very accurate and fair. So now I'll take a few pokes. I have an Enphase system. I charge my EV just fine off grid with it. Obviously it depends how much solar we are making and the rate of charge is slower than on grid. Solar Edge has a cute outlet in the inverter but it does just the same thing. I know my generator (which has to be a pad based fixed backup generator not a portable) can charge the battery and run essential house loads at the same time while also receiving solar. Can the SE generator do the same and can any generator be used? Correct me if I'm wrong. If you use 20kWh of battery storage (which is really what you need to get through a whole sunless evening), the SE still only has 5kW of power whereas the Enphase IQ10 x 2 =20 kWh has a power output of 7.6 continuous. please correct me if the SE goes up to 10kW of power continuous. In CA with possible power outages the power companies will fill the Enphase battery to capacity (hopefully before they have to pull the plug). That rate of charging is 7kW/h. Does the SE do that? Enphase and SE are working together on software to allow a SE grid tied inverter to work in a microgrid situation. I presently also have a SE system using the HDWave grid tied inverter and I like it very much. Keep up the great work. Thank you

How many cycles of charging will the solar edge batteries accomplish? Say down to 20% and charging up to 80%!

For customers looking at SolarEdge inverters do you recommend the SolarEdge battery vs the LG Resu Prime?

Can you discuss battery degradation overtime for these and other battery systems? My understanding is that lithium iron phosphate batteries should be better in this regard. What should we expect for a lifespan for these products?

A question, Kan you combine Solaredge inverter with Enphase battery? Thanks

I have just added 13KWH of Enphase batteries to my 7 KWH Enphase / LG Solar system and the system works very seamlessly. I do notice that the system now uses about 2 KWH/day maintaining the batteries and this seems like too much power drain. I am unable to get a good answer from anyone at Enphase. I would really like to hear from other users if their Enphase batteries show this much power used from their power company each day. I see from your video that for a 2.7kwh use (discharge) of the battery, you show a 5.1 kwh recharge. If this is a daily regular use then using the battery to offset peak rates is not cost effective due to the large cost to recharge the battery the following day. Seeing your example shows me that my system is probably running correctly and the cost of adding Enphase batteries is like reducing my solar system by 1 or 2 solar panels. I look forward to comments from other enphase system owners. Do other backup systems use this much power just to standby?

The trend to closed systems is BAD. I cannot understand why SolarEdge hasn't gone with LFP (Lithium Iron Po4) battery tech - given this is the future. So Can I use an Enphase battery with a SolarEdge Energy hub?

Again, another very informative and well done presentation. If I were to invest in solar energy I would definitely contact your company. I would also recommend others considering solar installation to view your videos. Is there any talk about using other forms of metal such as iron vs lithium for storage? Is there any talk about using solar energy to produce hydrogen for energy storage in fuel cells? From what I understand, using iron based batteries or fuel cells allow for greater energy storage density than lithium. Also, iron and hydrogen(from electrolysis of water) are cheaper than lithium because they are more abundant and environmentally friendly than lithium. To me, I think using solar energy to produce hydrogen for fuel cells is the best way to go. Charging cars with fuel cells is much quicker than than charging cars with lithium batteries.

For some reason I think I read that with the Solar Edge you can only parallel 2 batteries, where the Enphase will allow you 3 parallel batteries, like some other company. If you live on a well why don't you have a battery (tank) for your water system, realistically that battery should carry your house for at least 5 days, and why oh why don't you have a separate solar system for the well pump?

Love your station. Is there a way to charge Tesla PW's with a backup generator?

This guy is someone who is quite educated in solar. It seems to me that the Enphase slightly edges this out due to the smarts of the battery?.

how about availability? Both seem to be on backorder for quite a while

Another Great Video!!!👍 Thank You🙏 Any Advantage on either system when it comes to Solar Flares or EMP? Travis Semper Fi

Is SolarEdge looking at integrating load management into their hardware like Enphase does. I do release that SolarEdge can use a Span panel...but doesn't that come at a significant cost increase vs. the Enphase architecture? My best, Ray

Can a solar edge inverter be used without a service from the cloud provider, as a dumb grid tie inverter? How about with a battery?

Which battery can you stack the most

Enphase really needs to get up to speed with EV being part of the solution.

I am not installing a solar system. I need a great battery backup system for loss of power. I live in hollywood fl. Is there someone down hrer to help me?

Is there an Enphase app? Anybody?

The e phase has a smaller inverter. LFP works way better than your Opinion

Wait Joe. Someone in the comment section of another one of your video says that you serve Florida now?

6. how reliable is each system.

I don’t want a cheap SolarEdge product that has a central point of failure. Its worth spending the nominal difference in price.

4% difference in capacity would not be close to a 3 vs a 4. Make them both a 3 or both a 4.

The EV industry including Tesla is switching to LFP

ENPH battery Asia made cheap stuff

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