Batteries
Self consumption BatteriesAdding a battery to the solar installation you already have: Huawei, Deye or a separate system?
We get more and more calls like this one: “I had solar panels fitted a few years ago, but without a battery. Now I can see that in the evening and at night I buy almost all my electricity from the grid. Can I add a battery?” The short answer is almost always yes. The longer answer is that there are several ways to do it, and the best one depends mainly on one component: the inverter you already have.
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Self consumption BatteriesBattery with backup: why we always recommend it (and what happens in a power cut)
It is one of the conversations we have most often: “If I get a battery, I’ll still have power when the grid goes down, right?” The honest answer is: it depends on how it is installed. A battery without backup switches off in a power cut, just like the rest of the house. Most people only find out at the first outage, with a full battery and a fridge that has stopped.
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