Anker SOLIX Home Power System - Complete Overview

[@joshacosta4113]

Anker is doing an amazing job with this products, once I save enough money wont think twice to get one.

[@artanis4ever]

This must be the 4th or 5th video I've watched on the F3800 and he finally answered the two basic questions I wanted to know... how long will it power a house in a blackout and how long does the solar take to fully charge it. Thanks!

[@RedSlashAce]

Love it! It makes the whole home backup like Lego 🙂 Will definitely keep this in mind!!!

[@ajborda]

The configuration in this video is exactly what I’d like to do in my home in Westchester Pennsylvania. To that end, I’d also like the system to power my entire home and not just 12 circuits. Is it possible to send a configuration schematic so that I could share this with my electrician so that he can connect this to the grid and my off roof yard mounted solar array? (11kw) Thank you

[@PhongNguyen-ov7jq]

You can move your entire house's circuits over to the backup load side of the HPP if that's what you want. However, the HPP calls for a max of 50A on the backup load side with 2 F3800, so that would be the limit that you would be subjected to if you move your whole house circuits to the backup load side. With only 1 F3800, that limit is 25A.

[@CaliberGSD]

My roof top solar system is grid tied out in the meters. I have net metering. When hooking up the home power panel ct sensors on the grid lines in my breaker box (solar will be in the enphase combiner box) will it do the conversion from the solar production since at that point they are in the same wire…… My system does not have a solar breaker in the main panel. Its grid tied outside in the meters. With the enphase ct sensors they calibrate between what solar is producing and deducts it from the amount in the grid wires feeding the panel.

[@ChuckCassadyYT]

i feel like i know this guy

[@dbnoho]

I was sold on the Tesla powerwall. But it’s not exactly a get and set up. Then I was sold on the Ecoflow Delta Pro Ultra. But I feel the amount of influencers they’ve used to sell the units are wonky. Their awesome. But it’s easy to sell something that you’re paid to sell. So now I’m looking at these Ankers. Not because it’s as fancy as the ecoflow and it’s no where near the Tesla powerwall. However. I have an Anker phone backup battery that is easily 10 years old and it still works fine and dandy. Which has to say something about their product. So now this, and its price. Are really looking like an effective AC running system for our house. We can run nothing but AC. Avoid peak prices. And hopefully it’ll pay itself back within 4 years. If it last for 10. It’s an amazing option for our 4616 sq fr home. (Yes. Big 3 story house. Lots of ac. I only use the ac on the floor we’re on. The rest roast.)

[@OscarShu]

it is really for backup not for AC, it has only 3.8kWh, which last your AC ~1 hour only, for AC you probably needs to stack up 10 more extension batteries

[@PhongNguyen-ov7jq]

@@OscarShu If you want to run whole house AC during peak time, it's possible but you need 2 F3800, and at least 2 BP3800 expansion batteries, in order to give you a derated output (grid-on TOU) of 6000W total. This will give you about 15.4 KWH which can probably run a 4 ton AC for 3 to 4 hours continuously. But usually the AC cycles on and off, so this might last you for up to 6 hours peak time running the AC. But while the AC is on, it'll probably use up 4.5 KW so you'd only have 1.5 KW left for anything else.

[@marlonbenavides5048]

How much should I expect Mt electrician to charge for an installation similar to this one on the video? 1k, 3k or more??

[@randya9143]

I just installed the smart home panel with one 3800 to a 10 circuit critical loads panel. I installed it as a backup only system for when the power goes out. The one 3800 only ran my loads for 3 hours on a test run, going from 90% down to 18%. With one more backup battery added, I would expect to get 6-8 hours. That would work pretty well for 90% of the rolling blackouts we get, but for those rare 1-2 day outtages, I will still need to switch to the generator.

[@DVLITTLEPILOT]

have you found a way to limit the charge when on Grid power charging 2 F3800's seems to hit 2400 watts each I wish I could cut that in half as it is a lot on my Gen to run the house and charge the F3800s when I have hit the gen disconnect switch also seems like I have to run power over 400 watts to get the smart panel to switch from F3800 to the Gen - Grid Power

[@csome2]

Can you add to existence battery like Enphanse 10t and solar.

[@CODEOFCONDUCTENT.]

Do you need the subpanel to use the peak savings? You can't just use the smart home panel and your pre-existing panel at the house to use this feature.

[@CsabaGecse]

Hey folks! Can we expect an EU variant with similar setup? It would be nice to have it here too.

[@nandai7757]

do the 110v/220v output have a bypass function? that can switch the grid power input/battery input automatically like a traditional UPS?

[@jinblade]

Noticed he has an Enphase system too. Is there any conflicts?

[@AviationDirection]

Is this protected against surges from lightning strikes on the grid and/or lines coming into the house?

[@EricHorchuck]

I bought the F3800 / 400 w solar panel combo and I have been so happy with it for the short amount of time that I've had it (delivered July 24th 2024). In fact, I was so happy with it that I just put the order in for the add-on (BP3800) battery. One pretty big issue though... I finally went out to try the solar panel and, when I went to set it up, two of the three legs were broken!!! 😢 I couldn't believe it. I've contacted Anker to see if they can send me a replacement. I really hope they stand behind their product because this was a huge purchase for me. I'll keep you up to date. Wish me luck. Take care!

[@israeljoseph5572]

Not sure if I am asking the right question, but why get this over something like a Tesla Powerwall or the Frankling Whole House battery backup? I understand that this seems more economical, but am just curious to make sure am not missing anything....Great video...

[@RichAbe23]

Portability for many.

[@watchman1982]

Is it possible to add more than two F3800’s?

[@AnkerJuliette]

No, at least not yet.

[@HankOrionYT]

Hi, can third party solar pannels be used to charge f3800?

[@HowiSpangler]

I just saw a video about this. The answer is yes. Just be sure to buy panels with the correct specs. (Input Voltage, amps)

[@DarrylZubot]

We have grid tied 10.8kw solar system using apsystem micro inverters. If the grid goes down our solar system also is useless as it doesn’t want to backfeed power into the grid. Is there a way to integrate the anker 3800 to utilize our solar system so it charges them during the day and then can use their power on the house at night? The apsystem inverters require a certain frequency from the grid to switch on so will these anker batteries give the micro inverters this signal in order to work and charge up these batteries?

[@laymondtuckerjr.9119]

Did you get an answer ?

[@gojeffgordon24]

I have been looking for a similar setup, but I have only found wall mounted home dedicated systems that can do this. Unless something has changed, this will not use the rooftop solar in an outage. I e-mailed Anker a bit after the launch and they confirmed it. Maybe that will change at some point, but I haven't seen anything that makes me think this device can do it.

[@ferdm9646]

Sound is too high at the beginning of this video. Beaware before using headphones with high volume.

[@MarcusTurner-db5qv]

Nice review keep up the good work fellas

[@joshuadearagao2753]

Why's there an enphase battery on the wall in the background?

[@kaushiknath9290]

In our country India we use 240 volt AC can we use that

[@sandippatel8584]

Problem with this system is it will not keep your AC coupled solar system "ON" when grid goes down, so you are stuck with whatever battery capacity you had at the time. I wish Anker would have thought through this to add the AC coupling inside the controller or sub-panel.

[@PhongNguyen-ov7jq]

Wouldn't any AC coupled solar system on the market currently automatically turn OFF by themselves anyway when the grid is down to avoid back feeding into the grid? So this setup is not any different in that respect. It's not a matter of not being able to do it or didn't think of doing it. It's a safety limitation for ALL AC coupled solar system. But at least if you do have solar feeding directly into the F3800 (not AC coupled solar), then that part is completely usable in a grid-down situation.

[@harrypottar-1]

@@PhongNguyen-ov7jq I was seriously looking into this as solution. However I found that the Outback Power Mohave Inverter will connect to your AC solar and sit between the Solar and the grid. When the grid goes down, the Mohave Inverter isolates the grid, and tricks the Solar into thinking the grid is still running by sending the 60hz frequency. This means you can charge the batteries during the day while the grid is down. The inverter and 14.8kWh system is $8,750 retail and you should be able to get the 30% tax federal tax credit

[@zimvader25]

Pretty sure you and everyone giving you a thumbs up are completely confused as to what that means. All systems do this. This isn’t an issue with this system.

[@atlsoutherndog]

I have two F3800's and 6 BP3800 expansion batteries and a Home Power Panel. Unfortunately I would not buy again because but they essentially have no customer service. And they don't ship anywhere near their promised shipping and delivery time. But as for support it takes 2 days... If I could do over again, I would go with EcoFlow for their customer support

[@zimvader25]

Lmao ecoflow has even worse customer support and you’ll need it even more.

[@JPToto]

My best understanding is that an average home in temperate climate uses between 20 and 30 kilowatt hours per day. My house is actually more than that but let's say 25 on average. How does 3.8 kwh from the Solix power an average house for a whole day? The math in this video doesn't really work?

[@rooneygyamfi8894]

With extra batteries you get 26kwh and can extended up to 56kwh he mentioned it

[@tyjonesd]

3.8kWh is the capacity of the battery. The higher numbers on the video were the peak AC output, how much load it can handle in a moment. With 30kWh usage per day. At that point, I'd just go with their new system X1, but still keep one F3800 for camping.

[@acefire4050]

Okay. 12000 W is not quite enough. Especially on my major loads is 14200 W. Continuous plus all the 120 V, so you need accurate of those units at 6000 W to make 15000 wattached or more Kind of way you should have it sick. Put 3 of them togetsir. Did I have enough powder and everything in a normal house? Because a normal house does have a water heater. A kitchen stove oven, a dryer, microwave andwave I'm washer a TV refrigerator and I need to do that power, and how's the need? At 12000 W, not covering all your major loads.You're gonna suffer and it's gonna good luck be bad, bad, bad can't do it.Don't get in the power.Can't do it continuously.But you have to.

[@DanielRichards644]

These companies are completely full of shit when they give number of days you can run your house on that much battery capacity, only way you are seeing numbers like that is if you have a mini fridge and don't use central air, I've seen my main client's power bill, he averaged 50 something Kwh's a DAY last billing cycle and 70 something the cycle before, my house that is a 2 ton Minisplit in a basement with only a water heater and dryer and some LED lighting is averaging around 11-12kwh a day and thats with my fridge and internet equipment running off solar and so not contributing to that total.

[@timhall5382]

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