Why the IQ 5P Might Be the Battery Your Enphase System Needs! ⚡

[@ZachSolar]

Great video, Dale. All 3 are top-notch manufacturers. It can be hard to dispute Tesla's performance for the cost point. I really like that both Enphase and Franklin are generator compatible. Definitely serves a market that Tesla doesn't.

[@grundlerg]

I would NOT reccommend an Enphase IQ5 for a couple of reasons: 1) it's impossible to be 100% grid independent and still be connected to the grid due to IQ5 importing energy during any "Load Imbalance" across the two legs of split-phase 240 volt - ie normal use of any 120V load like a toaster or washing machine. 2) Enphase support tried to mislead me away from this issue and it's been an outstanding problem for years. The product doesn't meet customer expectations. 3) Enphase has locked down access to the system configuration SW and requires using their web site even to just poll for status. 4) Any load that exceeds the 3.84 kW of power per IQ5 will result in importing energy regardless of solar production - ie all solar power has to go through the battery controller to get to the house.

[@stephenbrickwood1602]

Let me make some simple observations. All grids are fragile. Too much supply or demand rapidly impacts the entire grid. All grids are incredibly expensive, millions of miles, and millions of $ per mile. $TRILLIONS. You never overbuild expensive infrastructure. Grid economics engineering limits robustness in the grid. So, with time and demand growth and capital cost constraints, the fragile nature is obvious. Modern batteries are a boon to stabilise the grid and allow more rooftop PV. Edit. Because the grid is extremely expensive, and clean electricity is to replace fossil fuels, the grid will be more valuable and need to be protected. Customers Rooftop PV and BVs oversized battery and home batteries and rapid chargers on the main roads and heavy industrial users will all expand their demand and self generation and storage and some will be grid suppliers. The grid and millions of customers will combine, each supporting the other. One grid and millions and millions and millions of customers (and suppliers). A very different world. No country will be able to expand their national grid and central generation to replace fossil fuels, the old ideas are uneconomic to expand. Dispersed generation and storage technology only needs the existing national grid. The automotive industry knows this and battery vehicles are part of the energy future. The heavy lifters. BVs oversized battery parked 23hrs every day in the millions and millions and millions and millions. Home batteries as backup need not be too big. Just my comment.