All in One Solar Battery System
All in One Solar Battery System
All-in-one solar battery systems are designed to meet the needs of homeowners seeking energy independence. They offer high efficiency and long cycle service life with intelligent monitoring.
Solar panels generate electricity in direct current. The utility grid and homes use alternating current. Solar batteries convert DC to AC so that your home or business can access the energy it needs.
Solar Panels
Solar panels convert sunlight into energy for powering homes, businesses and electric vehicles. These clean, renewable, non-polluting energy sources are a crucial part of combating climate change and reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
A solar panel consists of multiple silicon cells, an inverter and wiring. When light hits a solar panel, photons interact with silicon atoms, causing electrons to be released in a process known as the photovoltaic effect. These electrons are funneled by metal plates into the inverter, where they are converted to usable electricity. The inverter also filters out unwanted noise that would interfere with household appliances.
Typically, monocrystalline or polycrystalline silicon solar cells are used in solar panels. Mono cells are a single slab of silicon, while poly cells are constructed from several silicon shards melted together. Mono cells are more efficient, but they tend to be more expensive than poly cell panels.
The orientation of your solar panels is also important for maximizing solar energy production. A solar panel’s optimal angle is determined by the latitude of your location and the tilt of your roof.
Solar panels also have a temperature coefficient, which means that they produce less energy as the temperature rises. This is why solar panels are more effective in cold weather than hotter weather.
Enphase Batteries
Enphase batteries are designed to work in tandem with their solar panels and other energy system components. They are passively cooled and communicate with other system parts through an IQ Combiner Box that houses communication and interconnection equipment. These batteries are available in a variety of capacities and utilize a lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery chemistry that offers safety and longevity. The batteries have intelligent functions like Power Start that will automatically supply power to critical appliances such as your water pump or air conditioning unit to keep them running even during a grid outage. They can also be integrated with utility demand response programs to help homeowners generate additional revenue from their home energy systems.
Solar energy stored in the Enphase IQ Battery is all in one solar battery system accessible during a grid outage or when your home is using more electricity than it’s producing. During normal operation, solar panels send excess energy to the IQ battery where it is used for backup power or saved for future use.
The IQ Battery is available in a range of sizes to fit the needs of our customers and can be easily expanded as your energy needs evolve. StraightUp Solar can customize a system to your home using the Enphase IQ Battery’s modular microinverter design. The IQ Battery has a great track record for reliability and Enphase has an excellent customer service reputation that is a plus when choosing a company for products you’ll be relying on for decades.
Enphase Inverters
Enphase microinverters are positioned beneath each solar panel and convert DC power to AC. They also send performance data to the Envoy communications gateway, which then relays it to the homeowner via the internet in the Enlighten monitoring software.
Microinverters allow for more design flexibility and deliver higher energy production, even in shady conditions. They improve efficiency by addressing the problem of shade impact at the panel level (as opposed to string-level). Microinverters are able to maximise the output of your solar panels despite degradation from shading, dirt, debris, snow or general wear and tear.
The Envoy communication gateway allows the homeowner to see performance data at a panel level enabling the solar professional to detect issues before they cause system downtime and reduce warranty claims. Enphase also monitor all registered systems globally to identify problems and develop improvements for future generations of their product.
Depending on your goals, an all in one solar battery solution with integrated backup can offer the security of back-up for essential household appliances during a power outage. This system is typically sized to supply backup for your refrigerator, electric vehicle chargers, lights or fans and a miscellaneous 120 Volt power outlet.
Enphase’s IQ battery is engineered with integrated backup capabilities through their latest IQ8 microinverter technology. The IQ battery is also capable of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality to enable your compatible EV to feed power back into the grid, reducing your home’s electricity bill.
Enphase Monitoring
Enphase Monitoring is an easy-to-use solar power monitoring software that allows you to track energy usage, production, and battery performance in one place. It provides notifications based on customizations you select at installation and provides insights that help you make the most of your solar power system.
All Enphase microinverter systems have a communications gateway device, called an Envoy, which transmits performance data to the Enlighten cloud. Homeowners can access the information using a web portal, smartphone app, or by logging into the Envoy website from any computer.
The Enlighten app displays performance data in a grid format, with each square representing data within 15-minute intervals. Lighter-colored squares indicate higher power production, while darker ones represent lower production. This grid-based view makes it simple for homeowners to identify any issues that may be impacting their performance and communicate those issues to their solar professional.
Enlighten also displays daily energy data, which shows how much power was produced by the solar panels at a given point in solar battery time. This enables homeowners to optimize their energy usage and understand when their solar panels are most productive, so they can shift their power consumption accordingly.
Having an all in one solar battery system means that you can store your solar energy and use it later, even if the grid goes down. You can also prioritize your stored energy and automatically disconnect nonessential loads to conserve your battery’s charge level during a power outage.