How Does a Home Battery System Work?
The basic operating process of a home battery.
Are Two Inverters Better Than One?
One vs Two Inverters There are two main approaches to Inverters when installing a solar and battery system in the home, and there are pros and cons to each. This blog highlights the main advantages and disadvantages of each.
Extra Slimline Battery Enclosure
PowerBanx batteries can be mounted in computer enclosures providing a neat, adaptable and upgradable system at low cost.
Free Solar Charging Your Electric Car
Today I’ve been charging my electric car (a BMW i3) for free using the solar panels on the roof of my house.
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Days 6 and 7 – First Week Summary
This is about Days 6 and 7 of owning a PowerBanx home battery, and a summary of the result of a week running our house with one. On Day 1 I explained how it charges up from our solar panels during the day and then empties during the evening to
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 5
My experience on Day 1 with a PowerBanx home battery showed that it’s perfectly possible to run a house with using any grid electricity, i.e. for free. However, my experiences on Day 2 and Day 3 showed that it was quite hard to also charge an electric car for free
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Days 3 and 4
While using our PowerBanx home battery got us through Day 1 without paying for any electricity to run the house, attempting to also charge the car on Day 2 had meant that we had ending up using some mains electricity to get through the evening (about 60p worth).
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 2
My attempt to live without paying for electricity using a PowerBanx home battery worked well on Day 1 so I was optimistic going into Day 2. As we have seen, the day started with the battery still half full at midnight. The night-time loads were small so there was still
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 1
Early experience with a home battery.
Operating/Rebooting Your PowerBanx (Sofar) Home Battery
Instructions for rebooting a PowerBanx (Sofar inverter & Pylontech batteries) home battery system.