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All batteries degrade over time. The battery warranty specifies the maximum degradation you can expect – typically over ten years. But how do you know how much your battery has actually degraded?
Image Credit: Selectronic Australia
All batteries degrade over time. The battery warranty specifies the maximum degradation you can expect – typically over ten years. But how do you know how much your battery has actually degraded?
Tesla Megapacks – like these will be installed near Muswellbrook, NSW. The Aplsey battery manufacturer is TBC.
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Recently, I decided to retrofit a 12.8 kWh Sungrow battery and hybrid inverter to a 6.6kW solar system on a rental unit I own. The video above is a deep dive from start to finish, but if you don’t feel like watching, here’s a summary.
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Rockhampton residents will soon reap the benefits of grid-scale renewable storage soaking up excess solar production, with Powerlink flicking the switch on a 50MW/100MWh battery in Bouldercombe. [Read more…]
In this first of a two-part series, we’re going to shed light on some of the lurks you need to know about owning a battery hybrid solar power system. Specifically understanding, measuring and managing the degradation.
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If you’re scratching your head over buying home batteries, here’s the solution: a video guide from Finn Peacock, the brains behind SolarQuotes. This guide is jam-packed with all the latest info you need, delivering the lowdown on the battery-buying process with the clarity and precision you’ve come to expect from SolarQuotes.
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A battery enclosure doesn’t sound like something that could change a market, but that’s what Dominic Spooner, founder and CEO of Brisbane-based company Vaulta hopes to do. [Read more…]
UPDATE JULY 2023: Jinko has updated and improved the SunTank warranty, also retroactively applying it to existing installations. Good on them! The new warranty document is available here. Summary of changes below:
Features | Old Warranty | New Warranty |
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Energy Retention | 70% for the first 5 years 50% for another 5 years |
60% for 10 years |
Life Cycle or Life Cycle Power | Shouldn’t be over 300 per year | Total energy discharged from the battery reaches 3.05MWh per kWh usable capacity |
Accessories Warranty Period | 1 year | 2 years |
Warranty if not connected with Internet | 3 years | 5 years |
Operating Temperature | -10 ~ +45 | -10 ~ +50 |
Transferrable | No | Yes |
Others | – | Applies to all previously sold systems |
Jinko Solar launched their Suntank low-voltage home battery in July 2022. This article is my opinion of its warranty. While it’s possible the battery could be good, I can tell you right now its warranty isn’t. [Read more…]
As a solar and/or home battery owner in Australia, it is generally assumed that the first point of contact in a warranty claim would be the installer. After all, they sold you the product, so shouldn’t they also come to the rescue when it stops working? [Read more…]
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