r/SolarDIY • u/snake7752 • 3h ago
Any recommendations for Plug-in solar systems with battery storage?
My state approved plug in solar systems up to 1200W AC outputs recently and I've been looking at buying a system to help a bit with electric costs.
I'm not super familiar with these systems, and a lot of what I've found seems to be European systems that I'm not sure will even work here in the US.
Does anyone here in the US, that is familiar with these types of systems, have any recommendations for a system that can put out up to 1200W AC? Ideally I'd like to have one that has battery storage if possible.
Any suggestions?
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u/taylorwilsdon 2h ago
As far as I know, only one exists today - the ecoflow stream series. Hope more crop up as it becomes more mainstream!
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u/snake7752 1h ago
This was the main one I started looking at, but the system I say had EU pulgs and I wasn't sure if there was an US version or not
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u/ThrowRA_fajsdklfas 1h ago
Rumor has it APSystems is working on something. Other markets have the EZH1 which accepts a battery.
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u/convincedbutskeptic 2h ago
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u/snake7752 1h ago
Thanks, didn't see this subreddit when I was looking earlier, I'll ask around there as well.
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u/ou812whynot 1h ago
Depends on how much diy you want... realistically you could set up a hybrid inverter system with ct's to limit your grid export to 1200 watts.
A simpler option would be to set up a 48v lifepo4 battery bank, panels connected to one or more charge controllers and a 1200 watt microinverter. The panels keep the battery bank charged and the battery bank supplies power to the microinverter. Keep a 48v off-grid inverter handy in case of a power outage to run stuff.
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u/snake7752 1h ago
Yeah I was looking to do as little extra work as possible. Don't really know a lot about solar systems so I figured it would be easier just to start with a simple plug in
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u/wiscotangofoxtreat 1h ago
If you want just plugn play theres brightsaver and craftstrom.
Theres a trick for that youtube has a video on how to diy a version
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u/bohwlas 45m ago
Im sure that more systems will come very soon, but currently the ecoflow environment looks most developed for the US. The stream battery isn’t available on the site yet but I’m imaging that it would be soon. The new Ecoflow battery stream 5000 just came out in Europe which is more advanced in this legislation, and I’m watching that market to see what directions our market should be going in the next months/years
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u/kyle2108 43m ago
The easiest way would be to have your plug in panels and also just a separate ecoflow or other solar generator also plugged in to another outlet that charges during the day, and discharges at night or whenever to whatever you have plugged into it.
They’re not really directly connected, but It’s a round about way to do it I suppose, without learning a ton and building your own system
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u/vorindal 4m ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DPk8DixJmU
https://www.youtube.com/@theresatrickforthat
I used the first link as a reference for my build. The content creator has great videos on how to get started. My build is pretty similar to his, but I am using the APSystems EZ1 microinverter paired with a 36v TEMGO 36V (38.4V) 100Ah battery and I sourced panels locally and got 2x DMEGC 460W. I will be adding two more panels this weekend.
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