- How a Modular Battery System Gives You Control Over Your Power
- Reduce Monthly Bills and Gain Continuous Power During Outages
- Compare AC-Coupled and DC-Coupled Configurations for Seamless Integration
- Harness Solar Power: Excess Energy Generated by Panels Is Stored for Night Use
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Ready To Explore With EcoFlow’s Modular Home Backup Battery Systems?
Modular and Scalable Home Backup Battery Systems for Smart Power at Home
- How a Modular Battery System Gives You Control Over Your Power
- Reduce Monthly Bills and Gain Continuous Power During Outages
- Compare AC-Coupled and DC-Coupled Configurations for Seamless Integration
- Harness Solar Power: Excess Energy Generated by Panels Is Stored for Night Use
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Ready To Explore With EcoFlow’s Modular Home Backup Battery Systems?
As technology continues to advance, we become more reliant on electronic devices and appliances. Increased natural disasters, rising electricity costs, and classic Canadian winters make a home backup battery system no longer optional for many homes and businesses across the country.
Keep reading to learn how modular battery systems can meet your exact energy needs, cut utility bills, and build energy resilience. Before installation, determine the required configuration and, if you have solar panels, explore how you can benefit from excess solar electricity.
How a Modular Battery System Gives You Control Over Your Power
A modular battery is designed with scalability, flexibility, and customization in mind. Instead of relying on a single oversized battery, you can stack multiple battery modules together for increased storage capacity or voltage.
By connecting modules in series (to increase voltage) or in parallel (to increase capacity), the modular battery system becomes a reliable source to meet your home’s unique energy demands. As time passes and needs change, so can your battery system.
Because these setups can switch between storing excess solar energy and off-peak grid energy, you can also decide where your electricity comes from. When designing your modular setup, consider the battery capacity and power output requirements of your home, or at least the appliances that require power.
Reduce Monthly Bills and Gain Continuous Power During Outages
Cost Savings
Power generated from solar panels is primarily used during the day, but with a backup battery, excess energy can be stored for use overnight. It becomes a whole-home generator. A modular system with sufficient storage capacity can power your home throughout the night or on a cloudy day, providing complete independence from the traditional power grid and lowering your utility bills.
Program your solar generation system with time-of-use optimization for major cost savings. This is a strategy where the setup stores electricity from the grid or solar panels during low-peak hours and when electricity rates are low. During high-peak hours, when rates are the highest, your electrical system switches to draw from stored energy instead of the grid.
Outage Resilience
Modular systems provide the best outage resilience. When an outage happens, your electrical system can reliably run off stored battery power, operating independently of the main grid. With multiple modules, the system can continue to run even if one module has a fault. As your needs and space change, the modular system can be adapted for new energy demands through expansion and reconfiguration.
With a singular battery, it might be just enough power for an outage, but a modular system can easily become more than enough, so you don’t need to worry about running out of energy. The EcoFlow DELTA Pro ULTRA X is a perfect example, where the initial battery capacity starts at 12kWh but can be scaled up to 180kWh with additional modules.
DELTA Pro Ultra X Whole-Home Backup Power
Compare AC-Coupled and DC-Coupled Configurations for Seamless Integration
Solar panels convert sunlight into direct current (DC), which is converted into alternating current (AC) through an inverter for use by appliances, electronics, and devices. When installing a modular battery system, it can be connected to the system before or after current conversion. Either configuration results in a backup home generator ready to take over the electrical supply for the home.
If you already have solar panels, it’s easier to install in an AC-coupled system. This connects the batteries to the home’s main AC circuit, rather than directly to the solar panels. It’s the most cost-effective retrofit option.
If you’re installing the battery system and solar panels simultaneously, the DC-coupled installation process is recommended. The solar panels and battery system will be connected together before the DC is converted to AC. This configuration results in the least energy loss during conversion.
Harness Solar Power: Excess Energy Generated by Panels Is Stored for Night Use
During the day, solar panels produce more electricity than your home needs. Without a battery storage system, this electricity is lost. Instead of letting it go to waste, a connected power station can store it for later use. The battery will charge during the day along with your house.
At night, your home electrical system can draw stored energy from the battery instead of the grid. It becomes a seamless hand-off for whole-home power, with essential appliances running, reducing utility costs, and maximizing the use of your own solar power around the clock.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Expand My EcoFlow Modular Battery System Later?
Yes, if you already have an EcoFlow system, you can simply add more modules to increase your storage capacity. Ecoflow systems are designed with expandability in mind. It’s common to begin with a “starter size” battery and scale up as your energy needs increase and you become comfortable with the system.
What’s the Difference Between Ac-Coupled and DC-Coupled Battery Setups?
An AC-coupled system connects after the solar inverter. Solar energy is converted from DC to AC, then converted back to DC to charge the battery. A DC-coupled system is installed before the inverter, allowing DC power to flow straight from the panels to the battery for high efficiency and faster charging.
How Does a Home Backup Battery System Help Lower Bills?
A home backup battery system lowers electricity bills by storing low-cost energy from your solar panels or off-peak grid hours. Your home’s electrical system can seamlessly switch to battery power during peak hours, when electricity rates are higher, lowering how much high-rate electricity you need to buy.
DELTA 3 Max Plus Portable Power Station
Ready To Explore With EcoFlow’s Modular Home Backup Battery Systems?
Modular home backup battery systems are quickly becoming the future of energy independence. With expandable, stackable modules, you can build the exact storage capacity your home needs. Grow and expand the modular system as your energy needs shift. Such flexibility not only strengthens your energy resilience during outages but also helps cut long-term costs by storing cheaper off-peak or solar energy.
Installation is straightforward, whether you opt for the AC-coupled route for existing solar panels or the DC-coupled configuration. Start with an EcoFlow DELTA 3 Max Plus (2048 Wh) for reliable electricity during the day, night, grid outages, or completely off-grid power. Seamlessly add additional modules when you’re ready to scale up.