Four months with my first home battery taught me what whole-home backup really means
pros and cons
- Brings expanded battery capacity without an electrician.
- Generator integration adds impressive flexibility.
- Solar keeps the power going during an outage.
- The app makes energy monitoring simple.
- A single stack only backs up essentials.
- Installation can cost far more than Anker estimates.
- Some app settings are buggy.
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Every fire season in Northern California brings with it the all-too-real possibility of losing power. When PG&E announces a Public Safety Power Shutoff, neighborhoods like mine can go dark for unspecified amounts of time, and for years, my family has talked about getting backup power connected to our home to alleviate that anxiety.
When Anker offered to install its Solix E10whole-home backup system at my house, I jumped at the chance to shift my solar array to a system that promises to...
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