Home Energy Storage for Sewage Ejector Pump Backup
When we design a home energy storage system, most homeowners ask about refrigerators, lights, and internet. In my fifteen years specifying battery packs fo…
Smart Panel Load Shedding for Home Energy Storage
A smart panel turns a home energy storage system from a dumb backup box into an energy manager. The battery stores kilowatt-hours, but the panel decides wh…
Home Energy Storage for Rural Fire and Water Districts
I have spent a good part of my field time on the far end of rural feeders: volunteer fire halls at the end of a two-mile spur line, pump houses sitting alo…
Home Energy Storage Performance for Townhouses
Fourteen attached units, one pad-mounted transformer, eleven identical 100 A services. That row of townhouses is why I stopped reusing my detached-house s…
Home Energy Storage Load Panel Upgrade Requirements
After a decade of sizing lithium battery systems for residential retrofits, I can tell you the most underestimated component in a home energy storage proj…
Home Energy Storage Lithium vs Sodium Chemistry
I have spent the last decade sizing residential storage systems for homes in climates that range from the humid subtropics of Shenzhen to unheated garages…
Home Energy Storage Sizing for Whole Home Backup
I have lost count of how many times a homeowner has called me after buying a home energy storage
system that turned out to be the wrong size. The pattern i…
Home Energy Storage Cost Optimization for New Homes: An (2)
I have spent the last twelve years designing lithium battery packs for residential and light-commercial storage, and if there is one conversation I keep ha…
Home Battery Backup Critical Loads vs Whole-House
When a homeowner calls me about a home battery backup system, the first question is almost never “which battery?” It is “should I back up the whole house,…