Solar Basics is a video series by Solar Power World created to help installers learn about the business, tools and tricks of the solar power trade.
Adding storage to an existing solar array is not always an easy, plug-and-play process. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. In this video, we highlight a few important questions one must ask before starting a retrofit solar+storage installation project. Based on the article: How to add storage to an existing solar array.
Bruce Arkwright Jr says
As convenient AC connected battery systems are…. I would rather have ‘direct’ connections to the panels with the batteries… AC connected batteries will actually be useless in a power outage and no way to charge them or use the panels!… You need to have it set up, so you could access the batteries with a off the grid inverter and all the solar panels!