Solar Success Story 3

Type: Residential rooftop PV installation with battery-backup

Scope/size: 7.9kW PV solar system with an on-grid battery backup of 16 245- Amp-Hour AGM sealed, no-maintenance batteries, single-story house.

Location: Foster City, CA

Description: Following the installation of rooftop solar systems on two of his other properties, the customer sought to provide continuous energy savings for this single-family investment property. His goals: to reduce utility-provided power electrical demand, increase the value of this property, provide energy savings, and enhance the desirability of occupancy by offering reserve power in the event of a power outage.

Challenge: Providing long-term reserve power using the newest improvements in uninterruptible power supply systems designed for PV. Finding out-of-the-way locations for the batteries so as to minimally impact useful space around the home.

Products used: 48 BP Solar SX3195B modules producing 7.9kW of AC power, with two Xantrex XW6048 inverters. The back
up system was designed with 16 245 Amp-H
our AGM sealed, no-maintenance batteries.

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