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Need more reasons why EVERYONE should consider this system?
Reliable Whole-Home Backup Power:
- Power Through Outages: The FranklinWH system is designed to power your entire home during a grid outage, not just essential circuits. This means you can keep your lights, HVAC system, appliances, and even electric vehicle chargers running without having to pick and choose what gets power.
- Seamless Transition: During a power outage, the system automatically switches to battery power with minimal disruption, often in less than 16 milliseconds, ensuring your appliances continue to run smoothly.
- Generator Compatibility: The system can integrate with generators (including portable ones), allowing you to recharge the battery and extend your backup power during prolonged outages.
Energy Independence and Cost Savings:
- Maximize Solar Usage: If you have solar panels, the FranklinWH battery allows you to store excess solar energy generated during the day and use it at night or during periods of low solar production,1 increasing your self-sufficiency and reducing reliance on the grid.
- Time-of-Use (TOU) Optimization: The battery can be used to store energy when electricity prices are low (off-peak hours) and discharge it when prices are high (peak hours), helping you lower your utility bills.
- Reduced Reliance on the Grid: By storing and utilizing your own energy, you become less dependent on the aging and sometimes unreliable public grid.
Smart and Efficient Energy Management:
- Intelligent Energy Management: The system learns your home’s energy usage patterns to optimize energy storage and discharge, ensuring efficient use of electricity.
- Mobile App Control: A user-friendly app allows you to monitor your energy production and consumption, view historical data, and control the battery’s operating modes (backup, self-consumption, load shifting).
- Smart Circuits (Optional): The system offers optional smart circuits that allow you to remotely manage specific appliances, turning off less critical loads during an outage to conserve battery power or turning them on as you approach home.
Safety, Durability, and Longevity:
- Safe Battery Chemistry: FranklinWH batteries utilize Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) chemistry, known for its safety, long lifespan, and consistent performance.
- Wide Operating Temperature: The system can operate in a wide temperature range, making it suitable for various climates.
- Long Warranty: FranklinWH offers a 15-year warranty, which is longer than the standard 10-year warranty offered by many competitors, providing peace of mind for your investment.
Additional Benefits:
- Increased Home Value: Homes with solar and battery storage systems often have a higher market value and sell faster.
- Environmental Friendliness: By maximizing the use of renewable solar energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuel-based grid power, you contribute to a more sustainable future.
- Federal Tax Credit Eligibility: The cost of the Franklin Whole Home Battery system may be eligible for the Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), currently at 30% of the installation cost, making it more affordable. State and local incentives may also be available.
- Black Start Capability: The system can automatically restart your solar system even after the battery has been fully discharged during a long outage, allowing you to recharge using solar power when the sun returns.
- Storm Watch/Hedge Mode: The system can receive weather alerts and automatically prepare for potential outages by fully charging the battery.
- Modularity and Scalability: The system is modular, allowing you to add more battery units (up to 15 aPower batteries per aGate) as your energy needs grow over time.
- Compatibility: The AC-coupled design of the FranklinWH system allows it to be easily integrated with both new and existing solar panel systems and most major solar inverters.
While the initial investment in a whole-home battery system like the FranklinWH can be significant, the long-term benefits of backup power, energy savings, increased energy independence, and potential home value increase make it a worthwhile consideration for many homeowners.
