Power went down when Hurricane Isaias moved in. Fortunately our customer had a SunStation solar power system with Lithium battery backup. Unlike other solar systems, this system has a transfer switch to disconnect the solar system from the grid so that the solar power system can power the house when the grid is down. The batteries provide enough power to keep critical systems going when it is really cloudy or at night.

You can see the system in operation here. The first shows the system when the solar power is insufficient to power the house.

The following shows the system with enough solar power to charge the battery and power the house.

Even on a cloudy day, you usually get enough solar power to keep the house running. The 0.2 kW load includes lighting, refrigerator, WiFi and other loads. This system has 14.4 kWh of storage, so it could run the house, without solar, for 72 hours.

For more information check out our SunStation page.