Residential solar storage battery bank size

Many customer ask if there is a solar battery storage calculator. let’s find out here.

Build a residential storage battery system getting much easy and affordable nowadays. While people thinking to build a home solar storage battery bank, the first question we may have is: How much capacities do I need based on the 48v system. Or how many Kwh battery storage systems I should build for my house. Is 10kwh Lithium ion battery system enough for my residential? Well, Here We would like to share some of basic calculation for your questions:

  • Battery capacity. Battery capacity is always related with the battery system voltage. Like 100Ah, 200Ah, 300Ah

  • Battery system Power– This is the most easy understand way to know a battery system. In Kwh. Like 5kwh , 10kwh or 20kwh.

  • Solar storage battery system voltage– Most popular 48v/ 51.2v and 12v. 12.8 volt. And now high voltage like 400v.

Calculator in Kwh of battery storage systems

This is the most comprehensive way to communicate with your electrician. Know how many battery is required. We have to find out how many kwh is required by your home. What is the comsum power each day. Knowing this by adding all your applications in kw. and how long each application runing during 24 hours.

For example: Jack has a list as following

  • 3 Air condition
  • large screen tv
  • refrigerator
  • lighting
  • water heating system

Accroding the acture use in each day. His house will comsum 10kwh everday. If he is plan to use Lithium ion or LiFePo4 battery storage system at 48volt./51.2v. The calculation as following:

10kWh x 1.2 (for 80% depth of discharge) x 1.05 (inefficiency factor) = 12.6 kWh

So.  Jack will install a system 12.6 kwh. or above. 15kwh will be the best choice.

AC Coupling CMX48100S

To sizing and calculation about the solar storage battery bank. We need to know how many power we use for daily. Based on 10Kwh power we use for a day. Here is an example for your better understanding.

The battery storage capacity should slightly exceed the power generation potential of your system to ensure batteries are not stressed too much.

Ideally the battery should store enough usable power to supply energy for one full 24 hour period. The next day there should be a power source to fully recharge it. The battery bank should be large enough to support the power and load maximum requirement safely and without damaging or shortening the life.

Our CMX Team will help you specify a suitable system.

Kwh Battery Pack Calculator

Battery storage system capacity should be appropriate to meet residential consumption demand. Basicly, the storage system should be large enough to supply a household with solar power all through the night. A battery capacity of 100Ah to 200Ah at 51.2v  is usually sufficient for an average four-person home consuming around 3000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually. A poorly calculated battery system usually results in unnecessary extra costs. If the storage system is too small, not enough energy can be stored to cover the needs. The purchase of additional power from the grid becomes necessary. If the storage system is too large on the other hand, unneeded power is permanently stored, reducing the battery’s service life and not saving you any cost.

Purchase enough capacity battery storage system

The investment in a solar battery is always worthwhile when purchasing a new photovoltaic system. It enables you to use a large part of your solar power yourself, thus considerably reducing the amount of electricity purchased from an energy supplier. Retrofitting a storage system is worthwhile in a market where the price for electricity is higher than the feed-in revenue – where feeding power into the national grid no longer makes economic sense. System operators receiving extra remuneration for self-consumption of solar power should also expand their solar system with a solar battery. Our tip: Please take future developments into account when choosing a battery. If it is already foreseeable that legal boundary conditions will change in the near future or that your solar system will yield a lower profit for some other reason, you should plan ahead and install the battery storage directly.

storage performance

What is the difference between a kW and kWh?

Let’s start with what each letter stands for.

k stands for kilo. Which means “one thousand”.

W stands for Watt, which is a measure of power.

h stands for hour, which is obviously a measure of time.

kilowatts: kW

So kW means kilowatt, which is 1000 Watts. It is a measure of power. Notice that, if you like to keep anal electrical engineers like me happy, the correct way to write it is always with a small k and a capital W. Peak power defines a solar system’s size. e.g. a 5 kW system can produce 5 kW of power at solar noon (when the sun is at its strongest) on a perfect solar day:

    Understand how to calculator kwh, kw, Ah

    Recently, We recieved many inquiry from different clients. Most of them are professional. However, some customers will made some mistake about kwh, kw, and ah. Sometimes, people get confused or type it in a lazy way. But this could lead to a wrong way on communication. Here We would like to share about them as following:

    • How to Convert Amp-Hours to Kilowatt-Hours

    Amp-hours, often expressed as Ah or A·h, are a measure of electrical charge. Amp-hours are often used to measure the charge of a battery, for example. A charge of one Ah will supply one amp of current for one hour.

    Kilowatt-hours, expressed kWh or kW·h, are used to measure electrical energy. One kWh is equal to one kilowatt, or one thousand watts, of energy consumed for one hour of time.

    To convert from electrical charge to energy, use the formula below along with the voltage.

    • Ah to kWh Conversion Formula

      kWh = Ah × V1,000

    The electrical energy in kilowatt-hours is equal to the charge in amp-hours times the voltage, then divided by 1,000.

    formula to convert amp-hours to kilowatt-hours
    For example, let’s convert 100 Ah at 48V to kWh.

    kWh = (100Ah × 48 V) ÷ 1,000
    kWh = 4,800 ÷ 1,000
    kWh = 4.8 kWh

    How do kW and kWh relate to batteries?

    When buying batteries, you need to think about both the power of the battery and the energy storage capacity of the battery you are looking at.

    The battery’s energy storage capacity is measured in kWh—for example, the ‘Powerwall 2’ stores 13.5 kWh of energy.

    Its power is 5 kW, so it can charge or discharge at that rate. At full power, then, it can fully discharge in under 3 hours.

    The more energy (kWh) a battery has, the more you can store and the longer it will last, the more power it has the faster you can get that energy in or out of the battery,

    In other words, the more power it has, the more appliances you can power with it and the more energy it has, the longer you can power those appliances.

    For normal household use, you want enough energy to get you through the night and at least 5 kW of power for speedy charging.