Which battery fits this customer?
Standard batteries match the customer's existing inverter brand. Specialty batteries (Tesla, Franklin) are premium options with bigger capacity and different VPP eligibility.
Customer's existing inverter brand
Battery configuration
Standard · Matches Inverter
SolarEdge
Home Battery
Capacity
10 kWh
Continuous
5 kW
10-year manufacturer warranty
Best for
SolarEdge inverter homes. Cheapest entry. 5 kW continuous limits backup loads to essentials.
SolarEdge
SolarEdge Nexis Battery
Capacity
10 kWh
Continuous
7 kW
10-year manufacturer warranty
Best for
A modular SolarEdge battery you can expand block by block as your needs grow.
Enphase
2× IQ Battery 5P
Capacity
10 kWh
Continuous
10 kW
15-year manufacturer warranty
Best for
Enphase microinverter homes. 10 kW continuous output supports more backup loads simultaneously than SolarEdge.
Not Compatible
Not compatible with SolarEdge inverters — the Enphase IQ 5P requires the Enphase IQ8 microinverter ecosystem for communications. Enphase has a universal-AC battery in development (inverter-agnostic) — not yet released.
Specialty · Premium Backup