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Battery Storage in North Salt Lake
A home battery holds the solar power you make during the day so you can use it after dark or when the grid drops. We size it to the circuits you actually need, install it cleanly and keep you posted the whole way.
What a battery does for your home
Solar panels make power when the sun is up. Most of your use happens later, when people get home, cook and run the laundry. A battery stores the extra from midday and hands it back in the evening. When the credit you get for sending power to the grid is worth less than what you pay to buy it back, using your own stored power is the better deal.
It also covers outages. When the grid goes down, the battery switches over and keeps the circuits you picked running. A winter storm or a summer wind event along the Wasatch Front can knock power out for hours. With a battery, your fridge, furnace fan, lights and internet stay on.
A battery makes the most sense if you already have solar, are adding it now with our solar panel installation, or want backup without a noisy fuel generator.
What the work includes
- Load review
- We go through what you want running in an outage. Some people only need the fridge and a few lights. Others want the whole house. That answer drives the size.
- Battery and inverter setup
- We install the battery, the inverter or gateway that controls it, and the wiring that ties it into your existing solar and electrical panel.
- Backup panel for key circuits
- If you are backing up part of the house, we move those circuits to a separate backup panel so the battery powers only what matters.
- Floor and yard protection
- Drop cloths go down in the garage and walkways. If conduit runs along an outside wall, we work around your plants and rock beds and put things back the way we found them.
- App and walkthrough
- On the final day we get the monitoring app loaded and signed in for you. Then we gather whoever is home and show how the system behaves day to day and what happens when the grid drops.
Signs a battery is the right call
Your solar credits feel small
You send a lot of power to the grid during the day, but your bill still climbs in the evening. Storing that power and using it yourself usually pays better.
Outages hit your routine
Someone works from home, or you lose a freezer full of food every time the power goes. A battery keeps those circuits running.
Medical or comfort needs
Someone in the house relies on powered equipment, or your furnace needs electricity to run. Backup for those loads is worth planning.
You want backup without a generator
No fuel to store, no engine to start, no noise. The battery switches over by itself.
How a battery job goes
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Free virtual appointment
We start with a phone or video call. We look at your power bills and talk through what you want backed up. No one has to come into your home for this part.
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Site visit and design
We check your electrical panel and pick a spot for the battery, often in the garage or on an outside wall. You approve the plan and the layout before anything is ordered.
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Permits and utility paperwork
We pull the permit and handle the utility interconnection forms. We tell you what is filed and when we hear back.
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Install day
We tell you ahead of time when the power will be off and for about how long, so nobody is surprised. Floors get covered, the crew keeps the work area neat and we clean the garage and walkways when the job wraps.
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Sign-off and startup
Once the city inspector approves the work, we power the system up and cut the grid on purpose to test the switchover. Then we show you the app so you know what you are looking at.
What sets the cost of a battery
A battery quote comes down to what you want running in an outage and what your electrical panel can handle. Once we know both, we write the numbers down so you can look them over before anything gets ordered. Plenty of homeowners choose our $0 up front option.
- How much storage you need
- Bigger capacity means a bigger bill. Keeping a fridge, a few lights and the internet going takes far less storage than running every room with the central air on.
- One battery or several
- Heavy loads or long backup times can call for two or more units linked together.
- Work at your electrical panel
- A full or aging panel may need an upgrade, or a separate backup panel, so the battery ties in safely.
- The solar you already have
- Some systems connect to a battery with little extra work. Others need different equipment to talk to it, and that changes the parts list.
- Where the battery sits
- A long wire run from the panel, or an outdoor spot that needs added weather protection, means more labor and material.
Battery storage questions
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How long will a battery run my house in an outage?
It depends on the battery size and what you have running. Essential circuits like a fridge, lights and internet can run much longer than a whole house with the air conditioner on. If your solar is producing, it can recharge the battery during the day. We go over realistic numbers for your home on the free virtual appointment.
Will a battery work with the panels I have now?
Usually it will. We check your current inverter and electrical panel to see how the battery connects. Some older setups need one more piece of equipment to make it work. You hear what yours needs before you decide anything.
Where does the battery go?
Usually in the garage or on an outside wall near your electrical panel. We pick a spot that keeps it out of your way, protected from weather and close enough to keep wiring short. You approve the location before we install.
Does it make noise or need upkeep?
No engine, no fuel and very little sound. You may hear a quiet fan now and then. The app shows charge level and lets you know if something needs attention.
Will my power be off during the install?
For part of the day, yes. We need to shut off power to tie the battery into your panel. We give you the timing ahead of time so you can plan around it.
Let's look at your backup options
Tell us what you want running when the grid goes down. We will walk through sizing, costs and the $0 up front option with you, all by phone or video.