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Here in New Mexico, around 75% of our energy is renewable and counting nuclear it's even higher. We have a time of day rate where we pay double from 5-8 pm. I'm thinking about doing a DIY battery install like this one to move demand from the $0.32 energy to the $0.07 Anker SOLIX E10 Limited-Time Pre-Sale Deals and Gifts - Anker SOLIX US

For $7000 with tax, MTS, and 12 kWh battery, it could save about $3/day and have about a 7 year ROI and sooner with rate increases.

Anyone have experience with this brand's performance and ease of install? I'm pretty comfortable working in my panel and have done so many times.

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I do not but have been looking at one myself rather than a Generac or equivalent generator. Let me know if you end up going with one!

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Right now for DIY options like this it seems to just be between the Anker Solix and EcoFlow Delta series but this pre-order sale event from Anker gives 12 kWh versus EcoFlow’s 6 kWh system so they’re not quite in the same league right now. So far research wise I’ve just been watching YouTube reviews and it seems easy enough to setup.

Anyway, if I do manage to get permission from my wife and set one up I’ll definitely let you know!

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Excellent! there were some really good deals during Black Friday this year on Solix options. Almost went with one. Maybe this year.

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I am curious on what specific Anker ESS option you all are considering. While the A17E1-# and X1-P6K-B#-US are listed to UL9540, only the later one is listed as a PCS under the deprecated UL3141 standard. This means that the X1-P6K-B#-US can only either do Import Only / Export Only mode and may impact the use case that you seek.

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Thanks for the reply! I decided against the pre-order but they’re still on sale fortunately. It just wasn’t the right time financially yet lol.

I’m indeed looking at the later model (E10 A17E1 power module with 2x BESS modules) that’s spec’d to UL 9540 with the Smart Inlet box (AS211). As I understand it, it would connect to a 40A input breaker and a 50A interlocked output breaker in my panel. The input breaker can run in either direction during normal conditions performing the primary function of peak shifting. In the event of a power outage, all breakers are opened in the panel, the interlock changed over to the 50A backup supply, and critical circuits are switched online. The battery has solar DC inputs and generator AC inputs to keep charge up.

Let me know if I have this wrong! That would be very helpful to know.