Single battery Base Power install
I had my install on Friday the 13th, no hexes as it went very smoothly. The pallet of equipment was delivered early in the morning rather than the day before. We had moved 1 vehicle so there was a place for it to go. Delivery was different group than the installer.
Pallet of Base Power single battery
The installers came around just after 8 am, so a bit early. Total install time was about 4 hours. They unpacked everything, were very organized and kept us informed of what was going on when power was cut. There were 2 power cuts, One at the beginning that was fairly short per my wife and the other that was just over an hour as they connected everything together.
The batteries ended up being behind the fence and a good bit down the house as code requires a certain distance from windows and the AC unit. They ran conduit for the power wires and another for the control circuitry.
After the install they reviewed the system. There are three places to turn off parts of the system or do a disconnect. 1. At the battery/inverter, 2. At the Base control box, and 3. at the disconnect switch between the base control box and mains.
The cleaned up all the trash and boxes and put them back on the pallet. The pallet was picked up later in the day.
Since them I have been looking at the app to see power usage and where it is coming from. So far it is a mix of being supplied by grid or battery or both which I found interesting. Looking forward to how it handles outages and power blips. Another plus is that the Base controller also comes with a whole home surge suppressor, a nice bonus in my mind as we did not have that before but I was considering it.
Below are snips from the app.
Posted Jun 15, 2025, 3:04 AM UTC