Home Essentials Backup

An Enphase Home Essentials Backup system with M Series Microinverters is ideal for homeowners who want to power basic appliances during a grid outage. This provides homeowners with basic battery backup day or night with the use of a single IQ Battery 3 or 3T. Due to PV-to-battery ratio constraints, this configuration may require the implementation of PV shedding, depending on the size of the PV system.

Overview

In this configuration, the Enphase Energy System provides all-day backup for essential loads using M Series Microinverters and IQ Batteries. To maintain stability, no greater than 150% of the IQ Battery continuous power capacity (in IQ PV capacity) can be wired into IQ System Controller. This use case is best when the Enphase Energy System is configured to provide backup to a few pre-selected, essential load circuits. Up to two IQ Load Controllers are strongly recommended to shed high power loads.

Components

All the important parts you'll need for the M Series Home Essentials Backup configuration.

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M Series Microinverter

Enphase Energy Systems with M215 or M250 Microinverters are fully compatible with IQ Batteries, making retrofit upgrades as simple as new installations.

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IQ Battery 3/3T

The Enphase IQ Battery 3/3T all-in-one AC-coupled storage system is reliable, smart, simple, and safe.

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