Balkan Power Plant Memory Anchor Solarbank 2 AC in Testing

With Solarbank 2 AC, the anchor now offers the third edition of its balcony power plant storage company. We tested how compact solar battery is suitable for the outsider in everyday life.

Balcony power plant can feed a maximum of 800 watts in Germany. Systems reach the summit at lunch. Anyone produces less than what they produce, gives energy to the network operator. In the best case, you should use a lot of electricity in the afternoon so that nothing happens. However, such consumption behavior is contrary to the classic daily routine of professionals that come home only in the evening. To complete this, it is worth saving the energy generated during the day to consume it in the evening and night. The anchor goes one step forward on its solarbank 2AC memory and enabling bidal charging and an emergency stream in the event of power failure. We tested how good the retrofitted battery practice. The best balcony power plant from our tests show our BKW Best List.

Solarbank 2 AC scores with high reliability and simple handling in testing. Especially positive:

Solarbank 2AC from the anchor is available individually for retrofitting and in bundles with solar panels. We tested the memory with Balakan Power Plant XL Duo from Klein Craftwork.

At first glance, the anchor Solarbank with a capacity of 1.6 kwh looks like other variants of the 2AC manufacturer. This expansion battery is also compatible with BP1600, allowing the memory expansion with five batteries to expand to 9.6 kwh. Basic units and expansion batteries combine wirelessly – comfortable and without effort. For coupling, you can only remove the protective cap from solarbank 2 AC and BP1600 and stack them together.

Uncontrolled, but practical, memory is the integrated shoeo socket. It enables the solarbank 2 AC to use for emergency power supply. In the case of a local power failure, the power stored in the battery will not be used for classic balcony power stores-Thanks to the coron, at least some consumers can be supplied up to 1200 watts in an emergency. In addition to memory and instructions, the MC4 extension cable and connection cable are related to the shoko socket.

The memory is about 46 × 30 × 25 cm and weighs 22 kg. Thanks to IP65 certification and integrated heating, the device can be installed out and works, even if there is enough electricity to heat up to 20 ° C even in cold temperatures. In summer, even a temperature of up to 55 ° C should not be a problem – however, our experience suggests that the metal housing gets heated very quickly throughout the sun. We basically recommend you install the battery in the shade.

The installation of solarbank 2AC can rarely be easier for decent guidance and internal inverter. After unpacking, the relationship with two solar panels is as follows – whether they are now ordered as bundles or already come from a separate balcony power plant. Buyer puts MC4 connectors of panels directly into the connection of storage-a potential inverter from a full balcony power plant set is no longer necessary. Unlike Solarbank 2 Pro, Solarbank 2AC and Solarbank 2 Plus have only two MPPT modules and connections for panels. Although four solar modules may also be associated with a Y cable, if one of the panels is overshadowed, Shakti also collapses on other modules attached to the other.

If you already use a balcony power plant and are looking for a memory for retrofitting, the anchor solarbank 2AC is also served very well. With AC-emergent Hoymiles MS-A2 Memory (Leaderboard), you can simply insert the inverter cables of the inverter used in the emergency socket of Solarbank 2AC. Therefore you do not need to connect MC4 cables of already installed solar panels. A balcony power plant with a memory is done in short time.

In the final stage, we connect the solarbank 2AC to a nearby vessel socket and install anchor apps on the smartphone. We need a free account for use.

Finished and switched, the anchor app immediately finds solarbank 2AC through Bluetooth. After entering the domestic Wlan password, memory is ready for use and follows individual settings.

In the original settings, Solarbank 2 AC permanently feeds 200 watts. The user can change this value at any time and also choose a time -control feed -in. However, it is quite effective, a requirement -friend -fed -in, in which actually the required performance is fed into the house network. It works with a smart meter in the power distributor, later on it.

If more performance comes from solar panels, the surplus solarbank ends in the lifepo4 battery of 2 AC. If the sun’s performance is not enough, solarbank distributes up to 800 watts to achieve the 2AC set value. According to the manufacturer, the Lifepo4 battery should still have at least 70 % of its original capacity after 6000 charging cycles. The anchor on this guarantees a decent 10 -year.

A special feature of the AC version of Solarbank 2 is the possibility of a bidish shop, which we only knew from the Hoymiles MS-A2. If you use a dynamic power tariff, it makes sense to load the battery from the power grid. Then you can load cheap electricity in the battery during sunlight during lunch and then eat again in the evening and again in the night when the price of electricity increases. With a dynamic power tariff, the cost of electricity with solarbank 2AC can be theoretically reduced without solar panels. To work for this, the price difference should be quite large due to loss of conversion when charging into the socket – and they are about 15 percent.

In everyday life, the consumption of energy in the house can strongly move down, so that fixed feed -in values ​​usually provide very little or much power. If the set values ​​are very low, you buy power, although it will not be necessary. If feed -in power is too high, you leave electricity. For maximum savings, the self -conference rate must be as high as possible, and it works with a dynamic feed -in, which is based on real consumption using a smart meter. Balkan power plant with zero feed -ups: Never give electricity again.

Thanks to alternatively available smart meters, Solarbank 2 AC knows how much power currently requires. However, the smart power meter with Wlan should be installed by an expert in the sub -dystribution (power meter) of the house. There he records what the current performing is required and the solarbank passes to 2 AC at this price. This then meets the requirement of up to 800 watts of maximum permissible. In addition to the anchor’s smart meter, Solarbank also supports Shelli models such as 2AC Pro 3m. Some comparable also dominate storage solutions such as other manufacturers such as Zendure and Ecoflow.

How high the savings actually is, depends on many individual factors such as volume, performance and alignment of panels, weather and electricity price. Originally, the following is applied: Balconies with memory are more slowly rumors than BKW without storage, but save more money in the long term. The balcony power plants without storage are very cheap, but the savings are also quite low due to low self -consulation rates.

A flat -color information about savings capacity is difficult – there are many factors that affect the result. So we use HTW Berlin’s Solar Simulator Plug And Balkan Power Plant XL Duo from small power plant with two 500 watt panels. Example Calculation, we ignore a bidleen shop – there are no longer experiences in practice and also requires a single power tariff.

In terms of a 15-year view of the current electricity cost of 35 cents per kW, an increase in an annual price of 3 percent, the annual electricity requirement of 3700 kWh and the replacement cost of 3700 kwh, the Solarbank 2AC power memory pays together with 1000-wattred bucitudial unit after seven years. Without memory, the cost is brought after three years. During 15 years, about 1000 euros will be saved without less battery.

Compared to the price, anchor Solarbank is available from 2AC 798 euro. The additional battery BP1600 costs 489 Euro individually. The set has a solarbank 2AC with BP1600 as compared to the price from 1326 euros in the set. Anchor Smart Meter is personally spent around Amazon 84 Euro,

If you are interested in a set, you will be stablely disturbed together with the XL pair of small power plant with two 500 watt panels and the langar solarbank 2AC together 1279 EuroExperience has shown that it is always meaningful Private, Small power plant And Yuma To stop. Bundles have solarbank 2, with good service and often at the best price.

For comparison, we also show the prices of Solarbank 2 Pro and Plus and Solarbank 1.

In the test, the anchor solarbank 2 AC assures with simple installation, clear app and reliable function. In addition, practical emergency power is function and is the fact that memory can be easily installed out. Even the temperature under the cold cannot affect the battery in practical testing. Another plus point is that the solarbank 2AC looks very well -organized for integrated inverter. In addition, the capacity can be expanded in detail from 1.6 kwh to 9.6 kwh through a plug -in system. For maximum savings, we also recommend the use of a smart meter, even if it costs some money in its purchase and installation.

In all, anchor solarbank 2AC is particularly suitable as a retrophitting solution for an existing balcony power plants. Place the already used inverter cable in the solarbank 2AC vesel sockets and then connect the power memory to the house network. This may not be really easy. Efficiency suffers from double conversion to some extent, but it is still recommended.

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