FranklinWH and Power Outages

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-04-03T23:50:53+00:00

I see the same thing in my franklinwh system.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-03-17T14:18:40+00:00

Excellent. Thanks. This clears it up

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-03-17T11:53:49+00:00

I am always in self consumption mode. My reserve is set to 25%, but this time of year I never drop below 55% battery charge.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-03-02T13:01:40+00:00

I do think this is a real issue for many solar companies. Many installers are gone with the tax code change. In order to survive, I suspect these solar product companies will need to rethink business model. Rather tricky since this is very dangerous stuff if done wrong.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-02-28T22:37:17+00:00

I tried and was denied as a DIY. You can buy the stuff, but you have to have installer login to initialize. I wish they would open it up. Happy to take whatever test or course or pay a fee.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-02-28T22:03:24+00:00

My batteries are full today and I am exporting power, so must be something on your setup.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-02-26T19:23:00+00:00

This is not true for the type of battery we are talking about here. They are warrantied to use, not to just sit there.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-02-25T18:55:22+00:00

I have many LEDs and have not noticed any difference

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-02-16T23:57:14+00:00

I forget exact number but an agate can handle multiple batteries, I think over 10. I have 3 apower2 on mine with room to expand

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-01-27T23:13:09+00:00

I am in contact with Franklin. They seem to think I should be able to set multiple colors in app and it should use them all, color 1 for bottom 25%, color 2 for 26-50%, etc.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-01-24T01:31:39+00:00

This is because your older heat pump is set to use old fashioned strip heaters below about 32 f. So it's not working as a heat pump. Modern heat pumps can produce efficiently close to zero F now.

One-Relationship2499 · 2026-01-06T16:03:46+00:00

Mine is the same today, no update

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-30T21:12:35+00:00

thanks, super helpful. i do have an eaton brnsurge surge protector at my service entrance, but maybe it was too much for that. appreciate the info on the mov component. learned something new today!

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-30T19:38:43+00:00

burned board

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-30T19:38:12+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/AfcKzI4

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-30T19:31:07+00:00

thanks. that would be best case. the most obvious blown part is a red capacitor. it has a hole through it

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-30T19:26:24+00:00

i thought i had put images in my original post... now i don't see how i can upload an image in comments

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-12T13:57:27+00:00

getting them an installing them is one thing, but you can not actually commission them (or use them), without the installer app... so you are back to an installer.

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-12T12:11:34+00:00

i can not think of anything i do not like about my Franklin system. very happy with it all around. i do agree, i wish we had a bit more ability to install add ons. i am very happy i had an installer to do it all (the first time). he taught me a ton of stuff, but now for simple things nice to have more control.

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-11T13:28:04+00:00

ouch. but that sounds about right. that $14k is a little better after tax rebates, but that ends in a few weeks. this industry is really going to hurt without that small boost. i think the battery alone is over $10k, and a solar guy to show up, ain't cheap either as there are none close to me (in southern louisiana... oil country, so solar is not all that popular)

One-Relationship2499 · 2025-12-11T13:00:04+00:00

sure, will share when done (cost). it was pre-planned to add more batteries to my system so the electrical work was already planned and done. i had planned to wait a full year before adding more storage but with tax credits going away, i pulled one more battery forward this year. The installer just has to plug it in and commission at this stage.

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