Home Battery and Solar FAQ

No. A battery can charge from the grid and sit ready for the next outage. If you have solar panels, or add them later, the battery can also recharge from the sun while the grid is down.

That depends on the size of the battery and what you run on it. A fridge, lights and Wi-Fi draw far less than central AC. We go through the math in how long a home battery will run your house.

A battery set up for backup senses the outage and moves your home over to battery power on its own. When the grid comes back, it switches back and starts recharging.

It mounts on a wall in the garage or outside the house, close to the electrical panel. We look at the spot during the assessment.

It can if the system is sized for it. AC is the biggest load in most Florida homes, so we size the battery around whether you want it covered.

They do different jobs. A battery has no fuel, no exhaust and no noise, and it switches on by itself. A whole house generator on natural gas can run longer without sun. See home battery vs. whole house generator.

Not by themselves. Grid-tied solar panels shut off when the grid goes down so they don't send power onto lines crews are repairing. With a battery in the system, the house keeps running on stored power and the panels can recharge the battery during the day. More in do solar panels work during a power outage.

You don't need one for the panels to work on a normal day. You need one if you want the house to keep running when the grid is down.

No. Florida law (Section 163.04 of the Florida Statutes) says an HOA can't ban solar panels on a home. It can choose where on the roof they go, within an orientation to the south or within 45 degrees east or west of due south, as long as that doesn't impair how they work.

On FPL, Duke Energy Florida or Tampa Electric, Florida's net metering rule credits it on your next month's bill. Credits carry forward for up to 12 months, and anything left at the end of the year is paid out at a lower rate.

Yes. The visit is free and you're under no obligation to buy anything.

We look at your electrical panel and where the equipment would go, and we ask what you want running when the power is out.

The bill shows how much electricity your home uses from month to month. We size the system from those numbers so it covers what you want to keep running.

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Pinellas, Manatee and Charlotte counties, including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Palmetto, Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and Englewood.

Superior Eco Solutions is a SunVena Authorized Dealer. SunVena has completed more than 20,000 solar and battery installs in Florida.