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Briggs Stratton, Sol-Ark, Simpliphi

Briggs & Stratton Teaming up with SimpliPHI Battery Technology using a Sol-Ark Power Inverter is now the cutting edge WH backup of Grid Solutions of the year!

Meet the IQ Battery​ 5P

The IQ Battery 5P is incredibly powerful with 7.68 kW of peak power and 3.84 kW of continuous power. With six IQ8D-BAT Micro-inverters inside, IQ Battery 5P starts and runs more power-hungry appliances like pool pumps and HVACs with fewer batteries. Thanks to a distributed architecture, in the rare event one of the micro-inverters inside the battery stops working, power keeps flowing to the home and the lights stay on.

MILWAUKEE, WI (March 04, 2024) – For homeowners looking for reliable, quiet, emission-free backup energy, Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions is introducing its SimpliPHI® 6.6 Home Battery System. This innovative new battery is more powerful, more affordable, more versatile and more compact than other systems. The SimpliPHI 6.6 uses advanced lithium ferro phosphate (LFP) chemistry and can provide enough power to get a home through a “typical” outage. Briggs & Stratton’s new SimpliPHI 6.6 battery delivers 6.65 kWh of energy and can be installed in stacks of one to three. For increased power, a system can be scaled to six stacks of three with the 18 batteries delivering 119.7 kWh with maximum continuous power of 84 kW. With the average power outage in the U.S. lasting 5.5 hours1, a one-battery SimpliPHI 6.6 system can meet the needs of many homeowners by delivering more than 10 hours of power at 50% backup load*. The SimpliPHI battery system can be used as an alternative to a standby generator, offering additional installation flexibility and versatility. In addition to providing backup power during a utility outage, the SimpliPHI 6.6 battery system can be used during peak utility rate times or with demand response programs to lower utility bills. The system can supplement solar energy or be paired with a generator for off-grid power.

“We’re breaking new ground with the SimpliPHI 6.6 battery and are continuing to innovate and help homeowners achieve energy resilience and independence,” said Tom Rugg, SVP & President - Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions. “We’re also focused on affordability. The SimpliPHI 6.6 battery is 25% less expensive than our competitors, and that is before tax incentives.”

The SimpliPHI 6.6 battery stack is extremely versatile and gives homeowners multiple installation options. It is outdoor rated so it can be installed indoors or outdoors with no additional cabinets required. The system can be ground- or wall-mounted inside a garage, shed or basement or outside on an exterior wall. The flexibility of using one, two or three batteries per stack means the system can fit into small spaces.

Aesthetically, the SimpliPHI 6.6 features a sleek design and is more compact and lighter than other systems. Each battery is 17.3” tall by 28.6” wide by 6.7” deep.

On the technology front, the SimpliPHI 6.6 uses LFP chemistry that’s been proven to be safer and less prone to thermal runaway. In fact, SimpliPHI batteries have been used around the world for more than a decade in some of the harshest environments. In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense used SimpliPHI batteries to deliver mission-critical power on Forward Operating Bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The LFP chemistry allows for 6,000+ cycles @ 80% DoD with an end-of-life capacity of 75%. An increased discharge rate of .7C to 1C delivers more storage capacity per hour. In addition, an expanded temperature range allows for full operating/discharging rate from -20 ºC to 55 ºC and full charging rate from -10 ºC to 50 ºC.

Tested and certified to the most stringent standards, the SimpliPHI 6.6 battery is UL 1642, UL 1973, UN 3480 and UN DOT 38.3 certified and has gone through UL 9540A fire safety testing. It recently secured its UL 9540 Edition 3 certification as a standalone DC ESS.

The SimpliPHI 6.6 battery is compatible with the SimpliPHIⓇ 6kW hybrid inverter, Sol-Ark® 8K, 12K and 15K inverters, as well as other leading lithium supporting inverters.

Configurations & Cost

Briggs & Stratton offers ESS Packages that make choosing a system easy.

The complete, one-battery Essential Backup Package, which includes a single SimpliPHI 6.6 battery, a battery controller, ground or wall base, SimpliPHI 6kW hybrid inverter and gateway, has an MSRP of approximately $10,800 with installation and comes with a 10-year limited warranty. When the 30% federal Inflation Reduction Act tax credit is applied, the cost drops to approximately $7,560 with installation.

The two-battery Managed Loads Package allows consumers to add additional appliances and delivers more than 14 hours of power at 75% backup load*. The complete two-battery 6.6 SimpliPHI system with a Sol-Ark® 12K inverter and installation is approximately $15,400 and $10,800 with the tax credit.

The three-battery Whole House Package allows a typical homeowner to power nearly everything in their home and delivers more than 16 hours of power at 100% backup load*. The complete three-battery system with a Sol-ArkⓇ 15K inverter and installation is approximately $19,000 or $13,300 with the tax credit.

Additional batteries can be added to each package to provide more power for larger appliances and equipment, like an air conditioning unit.

The SimpliPHI 6.6 battery and 6 kW inverter have a 10-year limited warranty, and the 6.6 battery is guaranteed to retain 75% capacity after 10 years 2 Plus, SimpliPHI Batteries are backed by Briggs & Stratton’s 115 years of experience in power solutions.

Micro Inverters For Grid-Tie Sloutions!

Nothing beats the individual panel management offered by micro inverters! In the past, a shaded solar panel could bring down the power output of a string in your array, much like a single dead Christmas light kills the entire string. However, by putting a single, small micro inverter on each solar panel, this deficiency can be avoided because the conversion from DC to AC occurs at each panel, rather than in a single central inverter. Micro inverters also allow for design flexibility and the ability to grow your system in phases, as you are able to add inverters/panels (up to the string limitations) at your convenience.

ENPHASE IQ Grid-Tie MICRO-INVERTERS

Capture sunlight and turn it to energy to power your home. Our revolutionary IQ Microinverter design provides better performance, reliability, and resilience for each individual panel on your roof. Our pioneering IQ Microinverter performs a seemingly impossible feat with brilliant simplicity.

It transforms photons, quantum particles of light, into safe AC power you can use to power your home. With an Enphase Energy System, every solar panel is equipped with its own microinverter, so if one panel slips into the shade or experiences a rare glitch, the other panels keep generating power.

That’s in stark contrast to traditional string inverter systems, where if one panel goes down, the whole system can go down with it.

Enphase IQ Microinverters are compatible with virtually all solar panel makes and models, so choose the panels you like best knowing our microinverters will work with them seamlessly.

"FranklinWH is the industry’s leading supplier of residential energy management solutions, founded on a specialized team of energy storage and power electronics experts. FranklinWH’s future-forward innovations bring energy independence to homes everywhere. By integrating solar generation, battery storage, grid and backup generator, FranklinWH provides the market with safe and reliable products for home energy efficiency."

Franklin Home Power (FHP) Solution

Franklin Home Power

Manages your energy sources to intelligently support household consumption and to decrease your reliance on the grid.

aGate

An intelligent controller that integrates all power sources to maximize efficient supply and which automatically detects grid outages to seamlessly transition to backup power within 16 ms. Up to 15 aPower batteries can be connected to a single aGate..

App

The FranklinWH smartphone app allows remote monitoring and management of your whole home energy management system at any time, from anywhere.

Understanding Clean Power

Battery vs Generator Whole Home Backup

Why Home Generators may not be a viable solution for home Backup!

Home Generators are more common through out the US! What people are learning the hard

way is that there are two types of generators, Inverter drive generator(s) & non inverter drive

generator(s)! With non inverter generators Voltage and Frequency can produce power with

varying voltage and frequency which can affect the performance and longevity of the mini split

systems! Keep in mind Higher Seer AC Heat Pump systems use the same compressor and

control boards along with other Components in their technology!

The conventional non inverter drive AC Heat Pump (14seer) will work fine on a non inverter

drive generator! In some cases mini split systems can be ran on a generator, but it is crucial to

to consider the specific requirements of the system!

When people talk about dirty power they are speaking of non inverter driven Generators! Clean

power is referred as Solar, WH Battery, Grid!

Inverter driven Compressors and generators are unique where the power comes in as AC and

inverts to DC the motor does not run directly off house power! Clean power is required to avoid

harmonic distortion can have detrimental effects on electrical equipment!

Inverter drive AC Heat Pump compressors (16+seer) are insanely efficient to meet and exceed

most efficiency guidelines, Inverter Drive systems work well with clean energy provided by the

Grid, Solar, WH Battery!

Inverter Drive AC systems will start with using very little amperage (power), than the system will

slowly ramp up in stages, Solar Systems and WH Batteries experience low or no voltage spikes

that lessen the life of a WH Home battery!

Franklin vs Tesla

The Whole Home AC battery technology is always advancing and continues to improves

software and software updates! The 2 leading WH Batteries are Franklin WH and Tesla

batteries are AC coupled batteries, no inverter needed, can be charged with the grid, solar

panels using AC Micro-Inverter, generator! Both batteries can be installed up to 8 in a string,

each WH battery will have a 200 amp pass through breaker with 80 amp continuous power!

Tesla & Franklin are almost identical batteries, the real differences are the Franklin uses

capacitors to assist startups for pumps & compressor, Tesla does not! Franklin is really a 15kW

Battery only releases 13.6 kW, you can never discharge 100%! Discharging batteries at 100%

will create a service call to recover battery levels to normal! Usually fail safe systems are

programmed in the software to avoid this from happening!

Advantages of a WH Battery not only to provide clean energy, you may enjoy this clean energy in the

evening and save on your utility bill! During high peak charges from your utility company! Most of all

you will enjoy your insanely efficient AC Heat Pump with comfort levels your old AC system could not

provide! Tax Credit does apply for your WH Battery! WH Batteries are also eligible for USDA Grants,

& loans.