TL;DR: What is the practical difference between the different 5000W GroWatt all-in-ones? Can they schedule power?
I purchased some land, and am going to be building a house on it. While waiting on permits/rights/loans I have started building a barn. I picked up 20 x 203W panels for about $40 each a while back I plan to install on the roof of the barn with a GroWatt 5000W and batteries inside. For now it will be pure off-grid, but I want to run conduit between the house and barn, feed grid power to the GroWatt and attach some of the lower load/important stuff in a different panel in the house (Lights, refrigerator, furnace, etc...).
First question: there are 3 or 4 options in that power range from GroWatt, and it is hard to tell what the difference is between the units (probably because of translation issues). Are they just newer models? Is one of the models generally more reliable/has a better featureset?
Second question: Can these units do power scheduling? My power company offers off-peak rate discounts, and if I could schedule the unit to be more aggressive with staying on solar/batteries during peak hours that would generate more returns for me.
Thank you!
I purchased some land, and am going to be building a house on it. While waiting on permits/rights/loans I have started building a barn. I picked up 20 x 203W panels for about $40 each a while back I plan to install on the roof of the barn with a GroWatt 5000W and batteries inside. For now it will be pure off-grid, but I want to run conduit between the house and barn, feed grid power to the GroWatt and attach some of the lower load/important stuff in a different panel in the house (Lights, refrigerator, furnace, etc...).
First question: there are 3 or 4 options in that power range from GroWatt, and it is hard to tell what the difference is between the units (probably because of translation issues). Are they just newer models? Is one of the models generally more reliable/has a better featureset?
Second question: Can these units do power scheduling? My power company offers off-peak rate discounts, and if I could schedule the unit to be more aggressive with staying on solar/batteries during peak hours that would generate more returns for me.
Thank you!