Battery intelligence
The official editorial and research team for Battery Planning, providing expert battery sizing guides, specifications audits, and cost estimation planners.
23 articles
Complete appliance wattage reference chart for home battery backup planning. Compare running watts, surge watts, and daily kWh consumption across essential household loads.
Learn how to calculate your home energy consumption, audit appliance wattages, eliminate vampire loads, and model daily kWh for solar and battery planning.
Complete 2026 guide to home battery backup incentives: federal tax credits under IRS Form 5695, 3kWh capacity rules, state rebates, Virtual Power Plants, and NEM 3.0 savings.
Comprehensive sizing guide for outdoor portable battery backups. Run CPAP machines, 12V portable fridges, RV appliances, and emergency home lighting.
Complete technical guide to pairing solar panels with portable power stations. MPPT charge controller limits, VOC voltage calculations, series vs. parallel wiring, and solar recharge times.
Technical comparison between portable solar generators (EcoFlow, Jackery, Bluetti) and whole-home battery banks (Tesla Powerwall 3, Enphase 5P). Compare inverter surge limits, subpanel wiring, and $/Wh efficiency.
Master guide to emergency home battery backup power. Learn about essential load panels, automatic transfer switches, motor surge currents, appliance wattages, and multi-day outage runtimes.
Guide to sizing battery backup for CPAP machines and medical devices. Learn about heated humidifier power draw, pure sine wave inverters, and DC adapters.
Learn how to back up your sump pump during a blackout. Calculate startup surge watts (1/3 HP vs 1/2 HP), battery runtime, and dual float switch setups.