{"id":2188,"date":"2021-03-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2023-01-14T04:03:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T04:03:47","slug":"how-to-size-a-solar-batteries-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/how-to-size-a-solar-batteries-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3mo dimensionar una bater\u00eda solar y por qu\u00e9 es importante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solar installers have many different options when it comes to batteries, but they aren\u2019t one-size-fits-all. Contractors must be careful not to under- or over-size an energy storage system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to CSSUN Co.\u2019s senior applications engineer, if the solar battery bank is undersized, its lifespan will be reduced because the daily depth of discharge will be deeper than necessary. If undersized, the battery bank also may not be able to supply enough energy to support the load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe recommend limiting DOD (depth of discharge) to 50%, but the lower the DOD, the better the battery life,\u201d The engineer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, if the battery bank is oversized, the PV panels may not be able to fully recharge the batteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDepending on how the backup charge source (generator if available) is set up, a large battery bank can be deeply discharged after a few days of cloudy conditions,\u201d The engineer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the batteries are deeply discharged, the PV panels will have a large deficit to replenish and may not be able to catch up.\u00a0An oversized solar battery could also lead to chronic undercharging and poor performance and lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/cssun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solar-install_EnSync-Energy-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2193\"><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar installers have many different options when it comes to batteries, but they aren\u2019t one-size-fits-all. Contractors must be careful not to under- or over-size an energy storage system. According to CSSUN Co.\u2019s senior applications engineer, if the solar battery bank is undersized, its lifespan will be reduced because the daily depth of discharge will be [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cssun.net\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}