Pricey Pickings: How Much Does a Whole-Home Battery Backup System Cost?

Your home is guaranteed to be where you spend the most time. This is the central hub for your entire family to eat, rest, have fun, and be together. That’s why it’s important to always keep your home fully powered up.

After a long day, your body isn’t the only thing that needs charging. Your home needs to be a space of reliable and consistent power to stay warm, functioning, and prepared. That’s why Mango Power has the ideal whole-home battery backup system for you.

What Is a Whole-Home Battery Backup System?

A whole-home battery backup system provides power for your home during blackouts or grid failures. These systems generally use electricity from the grid to charge or can make use of solar energy from installed solar panels.

A battery backup system is in contrast to a generator -which uses fuel to run. Generators can be a lot more expensive, noisy, and difficult to maintain. However, a battery backup system offers sustainable, cheap, and consistent energy.

A battery backup generator offers reliable power that can maintain all your essential appliances and equipment throughout your home. This ensures that your family stays warm, safe, and powered up.

There are multiple reasons that a battery backup system is the best option for your home. However, some might be hesitant to leap into sustainable energy just yet – understandably so.

Before choosing a power system for your home, you have to consider a few things - including:

• Cost
• Efficiency
• Capacity required 
• Maintenance 
• Property size 
• Federal tax credits and incentives

Renewable energy has often been unfairly dismissed as a much too expensive option when it comes to power supply solutions. However, renewable power has effectively proven to save you money.

Although, some renewable energy sources will be a bit heavier on the wallet than others. This depends on several factors.

Factors Affecting the Cost of a Whole-House Battery Backup System

When seeking out a whole-home battery backup solution, your price range might fluctuate according to the following factors:

Battery Size

Naturally, the larger the battery, the more you would pay for the system. Your battery size will be dependent on how much energy you want to store for later. However, the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity storage decreases as the battery size increases. This means that investing in a bigger battery saves you from having to add costly supplementary power later on. 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration confirmed that the average US customer uses around 886 kWh of electricity per month – which is about 30 kWh per day. To maintain this level of electricity consumption, you’d need a backup battery system size of 30 kWh just to run your house as normal for one day during a blackout.

Power Output Capacity

While they seem similar, the battery storage and power output capacity are not the same. The storage capacity refers to the maximum amount of energy that your battery can hold at any given time - typically measured in watt-hours (Wh) or kilowatt hours (kWh). The power capacity, on the other hand, is the maximum amount of electricity your battery backup system can output at once.

The power capacity will tell you the type of appliances you can run on the backup system. Calculate your power output needs by following these steps:

1. Identify the wattage requirements of your appliances. 
2. Convert volts/amps to watts. Note: Volts (V) x Amps (A) = ​​Watts (W)  
3. Count the running watts of your appliances. 
4. Add the highest starting wattage to the running wattage total.
5. The final amount is the total starting watts you need from your backup power system.

Starting and Running Watts of Typical Household Appliances

Installation

The setup your power backup system uses will also add to the bottom line of your bill. A standalone backup power supply that needs to just be plugged in will be a lot cheaper than an integrated system.

Charging Options

Backup power supplies are only useful as long as they’re fully charged. During extended blackouts, it’s difficult to rely solely on grid-charging backup power solutions. 

Having a backup power system with multiple charging options will increase your ability to stay powered up.  For example, you can easily charge the Mango Power E using several different methods – including:

• 3000W maximum generator charging
• 2000W maximum EV station charging
• 2000W maximum solar charging

Electricity Generation

Choosing to supplement your backup power from multiple sources also improves your electricity generation. This makes it a lot easier to give your entire home consistent power.

While all these factors play a role in your choice, it can still be difficult to choose the right battery backup system for your home.

Which Whole-House Battery Backup System Is Right for You?

When choosing a power backup system, the price isn’t the only thing to stop and consider. Your home deserves only the best energy solution. Looking at these elements might also help you in choosing the best power backup solution:

Expected Lifespan

While the cheapest option might be the most attractive, you have to think long-term when it comes to your home’s power. Your home battery backup solution should be able to last you for a long time before needing to be replaced. 

Battery Chemistry and Efficiency

Your battery choice will determine how long the power system can be used before needing to be recharged. Previously lead acid batteries were used but proven to be less efficient. Most modern power supply solutions will make use of Lithium-ion and LFP batteries which have a longer lifespan and quicker recharging rate.

Mango Power systems make use of world-class CATL lithium-ion phosphate batteries that seamlessly outperform other chemistries. The battery’s unique self-healing technology allows for a greater number of charging, discharging, and recharge cycles throughout the battery's lifespan.

Maintenance

Lead acid battery systems require a lot more maintenance – including adding distilled water every 2 to 4 weeks, never being discharged below 50% capacity to prevent damage, being stored in well-ventilated areas, and being unable to function in extreme cold or heat. 

Contrastingly, LFP batteries are much more adaptable and require almost no maintenance.

Warranty

A warranty gives you peace of mind and quality assurance. Your energy backup system should have a long-standing warranty that ensures that you can trust the brand and the device not to falter or fail without any backup.

An In-Depth Look at the Mango Power E and Mango Power M

Mango Power is a company dedicated to innovative and reliable renewable energy solutions. As a result, every product created values quality, sustainability, and efficiency. 

The Mango Power E is an impressive portable battery backup power system that can seamlessly meet 99% of your home and portable power needs - for reliable and steady power in emergencies, on outdoor adventures, or a regular day.

Expands Up to 3.5 -14 kWh 

The Mango Power E can seamlessly be expanded with a Mango Power E Battery to a 7.06kWh capacity with a 3000W output. This makes it easier to use for various scenarios. Additionally, 2 Mango Power E devices can be connected with an E-Link cable to easily expand to a 14kWh capacity and 6000W output.

240V Split-Phase for Heavy-Duty Appliances

Using the mSocket Pro accessory, the Mango Power E device can become a high-powered split-phase generator that’s capable of delivering a 240V output. This allows you to easily run large, power-consuming appliances such as heaters, dryers, water pumps, and more.

Ultra-Durable CATL LFP Battery Cells

The CATL lithium iron phosphate batteries used by the Mango Power E are much safer and more reliable than other batteries. The CATL's unique self-healing technology allows its batteries to run for more cycles - charging, discharging, and recharging several more times. The batteries also ensure long-lasting and reliable performance.

The Mango Power E can easily provide whole-home energy backup with its large capacity. This allows it to power up all your essential appliances while keeping your devices charged and ready for anything. 

The Mango Power E solar generator is also very cost-effective. The device drastically cuts down on your utility bills and saves you from using expensive fossil fuels while also meeting the requirements for tax credits and incentives – allowing you to earn more by choosing sustainable battery backup systems.

Mango Power M: A Whole-Home Backup Energy System That’s Smart, Reliable, and Easily Installed

The Mango Power M on the other hand is an energy backup system for your entire home. With its incredible 20 kWh energy capacity, you can keep the lights on and your appliances running through storms, grid failure, or anything else.

The Mango Power M home battery backup system device intelligently uses the power of the sun with its 18kW solar input capacity – ensuring the planet is taken care of too. With a battery capacity that ranges from 12 to 120 kWh, you can enjoy seamless energy with the Mango Power M.

The device also expands up to 80000Wh while the built-in hybrid inverter offers 12kW continuous and 24 kW peak with home charging and generator input. 

Reliability and Safety

• The Mango Power M uses world-class LFP batteries by CATL that last longer, charge faster, and provide safe and durable operation at all times.
• The device also comes equipped with resilient temperature adaptability to maintain your home’s energy supply in several conditions ( -20°C – 60°C)
• The Mango Power M also features intelligent load control and reinvented electricity distribution for better control and power output.
• A built-in RSD transmitter and AFCI allow you to install the energy system without any hassles.
• The modular battery ensures a sleek and modern look for your home.
• A 10-year warranty ensures you peace of mind.

Power and Flexibility

• Appreciate backup power that lasts as long as you need it to with a built-in hybrid inverter featuring 12kW continuous output and a 24kW peak battery capacity.
• The Mango Power M is also built for any situation and features an integrated, all-in-one system for a variety of applications. 
• Elevate your Mango Power M battery capacity from 5kWh to 80kWh and enjoy seamless backup power that meets your entire home's energy needs. 
• Additionally, improve your power supply by stacking up to 10 devices for a 120kW expanded output.
• An impressive battery capacity ranging from 5,000 to 80,000Wh.
• Enjoy home charging, generator input, and 9.6kW EV charging capabilities.
• Enjoy convenience at the touch of a button through the Mango Power App and control your power storage system with 4 different configurable modes from anywhere.

Easy Installation and Affordability 

• The Mango Power M is an all-in-one system with a built-in inverter, backup gateway, and EV charging. 
• Features built-in ATS for generator inside the system with no extra purchase or installation necessary.
• All the connection cables are already in the system - with the 2m 400A battery connection cables included in the box.
• Easily accommodates both AC coupling for your existing solar systems and DC coupling for newer solar modules.
• 240V split-phase direct output with no extra autotransformer.

The Mango Power M goes on to provide power for your entire home during blackouts with its advanced built-in 12 kW hybrid inverter. Expand the power you have by stacking up to three 120 kW inverters for the battery capacity to reach up to 800 kWh – seamlessly supporting 100% energy independence. 

Mango Power’s whole-home battery backup systems ensure that all your essential appliances, devices, and equipment stay functional and charged up.

Choose Mango Power for Your Whole-Home Battery Backup System 

Nobody enjoys a power outage but with Mango Power, you can finally chase away those gloomy powerless times with reliable battery backup solutions. Mango Power is dedicated to introducing innovative design and technology to our product range. This ensures only the best renewable energy solutions on the market. 

Make the smart choice and choose the Mango Power E for a whole-home battery backup that can be taken wherever you go. For the adventurer or just the regular home, the Mango Power is the compact and cheaper - yet powerful - solution that can power 99% of outdoor appliances.

Alternatively, the Mango Power M is ideal for home-whole battery backup energy. The higher capacity and output make it perfect for your entire home’s power needs without a hiccup. If you have the money to invest in an all-in-one, larger-scale energy solution for your entire home, the Mango Power M is your best choice.