Alpha ESS SMILE5 Review

Checking out the new Alpha ESS SMILE5 all-in-one hybrid inverter at the Smart Energy Lab

[victorchen]

Cheers for the introduction to our fantastic SMILE 5. Hope your student really enjoy the system! Bring a bright sunny smile with the SMILE 5.

[zinoautomation]

Haha, 5 years later now. Is it working fine ? Should its performance still ok?

[thamimdwaba]

Love your video but couldn’t take my eyes of the offset mounting of the inverter on top of the battery.

[markyates]

In Australia you really should have everything on the North Side (South side in Northern hemisphere). Only if your house is roof is orientated East/West facing would you want to split the array 50/50 on each side to get a morning / evening - double-peaked output. And actually most inverters will take 20-40% more panels than the inverter rating. Ie. 5.5kw panels on a 4kw inverter is a good idea. And if you are East/West then you could do 3kW on each side as they're not going to be peaking at the same time. Panels are only about $100 each so it's worth doing this as installation / racking / wiring / inverter price won't change much. Remember panels will lose 10% efficiency over 10 years. They'll output less in the winter, cloudy, and also when very hot - so 5kW panels might only deliver 4kW in a really hot day.

[tysao.]

Hows the battery degradation been so far?

[daviduncles]

Thanks so much for this video. Assuming the installation is still in operation would it be possible to give an update about this system's performance and reliability over the last 5-6 years?

[publicityking]

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[tarifadib]

The monitoring app for the inverter is inconsistent. When it was installed in my home, they provided me with wrong serial number, after 2months they fixed that error and I was able to monitor the inverter from their app but now unable to monitor the inverter again because of their buggy app.

[justinmorrow]

3 years later would you recommend this unit?
looking for an an off grid setup in Australia and this seems a lot cheaper than a victron, skybox, or red earth options.

[onw]

I'm considering one of these units for my house, to bolster an existing 6.6kw solar array. What i'm wondering is are the Alpha ESS units and their corresponding smart meters capable of accepting additional CT clamps to monitor an EV charger, and have that show in the native Alpha Cloud app? I'm hoping to control, or at least see, as much as possible in one central location - in this instance the Alpha Cloud app.

[Dzordzikk]

Why you haven´t it installed in house instead of out of house? You will get much more stable and better temperatures for batteries, so better efficency of system and clean from dust etc.

[claudiolafavia]

Good morning.
The maximum power that the inverter can deliver when connected to the grid is 4600 watts.
But what is the maximum AC power available in backup mode (when the grid is disconnected)? Or rather, what is the maximum load power applicable to the backup output (in UPS mode)?

[brendonamos]

@SmartEnergyLab Would you recommend this Alpha-ESS Smile 5 system? Would it be safe to have installed in a garage? In Adelaide would 6.6kw of east / west panels be sufficient to charge the 13.3kwh battery? Thanks

[bomancreative]

Can this rely be mounted outdoor permanently like shown in video?

[gastools]

What is the internal self consumption of the Alpha B3 5 kWh.

[kenyankreuno]

What is your general rating of alphaess products?

[Bossman-tcyq]

is it better than the Tesla power wall? the question is from my teacher ;)

[edwardko]

I am looking at the SMILE5 10kwh for my home. I understand that it is capable of 5kW in backup battery off grid mode. I wanted to check if this is sufficient to power two or 3 split unit air conditioners at 800w electrical power each. More specifically would the start-stop current surge of the compressors trip the inverter if run during grid outage?

[tubeyouser]

The specs actually state 4600w nominal AC output, 5000w is PV+BAT
So going by this, would you need a 6.1kw PV system, or a 6.6kw PV system?

[Tom_Prendiville]

Why is nobody mentioning it's wonky The batteries below are not in line with the above We have the same system and thing stump and thank you for naming it it's now the storm trooper