Sol-Ark Hybrid Inverter and Battery Installation
Sol-Ark makes hybrid inverters that can run a home with the grid, without it, or both. That flexibility is why people choose it, and why the design matters. We install and integrate Sol-Ark systems for grid-tied backup and off-grid homes.
Sol-Ark is the inverter; the battery is a choice
Unlike an all-in-one home battery, a Sol-Ark system is built around a hybrid inverter that manages solar, the battery bank, the grid and often a generator. Sol-Ark publishes a list of batteries that are tested to communicate with its inverters, so the battery is a separate decision. We design around a battery from that list so the inverter and battery talk to each other properly.
Because it can operate on or off the grid, Sol-Ark comes up both for homes that want serious backup and for off-grid homes and cabins.
Two ways we use Sol-Ark
Grid-tied with backup
The inverter runs your solar and battery while staying connected to the grid, and switches your home to battery and solar in an outage. This needs utility interconnection approval, with Xcel Energy for most Front Range homes, plus an electrical permit.
Off-grid
The inverter runs the home with no utility connection, using solar, the battery bank and a generator. Sol-Ark and EG4 are the equipment we typically build off-grid systems around. It needs county permits but no utility agreement. See off-grid solar systems for how we size these.
What we design for on a Sol-Ark system
- Your loads, including big startup loads like well pumps, to size the inverter correctly.
- A battery bank from Sol-Ark's compatible battery list, sized for your backup or off-grid needs.
- Whole-home or critical-loads backup, and any main panel work that requires.
- Generator input and when the generator should run. We can supply and install the backup generator too.
- Equipment placement within the manufacturers' temperature and clearance requirements.
Existing Sol-Ark systems
Have a Sol-Ark system that's acting up or that you want to expand? We repair and expand Sol-Ark systems, including ones another company installed: settings, wiring, the battery bank, the solar side and generator connections.
About this page
We install and integrate Sol-Ark equipment that you've chosen or already own. We aren't a Sol-Ark-certified installer or authorized dealer, and we don't sell Sol-Ark products. We're certified with Enphase, Tesla Powerwall, FranklinWH and EG4. Sol-Ark is a trademark of its owner and is used here only to describe the equipment we install.
Warranty
Our 10-year workmanship warranty covers the electrical work we do: the panel, transfer equipment, wiring and any solar we install. The equipment itself is covered by the manufacturer's warranty. We're rated 4.8 on Google.
Sol-Ark installation in Denver, Colorado Springs, Northern Colorado and Summit County
We install and integrate home batteries across the Front Range and Summit County. Battery backup pages for some of the cities we serve:
Denver Metro
Boulder and Northern Colorado
Colorado Springs area
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