FranklinWH - Battery Reviews

About FranklinWH

FranklinWH is a residential energy management and storage solutions firm headquartered in the USA's San Francisco Bay area.

Australian Contact Details

Address: Suite 4, Level 4, 4 Drake Ave, Macquarie Park NSW 2113
Phone: 1800 161 300
Email: mail: [email protected]
Website

Company Information

FranklinWH was founded in 2019 with funding from Sequoia Capital.  So, what's with the name?

It seems it was inspired by Benjamin Franklin, who first coined the word “battery”.  That explains the first part of the name (Franklin), but as for the WH - that initially stood for watt-hour, which is a unit of energy; but it then evolved to mean to "whole home". Naming a company after someone who fiddled with electricity has worked well for Tesla; but it's arguably a much snappier name.

While an American company, FranklinWH batteries are reportedly manufactured in China - although you won't find this mentioned on the company's website.

FranklinWH aPower X-01-AU Battery

The core Franklin Home Power components are the aPower battery, the aGate intelligent controller, and the FranklinWH App for monitoring and configuration. aPower product highlights include:

• AC coupled system
• Lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry
• 13.6kWh usable capacity
• 5kW continuous output / 10kW surge 10 S
• You can increase continuous (20kW) and surge (40kW) output by stacking multiple aPowers.
• Up to 15 aPowers can be deployed per aGate (204KWh)
• Natural air cooling
• IP67 (Battery and Inverter), IP56 (Wiring Compartment)
• Operating temperature: -20C - 50C
• Auto black start feature enabled
• Generator compatible
• Off grid capability

The aGate is a separate bit of kit allowing you to integrate solar, grid, generator and aPower batteries to support home loads.

Warranty Information

The FranklinWH aPower X-01-AU is accompanied by a 12 year product warranty. The firm also guarantees the aPower will have the rated energy capacity of 13.6 kWh from the outset, and capacity retention will be not less than 70% of the rated capacity when either the 12-year warranty period expires, or the aggregate energy throughput has reached 43MWh - whichever comes first. 

The communication module in the aGate carries a 5-year warranty.