{"id":19274,"date":"2018-03-27T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T04:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=19274"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T01:03:57","slug":"opal-storage-battery-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Opal Storage Review: Beware Short Cabinet Warranty And Unrealistic Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20315\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20315\" class=\"wp-image-20315 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/OpalStorage_Ronald_reviews.jpg\" alt=\"ronald and opal storage battery unit\" width=\"650\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/OpalStorage_Ronald_reviews.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/OpalStorage_Ronald_reviews-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor of Archaeology, expert on the occult, and how does one say it\u2026 reviewer of steel battery boxes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Opal Solar is a brand owned by the\u00a0Australian solar wholesaler Solar Juice.\u00a0 Last December they launched <em>Opal Storage<\/em>, an &#8220;all-in-one&#8221; home battery system.<!--more-->Opal Storage comes with full backup ability<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-1' id='enref-19274-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>1<\/a><\/sup> and\u00a0in two different sizes, with the larger one costing around $12,000.\u00a0 For that you get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A SolaX SK-TL5000E 4.6 kilowatt multimode inverter.<\/li>\n<li>A SolaX Battery Management Unit.<\/li>\n<li>2 LG Chem modular batteries with a total nominal capacity of 13 kilowatt-hours.\u00a0 With a 90% depth of discharge they will provide 11.7 kilowatt-hours of usable storage.\u00a0 Depth of discharge can be set to a maximum of 95% which will give 12.35 kilowatt-hours of usable storage, but Opal Solar \/ Solar Juice recommend depth of discharge be set no lower than 92% to 93%.<\/li>\n<li>A metal cabinet to keep all these goodies inside and out of harm&#8217;s way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The smaller version is identical except it has one one modular battery instead of two (half the capacity) and is likely to cost around $2,500 to $3000 less.\u00a0 These price estimates don&#8217;t include the cost of installation, but Opal Solar \/ Solar Juice make a big deal about how easy it is to install, so hopefully that won&#8217;t be too much.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re installing a new solar power system then you only need to add the cost of panels and installation because the Solax multimode inverter is a solar inverter and battery inverter in one.\u00a0 And if your old inverter has died or if you want to replace one that&#8217;s on its last legs, you could potentially rewire your panels into the Solax Inverter<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-2' id='enref-19274-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an energy storage aficionado and have home battery system datasheets instead of pinups on your walls<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-3' id='enref-19274-3' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>3<\/a><\/sup>, you may have noticed the Opal Storage cabinet looks exactly the same as that of the SolaX Power Station.\u00a0 This is because it is exactly the same cabinet except for the name.\u00a0 SolaX and Solar Juice worked together to design it.\u00a0 The two systems are almost identical and you can use our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">battery comparison table<\/a> to check out their differences.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20316\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20316\" class=\"wp-image-20316 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SolaX_Ronald_reviews.jpg\" alt=\"ronald and a Solax power station battery system\" width=\"650\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SolaX_Ronald_reviews.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SolaX_Ronald_reviews-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hmmm. This looks familiar&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Opal Storage system&#8217;s SolaX inverter is rated at 4.6 kilowatts under normal operation, but in a blackout is\u00a0limited to 4 kilowatts.\u00a0 This is enough for a typical family to run lights, refrigeration, TVs, computers, and an air conditioner, but they&#8217;d have to avoid or be careful with the use of high draw appliances such as electric stoves, clothes dryers, and electric heaters. \u00a0The smaller capacity system is only rated at\u00a03 kilowatts of battery power at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Warranties for the Opal Storage are a little confusing as different components have different warranties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SolaX inverter and battery management unit &#8212; A 5 year warranty that can be extended.<\/li>\n<li>LG Chem batteries &#8212; 10 years or, for the larger version, until it provides 40,000 kilowatt-hours of storage. \u00a0You&#8217;ll need to draw under 10 kilowatt-hours per day, on average for it to last the full 10 years<\/li>\n<li>Metal Cabinet &#8212; \u00a01 year warranty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Solar Juice tells me they sold over 100 units in the two months following its launch.\u00a0 While they had difficulty meeting demand at first, they have increased production and systems can now be purchased without a waiting period.<\/p>\n<h2>Movie Time<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of Solar Juice&#8217;s Business Development Manager and the General Manager of SolaX introducing Opal Storage and showing what&#8217;s inside the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Opal Storage and SolaX\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ek9zqZLTr-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Raiders Of The Opal Brochure<\/h2>\n<p>I have rifled through the Opal Storage brochure to bring you highlights from the tables it contains.\u00a0 But if you want all the information straight from the horse&#8217;s mouth<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-4' id='enref-19274-4' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>4<\/a><\/sup> you can check it out <a href=\"http:\/\/opalsolar.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/OpalSolar-Brochure-2017_V5-3-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in full here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>General Data<\/h2>\n<p>General Data is Lieutenant Commander Data after a big promotion.\u00a0 In this particular case it&#8217;s also general information about the Opal Storage system:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/generaldata.jpg\" alt=\"Opal storage general data\" width=\"988\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/generaldata.jpg 988w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/generaldata-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/generaldata-768x274.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Size &amp; Weight:\u00a0 <\/strong>At 75 cm across, 41 cm deep, and 155 cm high the Opal Storage is two-thirds the total volume of my 350 liter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/buy-an-energy-efficient-fridge\/\">fridge<\/a>\u00a0but is wider and not as deep.<\/p>\n<p>The table gives the weight of the empty cabinet, which is useful for people who have to lug it into place, but I&#8217;m guessing you&#8217;d be more interested in knowing that the entire system comes to around 240 kg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Installation Location:\u00a0 <\/strong>The Opal Storage system has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enclosurecompany.com\/ip-ratings-explained.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ingress Protection rating<\/a> of IP54 which means it can be installed outdoors.\u00a0 It is protected against rain but it&#8217;s not a good idea to use a high pressure hose to wash cobwebs off it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monitoring:<\/strong>\u00a0 The system can be monitored online through &#8216;Opal View&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reposit Ready:<\/strong>\u00a0 If you pay to have Reposit installed you can instead monitor it through the Reposit app.\u00a0 If you want to know what Reposit is, I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/will-reposit-really-halve-the-payback-time-of-your-battery\/\">this article about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Batteries<\/h2>\n<p>The massive South Korean company LG Chem make the batteries.\u00a0 They are modular, rack-mounted, and the bigger system has two of them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/rackbat.jpg\" alt=\"LG Chem battery specifications\" width=\"987\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/rackbat.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/rackbat-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/rackbat-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Battery Capacity:<\/strong>\u00a0 When new, the 2 batteries can store 13 kilowatt-hours if 100% discharged.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s not good for their health so the Opal Storage system is configured with a\u00a0maximum depth of discharge of 95%.\u00a0 If you want to go easy on your batteries and presumably extend their lifespan you can restrict that to 80% depth of discharge.\u00a0 The usable storage capacity at various depths of discharge for the larger system<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-5' id='enref-19274-5' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>5<\/a><\/sup> are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100% depth of discharge (Not permitted) &#8212; 13 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>95% depth of discharge (maximum allowed) &#8212; 12.35 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>93% depth of discharge (maximum recommended) &#8212; 12.1 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>90% depth of discharge (figure used in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">Battery Comparison Table<\/a>) &#8212; 11.7 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<li>80% depth of discharge &#8212; 10.4 kilowatt-hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately these capacities are only for when the Opal Storage&#8217;s batteries are new.\u00a0 They will gradually decline with time and use.\u00a0 Their warranty promises they will still have at least 60% of their original capacity by its end.\u00a0 The battery warranty is not affected by the depth of discharge configured.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round-Trip Efficiency:<\/strong>\u00a0 The round-trip efficiency of 95% in the table is just for the batteries.\u00a0 Energy will also be lost in the inverter.\u00a0 I do not have a round trip efficiency figure for the entire system but the SolaX inverter is around 97% efficient and, assuming a 2% loss when converting DC to a lower voltage for battery charging, then the total round trip efficiency of the system would be around 90%.\u00a0 Personally though, I&#8217;d expect it to be a little less<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-6' id='enref-19274-6' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>6<\/a><\/sup>.\u00a0 That&#8217;s just the way the efficiency cookie seems to crumble.\u00a0 It generally crumbles at least 11%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating Temperature:<\/strong>\u00a0 The battery operating temperature is -10 to 45\u00baC, a reasonable range for Australia.\u00a0 But the inverter will derate once the ambient air temperature goes above 40\u00baC .\u00a0 This means the maximum amount of inverter output power\u00a0will decline whether that power comes from solar panels or batteries or both.\u00a0 It&#8217;s likely to\u00a0 be only 75% by the time the temperature reaches 45\u00baC and the system disables the batteries.\u00a0 It can continue to give power from the solar panels until the temperature reaches 50\u00baC by which point it&#8217;s likely to be derated to just 50%.<\/p>\n<h2>Inverter And Battery Management Unit<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some information on the inverter and battery management unit squished together in one table:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20218 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/inverbmu.jpg\" alt=\"Solax inverter and battery management unit\" width=\"986\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/inverbmu.jpg 986w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/inverbmu-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/inverbmu-768x205.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inverter Power On &amp; Off Grid:<\/strong>\u00a0 When on-grid the inverter can supply a maximum of 4.6 kilowatts of power from the batteries and\/or solar panels for the larger system.\u00a0 During a blackout this will fall to 4 kilowatts.\u00a0 The smaller Opal Storage system can only provide a maximum of 3 kilowatts of battery power at any time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20238\" style=\"width: 1132px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20238\" class=\"wp-image-20238 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4kwload.jpg\" alt=\"Opal storage - all in one battery system\" width=\"1122\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4kwload.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4kwload-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4kwload-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4kwload-1024x478.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/solarjuice.com.au\/solar-panels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Solar Juice page<\/a>.\u00a0 (I added the red underline.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three or four kilowatts is enough power to allow most homes to operate but you&#8217;d have to be careful not to\u00a0use too many high power consumption appliances at once.\u00a0 For example, an electric stove can easily draw more than four kilowatts of power if enough elements are\u00a0on.<\/p>\n<h2>Interesting Information From The Opal Solar Site<\/h2>\n<p>The following screenshot I took from the Opal Solar <a href=\"https:\/\/opalsolar.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">home page<\/a> is a very good example of why it is vital to do your own research into the economics of batteries before buying:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20222 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interesting.jpg\" alt=\"Opal Storage claims\" width=\"758\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interesting.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/interesting-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It gives estimated annual savings of $2,700 for the larger system and half that for the smaller.\u00a0 A little lower on this page it gives this information:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/disclaimdatclaim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/disclaimdatclaim.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/disclaimdatclaim-300x46.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the figures they&#8217;ve given I see they are claiming that if the larger Opal Storage system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>discharges 12.33 kilowatt-hours every day for a year<\/li>\n<li>only during a peak period when the cost of electricity is 60 cents a kilowatt-hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>then it will save a household $2,700 on electricity bills.<\/p>\n<p>But there are many problems with these assumptions and the resulting calculation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very few people have a time-of-use tariff with a peak rate of 60 cents per kilowatt-hour.<\/li>\n<li>Peak tariffs only apply 5 days a week, not 7, so what they have assumed is impossible.<\/li>\n<li>It assumes the electricity used to charge the batteries costs nothing. Solar Juice have forgotten that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/feed-in-tariffs-batteries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charging with solar electricity forgoes the feed-in tariff<\/a> \u00a0<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-7' id='enref-19274-7' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>7<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Normal households don&#8217;t use battery storage in this way.<\/li>\n<li>They only count savings on a time-of-use tariff but most solar households are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/time-of-use-pricing\/\">better off on a standard tariff<\/a>. What they would be paying with a standard tariff will determine the actual savings.<\/li>\n<li>While they are clearly not considering capital costs in their estimate, they definitely should be taken into account when determining if batteries will pay for themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I believe a potential customer could see the above estimate, perhaps someone in Sydney who is paying 60 cents per kilowatt-hour during peak periods, and conclude they will save that much money if they install an Opal Storage system.\u00a0 They would end up very disappointed if their electricity consumption is at all normal.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is I have talked to Opal Solar \/ Solar Juice about the problems with their estimate and they have said they will change it.\u00a0 So they should be advertising more realistic estimated savings for the Opal Storage soon. I&#8217;ll be keeping an eye out for that.<\/p>\n<h2>Warranties<\/h2>\n<p>The Opal Storage system has three separate warranties.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The inverter and Battery Management Unit are warranted for 5 years by SolaX.<\/li>\n<li>The LG Chem batteries have a partial warranty for up to 10 years provided by SolaX.<\/li>\n<li>The metal cabinet and components inside has a 1 year warranty provided by Opal Solar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>5 Year Inverter &amp; BMU Warranty<\/h2>\n<p>The SolaX inverter and Battery Management Unit come with a standard 5 year warranty but you can pay to extend it to 10 years.\u00a0 This is likely to cost over $300.\u00a0 It can be further extended, all the way to 20 years, but you&#8217;d want to think carefully if the extra cost is worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Their Australian warranty is not available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/au.solaxpower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SolaX site<\/a>.\u00a0 Fortunately, one can be downloaded from Solar Juice <a href=\"https:\/\/solarjuice.com.au\/downloads-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Up To 10 Year Partial Battery Warranty<\/h2>\n<p>Solax warrant the LG Chem batteries\u00a0for either 10 years, or until they have provided 40,000 kilowatt-hours of storage<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-8' id='enref-19274-8' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>8<\/a><\/sup>; whichever comes first.\u00a0 The good news is the warranty is likely to last for the full 10 years for almost everyone as most households only draw around 80% of their battery&#8217;s usable capacity per day.<\/p>\n<p>Reposit say people who use their battery management system will draw over an average of over 100% of usable capacity per day, up to 130%.\u00a0 So if a person averaged 110% of usable storage per day by occasionally charging it with grid electricity, then with a 90% depth of discharge and no battery deterioration their warranty would last for 8.5 years.\u00a0 The good news\/bad news is that with declines in battery capacity over time it would be likely to last around the full 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The warranty only promises the batteries will retain 60% of their original capacity by its end.\u00a0 If they degrade down to that level they will only be able to provide 7 kilowatt-hours of usable storage with a 90% depth of discharge.<\/p>\n<p>If the battery fails under warranty SolaX can replace it with either new or used batteries.\u00a0 If they are no longer available they can choose to give you\u00a0either an equivalent battery or a refund.\u00a0 But they won&#8217;t give you are full refund or even a pro rata<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/opal-storage-battery-review\/#en-19274-9' id='enref-19274-9' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(19274)'>9<\/a><\/sup> one.\u00a0 Instead they have the following screw-over scheme laid out:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/scheme.jpg\" alt=\"Solax warranty compensation\" width=\"865\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/scheme.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/scheme-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/scheme-768x660.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So if your batteries failed just after 7 years and you&#8217;d only used 70% of warranted total storage then SolaX says they only need to refund you 6% of what you paid.\u00a0 While I think batteries will continue to rapidly fall in price, I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll fall that fast.\u00a0 Battery capacity that costs $100 today is not going to cost $6 in seven years time.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>Update 28th of March:\u00a0 I originally wrote 6 years instead of 7 years above.\u00a0 Thanks to Pietro Pinna for pointing out my mistake in the comments.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately you are protected by Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accc.gov.au\/consumers\/consumer-rights-guarantees\/consumer-guarantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consumer Guarantees<\/a> that apply regardless of what is in a written warranty and you can use them to make a claim for a\u00a0proper remedy and not just a refund of a few percent.<\/p>\n<h2>1 Year Metal Cabinet Warranty<\/h2>\n<p>Opal Solar warrant the metal cabinet for only one year.\u00a0 This seemed like an odd length to me.\u00a0 After all, what&#8217;s likely to go wrong with a big metal box in such a short period?\u00a0 I inquired about this and was told many of the components in the Opal Storage box only have manufacturers&#8217; warranties of one year.\u00a0 So it&#8217;s not just a metal box, it\u00a0contains cables, connectors,\u00a0isolators, and other components.\u00a0 Despite this I still believe the warranty is too short.<\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers generally give electrical and electronic components a short warranty because they don&#8217;t know how they will\u00a0be used.\u00a0 But nothing in that box should be badly abused.\u00a0 I&#8217;m confident Opal Solar \/ Solar Juice designed it well and nothing is likely to rapidly fall apart or disintegrate.\u00a0 Maybe they are concerned about teething problems and intend to increase the warranty later when they are confident it all works well.\u00a0 But if they took more of that risk on themselves I&#8217;m sure it would help sales, as I know I wouldn&#8217;t be happy with a one year warranty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update:<\/strong>\u00a0 When this article was first published it mistakenly said the battery warranty for the larger Opal Storage only covered 10 years or 20,000 kilowatt-hours of storage but the actual amount is 40,000 kilowatt-hours and it is 20,000 for the smaller version.\u00a0 Fortunately my mistake was very quickly pointed out to me and it has been corrected.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opal Solar is a brand owned by the\u00a0Australian solar wholesaler Solar Juice.\u00a0 Last December they launched Opal Storage, an &#8220;all-in-one&#8221; 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