Hi, I am new to this forum and was wondering if anyone has any experience or review of the Pylontech vs Narada lithium LiFePO4 batteries. I am looking at installation a solar system which includes

12 x Canadian Solar 335w panels

1 x Axpert MKSII 5000w inverter

and I am debating between the Pylontech 3.5KWh or the Narada 4.8KWh but I am uncertain and the comparability and quality.

Any advice would be appreciated

Edited March 30, 20197 yr by Naren
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The Narada lithium is sold purely as a standby battery. Based on this Pylontech will be the better buy.

Have a look in the warranty section of the Narada and you will find that they sell it as a standby battery.

Naren maybe consider an inverter than is able to communicate with the Polyntech

 

The Axpert can't of the box.....

4 hours ago, Jaws said:

The Axpert can't of the box.....

Actually, very recent 5 kVA Axpert VM III models seem to. Check setting 05 for a PyL option.

[ Edit: King -> VM III; I keep making that mistake, sigh. ]

[ Edit: added "5 kVA". ]

Edited April 5, 20197 yr by Coulomb

It is my understanding that the MKS II does communicate with the Pylontech but there seems to be a problem with the SOC

55 minutes ago, Naren said:

It is my understanding that the MKS II does communicate with the Pylontech

But it doesn't have a modbus port or "smart socket" to install a modbus card. The King (and a few other models) does have this port.

Also the MKS II user manual doesn't mention a PyL option for setting 05 (Battery Type).

On 2019/04/05 at 6:05 AM, GVC said:

The Narada lithium is sold purely as a standby battery. Based on this Pylontech will be the better buy.

Have a look in the warranty section of the Narada and you will find that they sell it as a standby battery.

How does standby alter the workings of a batt?

I see that the waranty has changed and does not include the "Battery only to used for standby" anymore. (it was in Red letters)

A standby battery works exactly the same as a cycle battery, except that it is used purely as back-up for power outages, and not intended to cycle daily. 

A back-up battery is normally referred to as a Leisure battery (camping trailers, caravans etc.) and if used for daily cycling it does not last very long.

Truth be told I have no experience with the Nerada Lithiums and was only commenting on what I saw in the warranty. The fact that it is now removed could be that it was placed there by mistake.

To join in on this conversation, my situation I have a Synapse 5.0K+ inverter with narada 4.8kw battery, my pv volt input is 90-110v between 2khw and 3kwh input, my geyser is running on timer from 12pm to 2pm, what happens is after my geyser switches of the inverter stops generating power from the panels bit instead generates from the  battery alone, my setting is on solar first but under setting 5 it’s set on user instead of pyl for pylon, so my conclusion is the inverter and narada doesn’t communicate 100% and was advised to put in an extra monitoring system, my question is if I change to pylon do you think this problem will continue or should I go the extra monitoring way??