Ten Reasons Customers Buy a PowerBloc®

Customers buy a PowerBloc for many reasons. Here are our customers' top ten reasons, in order of priority. The priorities and reasons may surprise you.

Avoid the Cost and Delay of Utility Service Upgrade: The cost of upgrading the utility's main service from, for example, 200 A to 400 A for a home expansion or an all-electric home can be commensurate with the price of a PowerBloc®. A PowerBloc can “boost” power or provide all the power to a home, replacing the utility.

• A service upgrade can cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the customer bears the cost. Utilities give no credit toward future energy purchases for the cost of the upgrade. With a PowerBloc, the solar energy is free. For the PowerBloc, the customer can claim a 30-40% investment tax credit–no incentives are available for utility service upgrades.
• Customers have to wait 12-36 months for a utility service upgrade. A PowerBloc can be installed on the customer's schedule.

Outage Protection: The PowerBloc protects against outages. With a PoweBloc, customers are safe and comfortable during a power outage.

• Food does not spoil, lights stay on, and work and play in the house continue.
• The PowerBloc has the power and energy to run air-conditioning or heating, which can be life-saving in extreme weather.

Wildfire Protection: Because of the heavy insurance losses from wildfires, in many parts of the country, notably in California, homeowners can no longer obtain fire insurance for their homes. The PowerBloc can provide wildfire protection. Here is why and how:

• Utility power is turned off or fails during wildfires.
• Homes on wells need the power to run pumps for wildfire protection systems.
• Even homes on city water may need booster pumps, primarily when the entire neighborhood draws water to prevent wildfires.
• We partner with wildfire suppression companies and provide reliable power and energy to their systems.

“Cutting the Cord”: PowerBloc works the same with or without the grid. Customers want to leave their utility for many reasons, and the PowerBloc allows them to “cut the cord.”

One-Stop, “White Glove” Service: YouSolar provides complete system design and installation management. Owners, architects, and builders love our “white glove” and one-stop service before and after installation.

Easy, Quick, and Low-cost Installation: The PowerBloc is easy to install. Electricians love our interconnection interfaces. The PowerBloc is modular. Its cabinets are assembled on-site. None of the PowerBloc components weigh more than 120 lbs (55 kg). As a result, a PowerBloc installation does not require heavy-duty lift equipment or cranes, resulting in significant cost savings. Instead, the PowerBloc is hand-installed. Dollies and simple lift jacks are used to move batteries and other heavier parts.

Remote Diagnostic and Rapid Repair: We can usually remotely diagnose problems. Our service team can then replace defective modules and batteries and return the system to service within hours.

EV-to-Home Integration: The PowerBloc will offer DC-DC charging this fall and bi-directional DC-DC charging next year. Why is this important?

• Customers save thousands of dollars by using DC chargers instead of Level 2 chargers because DC chargers do not need to go through inverters, thus avoiding the need for tens of kilowatts of inverter power.
• DC-DC charging is up to 10% more efficient by eliminating the DC-AC-AC-DC conversion of Level 2 charging.
• Bidirectional DC-DC integration of the EV into the home is coming in 2025. It will allow our customers to expand storage at a modest incremental cost. Energy from the EV can be crucial during extended outages with high loads and low solar.
• For most customers, bidirectional DC-DC EV integration eliminates the need for a generator as a battery “range extender."

Clean Energy and Independence: Solar is a clean, renewable energy source that reduces greenhouse emissions and dependence on fossil fuels.

Customers love the independence of producing their energy and no longer relying on the grid.

Cost Savings: Electricity costs are skyrocketing. In the long run, generating electricity can be cheaper for many customers than buying from a utility company.

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Ten Reasons Customers Buy a PowerBloc®

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