Zendure SolarFlow 2400 AC+ 2.4 kWh

£899

Cost

Price: £899
Price per kWh The unit on its own, divided by its capacity. No installation is included.: £375

Battery chemistry LFP packs tolerate regular charging to 100%; NMC packs are usually happier kept below it.: LFP
Usable capacity What you can actually take out, which is less than the figure on the box.: 2.4 kWh
Continuous output 2,400 W both ways, peaking at 3,600 W for a fifth of a second.: 2.4 kW
Warranted cycles: 6,000 cycles
Can be added to Whether you can bolt on more capacity later.: Yes
Expands to Five AB3000L modules at 2.88 kWh each.: 16.8 kWh
Solar input None. It has no MPPTs: it couples to the AC side of a system that already has them, or charges off the grid.: 0 kW
Smart meter Zendure's own, a Shelly, an everHome or a HomeWizard.: Its own or Shelly
Home Assistant Zendure's own integration, pointed at a broker you host rather than at the Zendure cloud.: Official, local
Operating temperature The range the maker will stand behind. The cold end is the one that matters in a British garden, and a battery that stops charging at zero stops charging most winter mornings.: -20 °C to 55 °C
Heats itself to charge Yes, the same self heating as the 2400 Pro.: Yes
AC sockets Three-pin sockets on the unit itself, which is what you can run through a power cut without an electrician wiring anything to the house.: 1

Weather rating The IP rating: the first digit is how well it keeps dust out, the second water. Below IP65 it wants to be indoors. Ranked as the higher number, though strictly a 7 is an immersion test where a 6 is a jets test, so one does not always include the other.: IP65
Warranty: 10 years