Have you ever wondered why residential battery systems are typically mounted in garages?

There are a few reasons, but one is critical: These batteries are heavy 400-lb monoliths, and you can drive a forklift or roll a dolly and lift a jack into the garage. Otherwise, it is very difficult to move these batteries.

Garages have enough space for a few 10-15 kWh batteries, but these systems cannot power the whole home or get you through more than a night during a power outage.

If you want more than this “garage art,” you must find a different space. But unless you live in a manor on sprawling grounds with service roads, this could mean moving a 400-lb battery over flower beds and down the retaining wall to the utility room.

Monolithic home batteries, like the Powerwall or Franklin battery, may require a $15-20k crane rental for installation. 
The vendors do not tell you about this on their websites.

Unless you are an Egyptian pyramid architect ready to build berms and ramps and willing to tear through your landscaping to move your monoliths where they need to go, a crane is your only option. It can be yours for $15-25k a day.

Ready to foot it? But did you also consider what to do if one of your batteries must be replaced if it is defective? Are you ready for another crane rental?

No crane is needed to install a PowerBloc. Our heaviest module is the battery pack at 100 lbs. Even tight doorways are no challenge because our cabinets can be assembled on-site.

Many of our customers have homes that cannot be reached by a 20-ton truck crane or where it is infeasible to access the installation site of the power systems from above. The truck crane would go over the cliff or knock down the rare Monterey Cypress.