Can You power micro inverters with batteries instead of solar panels?

To answer your question. Yes, you can power micro inverters with batteries instead of solar panels. I have a IQ7X powered off my 60 volt battery bank to take out my base load that doesn't go through my hybrid inverter. It flashes orange (orange means AC good but not connected to Envoy). It makes a constant 312 watts.

Should a battery be connected to a microinverter?

I just don't want to spend $15,000 especially when I have a number of the micro inverters already on the roof and hooked into the grid. So in summary, yes, connect the battery to the input side of the microinverter. leave the output side connect to 240V as it currently is. Interesting point about batteries not being current limited.

Can a micro inverter be used as an AC source?

It’s not simple but it absolutely does work and has been gaining favour as a solution for many years. So, logically micro inverters that present solar as an AC source can indeed be coupled into these types of systems. In the last 2 block diagrams above you simply swap out the solar panel and grid tie inverter for all your AC solar panels.

Should I buy a micro inverter based system?

So if you buy a microinverter based system you won’t be left high and dry if you want to add batteries in the future, you’ll simply need an AC coupled system. In fact the way technology is progressing it would not surprise me if batteries will soon come with “micro inverter/chargers”.

Can a micro inverter battery backup system work?

The short answer is yes they can! In fact a number of micro inverter battery backup systems are already operating here and abroad. The longer answer gets a bit technical – but I’ll try to keep it as simple as I can!

Do I need a battery bank for a micro inverter?

Obviously you would need to setup a battery bank that's in the MPPT tracking voltage of the micro inverter (say 36V). My gut feeling is that is should work, volts are volts. But I was wondering if anyone here had tried.