BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 vs SMA Home Storage 9.8

Technical comparison · High voltage

In brief

BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 and SMA Home Storage 9.8 sit in the same category (High voltage). BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 is ahead on: warranty and usable capacity. SMA Home Storage 9.8 is ahead on: guaranteed throughput. On the category's technical index, BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 ranks #2 of 17, SMA Home Storage 9.8 #14.

Parameter
BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 BYD F4 · House-sized (8–20 kWh)
SMA Home Storage 9.8 Home Storage 9.8 SMA F4 · House-sized (8–20 kWh)
In brief
Usable capacity 19.32 kWh 9.84 kWh
Cell chemistry LFP (lithium iron phosphate) LFP (lithium iron phosphate)
Weight — 114 kg
Dimensions (W×D×H) 58.5 × 29.8 × 192.7 cm 61 × 21.46 × 145.5 cm
How long it lasts
Battery life cycles 3094 cicli 730 cicli
The limit that runs out first energia garantita anni di garanzia
Rated cycles 3650 cicli 8000 cicli
Capacity at end of cycle life — 60 %
Warranty 10 anni 2 anni
Guaranteed throughput 59.77 MWh 70.848 MWh
Guaranteed remaining capacity 60 % 60 %
The numbers
Energy density — 86.3 Wh/kg
Identity
Use tier F4 — House-sized (8–20 kWh) F4 — House-sized (8–20 kWh)
Category specs
Depth of discharge 100 % 100 %
Expandable Yes Yes
Maximum expanded capacity — 16.4 kWh
Battery voltage 358.4 V 288 V
Declared compatible inverters Sedici marchi nell'elenco ufficiale: Fronius, GoodWe, Viessmann, KOSTAL, SMA, Sungrow, GE, KACO, KACO NH, Ingeteam, Solis, Canadian Solar, Deye, Solplanet, Western CO, Sosen. Per ciascun modello l'elenco dà il numero di moduli ammessi e la versione minima del firmware. Compatibile con entrambi gli inverter ibridi della gamma Smart Energy di SMA: il monofase Sunny Boy Smart Energy (da 1 a 4 moduli) e il trifase Sunny Tripower Smart Energy (da 2 a 5 moduli). Non retrofittabile sui vecchi Sunny Boy Storage (SBS2.5-1VL-10, SBS3.7-10-SBS6.0-10) né con inverter di altri marchi.
Round-trip efficiency 96 % 94.5 %
Standby consumption — 6 W
Ingress protection IP55 IP65
Mounting Floor standing Wall mounted
Minimum temperature -10 °C -10 °C
Maximum temperature 50 °C 50 °C
Works without internet Fully —
Local control Local network —
Open protocols CAN bus —
Remote updates — Can be disabled
App required for setup Yes —
Declared standards CE, UN 38.3, IEC 62619, VDE 2510-50 CE, UN 38.3, IEC 62619, IEC 62477, VDE 2510-50

The differences that matter

  • Warranty: BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 10 years vs SMA Home Storage 9.8 2 years
  • Usable capacity: BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 19.32 kWh vs SMA Home Storage 9.8 9.84 kWh
  • Guaranteed throughput: BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 59.77 MWh vs SMA Home Storage 9.8 70.848 MWh
  • Ingress protection: BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 IP55 · SMA Home Storage 9.8 IP65
  • Mounting: BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 Floor standing · SMA Home Storage 9.8 Wall mounted

Which one to choose

Choose BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 if…

you value warranty and usable capacity.

See the BYD Battery-Box Premium HVM 19.3 sheet →

Choose SMA Home Storage 9.8 if…

you value guaranteed throughput.

See the SMA Home Storage 9.8 sheet →

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