RCT Power Battery 11.5 vs SMA Home Storage 13.1

Technical comparison · High voltage

In brief

RCT Power Battery 11.5 and SMA Home Storage 13.1 sit in the same category (High voltage). RCT Power Battery 11.5 is ahead on: warranty and standby consumption. SMA Home Storage 13.1 is ahead on: usable capacity. On the category's technical index, RCT Power Battery 11.5 ranks #4 of 15, SMA Home Storage 13.1 #13.

Parameter
RCT Power Battery 11.5 Battery 11.5 RCT Power F4 · House-sized (8–20 kWh)
SMA Home Storage 13.1 Home Storage 13.1 SMA F4 · House-sized (8–20 kWh)
In brief
Usable capacity 10.37 kWh 13.12 kWh
Cell chemistry LFP (lithium iron phosphate) LFP (lithium iron phosphate)
Weight 150 kg 152 kg
Dimensions (W×D×H) 34 × 34 × 152 cm —
How long it lasts
Battery life cycles 3650 cicli 730 cicli
The limit that runs out first anni di garanzia anni di garanzia
Rated cycles — 8000 cicli
Capacity at end of cycle life — 60 %
Warranty 10 anni 2 anni
Guaranteed throughput — 94.464 MWh
Guaranteed remaining capacity 80 % 60 %
The numbers
Energy density 69.1 Wh/kg 86.3 Wh/kg
Identity
Use tier F4 — House-sized (8–20 kWh) F4 — House-sized (8–20 kWh)
Category specs
Depth of discharge 90 % 100 %
Expandable Yes Yes
Maximum expanded capacity 23 kWh 16.4 kWh
Battery voltage 461 V 384 V
Declared compatible inverters RCT Power Storage DC (6.0/8.0/10.0 LAN, 12.0): intervallo di tensione lato batteria 120-600 V dichiarato dall'inverter, entro cui rientra questa taglia (461 V nominali, 360-520 V di range). Questa è la taglia abbinata alla Storage DC 10.0 LAN nel sistema misurato dalla HTW. È l'ultima taglia della gamma ancora compatibile con l'inverter monofase Sunny Boy Smart Energy (che copre da 1 a 4 moduli), oltre che con 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 — 94.5 %
Standby consumption 5 W 8 W
SPI index (HTW Berlin) 96.4 % —
HTW test power class 10 kW class —
HTW test edition Stromspeicher-Inspektion 2026 —
Ingress protection ip42 IP65
Mounting Floor standing Wall mounted
Minimum temperature 5 °C -10 °C
Maximum temperature 40 °C 50 °C
Local control None —
Remote updates — Can be disabled
Declared standards CE, UN 38.3, IEC 62619 CE, UN 38.3, IEC 62619, IEC 62477, VDE 2510-50

The differences that matter

  • Warranty: RCT Power Battery 11.5 10 years vs SMA Home Storage 13.1 2 years
  • Standby consumption: RCT Power Battery 11.5 5 W vs SMA Home Storage 13.1 8 W
  • Usable capacity: RCT Power Battery 11.5 10.37 kWh vs SMA Home Storage 13.1 13.12 kWh
  • Ingress protection: RCT Power Battery 11.5 ip42 · SMA Home Storage 13.1 IP65
  • Mounting: RCT Power Battery 11.5 Floor standing · SMA Home Storage 13.1 Wall mounted

Which one to choose

Choose RCT Power Battery 11.5 if…

you value warranty and standby consumption.

See the RCT Power Battery 11.5 sheet →

Choose SMA Home Storage 13.1 if…

you value usable capacity.

See the SMA Home Storage 13.1 sheet →

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