Solarbank E1600 is connected between the photovoltaic panels and microinverter. When sunlight is sufficient and the photovoltaic panels are supplying power, you can control the output power of the microinverter by adjusting the charging power of Solarbank E1600 so as to supply power to the household. When sunlight is insufficient or the energy generated by the photovoltaic panels is far lower than the household power demand, the photovoltaic power supply is switched to the battery power supply. The photovoltaic panels and batteries cannot power the household at the same time.

The allocation logic is as follows: You can configure power requirements for different time periods in the "Anker app" according to your power consumption habits. In accordance with the difference between the generated photovoltaic power and your power consumption demand, the power supply source can be divided into three cases:

1. When sunlight is sufficient, photovoltaic power is used to supply power to the household according to the set power, and the excess power is charged and stored in the battery. When the battery is fully charged or is not charging due to low temperature, photovoltaic power will be fully output through the microinverter to supply power to the household.

2. When sunlight is insufficient, if the conditions for switching photovoltaic discharge to battery discharge are met, the photovoltaic power supply will be switched to the battery power supply, and the battery will power the household according to the set power. If the conditions are not met, the photovoltaic power supply continues. In this condition, the output power of the microinverter may not meet the household power demand.

There are two conditions for switching the photovoltaic power supply to the battery power supply: The first condition is that, when the photovoltaic input power is less than 20 W (with a duration of more than 10 minutes), or when the photovoltaic input power is less than 100 W and the set "Family Load" power is 100 W greater than the actual photovoltaic input power (with a duration of more than 10 minutes), the switchover occurs.

3. The other condition is that, when sunlight is insufficient and photovoltaic panels are not generating electricity, the battery will power the household according to the desired power.

For example:

1. If the power consumption demand at noon is 100 W and the generated photovoltaic power is 600 W, since the generated photovoltaic power (600 W) is much greater than the power consumption demand (100 W), Solarbank E1600 will simultaneously supply 100 W of power to the household through the microinverter and store 500 W in the battery.

2. If the power consumption demand in the evening is 600 W and the generated photovoltaic power is 50 W, since the generated photovoltaic power (50 W) is far less than the power consumption demand (600 W), the battery will supply 600 W of power to the household.

3. If the power consumption demand in the evening is 600 W and the generated photovoltaic power is 10 W, since the generated photovoltaic power is less than 20 W, the battery will supply 600 W of power to the household.

4. If the power consumption demand in the morning is 150 W and the generated photovoltaic power is 80 W, in order to make better use of the generated photovoltaic power, Solarbank E1600 outputs 80 W through the microinverter to the grid, and the battery does not supply any power.