The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
DC-coupled battery
Stores DC energy and relies on system power electronics outside the battery product for household AC.
- Product role
- The published battery record covers the storage stack, controller and stated capacity range.
- Published range
- 14.4–72 kWh
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
Capacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 12
No year-by-year capacity schedule is published for this product - the manufacturer guarantees only this end-of-term minimum, not a specific decline curve. Capacity figure based on the sourced usable capacity of the base configuration; modular systems scale with additional modules.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score and displayed range remain inside the exact source and market boundary recorded by the 13 August 2026 sprint. Scored model: B14400-HW x5 · checked 2026-08-13. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
1 product record
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
Hinen B14400-HW Heated 72 kWh · Home battery
Australian evidence checked 2026-08-13.
Covered5 sources
Australian warranty scope: Australia; the Australian datasheet and battery warranty card identify the B14400-HW configurations for a 12-year product and performance term, subject to the earlier applicable throughput endpoint and the published operating conditions.
Structured claim terms: Recorded.
- Term
- 12 yr productStated in the structured comparison
- Product remedy
- ConditionalRepair or replacement at Hinen's discretion, using new or reconditioned parts or an equivalent product under the published terms.
- Labour
- Not coveredInstallation, removal, repair labour and reinstallation are expressly excluded from the factory warranty cost coverage.
- Freight
- Not coveredThe warranty excludes shipping as a factory-warranty entitlement, despite separate language about reasonable claim and replacement-part delivery costs; no unconditional transport score is credited.
- Removal and reinstallation
- Not coveredRemoval and reinstallation costs are excluded.
- Transferability
- CoveredTransfers with the building while the product remains installed.
- Registration and conditions
- Not statedThe claim process requires serial, purchase and installation evidence, and the product must remain network-connected unless the stated exceptions apply.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-13
Strong evidence coverage
16 of 16 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. Undated Hinen B14400-HW Australian datasheet, current Australian manual and Australian battery warranty card reviewed 2026-08-13
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary12-year product warranty →
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- Usable capacity (kWh)Manufacturer ↗
- Modularity & scalabilityManufacturer ↗
- Operating temperature rangeManufacturer ↗
- Warranty throughputManufacturer ↗
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots. No change to this product record has been published since the change ledger opened on 2026-08-16.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
Australian approval history
Exact source-register changes recorded since monitoring began. These events do not change the global product score.
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: B14400-HW x5. View change record
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: B14400-HW x3. View change record
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: B14400-HW x2. View change record
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: B14400-HW x4. View change record
- The approved-product source recorded an addition. Exact source model: B14400-HW. View change record
A register event does not establish availability, warranty coverage, compatibility, network acceptance, or installation suitability.
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Our reading
B14400-HW Heated scores 65, placing 26 of 63 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 63.4. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (82). Energy Ecosystem scores 42, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on energy ecosystem is 48. Key specifications: LFP, 16.2 kW continuous output.