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
- 5–40 kWh
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Usable capacity
100% of this battery’s nominal capacity is usable, 5 kWh in the scored configuration.5 kWh usableScored configuration: SBH Series (SBH100-400; 5.0 kWh module SMR050_S, 20-40 kWh per stack). Published range 5–40 kWh.
No reserve is withheld at the stated depth of discharge.
At a sourced 100% depth of discharge the usable and nominal figures are the same number, so no separate nominal capacity is stated.
Usable capacity sourceDepth-of-discharge sourceCapacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 10
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.
Blackout protection
76 / 100#13 of 78 batteriesWhole-home (via hybrid inverter)
The blackout score is a standalone benchmark of outage resilience only - it re-weights sourced specs already scored in this product’s pillars (backup tier, switchover, surge strength, backup power, off-grid recharge) and never affects the overall score. Dots show the full battery fleet; the marker is this product.
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. Capacity range describes supported configurations; the score remains anchored to the reviewed reference configuration, not the largest stack. Scored model: SBH Series (SBH100-400; 5.0 kWh module SMR050_S, 20-40 kWh per stack) · checked 2026-06-16. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-16
Strong evidence coverage
27 of 27 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. Current SBH exact-family datasheet, Australian HV Battery Limited Warranty V9.0 effective 2026-05-21, and CER battery export reviewed 2026-08-07
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
- Manufacturing track recordManufacturer ↗
- Cell balancing architectureManufacturer ↗
- VPP & grid services readinessManufacturer ↗
- Smart home & IoT depthManufacturer ↗
- Grid-forming & backup tierManufacturer ↗
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
- DE market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- AU market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- US market evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
Scored by Solar Analytica Research
Further reading from Findings
- Six German product checks show why brand presence is not model availability. · 6 min read
- A battery warranty is a term, a throughput limit and a company standing behind both. · 7 min read
- The blackout test: 21 home batteries judged on one question. · 8 min read
- A global score is not an Australian shopping list. · 7 min read
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Our reading
SBH scores 75, placing 2 of 63 in the Performance & Value class and within 1.5 points of the class leader. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (96), running 13.3 points above the class average on this dimension. Key specifications: LFP, 10.56 kW continuous output.