North Texas · Residential battery backup
Home battery backup in Dallas, TX
Storm-season backup power for DFW homes, with or without solar.
Battery backup installation across Dallas and the surrounding suburbs, designed around your panel, your loads and your budget.
Why Dallas homes add backup
What a battery actually does during a Dallas outage
North Texas sits in one of the most active severe-weather corridors in the country. Spring supercells bring hail and straight-line winds, winter brings ice storms that load tree limbs onto distribution lines, and both regularly take out power for neighborhoods at a time. Dallas outages are usually shorter than Gulf Coast hurricane outages but far more frequent.
That frequency changes what makes sense. For most DFW households the right system is a whole-home design sized so the house — refrigeration, lighting, internet, the garage door and cooling — comfortably rides through the kind of six to thirty hour outage this region actually produces.
We install across Dallas proper and the northern suburbs — Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Richardson, Carrollton, Irving and Mesquite — as well as Fort Worth and the mid-cities. Many of these homes already have rooftop solar from the last few years, which makes battery retrofits straightforward when the inverter is compatible.
Frequent severe-storm outages
Hail and wind events hit DFW several times each spring. Backup keeps the house running through the short, repeated outages that follow.
Winter ice storms
Ice loading brings down limbs and lines across North Texas. Heat, water and refrigeration matter most in those events.
A large existing solar base
Thousands of DFW homes installed solar in recent years. Where the inverter supports it, adding storage is the natural next step so daytime production is not wasted during an outage.
With solar or without
Both work. The difference is how the battery recharges.
Compatibility depends on your existing equipment, which we confirm before we propose a design.
Homes with existing solar
Grid-tied solar shuts down during an outage for safety, so panels alone leave you dark. Adding storage lets the array keep the home running and recharge the battery during a multi-day outage. Whether the battery pairs directly with your inverter or needs an AC-coupled setup depends on the inverter make and model, so send it with your quote request.
Homes without solar
You do not need panels to get backup. The battery charges from the grid and discharges when the grid fails. Capacity is finite until power returns, so sizing and the circuit list matter more here. Many homeowners install a battery first and add solar later.
Equipment
Batteries we install
FranklinWH aPower 2
Our primary system. We are a certified FranklinWH installer, and the aPower 2 works with existing solar or on its own, sized so the home keeps running through an outage.
Other major battery brands
We also install other leading home battery brands on request. If you already have a preference, tell us in the quote form and we will confirm whether it fits your panel, your inverter and your goals.
Honest equipment advice
If your home is better served by a different product, a different configuration, or no battery at all, we will say so in writing rather than sell you something that will not do what you want.
How it works
Installing a battery in Dallas
01
Tell us about the home
A few questions about your address, your panel, whether you have solar, and what you want to keep running during an outage.
02
Load review and design
We review your electrical service and the circuits you care about, then propose a system size and configuration that matches them.
03
Written quote
You get a written scope and price, including what is backed up and what is not. No verbal estimates, no surprise add-ons.
04
Installation and commissioning
Permitting and utility paperwork, then installation by a Texas licensed contractor, followed by testing and a walkthrough of how the system behaves in an outage.
Areas we cover
Battery backup around Dallas
Plano
Plano homes with newer panels are among the cleanest battery retrofits in DFW.
Frisco
Frisco and Prosper, high solar adoption and frequent hail-related outages.
McKinney
McKinney historic and newer neighborhoods, both handled.
Allen
Allen and Fairview, whole-home systems sized for family homes.
Richardson
Richardson and Garland, including older panels that may need an upgrade first.
Carrollton
Carrollton and Farmers Branch, garage-mounted installs near the main panel.
Irving
Irving and Las Colinas, residential backup across a mix of home ages.
Fort Worth
Fort Worth and the mid-cities, same service and same written quote process.
FAQ
Battery questions from Dallas homeowners
Is my older Dallas home's electrical panel able to support a battery?+
Often yes, but not always. Homes with 100-amp service or a crowded, obsolete panel sometimes need a panel upgrade or a separate backup subpanel first. We inspect the panel before quoting so there are no surprises on install day.
My DFW solar system was installed a few years ago. Can I add storage?+
It depends on the inverter. Some inverters accept a battery directly; others require an AC-coupled battery with its own inverter. Send us the make and model in the quote form and we will confirm which route applies.
Will a battery help with high summer electricity costs?+
It can shift when you draw from the grid, which matters on time-of-use style plans, but savings depend entirely on your retail plan and usage. We will not promise a payback number. Outage protection is the reliable benefit; anything else depends on your plan.
Do you cover Fort Worth and the mid-cities too?+
Yes. We serve the whole Metroplex, including Fort Worth, Arlington, Grapevine, Southlake and Keller.
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