What Is the Alchemy Advisor?
The Alchemy Advisor is an AI-powered system design tool built into our online store. It combines a conversational AI assistant with real engineering calculations and a live product catalog to help you design a complete battery power system — from load analysis through component selection — in a single guided session that takes about three to five minutes.
To try it, visit our store and click the “Design My System” button in the bottom-right corner of any page. The Advisor opens as a chat window right on top of the store — no separate app or account required.
Unlike generic chatbots or simple product finders, the Advisor runs deterministic engineering formulas for battery bank sizing, solar array sizing, cable gauge selection, fuse ratings, and inverter matching. It never guesses on specs or pricing — every recommendation is calculated against real product data and pulled from our live Shopify inventory.
The tool is available at no cost and with no obligation. You can use it to explore system options, compare configurations, and get a detailed quote — whether you're planning an RV build, an off-grid cabin, a commercial backup system, or an industrial installation.
How It Works
The Advisor guides you through a step-by-step design process, handling all the engineering behind the scenes:
- Select Your Use Case — Choose from RV, cabin, boat, workshop, backup power, or describe a custom application. The Advisor tailors its questions and recommendations based on your scenario.
- Define Your Loads — Enter your daily energy usage in kWh, pick from a built-in appliance database with 30+ common loads, or use preset templates for common setups. The tool calculates your daily consumption and peak simultaneous draw.
- Choose Battery & Solar Options — Select your desired backup duration, system voltage (24V or 48V — with an AI recommendation based on your loads), and whether you want solar charging. The Advisor factors in your region's peak sun hours for accurate solar sizing.
- Get a Complete System Design — The Advisor generates a fully engineered recommendation — batteries, inverter/charger, MPPT controller, solar panels, monitoring, wiring, and overcurrent protection — with specific product selections, quantities, and reasoning for every component.
- Review & Take Action — See an itemized breakdown with pricing, performance projections for sunny days, cloudy days, and battery-only runtime, plus installation notes and any relevant warnings. From there you can add the complete system to your cart, email yourself the quote, or book a free consultation.
Real Engineering, Not Guesswork
Every recommendation the Advisor makes is backed by the same calculations our engineering team uses when designing systems in-house:
Battery Sizing
Accounts for daily consumption, backup days, 80% depth of discharge, 95% round-trip efficiency, and a 15% safety margin. Checks BMS current limits against inverter draw and calculates parallel battery requirements.
Solar Array Sizing
Calculates required array wattage using your daily kWh, regional peak sun hours, and 85% system efficiency. Matches MPPT controllers to array voltage and battery bank voltage.
Inverter Matching
Sizes inverter/charger capacity to your peak simultaneous load with a 25% safety margin. Selects from Victron MultiPlus and Quattro models matched to your system voltage.
Wiring & Protection
Calculates cable gauge (AWG) with voltage drop analysis at a 3% maximum threshold, and sizes fuses and breakers at 125% of maximum expected current for every circuit.
What You Can Design
The Advisor supports a wide range of applications and system sizes:
- RV and van conversion power systems with LiFePO4 batteries and solar
- Off-grid cabin and homestead installations with multi-day autonomy
- Boat and marine power systems with Victron inverter/chargers
- Workshop and garage setups powering tools, compressors, and welders
- Commercial and industrial backup power for critical loads
- Hybrid battery-plus-generator systems for extended runtime
- Systems from 1 kWh to 57+ kWh of battery storage
- Inverter capacity from 3,000W to 20kVA split-phase configurations
Built on a Real Product Catalog
The Advisor doesn't recommend hypothetical components. Every product it selects is a real SKU in our store with verified specifications, live pricing, and available inventory. The catalog includes Alchemy Industrial LiFePO4 batteries, the full range of Victron Energy inverter/chargers, MPPT charge controllers, GX monitoring devices, Lynx distribution and BMS components, DC-DC chargers, and pre-built industrial system bundles.
When you're satisfied with a design, you can add every recommended component to your Shopify cart in one click — or email yourself a detailed quote with itemized pricing and 0% APR financing options to review on your own time.
Try It Now
The Alchemy Advisor is free to use with no obligation. Visit our store and click the “Design My System” button in the bottom-right corner to get started:
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The Advisor is completely free with no obligation. Just visit our store at shop.alchemyindustrial.com and click the 'Design My System' button in the bottom-right corner. You can design as many systems as you want, email yourself quotes, and compare configurations without any commitment.
Very accurate. The Advisor uses the same engineering formulas our team applies to in-house designs — accounting for depth of discharge, round-trip efficiency, safety margins, BMS current limits, regional solar data, and voltage drop calculations. Every product it recommends is a real item in our inventory with verified specifications.
Absolutely. After receiving your system recommendation, you can book a free consultation directly from the tool. You'll be connected with our engineering team to review the design, ask questions, and make adjustments before purchasing.
The Advisor draws from our full product catalog — Alchemy Industrial LiFePO4 batteries, Victron Energy inverter/chargers (MultiPlus and Quattro), SmartSolar MPPT charge controllers, Cerbo GX and Ekrano GX monitoring, Lynx distribution components, DC-DC chargers, solar panels, and pre-built industrial system bundles.
Yes. Once you have a system recommendation, you can add every component to your Shopify cart with a single click. You can also email yourself a detailed quote with itemized pricing and financing options if you prefer to review it first.
Yes. While the guided flow covers common use cases like RVs, cabins, and boats, it also supports commercial backup power, industrial installations, and custom applications. For larger or more complex projects, the Advisor can generate a starting recommendation that our engineering team can refine during a consultation.
The Advisor combines a large language model with deterministic engineering calculations and a structured product catalog. The AI handles conversation and context, while purpose-built calculation engines handle battery sizing, solar sizing, inverter matching, cable gauge selection, and overcurrent protection. It never guesses on specifications or pricing.
You can use the freeform chat to describe what you already have and what you need. The Advisor can search the catalog for compatible components, check voltage and current compatibility, and recommend specific products to complete your system.