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by ch1234 160 days ago
Am I the only one skeptical of having Chinese tech at the gateway of my home infra?
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What about the potential for fire inside your home? That scares me more.
LiFePo4 are generally safer and less prone to thermal runaway. The safety standard for home energy storage systems is UL9540 (UL9540A is different).
Just don't let it connect to Internet and you're done
And also never let any Bluetooth devices near them because they constantly try to connect when powered on.
Unfortunately, many of these system don't offer any kind of local control, like the ability to monitor and set charge level. You have to use a cloud service with Ecoflow systems, for example.