Australia’s consumer watchdog warns about LG home batteries – pv magazine International

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a call for homeowners to check their residential energy storage systems, amid a national recall of that batteries due to concerns about overheating. May 20, 2022 David CarrollFrom pv magazine AustraliaThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has warned that some LG-branded batteries, equipped with cells from specific production lots manufactured between March 2017 and September 2018, could overheat and catch fire.South Korea’s LG Energy Solution issued a recall in February 2021 for an estimated 7,200 of the affected batteries. They were primarily installed in LG, SolaX or Opal branded home energy storage systems.LG has said it will replace all affected batteries free of charge, but the ACCC said about 6,400 of the affected batteries have not yet been replaced. It is concerned these consumers may not be…

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