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Pila Energy - Plug-and-play home battery that integrates with Home Assistant

by nikodunk on 3/7/25, 8:19 PM with 6 comments

• by turtlebits on 3/7/25, 11:04 PM

  How is this different from the existing Ecoflow/Bluetti AIO battery/solar generator? It's not portable, and unless theres some magic that lets you charge them without running new wires, I don't see how you're going to charge these devices from solar.

  $999 for 1.6kWH for a glorified UPS is expensive.

  Edit: looks like it only supports 100W of solar, which is almost useless, apart from having to run wires above your fridge and under your TV directly to solar panels (as shown in their marketing images).

• by chadconway on 3/7/25, 8:40 PM

  This is awesome! The end of power outages for all of us!

• by johntitorjr on 3/8/25, 1:59 AM

  Generac backup generators are a good whole house solution, either nat gas or propane.