In the past few years we’ve seen releases of giant power generators from Anker Solix, Ecoflow, and others called “Whole Home Backups.” These hefty, barely portable devices don’t require solar input (although they’re compatible); they can charge by plugging into your wall. When you need them, you haul them out to the most advantageous spot in your home or office, and they act as a battery backup for multiple appliances in your home, from your fridge to your microwave. They have terrific power capacity and output, but they are chonkers, weighing around 80 pounds, and they take up a lot of space. If you’ve ever used a backup generator, you’ll know it also means extension cords snaking all over your house.
Biolite batteries have more flexibility
Biolite removes the middleman entirely. Although their generators carry the same power output as traditional whole-home generators, they’re flattened (under three inches thick) and lighter. Instead of being stored away in a closet, you mount them where you’ll use them, and the installation is DIY. The flat profile allows you to stow them in all sorts of places, and Biolite can be stored or installed in almost any orientation, so they’re going to fit most spaces. The battery is encased in such a way—with a corrugated aluminum heat sink—that it maintains temperature and keeps dust out without much airflow.
What Biolite has in common with other backup generators is that you can daisy-chain the batteries together for more kilowatt hours. Each Biolite has about 1.5kW, but you string them together for up to 10kW. You don’t have to keep them in the kitchen, either: You can add Biolites around the house, tucking them into small spaces near the items you need powered, waiting for when they need to spring into action. An app helps you manage all your Biolites, and informs you when they’re being used or not, so even if you’re not home, you know if there’s been a power interruption. Because there's no permanent installation, this is a way for renters to obtain backup power throughout the house that they can then take with them when they move.
How backup power can help you save money
Biolite batteries will be released this summer. The core battery alone will run $2100, and the core battery plus an extra Biolite will run $3000, but because they count as an “installed solution” they qualify for a 30% tax credit.
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