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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I suspect that if you didn\u2019t hear about it, you might not have any effected batteries.<br><br>The recall has been disorganized. We had about 7 batteries under recall. LGC had some 3<sup>rd</sup> party outfit that was going to go to customer homes and do the swap-out and we said, \u201coh, no\u2026we\u2019ll replace the batteries for our customers thank you.\u201d<br><br>I still have three batteries with unconfirmed replacement. The shortage of old style Resu10 batteries means they must, in their own words, buy these batteries off the open market place to provide back to us and end consumers under recall. Crazy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now I am a big fan of the LG Prime 16 so far. Nice looking package and just the right amount of storage. But the LG oversight of the recall could have been done better especially comms with installers that didn\u2019t have recalls so they could allay fears of homeowners that might have read a headline and wondered if their battery was a safety hazard.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Scot Arey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Solar CenTex<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marco Mangelsdorf<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 10, 2021 9:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> offgridsolar@sti.net; RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [RE-wrenches] LG Energy Solution Battery Recall<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Whoa...amazing that almost 1/2 year after the recall that I'm now just hearing about this. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>How has LGC been as far as responsive and easy to work with on this recall?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>marco<br><br>On Monday, May 10, 2021, Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar <<a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net">offgridsolar@sti.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p>Wrenches,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I testted the RESU 10 48V here for Schneider back in 2017. LG never really wanted to know the root cause of the failure and cancelled the use of XW with their battery. One of my Austrailian friends sent me this about the recall.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>In December last year, LG Energy Solution triggered a <a href="https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/lg-energy-solution-michigan-recalls-home-energy-storage-batteries-due-to-fire-hazard" target="_blank">voluntary recall in the USA</a> after receiving five reports of fires resulting in minor property damage. These incidents were associated with LG Chem RESU 10H residential energy storage systems with specific serial numbers sold from January 2017 through March 2019. The recall involved around 1,800 battery systems.<o:p></o:p></p><p>On Friday, a recall notice was posted on the Product Safety Australia web site for the following models with cells manufactured between March 2017 and September 2018 from certain production lots.<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>RESU7H_Type R<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>RESU10<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>RESU10H Type-C<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>RESU10H_Type R<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>EM048063P3S4<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>EM048126P3S7<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p> <o:p></o:p></p><div><pre> <o:p></o:p></pre><pre><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar<o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre><pre><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"we go where powerlines don't"<o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre><pre><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><a href="http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/" target="_blank">http://members.sti.net/offgridsolar/</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre><pre><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>e-mail <a href="mailto:offgridsolar@sti.net" target="_blank">offgridsolar@sti.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></pre><pre><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>text 209 813 0060</span></strong><o:p></o:p></pre></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>