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Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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To me it looks like a much cheaper option if you compare it to something like a Tesla Powerwall or an LG Chem battery, with the added benefit of also having power expandability if you need to increase the storage at any point (again, at a cheaper price point). I saw this Bluetti AC300+B300 on sale for $1200 less, so I was wondering what do you guys think about the idea.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It is much cheaper because you are getting a fraction of the capacity. The one you linked has 3 kWh of capacity. The power wall has 13.5.

The power wall also has a 6 kW inverter instead of 3 (and I seriously doubt it will output 3 continuously without overheating).

Plus you are not connecting these things to your home breaker panel like the powerwall does.

I'm not a Tesla fan, but you have to compare apples-to-apples.