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Safety Recall – LG Energy Solution Australia Pty Ltd (formerly LG Chem Australia Pty Ltd) — ESS Home Energy Storage System Batteries

Safety recall – LG Energy Solution Australia Pty Ltd (formerly LG Chem Australia Pty Ltd) — ESS Home Energy Storage System Batteries

Affected models include:

RESU3.3
RESU6.5
RESU10
RESU13
RESU7H Type-R
RESU10H Type-C
RESU10H Type-R
RESU10H Type-R (Secondary)
S/A Gen2 1P (EM048063P3S4)
S/A Gen2 2P (EM048126P3S7)
S/A Gen2 1P (EM048063P3S5)

The affected ESS Home Batteries are equipped with cells from all production lots manufactured between 29 March 2017 and 13 September 2018. The affected ESS Home Batteries were supplied to consumers in Australia from 15 May 2017.

Affected RESU batteries are LG branded systems. Affected S/A Gen2 batteries are installed in non-LG branded systems including SolaX Power Station, SolaX X-Cabinet, Opal Storage, Redback SH5000, Red Earth Sunrise, Red Earth Drop Bear, Eguana Evolve, VARTA Pulse Neo and modules contained in a generic cabinet (many of which are identifiable by connection to a Selectronic inverter). Some of these batteries are covered by a related recall by SolaX that can be found at PRA 2022/19420 – SolaX Power Aus Pty Ltd – LG S/A Gen2 ESS Batteries.

If you’ve been affected, please  CLICK HERE for further information and next steps