Nice, that came in lower than I was expecting. I was thinking $5K for the 7kWh unit. Of course that is the "installers" price so who knows what those folks will consider the 'retail' price. My wife still has her solar installer certification so we could presumably get one that way.
It also makes for a really interesting opportunity for grid tied solar inverters. Now you want the inverter to power the house first, then push power to the batteries and only if they are full push it back to the grid. Software update for sure :-) of course it might make more sense to leave it DC for the push into the battery and only have the AC conversion happen post battery, so charge controller between the battery and the DC disconnect.
On a safety note I'd also really like to mount this outside, preferably against firebrick rather than my house. I realize the batteries are much safer than they have ever been, but still a cascading lithium battery failure inside my garage is not my idea of a party
It also makes for a really interesting opportunity for grid tied solar inverters. Now you want the inverter to power the house first, then push power to the batteries and only if they are full push it back to the grid. Software update for sure :-) of course it might make more sense to leave it DC for the push into the battery and only have the AC conversion happen post battery, so charge controller between the battery and the DC disconnect.
On a safety note I'd also really like to mount this outside, preferably against firebrick rather than my house. I realize the batteries are much safer than they have ever been, but still a cascading lithium battery failure inside my garage is not my idea of a party