SolaX Power Aus Pty Ltd - LG S A Gen2 Home Energy Storage System (ESS) Batteries

Official notice

30 Mar 2022

Last checked

30 Mar 2022

High riskACCC

An official ACCC notice concerns SolaX Power Aus Pty Ltd - LG S A Gen2 Home Energy Storage System (ESS) Batteries. If a battery overheats, it may catch on fire and cause injury or death and/or damage to property. Incidents have occurred and caused damage to property. Published 2022-03-30.

What to do now

If you have LG S/A Gen2 ESS batteries or a SolaX X-Cabinet, Power Station or Opal Storage system containing LG S/A Gen2 ESS batteries, or if you are in doubt, immediately contact SolaX Power by telephone at 1300 476 529 or by email to lgrecall@solaxpower.com.au. SolaX Power will help you find out if you have an affected battery. If your battery is affected, you should immediately switch off your battery storage system and keep it switched off to minimise the risk of fire . To switch off the battery storage systems safely, you should refer to the instructions for the battery storage system or contact the installer or SolaX Power for advice. SolaX Power is also offering to reduce the maximum state of charge of the battery to 75% to reduce the risk of fire until the batteries are replaced. However, this charge reduction is only a short-term remedial measure. All affected batteries will be replaced for free. Financial compensation will be provided to offset the electricity usage increase following switch-off or charge reduction of batteries. For more information, contact SolaX Power at 1300 476 529 or email lgrecall@solaxpower.com.au.

Recall number

bf458ee6-60f7-43ce-b12f-94f65110dcbf

Official notice

2022-03-30

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The hazard

If a battery overheats, it may catch on fire and cause injury or death and/or damage to property. Incidents have occurred and caused damage to property.

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Additional advice from the ACCC dated 27 May 2024: On 17 May 2024, the ACCC accepted an enforceable undertaking from LG Energy Solution to take actions to protect consumers from risks posed by these recalled LG batteries. The commitments made by LGES extend to the batteries listed in this SolaX recall. Consumers should immediately shut down affected LG batteries until remedied, and should contact LGES or SolaX to register their contact details, if they have not already done so. Additional advice from the ACCC dated 22 November 2023: The Assistant Treasurer has issued a Safety Warning Notice that contains information about the risks involved with the LG batteries affected by this recall and advises consumers to immediately shut down affected LG batteries until remedied. This recall notice was updated in February 2023 with additional instructions and remedies for consumers. LG S/A Gen2 Home Energy Storage System (ESS) Batteries are installed as part of a residential energy solar system, which allows owners to capture and store energy from solar panels. The affected LG batteries were supplied either separately or installed in residential solar energy storage systems SolaX’s X-cabinet, PowerStation and Opal Storage. These batteries are also recalled by LG Energy Solution Australia Pty Ltd. For more information on this recall, visit https://www.lgessbattery.com/au .

Risk / hazard

If a battery overheats, it may catch on fire and cause injury or death and/or damage to property. Incidents have occurred and caused damage to property.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

AU · Australia

Affected area 1

AU · Australia

Source & status

Source

ACCC

Tier

beta

Recall details

Recall number

bf458ee6-60f7-43ce-b12f-94f65110dcbf

Classification

Power supply and storage

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

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