LG’s photo voltaic vitality storage batteries have now been linked to 13 circumstances of property injury in Australia, together with a fireplace that destroyed a house in Victoria.
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones issued the discover, saying he believes LG didn’t take passable motion to forestall the affected batteries from inflicting damage.
The primary security warnings associated to the batteries had been issued in 2021, however hundreds of items have but to be positioned.
“The proposed recall discover is a proper step in direction of the necessary recall, and highlights the intense dangers posed by the roughly 5,000 affected LG photo voltaic storage batteries that haven’t but been positioned,” ACCC Vice President Catriona Lowe defined.
“We urge everybody who has a photo voltaic vitality storage system to test if they’ve an affected battery, and in the event that they do and it isn’t repaired, they need to flip it off and call LG instantly.”
“Even when you don’t have an LG-branded photo voltaic storage system, please proceed to observe the beneficial steps to test your battery to guard your own home and household.
“Among the affected batteries are put in in methods bought beneath different manufacturers or in unbranded methods,” Lowe added.
Collectively, these remembers cowl 18,054 affected LG batteries with cells produced between January 21, 2016 and June 3, 2019.
The identified variety of affected LG batteries in Australia continues to vary as LG and SolaX proceed to find affected LG batteries globally and in Australia, with some batteries anticipated to be positioned abroad in Australia and vice versa.
As of 25 January 2024, 4,950 affected LG batteries equipped to shoppers in Australia haven’t been discovered.
Anybody with an affected battery is entitled to a refund, substitute, or a software program replace to repair the issue, relying on the serial quantity.
LG has additionally agreed to offer compensation to shoppers who face increased vitality payments whereas their methods are shut down.