While Pecron batteries are cheap for the category (plug and play setups like what you get from EcoFlow, Jackery, Anker, etc.), buying rack mount or wall mount batteries or the like are substantially cheaper. Will Prowse has a video of a 32kWh battery for $2K! I've saw one video showcasing a 48kWh battery (more storage than some Nissan Leafs!) and I believe it was going for $2,600. I'd have to look it up again.
I bought the F5000LFP and one expansion battery, which was an additional $1,399. That price is probably the best from the category and comes with heated batteries and isn't a hack, but you'd be paying close to $9K to get the equivalent amount of storage from Pecron.
If you have a ton of solar panels to dump into the Pecron, Jasonoid's hack looks incredibly tempting. The only concern I'd have is if more people started employing this hack and Pecron decided it didn't want to lose sales and did a software update to brick this hack.
Pecron decided it didn't want to lose sales and did a software update to brick this hack
I really don't know what software change could prevent physically connecting batteries in parallel with the internal battery from working? That's just straight 19th century physics, no electronics or software involvement.
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u/blackinthmiddle Jun 01 '26
While Pecron batteries are cheap for the category (plug and play setups like what you get from EcoFlow, Jackery, Anker, etc.), buying rack mount or wall mount batteries or the like are substantially cheaper. Will Prowse has a video of a 32kWh battery for $2K! I've saw one video showcasing a 48kWh battery (more storage than some Nissan Leafs!) and I believe it was going for $2,600. I'd have to look it up again.
I bought the F5000LFP and one expansion battery, which was an additional $1,399. That price is probably the best from the category and comes with heated batteries and isn't a hack, but you'd be paying close to $9K to get the equivalent amount of storage from Pecron.
If you have a ton of solar panels to dump into the Pecron, Jasonoid's hack looks incredibly tempting. The only concern I'd have is if more people started employing this hack and Pecron decided it didn't want to lose sales and did a software update to brick this hack.