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Have you looked at any of the integrated options?

Apparently a company in San Francisco put together 110V electric stoves with induction cooktops and integrated batteries --- they then sold them to folks applying for tax rebates to replace gas stoves in kitchens which weren't wired for 220V.

One notable appliance you don't mention on your website is electric water pumps for wells in rural areas....

Similarly, are your devices able to provide sine wave power to run small electric tool motors? Folks with CNC machines might be interested, or perhaps they could run tools on jobsites? How many small tool batteries could be charged from one? Would it fit in a Systainer? Might make a nice fit for folks w/ Festools.



> One notable appliance you don't mention on your website is electric water pumps for wells in rural areas....

We had a well in one of the houses we lived in when I was a kid, and its pump was wired directly to our mains panel. So this sort of thing wouldn't work with a Plia, which assumes you're dealing with stuff that plugs into a normal electrical outlet.

Certainly this type of setup could be rewired to have an outlet and a plug in the middle, but for most people that would mean hiring an electrician.


Or, perhaps they could work up a package where the battery gets sold with a well pump by a house builder/well driller/plumber doing the pump install?


After one lengthy power outage and no running water to flush a toilet, most homeowners would consider that a worthwhile investment.




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