The lithium-ion battery modules within the Evolve Home Energy Storage Systems can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
What you should do
1Keep using Evolve Home Energy Storage Systems only as advised. See the remedy below.
2Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
3Contact Eguana Technologies to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
4Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): Consumers should immediately contact Eguana Technologies to schedule a free repair to the Evolve system. All recalled units connected online will have the batteries state of charge remotely limited, to reduce the risk of overheating until the batteries are replaced. If your unit is not connected online, contact Eguana Technologies to schedule a technician to come to your residence to manually reduce the state of charge, at no cost. Eguana Technologies will arrange for all recalled lithium-ion batteries to be properly replaced and disposed of according to federal and state regulations, and is contacting all known owners directly or through its installers.
Recall details
Brand
Eguana Technologies
Category
Kitchen
Recall date
January 26, 2022
Units affected
245
Sold at
Online at Amazon.com from October 2020 through May 2021 for between $16 and $25.
Recall number
CPSC-22058
Made in
Canada (home energy system)
Issuing agency
CPSC
In context
Eguana Technologies has 1 recall in our database.
We're tracking 296 Kitchen recalls in our database.
245 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 534,694 US households.
This is the 38th Kitchen recall we've logged in 2022.