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I’ve had a BLUETTI FridgePower battery for a few months now, and it’s definitely a special product that could become a household normal in many regions around the world. We are seeing more and more extreme weather as the globe heats up and our climate is disrupted. I’ve gone through such events — extreme hurricanes — including ones that knocked out electricity for hours or even days. There are a few critical things you realize you need powered in such cases —your internet, your air conditioner (here in Florida at least), and your food (refrigerator).
That’s the core of the FridgePower pitch. It’s about backing up your refrigerator in the case of short and long power outages, protecting your food, your medicine, and your ice cream (gasp). However, it offers more than that.
One nice feature that’s basically buried in the settings is the ability to charge and discharge the battery at different times. The key opportunities here are being able to NOT use electricity from the grid at peak times when electricity prices are highest and being able to use electricity from the grid to charge the battery “off peak” when electricity prices are lowest. You have to check with your own utility for details on this. Some utilities don’t even have different electricity rates at different times, but these “time of use” (TOU) electricity pricing systems have gotten more common.
