>If you want to hack your way around Shopify's UI for color selection, you can technically hit "checkout" with 1 color, hit back and it'll still be in your cart, then repeat with as many color options as you like until you have all colors/options you're interested in.
Geez. I knew this. I'm not sure why it didn't click with me yesterday.
The color that fits my stuff best is an organic green like olive, moss, or asparagus. No need for y'all to worry about that. I can always change the color here to fit or use velcro strips to wrap it in leather or a light fabric to complement the colors I have. I'm pretty handy.
I could picture needing a powerstrip for the extra outlets, especially for the Pila that powered my workstation/network setup. There are more than 4 devices needing clean power.
From the pictures on the site it appears that the expansion battery is a pure battery add-on with no additional outlets though it will have a port for connecting to a user solar array up to 1200W.
Other competitors spend time expounding on the benefits of having a portable, solar generator. When you look at their offerings they are similarly styled boxy rectangles that may be difficult to fit inside vehicle compartments. The advantage of the Pila is the layout geometry. Something with a flat profile like that can be made to fit in many commercially available pickup/camper/RV drawer units with no need to take up living space. It has much more deployment flexibility. You should consider a portable unit sized for those applications since the form factor is optimum for that user space.
Can you describe the method that your solar array will use to connect to the Pila and the expansion battery? Is it a fairly standard screw-type hold-down for the solar conductors, a plug-in, or a proprietary connection type? What is the wire gauge used in your solar panel cables and how long are the cables? I see that Pila uses dual MPPT input so that's probably the best flexibility for someone to be able to take best advantage of their local situation since it manages different string lengths, panel types, etc.
Thank you for the clear replies. I wish you all the best. This looks like a great product with flexible application and it is styled to look like it can fit with many common decor elements. Other similar units from competitors are nowhere near as cleanly stylish as the Pila.
If the handles could be made to pivot so that they laid flat against the sides when deployed that would reduce the long dimension (currently 26.5"/675mm) by around 3-4"/38-51mm and allow them to fit in less space. It would preserve the rectangular profile of the unit so that it looks more like a common piece of tech and a bit less like an industrial device. The handles could be recessed into the case with a positive lock in the closed position so that they don't flop down if deployed with the long axis vertical.
I really see the potential of something like this when your system can manage up to 64 Pila batteries (102 kWh!). That is huge capacity, far beyond residential requirements and really establishes Pila as a strong contender for use in commercial settings to function as backup and to aid commercial operations recovery after disasters. The closest I have seen is the EcoFlow unit which can be stacked up to 90 kWh capacity using their extra batteries in a three inverter setup.
If you're looking for test drivers let me know. I would be happy to test this product line and app to help you identify any stumbling blocks before your customers have the opportunity to complain. I have a bit of experience troubleshooting data processing software and acquisition hardware in the seismic industry and am a born button-pusher. If it can be made to fail, I can make it fail spectacularly at all the wrong times. Just kidding.
I'm not a You-Tuber. Anything I did would be for your internal use only to aid product development and verify functionality matches the information in the user documentation.
I'm in N Texas with a great view of the southern sky. We have massive thunderstorms with awesome lightning shows that sometimes take our CO-OP power down. Tornadoes are a common seasonal threat as well. We do experience brownouts and surges, more in the last 5 years than I can remember in the 25 years we've been here. That's why I have a couple of small UPS' to protect our electronics and why we are interested in building out our own solar capacity with battery storage to manage all those times when the CO-OP grid has problems.
Geez. I knew this. I'm not sure why it didn't click with me yesterday.
The color that fits my stuff best is an organic green like olive, moss, or asparagus. No need for y'all to worry about that. I can always change the color here to fit or use velcro strips to wrap it in leather or a light fabric to complement the colors I have. I'm pretty handy.
I could picture needing a powerstrip for the extra outlets, especially for the Pila that powered my workstation/network setup. There are more than 4 devices needing clean power.
From the pictures on the site it appears that the expansion battery is a pure battery add-on with no additional outlets though it will have a port for connecting to a user solar array up to 1200W.
Other competitors spend time expounding on the benefits of having a portable, solar generator. When you look at their offerings they are similarly styled boxy rectangles that may be difficult to fit inside vehicle compartments. The advantage of the Pila is the layout geometry. Something with a flat profile like that can be made to fit in many commercially available pickup/camper/RV drawer units with no need to take up living space. It has much more deployment flexibility. You should consider a portable unit sized for those applications since the form factor is optimum for that user space.
Can you describe the method that your solar array will use to connect to the Pila and the expansion battery? Is it a fairly standard screw-type hold-down for the solar conductors, a plug-in, or a proprietary connection type? What is the wire gauge used in your solar panel cables and how long are the cables? I see that Pila uses dual MPPT input so that's probably the best flexibility for someone to be able to take best advantage of their local situation since it manages different string lengths, panel types, etc.
Thank you for the clear replies. I wish you all the best. This looks like a great product with flexible application and it is styled to look like it can fit with many common decor elements. Other similar units from competitors are nowhere near as cleanly stylish as the Pila.
If the handles could be made to pivot so that they laid flat against the sides when deployed that would reduce the long dimension (currently 26.5"/675mm) by around 3-4"/38-51mm and allow them to fit in less space. It would preserve the rectangular profile of the unit so that it looks more like a common piece of tech and a bit less like an industrial device. The handles could be recessed into the case with a positive lock in the closed position so that they don't flop down if deployed with the long axis vertical.
I really see the potential of something like this when your system can manage up to 64 Pila batteries (102 kWh!). That is huge capacity, far beyond residential requirements and really establishes Pila as a strong contender for use in commercial settings to function as backup and to aid commercial operations recovery after disasters. The closest I have seen is the EcoFlow unit which can be stacked up to 90 kWh capacity using their extra batteries in a three inverter setup.
If you're looking for test drivers let me know. I would be happy to test this product line and app to help you identify any stumbling blocks before your customers have the opportunity to complain. I have a bit of experience troubleshooting data processing software and acquisition hardware in the seismic industry and am a born button-pusher. If it can be made to fail, I can make it fail spectacularly at all the wrong times. Just kidding.
I'm not a You-Tuber. Anything I did would be for your internal use only to aid product development and verify functionality matches the information in the user documentation.
I'm in N Texas with a great view of the southern sky. We have massive thunderstorms with awesome lightning shows that sometimes take our CO-OP power down. Tornadoes are a common seasonal threat as well. We do experience brownouts and surges, more in the last 5 years than I can remember in the 25 years we've been here. That's why I have a couple of small UPS' to protect our electronics and why we are interested in building out our own solar capacity with battery storage to manage all those times when the CO-OP grid has problems.
Good luck.