Several years ago I replaced the storage batteries in a unit that was being trialled by a major electricity supplier as a product to offer their customers with PV installations, the guy who arranged it had the batteries delivered to the customers house then I went and did the swap. I had a copy of the manual emailed to me so I knew what to expect, the brain of the unit was a little Raspberry Pi that controlled the unit and allowed it to communicate, so the guy who had hired me could sit at his desk in London and determine if I had swapped the batteries correctly and had the unit back up and running correctly. Then I posted the old batteries back to them.
Since then I have realised that the Raspberry Pi has a lot of potential uses in and around a smart home.
Several years ago I replaced the storage batteries in a unit that was being trialled by a major electricity supplier as a product to offer their customers with PV installations, the guy who arranged it had the batteries delivered to the customers house then I went and did the swap. I had a copy of the manual emailed to me so I knew what to expect, the brain of the unit was a little Raspberry Pi that controlled the unit and allowed it to communicate, so the guy who had hired me could sit at his desk in London and determine if I had swapped the batteries correctly and had the unit back up and running correctly. Then I posted the old batteries back to them.
Since then I have realised that the Raspberry Pi has a lot of potential uses in and around a smart home.
