Looks like this year, lithium-iron phosphate power stations are becoming even more popular, with a number of great deals for end-of-financial year. These devices, originally more intended for camping and outdoor event usage, have certainly got quite a few people thinking about using them for powering part of their homes, especially because of the Solar Sharer Offer (SSO) which will be kicking in 1st July in many states across Australia. The prospect of three free hours of electricity has some wondering whether investing in a given power station would be profitable and how long the payback would be. Other, more devious types have even considered taking them to work and stealing electricity there. But is any of this worth it? After seeing this question asked many times and being answered ad-hoc by different people with different experiences, I decided to build my own payback calculator. This calculator was built with the help of ChatGPT (as I don’t like writing JavaScript). The prompt…
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