If he can live without AC that should be plenty. Your friends place with the panels and battery bank is probably the best route. ![]() Then again, I will probably buy an RV and be cruising up north somewhere when FL is too hot, so I wont be there for hurricanes anyway. Im also on the same grid as the hospital nearby so my neighbors have said they have never lost power. ![]() I might do a house battery bank so I can run the fridge at night without generator. When I move full time to Florida I plan on using a generator to power fridge and lights. Do you plan on living there full time.hurricane season too? I imagine in a hurricane situation you could get away with running a generator for a few hours to charge the batteries.those Hondas are pretty quiet. Your condo on the other hand, I doubt you could do solar panels since you probably cant go up on the roof. And in a hurricane situation where you might lose power for weeks.or months like in PR, getting fuel for a generator just might not be possible. The intent will be to power the refrigerator for a day or so.Your friends place with the panels and battery bank is probably the best route. Since space is limited I am probably going to use LiFeO2 batteries. My condo in PR does not allow generators in the balconies, so I'm going to design and install a battery backup system like my buddy did in his house. He can be reached by phone at 95, on Twitter or by email at. Ron Hurtibise covers business and consumer issues for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Representing Costco are Johanna Elizabeth Sheehe of Miami-based Sheehe & Associates P.A., and attorneys from the Los Angeles-based firm Morrison & Foerster LLP. Lead counsel for Skrandel are Jason Alperstein of the Fort Lauderdale-based law firm Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert, and Geoff Stahl of Palm Beach Gardens-based Gordon & Partners, P.A. Overcharges for the 337,757 potential class members totaled $2.42 million, the filing states. In their review of Costco’s sales records, attorneys representing Skrandel said they identified 337,757 purchasers who returned their batteries as defective and were required to pay a higher price for a replacement. ![]() It urged the judge to deny the class certification. In its July 1, 2021, response to Skrandel’s complaint, Costco admitted “that its records show Plaintiff purchased an Interstate Battery with a 36-month warranty period and an error led to Plaintiff paying $2 for his replacement battery.”īut the company denied the other allegations in the suit and stated that consumers can return defective Interstate Batteries “consistent with its warranty and return procedures” and receive a replacement “at no additional cost.”Ĭostco also asserted that neither Skrandel nor the proposed class have suffered any injury or are entitled to any relief in the matter. Instead of a free battery, Skrandel was given a refund of his original price and then told the new battery would cost $78.99 - nearly six dollars more, the suit says. 30, 2020 - just 19 days before his warranty expired - Skrandel returned to the store with the Interstate Battery, which had become defective and failed. Skrandel returned to the store with his old battery 19 days before his warranty expired, the suit states. Skrandel purchased an Interstate Battery with a 36-month replacement warranty for $72.99 at a Costco in Palm Beach Gardens on Dec. 9 court filing asserting that the case has met the standards for class certification, attorneys said that Costco had a policy in its Refund Manual requiring that any additional cost for a free replacement battery be overrode at the cash register.īut that didn’t happen for Skrandel, his original complaint states. The suit claims that Costco’s failure to honor the Free Replacement Warranty and/or disclose to customers that they must pay an additional cost for a new battery violates state laws barring unfair and deceptive trade practices. “Costco’s scheme,” the suit says, “is deceptive to reasonable consumers, such as, who expect that when returning their defective Interstate Batteries under Costco’s advertised Free Replacement Warranty, they will receive a replacement battery at no extra cost, or, at the very least, have the purchase price of their Interstate Battery refunded and then be charged for a replacement battery at the same price.’
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