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What happens in the event of an outage? How can I prepare for an outage?

What happens in the event of an outage? How can I prepare for an outage?

Updated over a month ago

When a grid outage occurs, Base will send you a push notification via the Base Power App to inform you that your battery is backing up your home.

To ensure you receive all outage alerts, download the Base Power app and turn on push notifications to get outage alerts and track your power source, energy usage, battery status, and expected battery life.

If the outage lasts for an extended period and your battery level starts to decline, Base will send notifications with tips to extend battery life—such as turning off your A/C, electric furnace, and other non-essential appliances.

If your battery does not automatically kick-in as it should, this usually happens when high-energy appliances are using too much power. To fix this, reduce your energy use so the battery can turn on. The system will try to restart three times. If it still doesn’t work, you may need to cut back further. Once you've reduced usage, restart the battery in the Base Power app.

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