by arnolddeleon (Posted Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:43:04 GMT)
I recall that Valery saying they went to a 80A relay in the final design. This was in response to question about UL certification (which he answered by saying all the components are UL listed). He indicated that some kind of certification would be possible in the future and they had tried to make design meet that goal, he cited a flameproof enclosure as one the things they did to make it more likely they would succeed in future certification.
The post Kickstarter but still preorder price is now $139 (w/ GFCI) for a base model kit, $239 assembled. The premium kit is $249, $349 assembled. They also indicated that price will go up once they start shipping. I don't think the BOM cost differences between the base and deluxe kit $110. I also suspect assembly cost is not really $100. This leads to my guess that the base kit is designed to sell close to the BOM cost or possibly be a loss leader and the margins come in the higher end products.
arnold
I recall that Valery saying they went to a 80A relay in the final design. This was in response to question about UL certification (which he answered by saying all the components are UL listed). He indicated that some kind of certification would be possible in the future and they had tried to make design meet that goal, he cited a flameproof enclosure as one the things they did to make it more likely they would succeed in future certification.
The post Kickstarter but still preorder price is now $139 (w/ GFCI) for a base model kit, $239 assembled. The premium kit is $249, $349 assembled. They also indicated that price will go up once they start shipping. I don't think the BOM cost differences between the base and deluxe kit $110. I also suspect assembly cost is not really $100. This leads to my guess that the base kit is designed to sell close to the BOM cost or possibly be a loss leader and the margins come in the higher end products.
arnold