expiredJwayne25 posted Dec 01, 2021 05:26 AM
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expiredJwayne25 posted Dec 01, 2021 05:26 AM
Costco Members: Delta Power Station $949, River Pro Portable Power Station
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The Delta Mini has a 882 Wh NMC battery, where as the Cyberpower has a 216 Wh SLA battery. So the Delta Mini has 4x the battery capacity.
The Delta Mini has a transfer time of 30 ms, which is not good enough to act as a UPS for computer equipment. The Cyberpower has a transfer time of 4 ms.
The Delta Mini can charge from 0% to 80% in less than an hour, or 96 minutes to 100%. The Cyberpower takes 8 hours to fully charge.
The Delta Mini has a MPPT solar charge controller, so you can connect solar panels to it to charge it. The Cybrpower cannot.
The Delta Mini can be charged from DC sources, such as a 12V car outlet. The Cyberpower cannot.
The Delta Mini has X-Boost, which allows it to run *some* devices up to 1800W by lowering the voltage. This mostly works with devices with resistive heating elements. Without X-Boost, it's officially rated for 1400W. I've personally used it to make coffee with my Nespresso, which peaked at 1460W. The Cyberpower has a max output of 1000W. Go over that, it will overload and shut off power.
The Delta Mini has USB-C PD 100W charging port built-in. The Cyberpower does not.
The Delta Mini can be app controlled with many adjustable parameters. The Cyberpower cannot.
I think that would've been the biggest discount vs buying from Amazon as that bundle is $1050 right now whereas the Solar panel bundle is $850 right now with $100 off so buying the River Pro and the solar panels is $730
EF ECOFLOW RIVER Pro Portable Power Station 720Wh with Extra Battery, Double Capacity from 720wh to 1440wh, Solar Generator for Outdoors Camping RV, Home Backup Emergency https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G2RW...RHM4Z
EF ECOFLOW RIVER Pro Portable Power Station 720Wh with 160W Solar Panel, Power Multiple Devices, Recharge 0-80% Within 1 Hour, for Camping, RV, Outdoors, Off-Grid https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091Y65...NPV1Q
OP should also update the original post with the Solar panel but it has a separate thread created here now so they could get merged: https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/t/15468160
https://www.costco.com/ecoflow-16...16854.html
Good find as previous deal 2 months ago was 94 TU: https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/668200
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https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar...tovolta
edit: basically it seems you just "can't" plug this into the wall outlet and have to charge it from your solar array, as far as the tax man is concerned.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HKW5...UTF8&
What are you all doing with these?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HKW5...UTF8&
It 100% can but the question is more why? 3kw isn't getting an EV very far. The real trick is being able to charge this on j1772 plugs.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HKW5...UTF8&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWzPPD
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HKW5...UTF8&
Although, the unit you linked is a 240V unit that uses a NEMA 6-50 plug, which is common for welders but is a 240V plug, not 120V.
The unit's specs are incredibly hard to find, but the website does say the US version won't supply 240V unless you tandem (2) units just like you would with a generator.
https://ecoflow.com/products/ecof...er-station
You'll need to connect two DELTA Pro units to power 240V electronics. You can do this by: 1) the Double Voltage Hub and use the AC outlets on the hub, or 2) the Smart Home Panel and use your home's 240V outlets (you'll need to setup 240V wiring on the Smart Home Panel during installation).
What are you all doing with these?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfWzPPD
So for 240V you'd need (2) powerstation pros plus the hub, let's say that all total that's around $6000 (the powerstation pros MSRP is more like $3500 IIRC). What do you get? 7.2kWh. If that's totally usable (likely not) and transferred at 90% efficiency it's about 25 miles of range in a Model 3 (using stated specs, not including battery deration ).
Seems like a mighty expensive backup for an EV (and it'll cost you $$ to charge it although not a lot admittedly).
For that price you can get more than (2) 7.6/9kW inverter gasoline generators [homedepot.com] that even 1 will charge the EV faster and an unlimited amount, so long as you feed it gas.
Even the pro model here will only power your *blanket* for like 12 hours, not including anything else ("The average blanket uses about 200 to 400 watts." and the unit is 3.6kWh). The non-pro version is only 1.26 kWh which is just over 4 hours of your blanket.
Your larger concern would not really be keeping warm but instead keeping your water pipes from freezing.
Also let's keep in mind cost. The basic model of the Ecoflow is nearly $1000 on sale. For $1k you can get a pretty nice inverter gas generator for 6-8kW and 240V capable.
What are you all doing with these?
Next battery backup will be the Ford Lightning aka PW on Wheels.
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