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800W EcoFlow Alternator Charger

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EcoFlow has 800W EcoFlow Alternator Charger on sale for $199. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Esente for sharing this deal.

About this product:
  • Charge while you drive, and stay powered up on the road
  • Charger uses onboard DC-DC converter to restore your EcoFlow power station's energy while you drive
  • 800W turbo alternator, 8x faster than traditional in-vehicle auxiliary power outlets
  • Top up 1kWh in only 1.3 hours
  • A 3-in-1 fast charger, maintainer, and jump starter keeps your battery in mint condition
    • Charge: Use your car's alternator to refuel your portable power station
    • Reverse Charge: Recharge your vehicle starter battery or RV house battery using your portable power station
    • Battery Maintenance: Extends your vehicle starter battery or RV house battery life by using lower electrical current
  • Suitable for a variety of vehicles, including SUVs, pickups, and RVs
  • Expands existing RV house battery capacity
  • 2-year warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this store:
    • Details of EcoFlow's return policy (here).
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer matches the recent FP deal.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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EcoFlow has 800W EcoFlow Alternator Charger on sale for $199. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Esente for sharing this deal.

About this product:
  • Charge while you drive, and stay powered up on the road
  • Charger uses onboard DC-DC converter to restore your EcoFlow power station's energy while you drive
  • 800W turbo alternator, 8x faster than traditional in-vehicle auxiliary power outlets
  • Top up 1kWh in only 1.3 hours
  • A 3-in-1 fast charger, maintainer, and jump starter keeps your battery in mint condition
    • Charge: Use your car's alternator to refuel your portable power station
    • Reverse Charge: Recharge your vehicle starter battery or RV house battery using your portable power station
    • Battery Maintenance: Extends your vehicle starter battery or RV house battery life by using lower electrical current
  • Suitable for a variety of vehicles, including SUVs, pickups, and RVs
  • Expands existing RV house battery capacity
  • 2-year warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this store:
    • Details of EcoFlow's return policy (here).
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer matches the recent FP deal.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Written by Esente

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This device connects to a vehicle electrical system (the alternator) and cranks out a higher power output than the normal vehicle wiring would be capable of.

It is useful to charge power centers like the Ecoflow units faster than the typical 100W or so you'd get from a cigarette lighter plug style adapter you find in most vehicles (or RVs).
3JABO
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>If you have a Ecoflow battery bank

Ok. Got it.

>you can use this to quick charge using your vehicle/RV charging system

Wait, you've lost me.

>to charge an Ecoflow battery bank.

I'm sorry, I can charge the thing I am trying to charge by using the thing I am trying to charge to charge itself?
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Bought this on Prime Day plus Delta 2 for total $650. Have everything setup and ready for next hurricane power outage. A few things to share:

Don't have to connect directly to starter battery. But better be sure wherever you connect this to can handle 800W+. I connected this to the battery service terminal under the hood. Starter battery is under the trunk floor in the back. There's a 175A fuse inline to service terminal so more than enough amperage to handle this. The included 16ft cable is 6AWG with 125A fuse. Ring terminals are M8 size.
Normal starter battery voltage is <13V. Once engine starts, alternator ups that voltage to >13V. Once engine shuts off, voltage drops back to <13V. Default setting on this would prevent drawing any power from your battery while engine is off. Once engine starts, this automatically begins charging your power station. Once engine shuts off, this automatically stops drawing power to keep your battery from getting drained. This start/shutoff voltage setting can be customized in the app but default worked for me out of the box.
In case your starter battery is drained and cannot start the car, this can go in reverse and use your power station to charge your starter battery. This is done with just a simple tap in the app.
On EV or certain hybrids with no alternators, this still works (and better IMO). The car uses DC-DC converter to reduce 400/800V traction battery down to operate 12V devices and to charge the starter battery. This is also a DC-DC converter that increases 12V to 60V to charge your power station. This hardly puts strain on the car's DC-DC converter as long as it can handle additional 800W+ load. You can always lower from 800W draw from this in the app by swiping left or right.
This can work on non-EcoFlow power stations via solar input at 60V/500W max, provided you DIY your own cable (supposedly official EF cable is on the way): https://youtube.com/shorts/uVBrNY...I80vRe-bdV

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madmax718Sep 13, 2024 12:12 PM
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Quote from 2hats :
Mine is a River 2 Pro, so not sure if others are different. Mine has a DC input which can be used by cigarette lighter input or solar input. When in cigarette lighter mode current is limited to 8A. When in solar mode it is limited to 15A. The cable configuration tells the unit whether to charge at 8 or 15 amps.
Nothing you said is incorrect,but your just describing the xt60 and xt60i connection. The issue is that charge controller is limited by amperage (your 15a) and your car (12-14v). While your ecoflow could take more voltage your car can't generate the higher voltage. It can however generate higher amps. So that's why you need a step up unit like this alternator charger.
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madmax718Sep 13, 2024 12:15 PM
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The YouTube short states 45w minimum.. is there any way to limit it below 60?
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Quote from jayko23 :
Im unable to replicate this deal.
They kill the link
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skynet007Sep 13, 2024 01:05 PM
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Quote from MinhTrinh :
They kill the link
I know they would fix the link, its the the matter of time and they did. $189 was a great deal
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MinhTrinh
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I know they would fix the link, its the the matter of time and they did. $189 was a great deal
$189? I thought its $199?
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skynet007Sep 13, 2024 01:55 PM
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Quote from MinhTrinh :
$189? I thought its $199?
There was an extra 5% code
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There was an extra 5% code
Didnt know that. OP and wiki doesnt have any information. Thanks though. Whats the code, do you knkw

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skynet007Sep 13, 2024 03:52 PM
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Didnt know that. OP and wiki doesnt have any information. Thanks though. Whats the code, do you knkw
Below is the code some one shared in previous comments

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SplendidClass5799Sep 13, 2024 06:56 PM
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This thing is so awesome. Just installed last night on a 2022 Maverick FX4 paired with a Delta 2. No problems pulling 800W
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2hatsSep 13, 2024 07:23 PM
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Quote from madmax718 :
Nothing you said is incorrect,but your just describing the xt60 and xt60i connection. The issue is that charge controller is limited by amperage (your 15a) and your car (12-14v). While your ecoflow could take more voltage your car can't generate the higher voltage. It can however generate higher amps. So that's why you need a step up unit like this alternator charger.
Not following. I was pointing out that some units are not compatible with this alternator charger and therefore they won't be able to use it to charge at 8X the rate of the 'cigarette lighter' input when in their vehicles.

However, you can easily double the in-vehicle charge rate (which halves the time taken to fully charge). To do this you need a xt60i cable with the center pin grounded. Then as long as the cable is attached to a 12V source that is capable of providing >15A, you're good to go: This simple cable will halve the time taken to charge with the standard 'cigarette lighter' cable.
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chung_changSep 13, 2024 09:23 PM
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Quote from 2hats :
Not following. I was pointing out that some units are not compatible with this alternator charger and therefore they won't be able to use it to charge at 8X the rate of the 'cigarette lighter' input when in their vehicles.

However, you can easily double the in-vehicle charge rate (which halves the time taken to fully charge). To do this you need a xt60i cable with the center pin grounded. Then as long as the cable is attached to a 12V source that is capable of providing >15A, you're good to go: This simple cable will halve the time taken to charge with the standard 'cigarette lighter' cable.
Most car's cigarette lighter are limited to 100W. If you try to pull more power through it, the fuse would blow.

You could try something cheap like this guy did: https://youtu.be/LV5-pRStAn8?si=qrSKBImDcIPlwJ04

But no auto cutoff so higher risk of draining your starter battery, no bi-directional charging, and still not close to the same power output.
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2hatsSep 13, 2024 09:34 PM
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Quote from chung_chang :
Most car's cigarette lighter are limited to 100W. If you try to pull more power through it, the fuse would blow.

You could try something cheap like this guy did: https://youtu.be/LV5-pRStAn8?si=qrSKBImDcIPlwJ04

But no auto cutoff so higher risk of draining your starter battery, no bi-directional charging, and still not close to the same power output.
I've already said that you can't use the car cigarette lighter socket and will need to use a source that provides >15 amps. As I previously mentioned, options include the 7-pin trailer 12V (which is 20A switched power on my car) or even adding a direct wire to battery (with 20A fuse and auto-cutoff devise if concerned about battery drainage).

And not sure what you mean by "not close to same power output" - it will approx. double the power output (halve the charging time compared to the cigarette lighter option). Also don't forget I'm suggesting this as an alternative for units (like River Pro) that are not compatible with the Alternator Charger.
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chung_changSep 13, 2024 09:37 PM
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Quote from 2hats :
I've already said that you can't use the car cigarette lighter socket and will need to use a source that provides >15 amps. As I previously mentioned, options include the 7-pin trailer 12V (which is 20A switched power on my car) or even adding a direct wire to battery (with 20A fuse and auto-cutoff devise if concerned about battery drainage).

And not sure what you mean by "not close to same power output" - it will approx. double the power output (halve the charging time compared to the cigarette lighter option). Also don't forget I'm suggesting this as an alternative for units (like River Pro) that are not compatible with the Alternator Charger.
Pretty much what the guy did in the video I linked. He has a manual switch. Still no bi-directional charging and not close to the same power output. But if it meets your needs, go for it!

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