Wellbots [wellbots.com] have the ECOFLOW DELTA 3 Plus 1024Wh LFP Portable Power Station on sale for $649 - $100 w/ code
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About this Item:- 1024Wh LFP Battery
- 1800W Output
- Max Supported by X-Boost: 2600W
- Dimensions: 15.7" x 8" x 11.2"
- Weight: 12.5kg / 27.6lbs
- Input:
- Car Charging: 800W
- AC+PV: 1500W
- Ports:
- 6x AC (1800W Max)
- 2x USB-C (140W Max)
- 2x USB-A (36W Max)
- 2x DC5521 (12.6V, 3A Max)
- 1x Car Power Output (12.6V, 10A, 126W Max)
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I really want something that works with the car alternator, so I can use my electric car battery to run my house. But in reality I want this as the middleman to charge my bigger Delta Pro Ultra since that supports 240 volt and will run my well pump, but then the question is can you charge one eco-flow battery with another eco-flow battery
I really want something that works with the car alternator, so I can use my electric car battery to run my house. But in reality I want this as the middleman to charge my bigger Delta Pro Ultra since that supports 240 volt and will run my well pump, but then the question is can you charge one eco-flow battery with another eco-flow battery
lithium phosphate prices are in free fall. even goal zero has been dropping prices and they are usually the last to do so
I sampled Wellbots two days ago but couldn't find anything to justify using that offer
The better use case is to power a few circuits in your home with this and use the tesla to keep it topped off.
lithium phosphate prices are in free fall. even goal zero has been dropping prices and they are usually the last to do so
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I really want something that works with the car alternator, so I can use my electric car battery to run my house. But in reality I want this as the middleman to charge my bigger Delta Pro Ultra since that supports 240 volt and will run my well pump, but then the question is can you charge one eco-flow battery with another eco-flow battery
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My main concern is having electricity for internet (so I can work if electricity fails), keeping food in fridge cold, and electricity for my Rinnai tankless water heater so I can still take a shower.
Trying to look at other (cheaper) options vs a Powerwall or Enphase battery.
To put things in perspective, the average household in Texas (for example) uses 36 kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy each day. This Delta 3 plus is 1024 watt hours so you would need 36 of these units to meet that capacity. Of course that's for normal operations of everything in your house like an air conditioner. Don't even think about running a whole house air conditioner on batteries... unless you're a millionaire.
If your router/modem/laptop combine for about 100 watts, that's 10 hours you get from this 1024 Delta 3. A fridge could surge at 600 watts and then idle around 100-ish so that's even less time if you run everything together. The good thing is that if your power goes out, the fridge is still insulated so you can probably go a few hours before having to plug anything in.
The Tesla powerwall provides 13.5 kWh (13,500 watt hours) so it's like 13.5 of these Delta 3's. They're also like $9,000 each. If you have 2 powerwalls, you can probably power your house for almost one day in the summer and more in the winter. They are very sophisticated equipment and would probably have some hybrid inverter in your house that lets you switch to the powerwall power when you get an outage. For the heck of it I priced a Tesla solar system from their site and they recommended 3 powerwalls for me. Who the f can afford that? lol
The most straightforward way to get something like a Delta battery setup (or gas generator) to power your house is to first have an electrician install an interlock kit and a generator inlet. The interlock kit is just a metal plate that forces you to shut off the main power from the grid and let you then switch manually to your battery (or other source like a gas generator). For only using the Delta specifically, the electrician would have to install a 30amp inlet. Portable gas generators use 50amps, so if you have an electrician install a standard 50amp, you could get a 30 to 50 adapter to run from your Delta. I personally want the option of a large portable gas generator to run my air conditioner in the summer, and then using a battery backup for smaller outages when I just need a few things running.
If you want the more expensive route than the interlock, but still not as expensive as powerwall, you can get a 10 circuit panel which installs next to your main panel. It then lets you select 10 circuits from your main panel that will then receive power from your backup source. These panels are like $400-600 and probably $2k to install because of the complexity.
Some people just go with the interlock kit and then carefully power things manually during outages, whether with a portable gas generator or battery. I recently reached out for a quote for just an interlock kit and 1 inlet and they wanted over $1200... crazy how prices are now.
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