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frontpage Posted by MetaPhorse • Jan 11, 2025
Jan 11, 2025 2:13 AM
EcoFlow WAVE 2 Portable Air Conditioner & Heater + Add-on Battery + Bag
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Also you can only charge the battery while the ac unit is connected. So you can't bring the battery in your home to charge, you have to carry the entire thing. It does charge with solar.
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I gathered "1500w cooling capacity" and "1800w heating capacity"
But it's not describing actual power consumption. I can't imagine a/c on it is really 1kw when in use, but i'd assume it's at least 700-800w when the compressor is running.
So using it as a car-camping a/c, i can see it being relatively useful for a long period because the compressor doesn't have to kick on and off frequently. But let's say you use this thing in a tent, the compressor running full-time....800w- you'd theoretically need 6.4kw of battery to run it 8hrs
Using electric heat amplifies power consumption, but it's a very nice feature to have as an all-in-one unit.
These have their use but I caution people to understand power consumption and battery capacities before buying these things *for a lot of money* and being disappointed.
FWIW a portable a/c can be purchased on amazon for a few hundred bucks, using approx the same wattage to do the same thing. Shoot, I got a 12kbtu portable a/c for use during power outages (used it for a week after Milton knocked out our power) and it cost me ~365. Probably runs 900-1000w when the compressor is running.
I gathered "1500w cooling capacity" and "1800w heating capacity"
But it's not describing actual power consumption. I can't imagine a/c on it is really 1kw when in use, but i'd assume it's at least 700-800w when the compressor is running.
So using it as a car-camping a/c, i can see it being relatively useful for a long period because the compressor doesn't have to kick on and off frequently. But let's say you use this thing in a tent, the compressor running full-time....800w- you'd theoretically need 6.4kw of battery to run it 8hrs
Using electric heat amplifies power consumption, but it's a very nice feature to have as an all-in-one unit.
These have their use but I caution people to understand power consumption and battery capacities before buying these things *for a lot of money* and being disappointed.
FWIW a portable a/c can be purchased on amazon for a few hundred bucks, using approx the same wattage to do the same thing. Shoot, I got a 12kbtu portable a/c for use during power outages (used it for a week after Milton knocked out our power) and it cost me ~365. Probably runs 900-1000w when the compressor is running.
Personally I'd only judge this device for how it lowered ambient temps not how it handled a (functional) greenhouse.
Personally I'd only judge this device for how it lowered ambient temps not how it handled a (functional) greenhouse.
Sadly swamp coolers only work well in low humidity environments. Here in the Southeastern US they tend to make things feel worse.
That is some great info!
It's a heat pump. That's what heat pumps do: they pump heat from one place to another place using electricity.
Do this decrease humility like a normal AC? That makes a big difference in confident level l.
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Also you can only charge the battery while the ac unit is connected. So you can't bring the battery in your home to charge, you have to carry the entire thing. It does charge with solar.
It's a heat pump. That's what heat pumps do: they pump heat from one place to another place using electricity.
*Pretty much every non-inverter window unit / portable AC will have an electric heater as opposed to being a HP.
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Mixed reviews, but a lot of that seems to be because people don't understand its limitations... based on my research it's to be used between 40 (some say 41) - 100 degrees for heating and cooling in fairly small spaces.
I tried it out in my living room and it heated and cooled well, but I plan to try it out tent camping soon.