frontpagegaamn114 | Staff posted Apr 17, 2026 11:56 AM
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frontpagegaamn114 | Staff posted Apr 17, 2026 11:56 AM
Anker SOLIX BP1000 Expansion Battery (1056Wh)
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Given the cheap price of a 12.8v 100Ah/1280Wh battery (~$150), what are the disadvantages of going that route? Main ones I can see are having to wire it yourself (not a big deal, plenty of kits and tutorials), charging those batteries (I assume they'd have to be disconnected and hooked to a secondary source, so very not automatic, but doable), and primarily, can it actually keep up if the main battery's drained in a longer power outage? That last point seems to be the critical one, if it's not going to be able to power enough devices/appliances the extra capacity is less useful. I assume it'd just be feeding the main battery during periods of less drain, so I'd have to be cautious of running high wattage devices and letting the main battery dip below a baseline level, because the trickle from the solar input would be limited and might require time to refill the main device.
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