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Has it's use case but most people won't pay double for an ordinary 2kwh power station.
Unless you absolutely need the blade design, the Solix S2000 is a better choice in every way. I got 4 of them running backup/ToU. My basement one is running my fridge and dehumidifier from 3-9 (peak), draining almost the whole capacity daily
what is that use case? like catastrophic power failure to your house but you dont want to spring for a generac?
Charge during off peak pricing and discharge during peak pricing. In a home with excess solar input you can charge during the day hours and discharge at night when the solar is not generating. Basically anything a home battery backup setup would be used for but isolated by the appliance, so you can distribute them around to the important things, rather than a permanent install at the electrical panel. Which would be a benefit for renters or those in shorter term living situations at the cost of being pricier with less versatility than other battery options.
Either way can reduce costs in the long term if you have peak pricing and/or solar. That's in addition to just being a reliable long run backup if you have moderately common multi-hour power outages.
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You're not going to get a day out of this.
I've measured my fridge inside and outside garage before.
The inside will use 2.2kwh to 2.5kwh and outside 2.5 to 3kwh.
The unit has a 2kwh capacity minus losses and such so maybe 1.7kwh usable capacity.
You're not going to get a day out of this.
I've measured my fridge inside and outside garage before.
The inside will use 2.2kwh to 2.5kwh and outside 2.5 to 3kwh.
The unit has a 2kwh capacity minus losses and such so maybe 1.7kwh usable capacity.
Was going off youtube reviews, many say over 24 hours. I think one could go quite a bit longer if you manually disable the auto-defrost ASAP upon an outage, which I had to do during a 5 day outage caused by NorCal wildfires. Powerstation was silent for many hours, then suddenly I hear its fans fire up loud, notice fridge suddenly drawing 950 watts, had entered defrost mode. Quick search on my model and was back to quiet power and longevity.
Honestly, I'm seeing this unit as a perfect answer to 'balcony solar', and the pointless rules/confusion that comes along with it. This combo unit can park on a wall next to the balcony, provides 120V outlets without any grid-tie/islanding issues, accepts a low voltage DC cable from a few 450W panels out on the balcony/patio, provides battery backup that 'balcony solar' doesn't, and has a pure sine wave inverter instead of a dodgy microinverter, and requires no permit or utility agreement to install, it's an appliance like any other portable power station. I think this wholesale replaces 'balcony solar'. Prove me wrong. lol
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what is that use case? like catastrophic power failure to your house but you dont want to spring for a generac?
Either way can reduce costs in the long term if you have peak pricing and/or solar. That's in addition to just being a reliable long run backup if you have moderately common multi-hour power outages.
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I've measured my fridge inside and outside garage before.
The inside will use 2.2kwh to 2.5kwh and outside 2.5 to 3kwh.
The unit has a 2kwh capacity minus losses and such so maybe 1.7kwh usable capacity.
I've measured my fridge inside and outside garage before.
The inside will use 2.2kwh to 2.5kwh and outside 2.5 to 3kwh.
The unit has a 2kwh capacity minus losses and such so maybe 1.7kwh usable capacity.
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