Ecoflow River 2

[Eriba]

Purchased almost month ago, to support my laptop charging as work remotely in my MH.
What a mistake, it drew so much current it melted the 22volt charger plug, fortunately the socket was a ceramic fused outlet and the 25 amp fuse blew.
Lost faith and returned it for a refund absolutely no suggestion the retailer Leroy Merlin in France would rectify or refund me.
No response from Ecoflow as yet and only an offer to return to Ecoflow by LEROY Merlin.
What has your experience been with this unit, views much appreciated

 

[Nabsim]

They are all the same, Ecoflow got a big name because they gave them to YouTube influencers

 

[Eriba]

I will obviously hold my opinion until both have time to reply, however I have a guy feeling all is not what it might seem

 

[Nabsim]

I will obviously hold my opinion until both have time to reply, however I have a guy feeling all is not what it might seem

From what I have seen third hand they exchange units usually although a couple got refunds. I didn’t mean you wouldn’t get anywhere with it

 

[Eriba]

Thank you

 

[mistericeman]

They are all the same, Ecoflow got a big name because they gave them to YouTube influencers

Spot on ....emporers new clothes among "Vanlifers" ....

Mainly due to them flooding them with freebies ;-)

 

[yeoblade]

Sadly France's returns policy if not good at all, I have heard many bad stories. Offer of repair is their normal response even on non functioning new items, and don't hold your breath!

 

[molly 2]

Mine disappeared in ecoflow land , I bought it over the counter locally, after 3 months waiting, for repair, no correspondence the shop gave me a full refund , i returned it to the shop they did the return, makes a joke of 5 years warranty, ,

 

[PeteandJules]

Very simple. Buy a LiFePo4 battery. Get a good battery to battery charger. Battery total Amps should be approximately twice your calculated usage. Fit professionally and your troubles melt away. Have found that using Vectron normally gives the best trouble free results. Good hunting

 

[Okta]

I have had no problems with my Ecoflow River 2. Not sure what you are referring to when you say it melted the “22volt charger plug”. The 12v/24v charger plug that came with my unit contains a 15A fuse. This fuse should have blown way earlier than a 25A fuse popped elsewhere. This suggests to me the fault does not lie in the Ecoflow but in the vehicle socket or wiring you are trying to use to charge it.

 

[trevskoda]

I have had no problems with my Ecoflow River 2. Not sure what you are referring to when you say it melted the “22volt charger plug”. The 12v/24v charger plug that came with my unit contains a 15A fuse. This fuse should have blown way earlier than a 25A fuse popped elsewhere. This suggests to me the fault does not lie in the Ecoflow but in the vehicle socket or wiring you are trying to use to charge it.

Cigy plug sockets are 10 amp max, thats why it melted, dont see any point in having ecoflow if you have proper batteries.

 

[Eriba]

I appreciate that I had a ceramic 25 socket fitted which survived with not a mark!
I work onsite at times and cycle although cafés are very accommodating sometimes I need a charge away from the camper.
Very disappointed with the service and back up, of both parties.
Thank goodness it was not an expensive unit.
I will not use it again as fire in a camper is no joke

 

[Eriba]

I have had no problems with my Ecoflow River 2. Not sure what you are referring to when you say it melted the “22volt charger plug”. The 12v/24v charger plug that came with my unit contains a 15A fuse. This fuse should have blown way earlier than a 25A fuse popped elsewhere. This suggests to me the fault does not lie in the Ecoflow but in the vehicle socket or wiring you are trying to use to charge it.

My typo it was the 12 volt socket fitted Especially for auxiliary use up to 25 amp fused at 20 amps.
Quite an alarming experience in an enclosed space.
I suspect the unit developed a fault and drew excessive current.

 

[merl]

I have had no problems with my Ecoflow River 2. Not sure what you are referring to when you say it melted the “22volt charger plug”. The 12v/24v charger plug that came with my unit contains a 15A fuse. This fuse should have blown way earlier than a 25A fuse popped elsewhere. This suggests to me the fault does not lie in the Ecoflow but in the vehicle socket or wiring you are trying to use to charge it.

Reading between the lines here but this is what I suspect happened:
22v was a typo and should have been 12v.
The current required and drawn from the ciggy is relatively high and this requires good quality connections. The connection terminals in a ciggy socket are often dirty and tarnished and/or poor, this leads to resistance and resistance leads to heat, that heat was enough to melt the plastic plug and when that happened the terminals INSIDE the plug touched and this took out the 25A fuse supplying the ciggy socket.
A better form of connection needs to used, ciggy sockets are too variable in quality to be reliable for high current over long periods of time.

 

[Okta]

My typo it was the 12 volt socket fitted Especially for auxiliary use up to 25 amp fused at 20 amps.
Quite an alarming experience in an enclosed space.
I suspect the unit developed a fault and drew excessive current.

The 12V plug supplied with the unit has a 15A fuse. If it was the unit drawing excessive current this fuse would have blown first not the 20A one.

 

[merl]

The 12V plug supplied with the unit has a 15A fuse. If it was the unit drawing excessive current this fuse would have blown first not the 20A one.

Yes, I'd bet the unit is actually fine, it just needs a proper plug and socket.
IF the OP owned a DC clamp meter they could check and eliminate a faulty Ecoflow in seconds rather than days and days of emails and all the associated faff.
EVERY motorhomer should own a DC clamp meter, it's essential IMHO.

 

[molly 2]

Problem 12 v sockets is they slowly get warm and then they get hot , my van state's 180 w max

 

[Eriba]

Reading between the lines here but this is what I suspect happened:
22v was a typo and should have been 12v.
The current required and drawn from the ciggy is relatively high and this requires good quality connections. The connection terminals in a ciggy socket are often dirty and tarnished and/or poor, this leads to resistance and resistance leads to heat, that heat was enough to melt the plastic plug and when that happened the terminals INSIDE the plug touched and this took out the 25A fuse supplying the ciggy socket.
A better form of connection needs to used, ciggy sockets are too variable in quality to be reliable for high current over long periods of time.

I had a ceramic 25 amp auxiliary socket fitted especially for this unit.
It is new and absolutely no damage to it. Used it with my inverter with no problem since.
The unit is faulty for sure but do they want to refund no, even only after 28 days.

 

[Eriba]

Problem 12 v sockets is they slowly get warm and then they get hot , my van state's 180 w max

Mine was essentially fitted for this type of application up to 25 amps and ceramic.
It happened so quickly that I had little time to remove it but did thankfully.
Not impressed with either Ecoflow or LEROY Merlin

 

[Okta]

I am still puzzled that the 15A fuse did not blow.