Portable Power Station

Wooie1958

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Worked out now which way we are going about a day van which will be our only vehicle for days out, we will not be sleeping in it but will be having brews and eating.

For power i`ve decided on a portable power station rather that all the faff of fitting solar panels, solar regulator, batteries, inverter, etc. etc. etc.

I`m leaning towards an Ecoflow Delta 3 Plus with 1024Wh capacity, 1800W output is the same as our inverter in the motorhome which more than met our needs.

Main usage will be a Ninja AF100UK cooking part-baked baguettes ( 7 minutes @ 180C ) so no where near its maximum.

Fridge will be a 12v camping fridge and other usage will be a low power kettle and occasionally a 1000w induction hob same again it will not be on for that long.

I know members have other makes i.e. Jackery, Bluetti etc. etc. so any other info will be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.
 
Bluetti 180p on offer from hampshire genarators was £1400 now £ 440 worth a check if offer still on .I am pleased with mine .I am impressed with their service .
 
molly 2 said:
Bluetti 180p on offer from hampshire genarators was £1400 now £ 440 worth a check if offer still on .I am pleased with mine .I am impressed with their service .
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They're currently out of stock, Baz, new stock not available until end of January. So they say... 🤷‍♀️

I guess you pay now and risk it for a biscuit on the new stock arriving on time (or not...)
 
I don't know what a "camping fridge" is, but if it is an 12V non-compressor fridge it will eat power. Probably ok for a few hours out but not a great option.
if the "camping fridge" is a compressor coolbox, then that is another matter.
 
wildebus said:
I don't know what a "camping fridge" is, but if it is an 12V non-compressor fridge it will eat power. Probably ok for a few hours out but not a great option.
if the "camping fridge" is a compressor coolbox, then that is another matter.
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Thank you, it`ll be cooled down at home then go on 12v whilst driving then use the power station whilst parked up so possibly an hour or two.

However, i will look further into compressor cool boxes as well.
 
On the back of tent camping being a success earlier in the year I had been looking at some sort of power pack for camping on the bike or car. Bad idea to try and power anything from the bike alternator, seems they can be fragile and expensive to replace. For that reason doubled the size for what I initially thought and bought an EcoFlow Delta 2 in the Black Friday sale. My preferred would have been the Bluetti but cost difference I decided on EcoFlow.

Now, it will be fine for what I have bought it for with the tent as it only for charging phones, iPad, lights type stuff but I took it on my New Year trip to Scotland in the van. All I can say is it has reinforced my thoughts on them not being a substitute for uncreased battery storage. A fully charged Delta 2 will charge my laptop just short of 4 times.

Doesn't stack up to me in a van
 
Wooie1958 said:
Thank you, it`ll be cooled down at home then go on 12v whilst driving then use the power station whilst parked up so possibly an hour or two.

However, i will look further into compressor cool boxes as well.
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If you have a look on Amazon at the compressor cool boxes, you might find a good deal coming up? This is a product type that fluctuates in price a lot on Amazon, so set a flag to be notified when the price drops to one you like and hopefully nab a bargain?

Those 'peltier' type coolboxes (the ones with a fan at the top) are incredibly inefficient as well as being annoying noisy. Price is the only good thing about them.
 
EcoFlow every time for me.

I have one in my MH (Delta 2 Max with 2 extra batteries) connected to an auto switch over which gives me my own EHU. It charges off an EcoFlow alternator charger and works brilliantly alongside the Lithium batteries. Have to admit it’s overkill but SWMBO thinks the MH is a mobile hotel room.

Your probably missed the boat on EcoFlow savings as the Delta 2 Max was massively reduced late last year as the Delta 3’s were launched.

My question would be, it your using the van as a day van then surely something like a dometic cool ice box will do, I used these extensively when working away from home, keeps food and liquid cold for days with no power usage.
 
Wooie1958 said:
Worked out now which way we are going about a day van which will be our only vehicle for days out, we will not be sleeping in it but will be having brews and eating.

For power i`ve decided on a portable power station rather that all the faff of fitting solar panels, solar regulator, batteries, inverter, etc. etc. etc.

I`m leaning towards an Ecoflow Delta 3 Plus with 1024Wh capacity, 1800W output is the same as our inverter in the motorhome which more than met our needs.

Main usage will be a Ninja AF100UK cooking part-baked baguettes ( 7 minutes @ 180C ) so no where near its maximum.

Fridge will be a 12v camping fridge and other usage will be a low power kettle and occasionally a 1000w induction hob same again it will not be on for that long.

I know members have other makes i.e. Jackery, Bluetti etc. etc. so any other info will be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.
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On the face of it over 1000 Wh should meet your requirements for a day out but one thing to bear in mind is that it is often impossible to fully extract that 1000Wh at high currents due to voltage sag. Apart from the fridge all of your intended appliances are relatively high current devices so depending on how the unit is put together you could easily find that the unit cuts out when trying to drive say the air fryer even though there's actually plenty of charge left in the battery.
Try and find an actual on line test that simulates your kind of use and whatever unit you go for, give the unit a real stress test as soon as it arrives and see just how well it operates at high current when the battery gets into it's final 1/3 of capacity.
 
Vtoman for me I also have a jackory but prefer the Vtoman as it can recharge in under a hour but fans are a bit noisy but have came down in price since my purchase also have the solars but big n heavy
 

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wildebus said:
Those 'peltier' type coolboxes (the ones with a fan at the top) are incredibly inefficient as well as being annoying noisy. Price is the only good thing about them.
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My daughter bought one (not for a camper) and in a room temperature environment it only cooled to about 10 degrees. That's nothing like a safe temperature.
Thinking it was faulty, she bought another. Just as bad.
I took the old one and tried to make it work. Added heatsinks, tried higher voltages. Nothing got it to reach an acceptable temperature.
I tried running it the other way, to warm food. Again, it only got about half way to a safe temperature.
Are these things sponsored by a food poisoning charity?
 
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