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Well, power came back about 15 minutes ago, so I am thinking I will let Starlink keep going on batteries for a while.
Would it be helpful, hurtful, or neither to run the UPS off your battery pack?
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Well, power came back about 15 minutes ago, so I am thinking I will let Starlink keep going on batteries for a while.
IIRC, the reason he bought the power pack is to make it the UPS. At least, that's how I understood his earlier post when he bought it.Would it be helpful, hurtful, or neither to run the UPS off your battery pack?
This ^IIRC, the reason he bought the power pack is to make it the UPS. At least, that's how I understood his earlier post when he bought it.
I do as well. Do you know a place that's a decent price?Put in about 10lbs of corn cut from the cob in the freeze dryer.
I need to get more half gallon mason jars...
I occasionally find them at walmart.com at a decent price.I do as well. Do you know a place that's a decent price?
The Duracell solar generator is different than others in that it operates on a 55ah sla battery for about 660w of energy storarge..This ^
But that plan isn't working - yet. And I probably should not use it as a UPS when I have AC power.
Having the battery/power station power the UPS would not be efficient - as I understand it, the power station is not designed to switch between AC power sources - i.e., when the power station is supplying AC power, it is always converting from its battery to AC power. Whereas the UPS will pass thru the AC power until the AC power drops, at which point it switches to battery power.
Also, the supplied AC adapter is not charging the power station fast enough for it to make up for the power draw of the satellite system. The AC adapter only charges at 45 watts of DC, and that is not enough to keep the battery charged with the inverter draw on the battery. So I switched to a 65 watt USB-C charger that I have for me laptop - and it is charging the system at 60 watts (the max input that power station allows).
I am also going to test this setup using the 12V car charger - but I think that will be even worse as it seems that input is limited to 3 amps, so at best (while car is running) I would get 40-45 watts input.
That said, I am going to abandon this experiment and only use the power stations when the power goes out - i.e., not try to use them as a UPS for the Starlink system.
Also, at home, where I usually do have some cell coverage, I will probably not use the power station during power outages, to power the Starlink when I am not using the Starlink - e.g., while sleeping or while not home. Since the Starlink system boots up and connects in a few minutes, only using it when I need it during emergencies seems prudent.
I was reading the reviews of that power station after you posted the link for it a few days ago, thinking I'd get one for myself. After reading several of the 1- and 2-star reviews, I did not order. The same thing that happened to you seems to regularly happen to a lot of other dissatisfied purchasers...Well the power station I used is kaput.
I sent an email via their support page and haven't heard anything back.
If I don't get a useful response by Monday I will return that one to Amazon and try the other. I have until January to return them (one thing I really like about Amazon is it is easy to return things - no hassle).
Since my pistols are not my major defensive weapons, the most that I have is 12 for two of them (interchangeable). That does not include my EP9 which is the first defense in the house. I have more than 6 high-capacity, 27 and 33 round.Ordered 10 SIG pistol mags and 6 more PS90 mags.
Updated my inventory of mags (added some that I bought since I last updated it).
I have one more rifle I should get more mags for.
I prep for three people, so I have three of each defensive gun; e.g., three Five Sevens, three PS90s, and so on.I am impressed by your stack em deep mentality.
Heard good things about ecoflow, 512w is basic but will get the job done, 110w, not bad either.Bought an EcoFlow power station that 512Wh, with portable 110W solar panels for $400. Flash sale on the EcoFlow website ( https://www.ecoflow.com/us ).
It is an EPS that will switch from pass thru AC to battery power in 30ms. It has AC charging of up to 660 watts - 11 times what the other power station I bought allows.
I think that most of the cheap power stations, like what I bought and tested last week, do not truly "pass thru" AC power - they charge the battery and it powers an inverter, even when it has AC power charging it.
Yeah - I want it for my Starlink system. When I build my RV I will have a larger setup.Heard good things about ecoflow, 512w is basic but will get the job done, 110w, not bad either.
Yes, I have three other 100W panels that I can connect together too. I need about 50 watts to run the Starlink system. Since the system can be booted up in a few minutes, I will not be trying to power it when I am not using it - e.g., when I am asleep. The power outage I had last week lasted about 4 hours. If I have an outage that lasts more than 4-8 hrs I will break out the gensets.Just know, really bad weather, like the Oregon Ice storm, during the day, I got about 10w of usable power out of a 100w solar panel...
I'm tempted to grab a mini propane generators, 20lb propane tank rated to get I think it was 60hrs running with a 200w load (1/4).Yeah - I want it for my Starlink system. When I build my RV I will have a larger setup.
Yes, I have three other 100W panels that I can connect together too. I need about 50 watts to run the Starlink system. Since the system can be booted up in a few minutes, I will not be trying to power it when I am not using it - e.g., when I am asleep. The power outage I had last week lasted about 4 hours. If I have an outage that lasts more than 4-8 hrs I will break out the gensets.