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[Schrute66]

Hey Minninips. At this moment the entire system is consuming 24w and the Ecoflow is telling me I have 99 hours of runtime (with the battery 78% charged). The heater rarely runs but when it does, I see the power usage bump up momentarily by 5-8w. Not sure I completely understand that since it is a 50w heater but the reported usage on the Ecoflow matches what the Hydros system reports for XP8 outlet that powers the heater Conservatively, I'm sure the Ecoflow could run the system for at least a couple of days. Perhaps less if it's really cold and my home's heating system isn't running. I've been procrastinating on getting a generator. Every year or two when we have an ice storm and lose power, I tell myself I'm finally going to get one but I never do

 

[Minninips]

I've been looking into a UPS (mostly coming from the PC world) and saw your post about the Ecoflow. I'll likely end up with one on each future tank now that I've looked into them, so glad to hear yours is working well! I'd be surprised to see multiple days from 1kwh, but I guess for the tank size, that makes sense. We've lost power for as long as 7 days (last year). Thankfully we've got a portable generator and went through about 80 gallons of gas. Highly recommend one. Costco has some larger ones on sale every few months. If we weren't renting, I'd likely get a whole house generator or at least a transfer switch so the generator can be plugged into the house and wouldn't require extension cords everywhere.

 

[Koan]

I'll likely end up with one on each future tank now that I've looked into them, so glad to hear yours is working well!

Plug here for all things Anker Solix, they have some good Black Friday sales going on now, plus will have end of year sales. And of course prices are always great at Costco

Anker is the industry standard for reliable consumer battery backups, great support + portable solar recharge Even their large batteries are wheel-able

I put in a whole-house Solix failover genny and I'm very happy with it so far.