jaycocreek
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I suggest you go to Facebook and join the Bluetti community...You can see what they are saying about those units your looking at..They have huge discounts sometimes and giveaways..
Good luck
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theoldwizard1
SE MI
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fj12ryder wrote:If I felt I needed to have backup power, I'd spend the money on Lithium batteries installed in the trailer, and solar cells. A whole big bunch cheaper than one of those things. Those are just big battery backups, with built-in inverter, which will have to be recharged somehow.
AGREED ! Those pre-packaged systems are vastly OVERPRICED!
Find Will Prowse's channel on YouTube. Be has dozens of video DIY equivalents at a fraction of the price. No, they are not as "pretty", but they function just as well !
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theoldwizard1
SE MI
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Lwiddis wrote:Remember your post title…power stations don’t “generate” anything. It’s a trick marketing word.
Boy am I glad someone said this !
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valhalla360
No paticular place.
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If you boondock with minimal power consumption, they will work...of course, you probably won't need one anyway.
If you want to run air/con, you need a real generator not a battery labeled "generator"
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afidel
Cleveland
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Lwiddis wrote:More batteries is cheaper…even Lithium batteries. Power stations are just fancy batteries and they too must be recharged in some way. One of the models is priced at $4500 for 3600 watt hours!
Yeah, you can buy 5kWh from EG4 for $1,500. Why you'd buy such overpriced batteries I have no idea.
2019 Dutchman Kodiak 293RLSL
2015 GMC 1500 Sierra 4x4 5.3 3.42 full bed
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wa8yxm
Davison Michigan (East of Flint)
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US canada exchange reate is 1.30 just now so $4500 CA is about 3500 US not 1/4 but over 3/4.
The problem with any battery pack system is unless you have a way to recharge they run down. now 3,000 worth of LiFePO4 is gonna take a day or 3 to run down (or more) but it's still gonna run down.
Solar is the way to go.
Home was where I park it. but alas the.
2005 Damon Intruder 377 Alas declared a total loss
after a semi "nicked" it. Still have the radios
Kenwood TS-2000, ICOM ID-5100, ID-51A+2, ID-880 REF030C most times
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jaycocreek
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Everyone saying how over priced they are should chime in with there actual cost for there system that they use....There not cheap to do it right..
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JoeH
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Sounds like a good use for a fuel cell... if they had commercially available ones for RVs.
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valhalla360
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JoeH wrote:Sounds like a good use for a fuel cell... if they had commercially available ones for RVs.
There are commercially available fuel cells...they are just crazy expensive and use special fuel that makes running a generator look silly cheap.
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Boon Docker
Mountain Foothills of Southern Alberta
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jaycocreek wrote:Everyone saying how over priced they are should chime in with there actual cost for there system that they use....There not cheap to do it right..
Lol
You get a 600 watt solar system for approx $600 US. Add in $400 for batteries. That works out to $1000
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