Bluetti AC300 / B300K NEVER BE LEFT COLD IN THE DARK AGAIN WHOLE HOUSE POWER BACK UP!

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TLDRThis detailed review breaks down the Blue Yeti AC300 power station and its new B300K battery system. The AC300 features a modular design with a 3000W inverter, scalable to 6000W with split phasing. Tests confirm its robust performance in power-intensive tasks, such as running household appliances, welding guns, and charging options including dual solar arrays, wind turbines, and AC inputs. The battery, with 2765 Wh capacity and 4000 charge cycles, offers upgrades, efficient energy conversion, and flexibility at a $400 lower cost than earlier models. The system is modular and portable, making it adaptable for home power integration via transfer switches or interlocks.

Takeaways

  • ⚡ Modular design allows for battery upgrades independently.
  • 🔋 New B300K battery offers 2765 Wh capacity and 4000 charge cycles.
  • ☀️ Supports solar inputs, wind turbines, and other charging systems.
  • 🏠 Can be integrated into home setups via transfer switches or interlocks.
  • 📱 Bluetooth app provides advanced controls and monitoring.
  • 🎚️ 3000W inverter scalable to 6000W with split phase.
  • ⚙️ Handles high-power startup surges for tools and appliances.
  • 🔇 Quiet operation with sound levels around 44.5dB at peak load.
  • 🌡️ Effective heat dissipation with large internal fans.
  • 💡 Efficient energy use, with standard appliance tests yielding high run times.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video introduces Blue Eddy's Black Friday sale and highlights their AC300 portable power station and the new B300K battery module. The AC300 features a modular design with a 3000W pure sine wave inverter, capable of upgrading batteries over time. The presenter outlines key features such as multiple outlets, support for solar arrays, EV charging, and its compact modularity for ease of shipping and upgrades.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The B300K battery offers 2765W power capacity and up to 4000 charge cycles with efficiency improvements built-in. Compatible with existing B300 batteries, it provides more affordable and longer-lasting options. Tests assess functionality like power outputs, unit and connection stability, and thermal efficiency. The system also enables connectivity with other batteries and performance meets stated specs.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Several tests are conducted to verify charging efficiency, inrush power capabilities, and sustained output for appliances. Switching performance for UPS mode and battery pack behavior under different draw scenarios are measured. Results show the AC300/B300K handles varied loads and demanding applications, performing consistently within the tested limits.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The system showcases efficient integration with home electrical setups, including transfer panels and inlet boxes while maintaining safety. Different wiring setups and load scenarios are demonstrated, ensuring compatibility with multiple power devices like welders and refrigerators. Real-life usage statistics help illustrate battery consumption and the inverter's efficiency.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:28:56

    In summary, the AC300 and B300K demonstrate robust functionality, reliability, and scalability. Tests confirm the system's ability to efficiently handle various applications, including silent mode, UPS functionality, and high-load handling. The presenter praises the modular design, flexibility, and value for money, recommending it as an innovative option for portable electricity solutions.

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Video Tanya Jawab

  • What makes the Blue Yeti AC300 unique?

    Its modular design lets you replace or upgrade the battery separately, and it supports split phase for higher power output.

  • What is the power capacity of the Blue Yeti AC300?

    The AC300 features a 3000W pure sine wave inverter, which can be doubled to 6000W with a second unit for split phasing.

  • Can the B300K battery be upgraded or replaced?

    Yes, its modular system allows you to replace or upgrade the battery to newer chemistries as needed.

  • How is solar compatibility handled?

    The AC300 supports dual solar arrays at 12-150 volts and even accommodates other charging methods like wind turbines or lead-acid batteries.

  • What are the charging speeds for the unit?

    It supports up to 3000W AC charging and 2400W solar charging, with a maximum combined input of 5400W when both are used simultaneously.

  • Is this system suitable for powering a household?

    Yes, especially with proper transfer switches or an interlock system for controlled load distribution across appliances.

  • What are the main interface features?

    It includes multiple outlets, USB ports, and wireless chargers along with Bluetooth app support for advanced settings and monitoring.

  • How portable is this setup?

    The modular design makes it relatively manageable, with the top power inverter weighing 47.5 lbs and the battery 65 lbs, distributed for easy transport.

  • How efficient is the battery and inverter?

    Tests show about 85%-90% efficiency under varying loads, with improved runtime for lighter demands.

  • How does it perform in backup situations like running refrigerators or welding equipment?

    It effectively handled both tasks, running a fridge for 24 hours and managing high-power startup surges from tools.

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Gulir Otomatis:
  • 00:00:00
    well it's at time of season again it's
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    time for all the Black Friday sales and
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    this week is no exception this week
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    going forward through December 3rd blue
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    Eddie is going to be having some of
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    their best sale prices of the year and
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    I'm going to be placing links in the
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    description down below so if you're
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    looking for a blue Eddie portable power
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    station and you want to see some of the
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    great things they have to offer make
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    sure you check out the description below
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    in the video and because Black Friday is
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    going on that's the reason why blue
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    Eddie asked me to do a review on the
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    ac300 and their new battery the B300 K
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    the ac300 has been out for a couple
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    years now and the reason why it's still
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    in production is because they did it
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    right the first time one of the nice
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    things about the ac300 here is it's a
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    modular design meaning there's no
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    battery built into this top section all
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    of your solar and all of your power
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    inverters are all built into just this
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    section here but if you have a problem
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    with your battery it's completely
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    separated down here below as time goes
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    on and blue Eddie comes out with a new
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    battery chemistry you'll be able to
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    upgrade it to the next size battery and
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    keep things going along and if you ever
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    had to have a war waranty claim it makes
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    it a lot easier on shipping it also
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    reduces the weight so what I'm going to
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    be doing today is going over all the
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    different specs and I'm going to be
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    testing to make sure this device
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    actually produces everything that they
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    say it does if you're like me I'm a
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    conscious Shopper and I want the best
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    bang for the buck and I want to make
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    sure I'm getting my money's worth so if
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    that's the kind of Shopper you are
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    you're going to enjoy today's video so
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    let's go ahead and get some of the
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    basics out of the way right now so up
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    here on top we have the ac300 this
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    features a 3000 W pure sine wave
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    inverter the device is capable of being
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    twinned together with another one one so
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    that you can get split phasing which
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    would then take your 3,000 Watts up to
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    6,000 Watts this does have a peak
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    capacity of 6,000 watts and then if you
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    were twinned obviously it would go to
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    12,000 the device does offer a total of
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    620 volt Outlets up here that are all
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    rated for 20 amps a piece it also offers
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    two 18w usba plugs here on the front and
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    right to the side of it we have two usba
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    3 amp plugs and directly above it we
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    have a 100 W USBC plug the device does
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    offer a 30 amp RV plug here on the front
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    hand side now obviously 3,000 Watts
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    comes out to be in 25 amps but the plug
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    is a 30 amp plug we're going to be using
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    this to test out the device here in a
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    little bit and I'm going to be showing
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    you how to power your whole house with
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    this without having to run extension
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    cords all over I'm going to show you
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    some of the different options of
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    different types of transfer switches
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    everything from a very simplistic switch
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    up to the current ones that they
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    recommend I'll also be demonstrating how
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    the transfer switches work I have a
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    total of two different ones that we can
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    show you I'm also going to be performing
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    a lot of test on the device we're going
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    to make sure that it actually produces
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    the voltage and the amperage that it's
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    rated for we're going to find out how
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    much it can handle we're going to check
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    it with the thermal imager making sure
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    that it doesn't overheat here on the
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    front corner here we do have a 12vt 30
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    amp plug which does require the adapter
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    so that you can take it to the type of
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    plug that you want and right beside that
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    we have a 24v 10 amp plug which is looks
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    just like a traditional 12volt plug so
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    you do not want to plug a 12volt system
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    into that it will definitely destroy it
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    however that is a nice feature for those
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    out there that has have appliances that
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    run on 24 volts cuz it's going to run a
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    lot more efficient and right over here
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    on the side of the unit we've got the
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    main connections up here at top we have
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    the 120 volt plug input which it comes
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    standard at a 1800 wat charge rate the
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    same plug here is capable of charging at
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    up to 3,000 WTS which we're going to be
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    demonstrating that here in a little bit
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    with the l14 plug and directly below
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    that AC plug is our DC input which gives
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    us a total of 12 volts to 150 volts DC
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    they do include the plug system here
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    which are able to plug into it and screw
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    it on so that it doesn't come out and
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    what that gives you is two individual
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    solar arrays as long as you're in
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    between that 12vt and 150 range you're
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    able to have them running at two
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    different voltages because they're
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    completely separate now if your solar
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    array does go over the 150 volts that
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    it's rated at Blue eddi does offer a
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    device called the d300s which allows you
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    to drop that power down to the
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    recommended level of under 150 volts so
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    that's something to keep in mind another
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    option you can do with these solar panel
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    inputs here is you can actually change
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    it to a different type of input such as
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    a lead acid battery allowing you to
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    charge that method or you can also do
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    their wind turbine or EV charging so it
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    is capable of doing several different
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    types of charging one of the other
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    interesting things it can do is not only
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    can it charge at 3,000 watts of AC power
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    it can also charge at 2400 watts of
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    solar power at the same time giving you
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    a total input of 5400 Watts which when
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    you have the additional batteries which
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    this can do up to four of them that is
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    going to help out getting you charged
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    back up to the maximum power now this
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    modular system is plugged together with
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    the plug that you see right here when
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    you pull back the actual switch that
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    unlocks it it tells the device
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    immediately that something's wrong the
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    unit will not run unless that is fully
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    engaged all the way to the lock position
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    which we also have another lock position
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    down here on this plug down on bottom so
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    just so you know if you're having
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    problems with it make sure you check to
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    make sure that is actually locked in now
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    like I was saying the ac300 can be
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    powered off a total of four batteries
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    they do have two inputs here for the
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    extra batteries on the side and the
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    batteries themselves also have an extra
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    input port on the side there you're able
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    to jump from the ac300 down to the first
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    battery out of the next battery down to
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    the second battery and then use your
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    second input here on the top to do
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    exactly the same thing for the other two
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    batteries that you'd want to add to it
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    the device also does come with a 12vt
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    car plug here that you're able to plug
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    it into the actual solar inputs there it
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    is limited to around 8.4 amps which is
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    going to be a very long time to charge
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    this Beast back up
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    but it is available now jumping down to
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    the battery because like I said this is
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    one of their new batteries they just
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    came out with now I'm going to go ahead
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    and round it from
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    27648 up to 2765 just for Simplicity
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    purposes here it is rated at
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    2765 wats we're going to be testing that
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    to see what kind of efficiency we get
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    out of it and another neat thing they
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    did too is they increased the capacity
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    out of this battery taking it from 3500
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    charge cycles up to 4,000 charge cycles
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    so you've gained 500 extra charge cycles
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    with this new type of battery the
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    battery does offer a usba plug here on
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    the very front it is a standard usba at
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    12 WS nothing super fancy on that and it
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    is pretty simple there's no extra
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    buttons or anything like that to mess up
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    blue Ed also offers a couple other
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    batteries that are B300 series one's an
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    S and one has no letter after it at all
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    those batteries are available so if you
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    need to do charging in cold weather the
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    one has a heater built into it but like
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    I said the big selling point here on the
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    B300 K is the fact that they were able
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    to produce this at a lower cost and give
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    you more lifespan out of the battery
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    this battery does come in at about $400
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    cheaper than the previous battery even
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    though the wat hours was just slightly
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    lower at about 300 hours but yet the
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    efficiency out the battery seems to be
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    making up for that the device does offer
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    some fans right here on the side if you
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    actually was able to take a look on the
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    inside of it you can see that we have
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    two separate panels inside there of the
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    electronics they have got really large
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    fans in there which keep the noise
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    levels down and we're going to be
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    testing that here in just a little bit I
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    was also pretty impressed with the heat
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    dissipation that the unit does it
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    actually rejected heat very efficiently
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    and it was pretty quiet so to shut the
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    device off you do long press the button
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    there for about 3 seconds and then let
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    off and the device shuts off the battery
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    in the top section at the same time now
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    you're able to do the same thing in
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    Reverse you can do it down here at the
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    battery hold it for a long press and
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    then let off and it starts to light up
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    the top
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    just like that now this very final plug
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    down here on bottom that I hadn't talked
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    about yet is your communication plug
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    this is the plug that you're going to
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    use if you do twin this with another
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    ac300 that is going to connect one
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    device to the other allowing them to do
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    split phase you will need the fusion
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    plug and adapter so that you can combine
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    those together to get that 6,000 WS of
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    continuous power we're going to go ahead
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    and shut it down here so that I can kind
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    of show you how this comes apart like I
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    said you have a lock mechanism there
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    that we're going to disengage you push
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    the front button there and it pulls
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    right out that simple that is a pretty
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    heavy duty plug there the plug in the
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    wiring stayed well with intolerances it
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    never got over 90° even when we were
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    pulling at maximum power the way this
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    separates here is you're able to pick up
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    this top section and move it off to the
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    side the ac300 here is 47.5 lb I'm going
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    to go ahead and put on the display the
  • 00:08:20
    actual dimensions of it so that you can
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    see it in metric and in standard and
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    coming over to our battery here this
  • 00:08:26
    weighs in right at 65 lb it is
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    manageable but you know Grandma's
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    probably not going to like it but it is
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    better than having to lift one of the
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    power stations that have everything
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    combined together that weigh well over
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    100 to 115 lbs so it is manageable one
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    other thing here that I didn't mention
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    on the very top here we have two 15 amp
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    wireless chargers which allow you to
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    charge your wireless devices that are
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    wireless and now that we've covered some
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    of the basics about what it has to offer
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    let's get into some of the testing all
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    right one of the first things I want to
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    test here is the 20 millisecond switch
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    over speed for the actual UPS so as you
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    can see here we do not have a battery in
  • 00:09:05
    the back of the computer I am powered
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    purely off of the actual cord right
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    there as you can see right now to prove
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    that we're actually plugged into the
  • 00:09:12
    wall we are charging at around 1,600
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    wats area we have the power strip
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    plugged in here now the voltage you can
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    see is around 112 113 that tends to drop
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    when it's charging at a high rate not
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    sure why most power stations I've seen
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    do the same thing so we'll see if we can
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    actually see the blink here on the
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    actual meter
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    there it is instantly back to 120 you
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    can see it changed you see the lamp on
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    the right hand side go ahead and kill
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    the power again you seen a little bit of
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    a blank nothing did anything there hit
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    one more time yep yeah I was barely
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    pushing on the switch you seen it click
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    immediately computer did not go out I
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    know there's some talk about heavier
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    running computers and stuff like that
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    but at 20 milliseconds that's pretty
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    quick and it's a lot of capacity for
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    most normal computers so it's a nice
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    setup either way so it passes that test
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    we have a special tool here that allows
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    us to talk its language so that it can
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    actually kick into the PD charging that
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    we're going to be doing uh we're going
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    to go ahead and put it in PD charging
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    now and then we're going to force it to
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    actually run all right we've got it
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    prepped and ready to go at 20 volts
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    output and 5 amps maximum current 20 * 5
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    is going to be right around 100 100
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    Watts if you look over to here you can
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    see that we're actually voltage is right
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    at 20 volts we'll start off at 30 power
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    station is showing 30 up top there we go
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    40 5050 60 70 80 there's 90 90 Watts
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    we're at 18.7 volts currents 4.8 amps
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    according to that we are pulling 99
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    Watts on the actual device so in all
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    reality if I go too much higher here
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    we're going to fall below our actual Max
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    for the other devices and then it'll
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    shut down and go one watt at a time
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    there's
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    91 that's showing 101 up there the
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    biggest thing is our current can't go
  • 00:11:00
    over five there's 4.9 so that's 92 Watts
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    there and it's showing 102 so it's
  • 00:11:06
    actually doing exactly what they said it
  • 00:11:08
    would do high-s speeed charging on USBC
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    I say that's a pass testing the battery
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    pack itself it's rated for 12 watts and
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    we come over here to the actual tester
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    and we're right in there at 12 watts and
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    at 4.8 volts and 2.4 amps so just for
  • 00:11:24
    Giggles we can go ahead and see how much
  • 00:11:26
    further we can go before it kicks out
  • 00:11:29
    13 watts and she says no I say that
  • 00:11:33
    right there is also a pass now on this
  • 00:11:36
    next test we're going to be using a line
  • 00:11:38
    splitter and we're going to be using an
  • 00:11:39
    inrush meter to see whether or not it
  • 00:11:41
    can do over the three over the 6,000
  • 00:11:43
    Watts that it can do on inrush when this
  • 00:11:46
    saw starts up we're going to be able to
  • 00:11:48
    see how many watts it actually pulls on
  • 00:11:50
    Startup and we can find out whether or
  • 00:11:52
    not this thing's capable of doing what
  • 00:11:54
    it's rated at now you're going to see
  • 00:11:55
    this also being used at another test
  • 00:11:57
    here in a little bit I wanted to show
  • 00:11:58
    you how how many amps this actually
  • 00:12:00
    pulls at startup which you have to have
  • 00:12:02
    a special meter to be able to do this so
  • 00:12:05
    we're going to turn on inrush you can
  • 00:12:06
    see it's at zero right there so let's go
  • 00:12:08
    ahead and pull the
  • 00:12:10
    [Music]
  • 00:12:10
    [Applause]
  • 00:12:13
    trigger we're at 41.4 amps now when I
  • 00:12:17
    tested this earlier on regular utility
  • 00:12:19
    it came in at 52 amps all right we're
  • 00:12:22
    going to take the 41.3 there and we're
  • 00:12:24
    going to take that times the voltage
  • 00:12:26
    which this has been averaging about 120
  • 00:12:28
    volts and and that is going to put us at
  • 00:12:31
    4,956 Watts now one thing I do want to
  • 00:12:34
    mention is how these interlock really
  • 00:12:36
    well because of the way the handle
  • 00:12:38
    placement is if you see the bottom of
  • 00:12:40
    the actual Power Station it has rubber
  • 00:12:42
    feet down there and they line up
  • 00:12:44
    perfectly with the handles so when it
  • 00:12:46
    comes down it actually locks in there
  • 00:12:49
    really well and it doesn't get Tippy or
  • 00:12:51
    anything like that and just so you know
  • 00:12:54
    the batteries are supposed to be placed
  • 00:12:55
    on bottom never on top of the unit that
  • 00:12:57
    is in the instructions all all right so
  • 00:12:59
    we have the l14 charger there plugged
  • 00:13:01
    into the actual Power Station we're
  • 00:13:03
    going to test to see whether or not it
  • 00:13:04
    can charge at 3,000 W okay we're going
  • 00:13:06
    to go into the blue Eddie app here I'm
  • 00:13:08
    going to click on my devices there we
  • 00:13:10
    are connected to it let's go to that nut
  • 00:13:13
    up the top Corner advanced
  • 00:13:16
    settings Max grid go to PR
  • 00:13:20
    mode enter the
  • 00:13:25
    password and now we can take it up to 30
  • 00:13:27
    amps for whatever reason it didn't not
  • 00:13:29
    want to work with the actual front
  • 00:13:31
    display now we should be able to go back
  • 00:13:33
    to home and we can see we're right at 26
  • 00:13:37
    27 it's climbing up right now we're at
  • 00:13:42
    2700 almost 2800 watts and she's doing
  • 00:13:46
    it no problem at
  • 00:13:47
    all a fan just came
  • 00:13:50
    on not very loud
  • 00:13:52
    though is there anything in here else we
  • 00:13:55
    need to here's your silent mode that'll
  • 00:13:57
    actually allow you to run it down to
  • 00:13:59
    about 10 amps uh eco mode will shut it
  • 00:14:02
    down when uh the machine's not being
  • 00:14:03
    used and the actual usage is low machine
  • 00:14:06
    type whether it's single phase or what
  • 00:14:08
    have you you can actually change that
  • 00:14:10
    here if you have two of them you can
  • 00:14:12
    change your frequency and voltages which
  • 00:14:13
    you better hope you know what you're
  • 00:14:14
    doing if you're going to do that your
  • 00:14:16
    alarms are in here you can clear them
  • 00:14:18
    and what have you your data what's going
  • 00:14:20
    on product information battery
  • 00:14:22
    information state of charge stuff like
  • 00:14:24
    that it's all pretty pretty cool I will
  • 00:14:27
    admit they probably have one of the best
  • 00:14:28
    manuals I have seen yet um easy to read
  • 00:14:32
    uh all of the sentences are correct easy
  • 00:14:36
    to read lots of details in there really
  • 00:14:39
    nice so if we come in there we can
  • 00:14:41
    actually see the power station's pulling
  • 00:14:43
    about 23 amps right now it's only going
  • 00:14:45
    to be pulling on I believe one leg let's
  • 00:14:48
    check the other leg here yeah it's only
  • 00:14:49
    doing this at 120 volts so as you can
  • 00:14:52
    see the other leg of the 230 volt
  • 00:14:54
    circuit is completely dead do not play
  • 00:14:56
    in your electrical panel this is
  • 00:14:58
    dangerous and I purposely did not show a
  • 00:15:00
    whole lot of work being done in here
  • 00:15:02
    just because of liabilities and such as
  • 00:15:04
    that I deal with people every day in my
  • 00:15:07
    job and I see some of the bad things
  • 00:15:08
    that can happen when you're not real
  • 00:15:10
    sure what you're doing so like I said
  • 00:15:12
    you're right around 23 amps now one
  • 00:15:15
    thing I'm going to point out this box
  • 00:15:17
    here is wired for 230 volt so basically
  • 00:15:19
    using L1 and L2 at the circuitry that
  • 00:15:22
    may not mean something to some people
  • 00:15:23
    out there but basically it's wired up
  • 00:15:25
    for two individual legs of power which
  • 00:15:27
    is your split phase
  • 00:15:29
    one thing I didn't mention in the
  • 00:15:30
    original video when we're testing this
  • 00:15:32
    out is because I wanted the flexibility
  • 00:15:34
    of being able to power this with a 230
  • 00:15:36
    volt generator this plug unfortunately
  • 00:15:39
    is only sending out power on a neutral a
  • 00:15:41
    hot leg and a ground this plug up here
  • 00:15:44
    did not uh convert L1 to L2 and power
  • 00:15:48
    them both off of the uh single 120 volt
  • 00:15:51
    phase to plug that in all you got to do
  • 00:15:54
    is plug it into there and now you should
  • 00:15:56
    have power up here to your transfer
  • 00:15:58
    switch so AC power is on I can flip that
  • 00:16:02
    to
  • 00:16:03
    generator right now because I haven't
  • 00:16:06
    modified my switch uh only every other
  • 00:16:09
    leg is getting power so I'm going to end
  • 00:16:11
    up chopping this plug off and wiring L1
  • 00:16:14
    and L2 together and then this plug will
  • 00:16:17
    only be getting plugged into 120 volt
  • 00:16:19
    appliances so it'll never cause a
  • 00:16:21
    problem it will not cause a short phase
  • 00:16:23
    to phase uh I don't know why they didn't
  • 00:16:25
    do that in this particular plug but
  • 00:16:26
    you're going to need an adapter to be
  • 00:16:28
    able to do do that or you're going to
  • 00:16:29
    have to buy an end and actually wire it
  • 00:16:31
    yourself I could have always hooked the
  • 00:16:33
    phase to phase here together in the box
  • 00:16:35
    if this was the only device I was going
  • 00:16:37
    to run but I chose not to do that just
  • 00:16:39
    so that I could run other devices that
  • 00:16:41
    are 230 volts and if I would have done
  • 00:16:43
    that in the Box I would have risk the
  • 00:16:45
    chance of possibly blowing up another
  • 00:16:47
    device that was actually running both
  • 00:16:49
    legs of power and would have damaged
  • 00:16:51
    them as a dead short so that is how easy
  • 00:16:54
    it is to set this thing up just plug it
  • 00:16:56
    in there plug it in here flip it to
  • 00:16:58
    generator you're done you're able to
  • 00:16:59
    monitor your actual meters here there's
  • 00:17:02
    nothing major on this particular box
  • 00:17:04
    that uh requires a lot of power so
  • 00:17:06
    there's not a whole lot to show on this
  • 00:17:08
    okay now we're going to begin the static
  • 00:17:09
    draw test it's 949 we have the power
  • 00:17:12
    station fully charged 100% we're going
  • 00:17:14
    to have the DC off and the AC turned on
  • 00:17:16
    we're going to see how much is lost just
  • 00:17:18
    setting in standby with the AC inverter
  • 00:17:19
    turned on this is going to show us how
  • 00:17:21
    inefficient the inverter is just in
  • 00:17:23
    standby all right it's been 24 hours and
  • 00:17:26
    we are right at just about 9:00 and we
  • 00:17:29
    have dropped down to 71% if you have a
  • 00:17:31
    small appliance that's not pulling a lot
  • 00:17:33
    of power you got to take into
  • 00:17:34
    consideration the amount of power you
  • 00:17:36
    losing per hour away from your battery
  • 00:17:39
    everyone asks how long will it run a
  • 00:17:41
    refrigerator or some sort of Appliance
  • 00:17:43
    and that's going to be all dependent
  • 00:17:44
    upon how long the unit's turned on just
  • 00:17:46
    running a standby how many things are
  • 00:17:48
    running so it's really hard to determine
  • 00:17:50
    the best thing I can say is buy yourself
  • 00:17:52
    one of these little power devices here
  • 00:17:54
    it will keep track of how much power
  • 00:17:56
    you're using like right now it just
  • 00:17:57
    kicked on and and we're pulling
  • 00:18:05
    173.000 and we're going to just run this
  • 00:18:07
    till it goes dead this is just a
  • 00:18:08
    traditional refrigerator nothing fancy
  • 00:18:11
    it's a little bit older one if you have
  • 00:18:12
    a more efficient one then you'll be able
  • 00:18:14
    to get a little bit more runtime out of
  • 00:18:15
    it currently right now we're at
  • 00:18:17
    9:04 and there's our date let's see what
  • 00:18:20
    we get coming right back in there we're
  • 00:18:22
    8:09 in the morning we are at 8% there
  • 00:18:24
    on our battery life and it's still going
  • 00:18:27
    however I'm going to say that we pretty
  • 00:18:28
    much have gotten everything we're going
  • 00:18:30
    to get out of it we've gotten a total of
  • 00:18:32
    about 1.6 kilowatt hours out of it the
  • 00:18:35
    purpose of this is to kind of illustrate
  • 00:18:37
    that the real life usage out of these is
  • 00:18:39
    going to be different grand total we got
  • 00:18:41
    about 23.2 hours and I would call it
  • 00:18:43
    easily at 24 hours of runtime on a
  • 00:18:45
    regular refrigerator and this being an
  • 00:18:47
    older refrigerator you may actually get
  • 00:18:49
    a little bit more out of it however
  • 00:18:51
    that's about 24 hours of Total run time
  • 00:18:53
    all right right now we're going to go
  • 00:18:55
    ahead and do the total capacity test of
  • 00:18:57
    the battery we'll go ahead and drain it
  • 00:18:58
    down with two electric heaters we'll
  • 00:19:00
    also test to see what kind of capacity
  • 00:19:02
    we can get out of it far as wattage so
  • 00:19:04
    we're pulling 1357 Watts on that one and
  • 00:19:07
    we're pulling
  • 00:19:09
    1445 over here on this one both of them
  • 00:19:12
    are keeping track of how many kilowatts
  • 00:19:13
    we've got so we're rated at 2,764 w
  • 00:19:16
    hours there's always an efficiency loss
  • 00:19:17
    when you're converting from DC to AC
  • 00:19:19
    power let's see what that is as we can
  • 00:19:21
    see here we are pulling
  • 00:19:23
    2756 Watts out of the machine at the
  • 00:19:25
    same time probably not the most accurate
  • 00:19:27
    way in the world to do it but we're
  • 00:19:28
    going to find out how much noise this
  • 00:19:29
    putts off so let's go ahead and pull her
  • 00:19:31
    down pretty hard at just under its full
  • 00:19:33
    capacity and we'll see what kind of
  • 00:19:34
    noise we get out of the fan motor all
  • 00:19:36
    right now we're testing out the sine
  • 00:19:38
    wave to see if it's actually a clean
  • 00:19:40
    sine wave or not it appears right now we
  • 00:19:42
    are right at a perfect 60 HZ sign wave
  • 00:19:45
    you can see our reading down here at the
  • 00:19:46
    bottom and you can see that our pattern
  • 00:19:48
    here is fine whether we're pulling a
  • 00:19:50
    load or not does not make a difference
  • 00:19:53
    on it no
  • 00:19:55
    load full
  • 00:19:57
    load over here to the side we also have
  • 00:20:00
    confirmation off the meter here we're
  • 00:20:02
    right at 60 Herz and even under a full
  • 00:20:04
    load we're running 12.9 volts so it
  • 00:20:07
    passes the sniff test on the actual
  • 00:20:09
    clean power coming back over here to the
  • 00:20:11
    plugs we have the center there now at
  • 00:20:14
    about 75° on the actual plug itself but
  • 00:20:19
    you're going to anytime you have a place
  • 00:20:20
    where it's going to be a little
  • 00:20:21
    resistive heat you're going to have a
  • 00:20:22
    little bit of heat there so we can see
  • 00:20:24
    down here at the bottom right hand side
  • 00:20:25
    of the screen you can see we're coming
  • 00:20:26
    in at about 98° exiting out the side of
  • 00:20:29
    the device as we come down to the
  • 00:20:31
    battery you can see down there the
  • 00:20:32
    battery is holding in there at about
  • 00:20:34
    73° nothing getting hot on it coming
  • 00:20:37
    into the outside edge here you can see
  • 00:20:40
    that the middle of the actual power
  • 00:20:41
    inverter is running right in at about
  • 00:20:43
    72° the actual cord like I said right
  • 00:20:46
    there is running in at about 97 we've
  • 00:20:48
    been running at almost Peak capacity now
  • 00:20:50
    for 28 minutes and we're checking our
  • 00:20:55
    SPL we're coming in right at about 44.5
  • 00:20:58
    DB that's your SPL which is sound
  • 00:21:00
    pressure level all right we just drained
  • 00:21:02
    it completely down to zero now blue
  • 00:21:04
    Eddie does not recommend doing that it
  • 00:21:06
    does not want you to leave it at zero
  • 00:21:08
    for long as a matter of fact they really
  • 00:21:09
    don't want you to go much below 5%
  • 00:21:11
    according to what the manual says so
  • 00:21:13
    we're going to need to plug it back in
  • 00:21:14
    so that we can actually see how many
  • 00:21:15
    Watt hours we got out of it so let's go
  • 00:21:17
    ahead and do that real quick all right
  • 00:21:19
    so what we got was 51 almost 52 minutes
  • 00:21:21
    of run time here out of the one and we
  • 00:21:24
    got 51 minutes out of this one we have
  • 00:21:26
    1.2 35
  • 00:21:29
    KW and 1.13 KW hours we go ahead and add
  • 00:21:33
    this together and throw it on the screen
  • 00:21:34
    right now and when we divide that by the
  • 00:21:38
    2764 that the batter is rated for we
  • 00:21:41
    come up with this percentage mark right
  • 00:21:42
    here we got 1400 here we have 1394 here
  • 00:21:47
    so we'll go ahead and let it run until
  • 00:21:48
    she goes dead and we'll see if we can
  • 00:21:50
    improve on that 85% where we pulled it
  • 00:21:52
    down at almost maximum capacity you're
  • 00:21:55
    able to see here that we did get 2500
  • 00:21:57
    WTS out of it do the math here we'll
  • 00:21:59
    throw that on the
  • 00:22:00
    screen and as you see there we are more
  • 00:22:03
    efficient when we pull a little bit less
  • 00:22:04
    load out of it at one time but there's
  • 00:22:07
    the efficiency of the inverter under a
  • 00:22:09
    normal
  • 00:22:12
    load right around 45 DB while it's
  • 00:22:14
    recharging we're at 25% and we're
  • 00:22:17
    charging at 1,800 Watts now you can put
  • 00:22:20
    it in quiet mode that is an option in
  • 00:22:21
    your settings you can set it for 10 amps
  • 00:22:23
    and that will lower down the fan speed
  • 00:22:25
    to the point where you won't be able to
  • 00:22:26
    hear it now what we're going to go ahead
  • 00:22:28
    and do is we're going to turn on just
  • 00:22:29
    the DC and we're going to do a DC draw
  • 00:22:31
    down test just to see how much power we
  • 00:22:33
    lose when it's setting in standby we're
  • 00:22:35
    going to go ahead and start the clock
  • 00:22:36
    here at 7:46 all right we're at 11:30
  • 00:22:39
    now so we are at about 14 hours of
  • 00:22:42
    standby time as you can see here we're
  • 00:22:44
    at 95% we lost 5% of our power just
  • 00:22:48
    setting in standby with the DC which is
  • 00:22:51
    not a whole lot of power lost so it
  • 00:22:53
    actually did really well on that test on
  • 00:22:56
    our next test here we're going to go
  • 00:22:57
    ahead and test this out see see if it
  • 00:22:58
    can run a 130 Volt Welder we're going to
  • 00:23:01
    go at the maximum amp draw there of the
  • 00:23:04
    welder itself this is one of those weird
  • 00:23:06
    tests that somebody asked about on
  • 00:23:08
    another Power Station and I've kind of
  • 00:23:10
    implemented it into the last few power
  • 00:23:16
    stations sounds pretty
  • 00:23:20
    good okay let's see what the meter
  • 00:23:22
    picked up for its
  • 00:23:24
    minimum the lowest it dropped down to
  • 00:23:27
    was 117.5 still very
  • 00:23:34
    acceptable next we're going to try out a
  • 00:23:36
    15 amp circular
  • 00:23:49
    saw okay now it's time to eat some lunch
  • 00:23:52
    so we'll put a little bit of water in
  • 00:23:54
    there this kind of emics a day on the
  • 00:23:57
    job site so we'll go go ahead and hit
  • 00:23:59
    start we are at 100%
  • 00:24:16
    power yep you never want to run a
  • 00:24:18
    microwave without some sort of load in
  • 00:24:19
    there all right now let's go ahead and
  • 00:24:21
    talk about how we can connect this to
  • 00:24:22
    the home's electrical panel we've got a
  • 00:24:24
    couple different options that we can do
  • 00:24:25
    with this we can go with a transfer
  • 00:24:27
    panel like the pro Tran 2 here by
  • 00:24:29
    Reliance uh I believe blue Eddie has a
  • 00:24:31
    couple kits where you can get this
  • 00:24:33
    included with it but they sent me this
  • 00:24:34
    so that I could show a couple different
  • 00:24:36
    ways to hook it up so if we open this up
  • 00:24:38
    you'll see that we have a total of 10
  • 00:24:40
    circuits here it can do 120 volt or 240
  • 00:24:43
    volt circuits it has a single pull
  • 00:24:44
    double throw switch here on top
  • 00:24:46
    basically a transfer switch which allows
  • 00:24:48
    you to turn off the utility and turn it
  • 00:24:50
    to generator safely so that you don't
  • 00:24:52
    back feed into the line utility voltage
  • 00:24:55
    possibly hurting a utility worker and
  • 00:24:57
    also possibly damaging some things
  • 00:24:59
    inside the home or your power station
  • 00:25:01
    the next option is to use an inlet box
  • 00:25:03
    like I've got here on the side which
  • 00:25:05
    also includes the same type of l14 plug
  • 00:25:08
    that we have down here on the transfer
  • 00:25:09
    panel but the only difference is you
  • 00:25:12
    have to do your switching what you do is
  • 00:25:14
    you actually have a interlock switch
  • 00:25:16
    here on the top with this type of system
  • 00:25:19
    before you can turn on that Inlet box
  • 00:25:20
    that you see here on the side you have
  • 00:25:22
    to turn your main breaker off flipping
  • 00:25:25
    that off this slides up and this slides
  • 00:25:27
    over electri find the whole panel here
  • 00:25:29
    and then you have to choose what circuit
  • 00:25:31
    you want to use so unless you have a
  • 00:25:32
    very large generator or power station
  • 00:25:35
    you'll need to make sure that you don't
  • 00:25:36
    overload it so although this is cheaper
  • 00:25:39
    it can be a little more of a hassle for
  • 00:25:40
    those that aren't as familiar with the
  • 00:25:42
    system so if you're not home and you got
  • 00:25:44
    a babysitter there or someone else in
  • 00:25:46
    the home that doesn't know how the
  • 00:25:47
    system works this can be a little more
  • 00:25:49
    complex for them but it is a cheaper way
  • 00:25:51
    of doing it and that's the reason why
  • 00:25:52
    most people go with a transfer switch
  • 00:25:54
    like we've got here it does cost a
  • 00:25:56
    little bit more but it makes the
  • 00:25:57
    installation very easy it's very simple
  • 00:25:59
    and carefree when you need to switch it
  • 00:26:01
    over here at the top you have your
  • 00:26:03
    switch which lets you select generator
  • 00:26:05
    off or line the line is your utility
  • 00:26:07
    voltage you have two meters here which
  • 00:26:10
    allows you to monitor the wattage that
  • 00:26:11
    you're putting out and then down below
  • 00:26:13
    here we have selectable Breakers these
  • 00:26:15
    Breakers protect the generator or the
  • 00:26:18
    power station that is powering the load
  • 00:26:20
    at that particular time otherwise the
  • 00:26:22
    breaker that's in your main panel still
  • 00:26:24
    controls the load that's hooked up to
  • 00:26:26
    the breaker the transfer panel comes
  • 00:26:27
    with a total of 6 15 amp Breakers
  • 00:26:29
    however the wiring is 12 gauge wire so
  • 00:26:32
    if you have a 20 amp circuit in the
  • 00:26:34
    house you are able to switch these to 20
  • 00:26:36
    amp circuits off to the left here we
  • 00:26:38
    have two 240 volt Outlets which is a 20
  • 00:26:42
    and a 30 then you'll need your cord for
  • 00:26:44
    your power station on the other side
  • 00:26:46
    here you have the l14 plug this is going
  • 00:26:48
    to plug right into your outlet here it's
  • 00:26:51
    going to only go one way you'll notice
  • 00:26:52
    that there's an L shape there you want
  • 00:26:54
    to find that L shape here on the panel
  • 00:26:56
    you want to line that up and and plug it
  • 00:26:58
    in once it's in all the way you twist
  • 00:27:00
    just a touch and it's in place all right
  • 00:27:02
    that's going to wrap up our testing
  • 00:27:04
    there I'm going to give you my final
  • 00:27:05
    opinions here on the device and what I
  • 00:27:07
    think of it this is the first time I've
  • 00:27:09
    ever did any testing for blue Edie I've
  • 00:27:11
    always heard that they were pretty good
  • 00:27:12
    equipment and I see that they are uh you
  • 00:27:15
    know it's got some things about it that
  • 00:27:16
    I haven't seen before like the rubber
  • 00:27:18
    dust covers and stuff like that that's
  • 00:27:19
    something that a lot of people kind of
  • 00:27:21
    complain about and they just rip them
  • 00:27:23
    off but I have mixed feelings on it I
  • 00:27:25
    think as long as they're not in the way
  • 00:27:26
    they're great it helps keep things out
  • 00:27:28
    of it uh some of these connectors on the
  • 00:27:30
    side here where they're actually screw
  • 00:27:32
    on it's very military looking uh to keep
  • 00:27:34
    the water out which is kind of
  • 00:27:36
    interesting so I mean you've got a lot
  • 00:27:37
    of money invested in this and so
  • 00:27:39
    whatever it takes to make it last as
  • 00:27:41
    long as possible I say go for it uh you
  • 00:27:44
    know original thought when I looked at
  • 00:27:45
    it it seemed like it was kind of big um
  • 00:27:48
    but you know the more I see how it works
  • 00:27:50
    and just the fact that even though this
  • 00:27:51
    part on Top is actually pretty good size
  • 00:27:54
    the 47 lbs makes it pretty easy to move
  • 00:27:56
    around the the actual B battery that's
  • 00:27:58
    kind of small and compact on the bottom
  • 00:28:00
    is actually the heavier part even at 65
  • 00:28:03
    lbs that's not too bad to I I've looked
  • 00:28:05
    at some of the sale prices you can pick
  • 00:28:07
    this thing up right now on the special
  • 00:28:08
    pricing right now somewhere right around
  • 00:28:10
    $15.99 with the battery and the actual
  • 00:28:13
    ac300 up on top they do have units with
  • 00:28:16
    the transfer switch panels so make sure
  • 00:28:18
    you check out them links check out the
  • 00:28:20
    products leave me a comment down below
  • 00:28:22
    let me know what you think about the
  • 00:28:24
    product let me know if there's something
  • 00:28:25
    else that you'd like to seen done you
  • 00:28:27
    know my channel generally is about
  • 00:28:29
    heating air conditioning refrigeration
  • 00:28:30
    and Generator repair so reviews is not
  • 00:28:33
    just my main thing that I do it's just
  • 00:28:34
    something I do because I think it's kind
  • 00:28:36
    of fun to get involved with something a
  • 00:28:38
    little bit different because I am
  • 00:28:40
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    really appreciate you stopping by and
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    until next time we'll catch you on the
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    next one
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