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This isn't designed to power your house, it's designed to power anything you could plug into your wall as well as DC items. I will be doing a review on this one coming up, but if you want something that can work as a home backup you could get something like this and plug in to a transfer switch. Just note it's for 120v only, not 240v. Also you may need more batteries, it can run up to 6. It's not my favorite home backup option but if you want something plug and play it's half off right now which makes it a pretty good deal: amzn.to/46EeZ9G

This one has 240v and 120v, but note you can only run one at a time but if you're feeding a transfer switch it can work. There are much more capable units but price starts going way up, not sure what you're aiming for. amzn.to/4cmN2on

Hey There - you could take a 12v out cig lighter cable and cut the ends and run them into your fuse block or take it from 110v AC side w/ a step down converter but that would be less efficient. I use temperature monitors in my freezers that notify me if the temp climbs which would be a good way to tell if something had come unplugged or shut off.

Thanks for taking the time to watch. Definitely spend time getting to know how to use it so when the time comes you can put your effort into other things and not learning the generator. Also, I've found if they're going to fail they typically do it early on so use the heck out of it for the first month or two and get to know it and battle test it. I will have more content coming soon if you want to subscribe.

@@reviews2you I have mine currently powering two ACO POWER 50X 12v Dc Fridge/Freezers to gather how long both can run on ECO battery alone.

The Delta didn't have any connectivity but the Delta 2 has WiFi and Bluetooth and you can adjust the input setting via the app. Would be cool to have a manual switch still on the back for when you didn't have app access (phone dead, not handy while camping etc). In any case, all this time later this is still a great device. Thx for stopping by.

@@reviews2you Yea I will alway prefer a switch over the app I hope they add an inverter on/off switch on the front of the next delta I have the max pushed into a cubby hole in my van so I can’t reach it I have to connect to the deltas wifi network every time I want to switch the mains on

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I'll drive it down once more this weekend, thanks for the response. I subbed day one. @@reviews2you

Yeah several have gone this way. There are pluses and minuses to each. Still a solid battery generator a year later!

Thanks, I just ordered a Delta max with a Delta 2 , instead of an extra battery. An idea I had seems to be real, in the form of next year's Ecoflow 'Ultra'. Batteries and the inverter/controls, are separate units all together! May be the tech will trickle down to smaller units. 240v would be nice in a smaller 15 ish amp unit, too. 3/4 hsp / 8 amp deep well pumps, are everywhere here. Most have starter capicators and do not have a huge starter draw. I run every thing, but a 240 hot water heater, easily on a Honda 35000. It's a; thrifty, trouble free, clean sine wave unit. Pull start is getting old!

@@christophergallagher531 Yeah I wound up buying a Max 2 w/ a Max 2 spare battery and kept the Detla 2 which can use the Max 2 spare battery. This configuration gives me a lot of flexibility. The industry is moving very quickly, as these are much better than devices we could get just a handful of years ago. We may very well start seeing split phase 240v in more mobile units in the coming years. The Ultra is enticing, I haven't had a chance to check it out. I went a different direction w/ my home backup and will be covering that in a future video.

It is happening fast. I gave up on the delta pro set up, looking at the advances coming. I really have research panels, and get the ball rolling. Looking forward to your reviews.

I haven't reviewed it but just glancing at it I don't see a single area where it would be better. And for the chemistry they say "lithium-IRON". What is that? Did they mean Lithium Ion? Lithium iron phosphate? Probably the latter based on 2,500 cycles to 80%. Heavier, less capacity, slower charging, more expensive. Not sure I'm seeing any benefits other than the word Patriot is nice. :)

@@reviews2you THANK YOU for your quick response. Have a blessed day.

@@HDRomanin You too!

That's right. I haven't had an issue w/ this unit, but have with their old River Pros in doing that.

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@@ronaldstowell4368 Yes you are, I cover it in the video but you can direct connect w/ bluetooth, no internet connection needed. But if you want to operate it away from home you need the internet, in that case just have the D2 run the router/modem in UPS mode in case power goes out.

I never said you could. You'd need the Max, Max 2 or Delta Pro for that.

I don't know their testing parameters but I highly doubt it. Best practices are to not fast charge but the option is there if you need it. Once in awhile won't hurt it, but constantly charge at full speed will reduce the battery life and puts strain on the charger and other components.

Yep you got it. It's a good advanced user tool and as such I'm glad it's there, but it seems like something that would create more problems for users and their support than it helps.

@@reviews2you I say it is only for people that know what they are doing or have enough money to risk breaking it. Meanwhile I am a bit in doubt about the fan-noise. When running on or charging the battery I am fine with the fan-noise, when running on AC(in) it shows this does not have a transfer switch but does AC->DC->AC. Which not only is noisy but also inefficient. That is why I installed a real transfer switch at home which uses the Delta 2 as generator in case the grid goes down.

@@HansKeesom It sounds like you have a pretty great setup. I noticed since my review the fans have gotten less noisy from firmware upgrades. They clearly reduced the RPM under certain conditions.

Hey Allan, it has two fans. I've been running it for several months now, had no cooling issues. Thanks for watching.

Yeah you'll want at least 10 AWG. Try and keep voltage high and amps low otherwise you'll have a decent power loss over that length: amzn.to/42tvt21

Yeah a fair amount of people feel this way. Glad you found a way to make it work for you.

80 minutes x 2. The limiting factor is your household outlet, they typically are 15a.

@reviews2you thanks for reply!. Question for ya, I read a review that said there was an issue when using both the delta 2 and the extra battery. The issue was that the delta 2 power station would drain substantially faster than the delta 2 extra battery. He noted sometimes even upward of 15 percent. Like the delta 2 would die and the extra battery would have 15% left in it. What's ur experience?

@@Juan1985g Hey Juan, they can vary up to 10% per manufacture. With mine they stay pretty close, usually within 5% or so. That percentage isn't an exact amount. You may need to cell balance once in awhile.

I'm glad the power wasn't out longer. I hope you're happy with it. Let us know what you learn

Hello, how do you mean more power? Push more than 1,800w from one unit? No. But you would have the full 1,800w with each. There is no benefit in connecting them. You could feed power from one to another, but you can do the same with a spare battery and that's cheaper. If I didn't understand your question correctly let me know and I'll try again.

Yes, more power, more Watt available to power a bigger load. I would use the Delta 2 in my mini camper time to time (maybe 10, maximum 20 times a year) but mainly as an off grid power (all year round) in a cabin. . I now have 2 solar panels of 150W, 12V Poly (facing South) and use them straight into my Ecoflow Delta 2. I notice that with that, and when Sun is out on the panels, I can charge the Delta 2 to full in well under 3h. I do get shading on the panels during the afternoon and the power drops significantly to only 40Watt. I bought 1 extra solar panel 150W, 12V Mono (facing South-West) and put all 3 in series. Dilemma ; As I only use a relative small percentage of my panels, because I only use it to charge the Delta 2 power station, I would like to benift more from it to have more off grid power and wonder what to do. What's best system wise and what's best budget wise. Do I buy the special extra Delta 2 battery from Ecoflow OR do I go for a DIY setup ? The Extra battery from Ecoflow is at 800,ooEuro and gives an extra 1024Wh but needs to be charged by the Delta 2 itself as it can not be charged or used by itself. The other DIY way has different options but comes at about the same cost for a little more power. As with the extra Delta 2 battery there is no need to buy anything else, no solar regulators, no 12V to 220V converter. On the other hand, with the DIY setup I do need 2x MPPT regulator (take 2x 100,ooEuro) , a 12V 100Ah LiFepo battery (around 500,ooEuro) and a 3000W pure sine converter (around 350,ooEuro) plus wires, fuses etc. (Comes easily at 1000,ooEuro) (And then better put a 4th solar panel of 150W 12V MONO, to balance and have 2x2 panels. I also looked at the GroWatt all in one but that asks for more panels (for minimum requirement start working voltage) That would be a nice system but even more expensive due to extra panels plus I only can put 6 panels (3x2 in slightly different orientation) due to space.

I'll reply in detail tomorrow, running out the door now. But I did see this and will address it for you as best I can.

I solved the problem of having more solar then my Ecoflow can take by using an external battery(100 Ah LFP with heatmats as it is located outside my house) where my solar is dumped. When I see the external is getting full I turn off the AC-in of the EcoFlow battery's I have and they get charged from the solar. That likely means some losses but will also give solar a battery to go when the EcoFlows are full. The external battery is charged with Victron MPPT's that have a load port that can be programmed to shut off when voltage is low, thereby protecting the external battery from getting discharged to much. Ecoflows are set to charge to 95% SOC which is respected both when AC charging as when DC charging........ In that case the electricity can stay in the external battery.

Thanks, will do!

Sounds frustrating, all the best.

Haha, thanks a ton!

It's because it's set up to be a UPS and it has to have power on to do that I think.

@@reviews2you Thanks Jason! From that point of view it makes sense. However, I think the D2 is mostly used as a normal power station and only to a very small extent as UPS. Especially because switching time isn't really great. In order not to make life unnecessarily difficult for the user, it should be possible to set the desired functionality via app

I can't disagree with you on that.

Thank you!

Interesting, I hadn't noticed that about the battery remaining time moving around until you'd mentioned it. This was an early production unit and they have released a firmware update, I'll have to pay attention on if it still does this. They did make some improvements since I did the review. You can now do silent charging, whereas I hit them a little bit for the noisy charging. I'm not sure what your needs are, but you can check out the Bluetti AC300 and AC500 if you need something much bigger. I prefer those over the Delta Pro because the PV input is greater.

Thanks for the reply back. I’m a newbie with this stuff. So wasn’t really sure myself. But 1800w isn’t enough. Seen the price of it and what it came with and figured that was a good deal. And took the chance and bought it. Then found out not enough watts. The others are really expensive for me. I decided to just keep the unit and put it threw it’s paces. I live off grid and was trying to give my diesel generator a break from time to time as well give my wallet a break lol. Maybe something other than solar generators would be better for me. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thank you. Yes it's too bad the spare battery doesn't have a second port so you could daisy chain the smart generator and the spare battery also needs DC output IMO. As a bonus having it's own XT60 input for car/solar charging would be nice. Bluetti does this on their higher end units. However, compared to the River Pro (I have it w/ the spare battery too) the Delta 2 is much better. They also updated the app since my review adding functionality including silent charging. $899 is the cheapest I've seen it and if you email Ecoflow you may be able to talk them in to sending you a free cover. I was able to get one and it's actually pretty nice. Enjoy! amzn.to/3BpPE54

@@reviews2you Yes, a xt60 on the external battery would be nice so you can charge it while away with the main unit or even charge an array of external battery's and use any of them when needed..... and transfer power to the main unit.... Wondering if we can connect a MPPT controller to the connector of the cable. I believe 48 volt is on it and if that is directly connected to the battery....... I have the river pro from kickstart with the EF-1500 battery. That battery is super. I use it in car to keep my cooler running for days while charging it while driving for sigarette lighter and from solar when not. It is a beast. And during these trips the River Pro can easily stay at home doing it's normal function keeping my internet up and running. I can use the 24 port of the EF-1500 to charge the main unit. Do use have a 24/24 DC for that..... as the voltage on the poles the higher then the input of the R600 can take ;-)

@@HansKeesom It's a good question. You may be able to hack it to get a charge controller to feed the spare battery. I have enough other battery generators that I wouldn't risk it as I could just grab a larger unit if I really cared but I like the question and ingenuity.

I just tested this out for you, it pulls about 9.4 watts to be on with the AC inverter on. Not super wasteful but I bet it's less efficient than a true UPS.

It depends on what you're comparing it to. It's not louder than my Bluetti EB70S, it is louder than the new Ecoflow River 2 Max. They did just roll out a firmware upgrade to the River 2 since I did the review that vastly improved the features (automation etc) and it seems like it may of quieted it down or I just got used to it. It's really not that bad, but not noticeable. I'm not brand loyal, I have Ecoflow, Jackery, Bluetti, Rockpals etc and this Delta 2 is my favorite one as of the time of this comment for what it's worth.

@@reviews2you I have A Jackery 1000....and almost no sound when on the charge. But it does take serval hours to recharge.....very long....

@@013gaston I have a jackery 1000 too. External power brick that gets very hot, slow charge, NCM battery chemistry, no app etc. No comparison to the River 2 IMO.

@@reviews2you I do agree ...that is why i want to change for the ecoflow Delta 2 . The only thing i do not like is when it is charging it is very loud . Because i live in my van , most of the time i will go to a Tim Horton ( or other restaurents) to charge my battery.... So if i try to charge my Delta 2 , the noise may disturb other poeple near me...........But I do agree that the Delta 2 is way better than my Jackery ............Thanks and my regards

I understand. They just updated the app and in the AC customized charging section there is a selection for "Quiet Charging". I had't tried it yet since the software was just updated so gave it a quick try for you, had it charging for ~5 minutes and absolutely zero noise when in Quiet charging mode. Perhaps a fan will kick on in a bit if he heats up but as of now it's charging at 212w and zero fan noise. Hope that helps

No but you can set it to shut off at a certain low state of charge. That is a good recommendation to make to them, though. They did just add some automation in the update that rolled out this week allowing you to set charge/discharge times as well as prioritizing solar charging and the biggest one is to automatically turn on the AC inverter when the machine wakes up. So if it does but is plugged in to solar as soon as the sun comes out and it starts to charge the system and AC inverter will turn on which is huge.

Yep. I typically do a couple full charges and discharges to program the BMS and test to make sure full capacity is there, then after testing and reviews I set them to run from 30%-90%. Prowse says there is no need as you'll likely calendar age them first and he's probably right, but I'm conservative and still do that when I can.

@@jmac1099 The new River 2 Pro isn't out yet, they have had some issues with production or the unit, unclear which. It doesn't have the expandable battery that the current River Pro has, which I have. I think a good combo is either the Bluetti EB3A or the Ecoflow River 2 Max for small then the Delta 2 for a good mid sized unit then Bluetti AC500 for a large unit. I have all of them, I'll get more reviews and comparison up at some point.

The dual charge I solved with an external battery(100 Ah LFP with heatmats as it is located outside my house) where my solar is dumped. When I see the external is getting full I turn off the AC-in of the EcoFlow battery's I have and they get charged from the solar. That likely means some losses but will also give solar a battery to go when the EcoFlows are full. The external battery is charged with Victron MPPT's that have a load port that can be programmed to shut off when voltage is low, thereby protecting the external battery from getting discharged to much. Ecoflows are set to charge to 95% SOC which is respected both when AC charging as when DC charging........ In that case the electricity can stay in the external battery 2 in nmc is no negative for me because nmc is a no-go for me :-)

In addition to the price savings, the main unit can manage the charge/discharge of the extra battery, it cannot do that with a secondary main unit.

@@reviews2you it doesn’t need to manage a battery, the second unit can manage itself; moreover one would gain the advantage of twice the receptacles, the ability to use it in separate rooms, have the same amount of power and best of all can be charged individually.

@@danielvazquez7482 So if you want to run a load unsupervised and it will require ~2kWh how will you manage those two main units?

@@reviews2you Honestly, if you had to run 2kWh “continuously” would this really be a reasonable option? Besides the cooling fans cranking overtime, once it’s depleted (which won’t take long) you’ll then need a couple of hours for it to cool down before it will except any charge. Try it.

@@danielvazquez7482 I didn't say 2kWh continuously, you did. I understand fully what you're saying but you're not getting me. This makes one big battery that will be managed by one BMS, your proposal wouldn't work in the same way but if that's best for your needs then that's exactly what you should do. Thanks for watching

No.