awesome video sir thanks for letting me know the difference between a generator and an invertor, its good to have someone with good knowledge to do a video
One really big bonus of the nexxus. Is saving a battery that would otherwise be a warranty claim. I killed a 2.5 while charging my phone using the escape. After draining it the battery refused to take a charge. It would just blink red on the charger. So as a last ditch effort i tried the nexxus in charge mode, since it is a trickle charger the battery accepted the slower charge. After about 15 to 30 minutes on the nexxus i took it off and put it back on the rapid charger. Sure enough it now took the charge. So many people are calling in warranty work on the batteries and all they need is the nexxus.
I have been eyeing this item for months. I am trying to convince myself to buy it. I don’t need it and doubt I’d even use it. But I do have a few ego tools and think this is cool. I have their one battery inverter too which I never use but like. I just ordered one from a pawnshop for $750. Hope I like it.
It works great for its purpose. Charge phones and laptops. Run a few lights in a bad situation. Safe to run inside. It’s for people who are in the ego ecosystem. I keep my batteries on it all the time. Use them to run my yard equipment and put back on the charger/inverter. If power goes out I’m fine for a emergency power.
This is a really great project I’ve been researching it a lot which led me to this video I just wish they weren’t so expensive this would be really great for when my power goes out to $300 for a battery is a bit pricey
this might pursuade me with the solor panel, we do fle markets and sometimes a few places didnt have electric with the solor would be amazing for 3 day use
I have Ego snow blower and also other ego equipment . Can you charge your battery plugging in your fast charger to the front of the power station. That is if you have batteries in the station itself.
Wondering if this would power electric pressure/power washer, polishers, vaccum, steam cleaner, hot water extractor, etc for auto detailing. This would be ideal to replace loud gas powered generators during mobile detailing in neighborhoods, parking garages.
Wonderful product. It would certainly solve the Electric loss problem here in SW Florida from all the hurricanes we experience. Just have to fit it into my budget. In comparison to others the $1100 price tag is not so bad for 3000 watts. One could have an additional supply of batteries on hand as well for a longer period of Survival. 5 stars 👍
Thanks for the feedback. We've compared this to the Honda inverters around the same output watt and the Ego Nexus Power Station is still a better choice because there isn't any money spent on upkeep.
@@EshlemaniaTV I think run time is the big issue. When this thing dies there is no quick refill if there’s no nearby grid power. You can debate the cost of upkeep vs. practicality.
Also, EGO batteries take many hours to charge and this device recharges them sequentially? Recovery time should be considered - hours for recharging vs minutes for refueling
@@EshlemaniaTV the Ego power station + 4 batteries is way more expensive than a 2kw Honda generator. You could buy 2 Honda’s. Also, how many years before the batteries fail? You can service a failed generator but I question if you could service a failed Ego battery that’s out of warranty
@@1sailfast The Nexus Power station is currently available with 2 7.5 Ah batteries for $999.99. This is the PST3042 kit. They will be coming out with another kit featuring their new 10.0 Ah batteries in the coming weeks/months. Ego claims a 2200 charge cycle rating on all of their 3rd generation batteries before they start to "fade". The batteries have a 3 year warranty. And even if the battery fails at 2 years and 360 days, you get a new battery. Not a pro-rated deal or anything like that. Just a straight up replacement. The inverter is considered a tool so it comes with a 5 year warranty. If someone buys this Power Station with the 2 7.5 Ah batteries ( PST3042) and they have an Ego self propelled mower they could use the 7.5 Ah battery on here. if they have an Ego snow blower, hedge trimmer, string trimmer, chainsaw, or any other Ego products they can use the batteries from them on this EGO inverter. Currently (11/2019) an EGO Nexus Power Station and a total of 4 batteries (kit + 2 additional batteries) costs $999.99 for the Nexus Power Station kit (PST3042) and $350 per additional 7.5 Ah battery. Those are prices are MSRP's from EGO to their dealers. The same PST3042 kit is available at Home Depot for $1197.00. So at the Home Depot price of 1197 plus the 350 per extra battery (2 x $350) your at $1897. You're probably not getting 2 Honda's from a dealer for that price. But even if you do, you just spent $1,900 on 2 Honda generators or inverters and will now have to put more money into them to use them because you have to buy gas for them. Yeah I get that you will have to charge the batteries on the EGO inverter when they go dead and if you're not using solar or a wind turbine or some other source of free electric it is going to cost you to charge the batteries. So even if you buy just one Honda you still have to buy gas and spend dollars and dollars every time you want to run that Honda. With an inverter like this you are spending pennies every time you "refuel" it over it's service life. Then you will also have to buy air filters, oil, and spark plugs for that Honda. That all adds up. You can question if you can service a failed EGO battery, but it's not really a fair to compare it to servicing a generator. in this set up, the inverter is more equal to the inverter and the batteries to the fuel that the generator runs on. So when you have bad gas can actually service the bad gas? No. You have to drain it and replace it. Now can you replace that gas for a few cents at a time? Is the gas station saying your gas will last 3 years without a drop in performance or they will replace it? Is the Honda generator going to have a 5 year warranty that won't actually be a "Limited Warranty"? How many repairs in 3 years will need to be made due to bad gas? Gas related issues are RARELY covered under warranty. I say rarely because every now and then a dealer can get one through. But you get what saying here? I see your points and the questions you have and that this might not be applicable for your situation, scenarios, equipment experience, etc, but there are a lot of people out there that take all of the things I mentioned into heavy consideration because they just want reliability without constant maintenance, or have specific uses that this will work for and gas won't. Or maybe they just want simplicity and ease of use. I won't argue that yes you can get a gas powered generator with more power for not much more money and that it could run longer before needing to be refueled. We actually have a 3500 watt and a 6500 watt gas powered generator. We used to use them more often until we got an EGO Nexus Power Station. The main reason we got the Power Station is because when a storm comes up and the power goes out, we're not going out to the shed or garage to wheel the generator outside and fire it up in the middle of the storm and then let the generator sit outside in the storm and run to run because it can't be ran indoors. We can keep the Nexus Power Station in the house 24/7. We can use it in any room at any time. No real noise, no fumes, no exhaust, no hot engine parts. Just simple quiet reliable convenience.
I'd like to use one of these to provide backup power for furnace and fireplace fans in case of emergency, by keeping it plugged-in in the basement so it is fully-charged and ready when power outages occur. Do you know if there's any problem for either the batteries or the charger to keep this thing plugged-in (with batteries) indefinitely? Note that I don't plan to keep _devices_ (fans, etc.) plugged into the outlets when I don't need it -- just keep the charger plugged into the wall. I plan to rewire the fans so they're on cords that can be switched manually from wall power to this thing when needed.
Ok, so I have a question for anyone that owns one of these. I am currently looking at buying one second hand from a friend. The LCD screen is 80% out. Only the right 20% works. I hooked it up to the app via Bluetooth and it works like a gem. So the question is: is the power station still going to function normally even though the screen is broken? The app seems to have more info anyway. Just for context, it has 4- 7.5ah batteries and he is selling it for 800 Canadian Dollars.
It would be nice to see 4 x 7.5 AHr batteries on the generator *fully charged* to give us an idea of the *Maximum possible running time @ a valid 2,000 Watt (Continuos) load*
And 1680 watts, but 1344 watt hours means 48 minutes of runtime, because 20% of battery capacity is unavailable to keep the battery from draining to far and becoming a failed battery.
Yes! Depends on how many and what size batteries you are using and will vary from fridge to fridge. But we have ran 3 different refrigerators (all at different times) with ours and a chest freezer once as well.
fyi batteries charge very slowly in this. charger rated at puny 170 watts. The basic ego charger is 220 watts, the 7.5ah lawn mower charger is 550 watts, and the 10ah charger is 700 watts. to charge 4 7.5ah batteries, not including heat/conversion losses, min 10 hours, likely 12+
Go to the EGO website and use their dealer/retailer locator. They will give you all of the options for places you can purchase EGO products in your area.
Interesting... Could a Nexus with 4 7.5 ah batteries be a useful power storage option for solar panels? With my particular home, it looks like 8 7.5 ah batteries would have all the juice I would need for overnight (AC, fridge, occasional bathroom light, etc.) No need for the Nexus'... just the batteries and a few electronic conponents. When the sun is up, solar takes care of daytime juice needs (and charging the batteries back up). So long power company!
What's the point of taking the batteries out? Can you use each battery separately from the generator to charge things like your phone, laptop etc? or are the batteries useless unless they're plugged into the generator?
I have probably a stupid question, but I don’t know a lot about this stuff. I am from tx, and when Ike hit I was without power for almost a month. Say you had 5 of the 7.5 hour batteries fully charged, could you plug in a rapid charger and keep rotating the batteries, or would charging one drain all 4 faster than you could charge it and run other things? By having a spare charging on the inverter, would you be able to keep up constant power?
Nope and nope. But this one we just picked up lets you use the 12 volt and USB ports while charging it with solar: ua-cam.com/video/2L_X1S2btec/v-deo.html
OK I love EGO products (I have 3) including the mower) but if you your power is out for a few days like mine was for the last hurricane we had roll through, this wouldn't be that great especially if you want to keep your refrigerator running constantly. I have a gas generator and had it running for a good 2 days while power was out. I was running the fridge, 2 fans, a light at night and several charging cell phones. I love clean energy but this is not not quite there yet.
Agreed. This is more of a stop gap before you have to pull out your generator. If you have an outage for less than 6 hours , you pull this out. If it goes longer, then you pull out the generator. Also, at night, you can put your refrigerator on this and power it all night without having a generator running outside all night. Of course if you have to get up in the middle of the night, you will have to use your phone or flashlight.
thats one place good old fuel wins by miles. we got flooded a few years back we are on a vineyard that uses gravity to water the vines so when the drains dont do there job and theres a lot of rain out place turns in to a massive dam and it RAINED! had a generator running for 2 weeks straight and 3 water pumps as well.
Reading the user guide. It is flashing ego boosting unit. If you look at any other LI-ON generator it can be charged by solar pannels. What about a 12 v outlet, fuses, bums, temperature shut-off etc. No mention that using a power converter means it’s either modified or pure sine wave but either creates energy waste. ETC . EGO EGO EGO
can i use it to charge my electric car in an emergency, the cars lion battery pack is 17.5kw, in a usual hour of level 2 charging it consumes 3.5kw which give me 12 miles of driving, i would be plugging in the car's regular 120v plug connected to its own charger using this level1 it usually takes about twice as long to charge so 1 hour would probably equal about 1.75kw and give 6 miles of range, (i only use it locally and rarely as im disabled)? I was thinking of leaving the main ego power bank in the back of the car at all times and take the (eventually 4 7.5ah) batteries inside and using a separate indoor charging unit with them so i can carry each battery which is only 6lbs would this work? Does it tell you the level of each battery? and can you swap out batteries while items are plugged into it? basically carrying electricity at 6lbs at a time from indoors out to the car. And have the cars "power cord" plugged into the ego base uinit. Also how much waste heat does it put out would it heat the car up from the inside (great in winter not so much in summer)?
It is! We have a gas powered generator, but this is way easier to use and keep on hand since you can use it indoors. Once you own one you find so many uses for it.
At 8:00, your description isn't quite right (or I misinterpreted what you meant). There's no way you're going to get almost 6 hours with a 2.5 Ah battery at 600 watts. At 56 V, a 2.5 Ah battery would give you 140 Wh. That means 140 watts for 1 hour. At 600 watts, you'd get something like 14 minutes with a fully charge 2.5 Ah battery (assuming perfect efficiency).
Thanks for making the video. I have a question. I understand EGO is working on a solar charger option for this Power Station. Do you know anything about this?
I believe I can charge my Leaf Blower EGO's much faster using the individual charging platforms and doing so would put less "wear and tear" on the power station. Also...if one has shore power in an RV it might be better to use the individual chargers for a faster charge..so the EGO's can be used later.... if and when... one doesn't have shore power or one can't use one's on board generator because of the noise? I believe you could use the 115V to 30 amp adapter cord to plug directly into your 30 amp outside plug?
The chargers that come with the handheld equipment do charge the batteries faster. And if you have a snow blower or one of the mowers that comes with the gray rapid charger you can charge the batteries even faster. We use our rapid charger the majority of the time for charging our EGO batteries just because it saves time and with the older batteries it gives you an idea of how much power is/was in them.
Freezing temps ALWAYS affect battery performance. In the manual that comes with the EGO batteries they give specific temp ranges that the batteries are recommended to be used in and they also give a description of what you may experience in very low temps. These are the same batteries that they use in their 56 volt snow blower so they are pretty rugged and can withstand the cold to a certain extent.
That has way too many variables to answer (efficient energy star fridge? nice clean cooling coils with plenty of air circulation? never opening the door?). Buy a kilowatt power meter and measure how much it uses a day or a week or a month. (running longer and dividing by the number of days will help normalize the data.) A single 7.5ah EGO battery has approximately 375 watthour of power. Four of them would then have about 1500wh or 1.5kwh.
If you've only got a single 2.5Ah battery, you can only pull 600 watts. If you've got a 5Ah or two 2.5Ah batteries, you can pull 1200 watts. If you have a 7.5Ah battery, or equivalent in other batteries, you can pull the full 2000.
Future nomad her. Can I ask you all: What if you don't have a home to charge your portable power station at? And what if you live where it's cloudy most of the time and so solar won't work? Is the only way to charge the power station, then, to charge it via your "generator", i e. the engine in your car? In that case, how long must you run your car's engine to charge the power station call the way up? 10 minutes? 5 hours? I have NO idea. Thank you!
10:02 Hmm, you went from 87 hours down to 61 hours just by charging the phone for 10-20 seconds. Say, if you stopped charging, would the hours would go back up to 80-86ish hours?
It went down from 86 to 61 bc the tool believes you will be charging that device constantly. So once your phone is done charging and is disconnected it should go back up to around 82. Thats my guess either way.
I personally don't put much stock in that initial high number. It is basing the runtime on only powering the LCD display since the outlets aren't on. Then it goes down whenever you activate any of the ports, as there is a little bit of draw just to have the ports active. Remember, everything that requires power like the LCD, USB or 110 outlets, wifi, bluetooth are all getting their power from the batteries. Even if it says 80 hours, this is irrelevant, since you aren't giving power to anything that you need yet. The real numbers of value come after you connect a device.
Is it possible to somehow connect it directly to your power in for the entire house so that you can power the fridge and freezer without running long extension cords from those appliances to the Ego station?
They sell a small box that goes next to your breaker box. You can pick 4 circuits to switch over to the generator. You put an outdoor box with a male plug for an extension cord. Relatively simple install, but an electrician can knock it out within a few hours.
The batteries keep a charge for quite a while. But wouldn't hurt to throw them on a charger once a month just to make sure they are fully charged. Or you could rotate them if you are using other equipment.
The EGO batteries are designed to self-discharge to 30% after 30 days, because they have a longer shelf life if not fully charged. Based on that I fail to see many use-cases for this inverter as an emergency power supply
Very nicely done video. BTW, my EGO Power Station connects reliably to Bluetooth but never to Wifi. Many others, both on Android and Apple, also have had issues. How did you do it?
Just followed the instructions in the manual. Wifi is the only way that we've tried. This was a demo unit and we had no issues with it. We purchased a new power station and had no issues connecting to it either. You might want to contact your local EGO dealer (NOT a retailer like Home Depot) and see if the software in your unit needs updated.
Great video! I am in California and have been through the pg+e shutoffs. Another one this week... maybe. It says in manual to not be in enclosed space and well ventilated area when using; what about in tent like you mentioned? Id love to use this car camping
We have used ours multiple times with laptops, a Traeger grill, cell phones, LED lights, a Traeger & LED lights at the same time, and many times we've used it now with an LED projector and a Roku stick to watch movies or football games on the big screen. We've also used it with an Alpaca mini fridge.
I built a solar generator, I dont care what he says about what a generator is but mine gets power from the sun, with a 3,000 to 6,000 surge pure sine wave and 400 full amp hours of lithium batteries it kicks butt, charges fast with 7 100 watt panels and an outback charge controller, runs a ice maker 24 7 and sat TV lights coffee maker charges batteries and keeps on giving. P.S its all within a dewalt tool box with wheels except the panels, portable
KENNETH BARNEYCASTLE only if you have a solar inverter to provide AC voltage to the charger. This isn’t a solar generator. This is a inverter that accepts ego batteries...
Rumors that next year EGO will have a solar kit add on. Don't know if that kit will work with existing units but I would guess they would (if an inverter converts the solar output to 110V AC?)
It would probably work. Though you need to know how clean the sine wave coming from the generator. The electronics on the EGO may not appreciate if the quality of the sine wave is poor. Best to look for a pure sine wave inverter.
Not sure about that because I've never used one of those machines. But I have heard that people use this power station for that when they go camping or to their hunting cabin where there is no electric.
Recharging it in the deep woods is the problem especially without solar or on rainy days with Power Banks. Almost all of the ''solar generators'' are this way. Lithium batteries need special chargers, too. The cheap solution: Get a trolling motor deep cycle battery, Walmart battery box, 300 Watt Bestek PURE SINE INVERTER, alligator clamps to lighter plug adapter and your CPAP will run on high heat/humidity all night. Battery $100, $42 eBay inverter, $12 heavy duty aligator clamps to cig lighter, $12 Walmart plastic battery box. For under $175 you can camp for a week or more away from power. Recharge your battery box by running jumper cables from your car to the trolling battery, an hour connected, then run 20 minutes with the car started. Most CPAP machines run 80 watts or less. I'm making these units for friends using the $60 eBay Minn Kota trolling motor plastic box with 60 amp and 10 amp breakers and voltmeter built into the box, nice carry handle. . You can even fish with it. And the Bestek inverter has 2 USB cell phone charger ports that are on all the time when the inverter end is plugged into the lighter outlet on the box.I have a 120 volt LED cheap bathroom night light on my box as well. I glue velcro strips to the inverter and the top of the battery box in front of the carry handle and it makes for a nice package...but heavy!
All ford needs to do now is install a 3000 watt Inverter pure sine wave into their Trucks and have a start and shutoff device when the battery gets low. Problem solved! hell, hook up some solar panels (400 watts) out in the field on a sunny day and you would save gas too , Truck might not even need to start. Just think about this for a moment. Who on here would buy a Truck with a built in inverter with 3000 watts ?
Not sure how many are using this, but I know a lot of detailers in our area have started using the battery powered leaf blowers to dry vehicles off after washing them. Battery power gives them the ability to use it indoors or outdoors.
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awesome video sir thanks for letting me know the difference between a generator and an invertor, its good to have someone with good knowledge to do a video
Thanks for commenting
One really big bonus of the nexxus. Is saving a battery that would otherwise be a warranty claim. I killed a 2.5 while charging my phone using the escape. After draining it the battery refused to take a charge. It would just blink red on the charger. So as a last ditch effort i tried the nexxus in charge mode, since it is a trickle charger the battery accepted the slower charge. After about 15 to 30 minutes on the nexxus i took it off and put it back on the rapid charger. Sure enough it now took the charge. So many people are calling in warranty work on the batteries and all they need is the nexxus.
Awesome feedback! We've done this a time or 2 as well.
I have been eyeing this item for months. I am trying to convince myself to buy it. I don’t need it and doubt I’d even use it. But I do have a few ego tools and think this is cool. I have their one battery inverter too which I never use but like. I just ordered one from a pawnshop for $750. Hope I like it.
It is VERY cool! We use ours a good bit.
Love the video was way more informative than the others.
Thank you for the feedback!
It works great for its purpose. Charge phones and laptops. Run a few lights in a bad situation. Safe to run inside. It’s for people who are in the ego ecosystem. I keep my batteries on it all the time. Use them to run my yard equipment and put back on the charger/inverter. If power goes out I’m fine for a emergency power.
What else you run on it in power outage situation?
Great video. Informative and objective. Keep it up!
Great Video. I use EGO product line. Love it !
Thanks for the feedback
Great review Thanks for your time research and info
Thank you for the feedback!
This is a really great project I’ve been researching it a lot which led me to this video I just wish they weren’t so expensive this would be really great for when my power goes out to $300 for a battery is a bit pricey
thanks for the review. it inspired me to purchase it!
Hope you enjoy it!
this might pursuade me with the solor panel, we do fle markets and sometimes a few places didnt have electric with the solor would be amazing for 3 day use
Info on the solar charging option: ua-cam.com/video/Ocy2cvHnOJM/v-deo.html
Once they add a regulated 12V output, and a solar input, I'm sold.
Solar panel kit WILL be available in 2021.
What about pass-through charging
I have Ego snow blower and also other ego equipment . Can you charge your battery plugging in your fast charger to the front of the power station. That is if you have batteries in the station itself.
I would like to see if the eco would handle the start up kick of a 13000 btu rv a/c
Not enough amperage to handle an RV A/C sadly. Although battery would not last long im sure if it could
People are so concern about what it can run they forget it doesn't matter if it only last an hour.
@@Trillville43 The one Demo I saw...the unit DID start and run an RV A/C...But you're right the run time would be just a little over an hour.
Just bought one!
Wondering if this would power electric pressure/power washer, polishers, vaccum, steam cleaner, hot water extractor, etc for auto detailing. This would be ideal to replace loud gas powered generators during mobile detailing in neighborhoods, parking garages.
Thanks for creating this video.
Wonderful product. It would certainly solve the Electric loss problem here in SW Florida from all the hurricanes we experience. Just have to fit it into my budget. In comparison to others the $1100 price tag is not so bad for 3000 watts. One could have an additional supply of batteries on hand as well for a longer period of Survival. 5 stars 👍
Thanks for the feedback. We've compared this to the Honda inverters around the same output watt and the Ego Nexus Power Station is still a better choice because there isn't any money spent on upkeep.
@@EshlemaniaTV I think run time is the big issue. When this thing dies there is no quick refill if there’s no nearby grid power. You can debate the cost of upkeep vs. practicality.
Also, EGO batteries take many hours to charge and this device recharges them sequentially? Recovery time should be considered - hours for recharging vs minutes for refueling
@@EshlemaniaTV the Ego power station + 4 batteries is way more expensive than a 2kw Honda generator. You could buy 2 Honda’s. Also, how many years before the batteries fail? You can service a failed generator but I question if you could service a failed Ego battery that’s out of warranty
@@1sailfast The Nexus Power station is currently available with 2 7.5 Ah batteries for $999.99. This is the PST3042 kit. They will be coming out with another kit featuring their new 10.0 Ah batteries in the coming weeks/months. Ego claims a 2200 charge cycle rating on all of their 3rd generation batteries before they start to "fade". The batteries have a 3 year warranty. And even if the battery fails at 2 years and 360 days, you get a new battery. Not a pro-rated deal or anything like that. Just a straight up replacement. The inverter is considered a tool so it comes with a 5 year warranty. If someone buys this Power Station with the 2 7.5 Ah batteries ( PST3042) and they have an Ego self propelled mower they could use the 7.5 Ah battery on here. if they have an Ego snow blower, hedge trimmer, string trimmer, chainsaw, or any other Ego products they can use the batteries from them on this EGO inverter.
Currently (11/2019) an EGO Nexus Power Station and a total of 4 batteries (kit + 2 additional batteries) costs $999.99 for the Nexus Power Station kit (PST3042) and $350 per additional 7.5 Ah battery. Those are prices are MSRP's from EGO to their dealers. The same PST3042 kit is available at Home Depot for $1197.00. So at the Home Depot price of 1197 plus the 350 per extra battery (2 x $350) your at $1897. You're probably not getting 2 Honda's from a dealer for that price. But even if you do, you just spent $1,900 on 2 Honda generators or inverters and will now have to put more money into them to use them because you have to buy gas for them. Yeah I get that you will have to charge the batteries on the EGO inverter when they go dead and if you're not using solar or a wind turbine or some other source of free electric it is going to cost you to charge the batteries. So even if you buy just one Honda you still have to buy gas and spend dollars and dollars every time you want to run that Honda. With an inverter like this you are spending pennies every time you "refuel" it over it's service life. Then you will also have to buy air filters, oil, and spark plugs for that Honda. That all adds up. You can question if you can service a failed EGO battery, but it's not really a fair to compare it to servicing a generator. in this set up, the inverter is more equal to the inverter and the batteries to the fuel that the generator runs on. So when you have bad gas can actually service the bad gas? No. You have to drain it and replace it. Now can you replace that gas for a few cents at a time? Is the gas station saying your gas will last 3 years without a drop in performance or they will replace it? Is the Honda generator going to have a 5 year warranty that won't actually be a "Limited Warranty"? How many repairs in 3 years will need to be made due to bad gas? Gas related issues are RARELY covered under warranty. I say rarely because every now and then a dealer can get one through. But you get what saying here? I see your points and the questions you have and that this might not be applicable for your situation, scenarios, equipment experience, etc, but there are a lot of people out there that take all of the things I mentioned into heavy consideration because they just want reliability without constant maintenance, or have specific uses that this will work for and gas won't. Or maybe they just want simplicity and ease of use. I won't argue that yes you can get a gas powered generator with more power for not much more money and that it could run longer before needing to be refueled. We actually have a 3500 watt and a 6500 watt gas powered generator. We used to use them more often until we got an EGO Nexus Power Station. The main reason we got the Power Station is because when a storm comes up and the power goes out, we're not going out to the shed or garage to wheel the generator outside and fire it up in the middle of the storm and then let the generator sit outside in the storm and run to run because it can't be ran indoors. We can keep the Nexus Power Station in the house 24/7. We can use it in any room at any time. No real noise, no fumes, no exhaust, no hot engine parts. Just simple quiet reliable convenience.
The Power Station with four 5Ah Bats cost about $1200. How long will it Power a typical 21 Cubic Foot Refridgerator during a Power Outage?
can it power up music systems for a 3 or 4 hour gig?
Can i use it on 220v appliances? Im planning to buy it and use it outside the country particularly the Philippines which run on 220v, thanks.
I'd like to use one of these to provide backup power for furnace and fireplace fans in case of emergency, by keeping it plugged-in in the basement so it is fully-charged and ready when power outages occur. Do you know if there's any problem for either the batteries or the charger to keep this thing plugged-in (with batteries) indefinitely? Note that I don't plan to keep _devices_ (fans, etc.) plugged into the outlets when I don't need it -- just keep the charger plugged into the wall. I plan to rewire the fans so they're on cords that can be switched manually from wall power to this thing when needed.
You can keep it plugged in to charge, but you will have to unplug it to supply power to any device from the inverter.
Thanks for the information!
Ok, so I have a question for anyone that owns one of these. I am currently looking at buying one second hand from a friend. The LCD screen is 80% out. Only the right 20% works. I hooked it up to the app via Bluetooth and it works like a gem. So the question is: is the power station still going to function normally even though the screen is broken? The app seems to have more info anyway. Just for context, it has 4- 7.5ah batteries and he is selling it for 800 Canadian Dollars.
How about musicians powering up amps instruments along with computers to run through the amps etc?
It would be nice to see 4 x 7.5 AHr batteries on the generator *fully charged* to give us an idea of the *Maximum possible running time @ a valid 2,000 Watt (Continuos) load*
7.5 Ah * 56V * 4 = 1680 watts/hour.
1680 / 2000 = 0.84 hour or about 50 minutes.
or the 10 ahr ones
And 1680 watts, but 1344 watt hours means 48 minutes of runtime, because 20% of battery capacity is unavailable to keep the battery from draining to far and becoming a failed battery.
How will this compare to the Milwaukee?
Why didn't they make this thing double as a bluetooth speaker? Seems like a no brainer for the garage or in the field.
Good call! Only thing I can think of is that it might have affected the weatherproof rating
What is the run time on 800 watts of load or 1000w for how many hours?
How long can it power a refrigerator?
Great video, I have 1 question can solar be attached to the unit or charger?
Yes. EGO actually has a solar charging kit for this unit that should be released sometime here in 2020.
@@EshlemaniaTV NO! later doesn't make it Yes.
Can this do a regular but small size refrigerator. If so. How long
Yes! Depends on how many and what size batteries you are using and will vary from fridge to fridge. But we have ran 3 different refrigerators (all at different times) with ours and a chest freezer once as well.
@@EshlemaniaTV Just bought one. I will have 4. 7.5 batteries & 2. 5.0 I will get solar parts soon.
Do you think it would run a small electric heater for a camper van
something that takes 240 volts if I plug it into this machine will it turn it on ?
fyi batteries charge very slowly in this. charger rated at puny 170 watts. The basic ego charger is 220 watts, the 7.5ah lawn mower charger is 550 watts, and the 10ah charger is 700 watts. to charge 4 7.5ah batteries, not including heat/conversion losses, min 10 hours, likely 12+
Where can you buy one of these machines in UK
Go to the EGO website and use their dealer/retailer locator. They will give you all of the options for places you can purchase EGO products in your area.
Interesting... Could a Nexus with 4 7.5 ah batteries be a useful power storage option for solar panels?
With my particular home, it looks like 8 7.5 ah batteries would have all the juice I would need for overnight (AC, fridge, occasional bathroom light, etc.)
No need for the Nexus'... just the batteries and a few electronic conponents.
When the sun is up, solar takes care of daytime juice needs (and charging the batteries back up).
So long power company!
This would be a good unit for elderly people that have medical devices that they can't do without during a power outage.
That's exactly why I'm watching this video!
Can I run 6000 btu ac on it and for how long? Thsnks.
What's the point of taking the batteries out? Can you use each battery separately from the generator to charge things like your phone, laptop etc? or are the batteries useless unless they're plugged into the generator?
Have you tried a mig welder yet just to see what happens?😁
I have probably a stupid question, but I don’t know a lot about this stuff. I am from tx, and when Ike hit I was without power for almost a month. Say you had 5 of the 7.5 hour batteries fully charged, could you plug in a rapid charger and keep rotating the batteries, or would charging one drain all 4 faster than you could charge it and run other things? By having a spare charging on the inverter, would you be able to keep up constant power?
does it have Pass thru function? can be used while it's charging from a solar panel?
Nope and nope.
But this one we just picked up lets you use the 12 volt and USB ports while charging it with solar: ua-cam.com/video/2L_X1S2btec/v-deo.html
Would something like this be advised to power an automotive battery maintainer/jump starter??
OK I love EGO products (I have 3) including the mower) but if you your power is out for a few days like mine was for the last hurricane we had roll through, this wouldn't be that great especially if you want to keep your refrigerator running constantly. I have a gas generator and had it running for a good 2 days while power was out. I was running the fridge, 2 fans, a light at night and several charging cell phones. I love clean energy but this is not not quite there yet.
Agreed. This is more of a stop gap before you have to pull out your generator. If you have an outage for less than 6 hours , you pull this out. If it goes longer, then you pull out the generator. Also, at night, you can put your refrigerator on this and power it all night without having a generator running outside all night. Of course if you have to get up in the middle of the night, you will have to use your phone or flashlight.
thats one place good old fuel wins by miles. we got flooded a few years back we are on a vineyard that uses gravity to water the vines so when the drains dont do there job and theres a lot of rain out place turns in to a massive dam and it RAINED! had a generator running for 2 weeks straight and 3 water pumps as well.
Reading the user guide. It is flashing ego boosting unit. If you look at any other LI-ON generator it can be charged by solar pannels. What about a 12 v outlet, fuses, bums, temperature shut-off etc. No mention that using a power converter means it’s either modified or pure sine wave but either creates energy waste. ETC . EGO EGO EGO
Can you hook Solar Panels in series to it?
can i use it to charge my electric car in an emergency, the cars lion battery pack is 17.5kw, in a usual hour of level 2 charging it consumes 3.5kw which give me 12 miles of driving, i would be plugging in the car's regular 120v plug connected to its own charger using this level1 it usually takes about twice as long to charge so 1 hour would probably equal about 1.75kw and give 6 miles of range, (i only use it locally and rarely as im disabled)? I was thinking of leaving the main ego power bank in the back of the car at all times and take the (eventually 4 7.5ah) batteries inside and using a separate indoor charging unit with them so i can carry each battery which is only 6lbs would this work? Does it tell you the level of each battery? and can you swap out batteries while items are plugged into it? basically carrying electricity at 6lbs at a time from indoors out to the car. And have the cars "power cord" plugged into the ego base uinit. Also how much waste heat does it put out would it heat the car up from the inside (great in winter not so much in summer)?
Nice video,,,love my ego power station,,,it’s so handy to have,,,love mine. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
It is! We have a gas powered generator, but this is way easier to use and keep on hand since you can use it indoors. Once you own one you find so many uses for it.
Eshlemania TV yes very handy even inside,,I love to vacuum out my cars with a real vacuum,,,10 amps,,,no problem,,,,or just charging my cell
At 8:00, your description isn't quite right (or I misinterpreted what you meant). There's no way you're going to get almost 6 hours with a 2.5 Ah battery at 600 watts. At 56 V, a 2.5 Ah battery would give you 140 Wh. That means 140 watts for 1 hour. At 600 watts, you'd get something like 14 minutes with a fully charge 2.5 Ah battery (assuming perfect efficiency).
Cuento tiempo dura con salida maxma 2000w continúa con sus cuatro baterías
I'm wondering if it will do a powerwash rated at 1800W? The starting power is more ofcourse
How does it connect to WiFi?
Thanks for making the video. I have a question. I understand EGO is working on a solar charger option for this Power Station. Do you know anything about this?
It is going to replace the charger part that comes with the power station. Here's some info on it: ua-cam.com/video/Ocy2cvHnOJM/v-deo.html
@@EshlemaniaTV Thanks brother!
I believe I can charge my Leaf Blower EGO's much faster using the individual charging platforms and doing so would put less "wear and tear" on the power station. Also...if one has shore power in an RV it might be better to use the individual chargers for a faster charge..so the EGO's can be used later.... if and when... one doesn't have shore power or one can't use one's on board generator because of the noise? I believe you could use the 115V to 30 amp adapter cord to plug directly into your 30 amp outside plug?
The chargers that come with the handheld equipment do charge the batteries faster. And if you have a snow blower or one of the mowers that comes with the gray rapid charger you can charge the batteries even faster. We use our rapid charger the majority of the time for charging our EGO batteries just because it saves time and with the older batteries it gives you an idea of how much power is/was in them.
What about a full size fridge. Really only helps if you can save your food in a storm
Hello , can anyone confirm me , it can be charged from the solar panel yes or not . Thanks
Is it possible to run a 5000 or 6000 portable air conditioner on this power bank?
Someone please answer, how many watts are each battery?
Depends on the battery. Amps x volts = watts
Do Freezing Temps affect the the Run Time of the Batteries and/or the Batteries and the System Itself?
Freezing temps ALWAYS affect battery performance. In the manual that comes with the EGO batteries they give specific temp ranges that the batteries are recommended to be used in and they also give a description of what you may experience in very low temps. These are the same batteries that they use in their 56 volt snow blower so they are pretty rugged and can withstand the cold to a certain extent.
@@EshlemaniaTV YES! is the simple answer.
great review, thank you very much
Thank you for the feedback!
I like the name Ego Booster
how long would 4 x 7.5ah batteries keep a large refrigerator going? thanks for the vid.
That has way too many variables to answer (efficient energy star fridge? nice clean cooling coils with plenty of air circulation? never opening the door?). Buy a kilowatt power meter and measure how much it uses a day or a week or a month. (running longer and dividing by the number of days will help normalize the data.)
A single 7.5ah EGO battery has approximately 375 watthour of power. Four of them would then have about 1500wh or 1.5kwh.
Anyone know how to update the power station firmware?
It's a 3000 watt surge and 2000 max if you have all 4x 7.5ah otherwise you get less capacity and output.
If you've only got a single 2.5Ah battery, you can only pull 600 watts. If you've got a 5Ah or two 2.5Ah batteries, you can pull 1200 watts. If you have a 7.5Ah battery, or equivalent in other batteries, you can pull the full 2000.
Future nomad her. Can I ask you all: What if you don't have a home to charge your portable power station at? And what if you live where it's cloudy most of the time and so solar won't work? Is the only way to charge the power station, then, to charge it via your "generator", i e. the engine in your car? In that case, how long must you run your car's engine to charge the power station call the way up? 10 minutes? 5 hours? I have NO idea. Thank you!
Does it charge from solar panels.
yes
10:02 Hmm, you went from 87 hours down to 61 hours just by charging the phone for 10-20 seconds. Say, if you stopped charging, would the hours would go back up to 80-86ish hours?
It went down from 86 to 61 bc the tool believes you will be charging that device constantly. So once your phone is done charging and is disconnected it should go back up to around 82. Thats my guess either way.
I personally don't put much stock in that initial high number. It is basing the runtime on only powering the LCD display since the outlets aren't on. Then it goes down whenever you activate any of the ports, as there is a little bit of draw just to have the ports active. Remember, everything that requires power like the LCD, USB or 110 outlets, wifi, bluetooth are all getting their power from the batteries. Even if it says 80 hours, this is irrelevant, since you aren't giving power to anything that you need yet. The real numbers of value come after you connect a device.
Is it possible to somehow connect it directly to your power in for the entire house so that you can power the fridge and freezer without running long extension cords from those appliances to the Ego station?
They sell a small box that goes next to your breaker box. You can pick 4 circuits to switch over to the generator. You put an outdoor box with a male plug for an extension cord.
Relatively simple install, but an electrician can knock it out within a few hours.
How long do the batteries hold a charge when not in use? Thinking of having several on standby for longer power outages.
The batteries keep a charge for quite a while. But wouldn't hurt to throw them on a charger once a month just to make sure they are fully charged. Or you could rotate them if you are using other equipment.
The EGO batteries are designed to self-discharge to 30% after 30 days, because they have a longer shelf life if not fully charged. Based on that I fail to see many use-cases for this inverter as an emergency power supply
@@1sailfast If you keep it plugged into a wall outlet...the Batteries will stay charged.
Pure sinus ?
Do you know actual voltage reading of this machine (hot, neutral, ground)? Does neutral and ground bonded?
Interesting that they didn't check up on what other outfits are offering pretty much all I can find have pass-through charging and solar charging
At the time this video was made there wasn't much else out there.
can i hook up solar panels to this...somehow anyhow anybody
With the right controller.
Very nicely done video. BTW, my EGO Power Station connects reliably to Bluetooth but never to Wifi. Many others, both on Android and Apple, also have had issues. How did you do it?
Just followed the instructions in the manual. Wifi is the only way that we've tried. This was a demo unit and we had no issues with it. We purchased a new power station and had no issues connecting to it either. You might want to contact your local EGO dealer (NOT a retailer like Home Depot) and see if the software in your unit needs updated.
Great video! I am in California and have been through the pg+e shutoffs. Another one this week... maybe. It says in manual to not be in enclosed space and well ventilated area when using; what about in tent like you mentioned? Id love to use this car camping
Have you tried it using a computer and monitor?
We have used ours multiple times with laptops, a Traeger grill, cell phones, LED lights, a Traeger & LED lights at the same time, and many times we've used it now with an LED projector and a Roku stick to watch movies or football games on the big screen. We've also used it with an Alpaca mini fridge.
So with four 7.5 ah batteries, you can run 3000 watts for 1/2 hour....or 1000 watts for 1.5 hours...
The maximum is 2000watts sustained tho. 3000w is peak.
@@fmaz1952 For how long?
I'm trying to find a power station that'll run three 100 watt flood lights(portable) for 6 hours straight. No gas generators....just battery only.
We use this with LED flood lights. We can get several hours with the LED's.
How long does it take to charge each of the 7.5A batteries of a 400W inverter powered by a truck (while driving)?
We'd love to answer that, but have no idea because we've never tried it.
@Timothy Mckee what do you base that “guess” on? Is that written in the spec somewhere?
Inverter output -- sine or square wave?
EGO says that it is a pure sign inverter.
So that’s why it’s so expensive.
I built a solar generator, I dont care what he says about what a generator is but mine gets power from the sun, with a 3,000 to 6,000 surge pure sine wave and 400 full amp hours of lithium batteries it kicks butt, charges fast with 7 100 watt panels and an outback charge controller, runs a ice maker 24 7 and sat TV lights coffee maker charges batteries and keeps on giving. P.S its all within a dewalt tool box with wheels except the panels, portable
Pretty clever.
IS THIS SOLAR COMPATIABLE
KENNETH BARNEYCASTLE only if you have a solar inverter to provide AC voltage to the charger.
This isn’t a solar generator. This is a inverter that accepts ego batteries...
Can I run an air conditioner on it?
No solar charging ??
Rumors that next year EGO will have a solar kit add on. Don't know if that kit will work with existing units but I would guess they would (if an inverter converts the solar output to 110V AC?)
I try to order from amazon and they said they can’t send to my address I live in California ,you know some place in California or website?
Go onto the EGO website and they will show all the places in your area that you can purchase one. Some Home Depot stores keep them in stock
@@EshlemaniaTV And ACE Hardware. There are also dealers that can order units.
@@badguy1481 Yes, and if you go onto the EGO website it will show you where those places are located near you.
Will this run a 5000 but ac? And for how long?
For about 6 hours until full drained. With the Maximum battery.
Can I charge this with my solar panels?
Probably, gotta look for a input for hooking up the solar panels to the power station generator.
Is there a way to charge the power station via Solar ?
I sounds like there will be something available later in 2020
Is it safe to charge it with any gas generator?
It would probably work. Though you need to know how clean the sine wave coming from the generator. The electronics on the EGO may not appreciate if the quality of the sine wave is poor. Best to look for a pure sine wave inverter.
Can it be programmed to charge at night and run during the day?
Long wined but good info
230 v 50 HZ available ....Price
Do not forget that in a grid down situation your wifi will be down after x hours. Etc
You can plug your router/wifi into this device and modem than you have wifi and internet. You can than switch off he individual plugs via wifi.
How much
I love to camp. How long do u feel this would run a crap machine.
Not sure about that because I've never used one of those machines. But I have heard that people use this power station for that when they go camping or to their hunting cabin where there is no electric.
@@EshlemaniaTV or just living the cheap life. Cause the electric company jacked up your bill 🙄
Recharging it in the deep woods is the problem especially without solar or on rainy days with Power Banks. Almost all of the ''solar generators'' are this way. Lithium batteries need special chargers, too.
The cheap solution:
Get a trolling motor deep cycle battery, Walmart battery box, 300 Watt Bestek PURE SINE INVERTER, alligator clamps to lighter plug adapter and your CPAP will run on high heat/humidity all night. Battery $100, $42 eBay inverter, $12 heavy duty aligator clamps to cig lighter, $12 Walmart plastic battery box. For under $175 you can camp for a week or more away from power. Recharge your battery box by running jumper cables from your car to the trolling battery, an hour connected, then run 20 minutes with the car started.
Most CPAP machines run 80 watts or less. I'm making these units for friends using the $60 eBay Minn Kota trolling motor plastic box with 60 amp and 10 amp breakers and voltmeter built into the box, nice carry handle. . You can even fish with it. And the Bestek inverter has 2 USB cell phone charger ports that are on all the time when the inverter end is plugged into the lighter outlet on the box.I have a 120 volt LED cheap bathroom night light on my box as well. I glue velcro strips to the inverter and the top of the battery box in front of the carry handle and it makes for a nice package...but heavy!
All ford needs to do now is install a 3000 watt Inverter pure sine wave
into their Trucks and have a start and shutoff device when the battery
gets low. Problem solved! hell, hook up some solar panels (400 watts)
out in the field on a sunny day and you would save gas too , Truck might
not even need to start. Just think about this for a moment. Who on
here would buy a Truck with a built in inverter with 3000 watts ?
ppl are saying Generator because they have solor power generators
Any mobile detailers out there using this?
Not sure how many are using this, but I know a lot of detailers in our area have started using the battery powered leaf blowers to dry vehicles off after washing them. Battery power gives them the ability to use it indoors or outdoors.
I’m thinking about trying it. I’m all cordless with Flex so far. I want to know if it can power a Kranzle?
Can you charge a Tesla with this?