I bought one of those the other week to complement my solar system in the house, and it charges up during the day from the solar, and it powers my lights in the lounge for about 5 hours at night, I've also hooked it up via a smart plug so I can control it's charging on sunny days, I think it's a very good unit, and thank you for the insight as to what's in it😊.
I need help I bought a power station as-is not realizing that. It won't charge do you know how I can jump it to get it to start charging again it's the same size as this one different brand.i was hoping you knew a trick or something
I'm looking to buy one of these and found your video extremely useful so thanks for that. I have a question about recharging the unit. Via a 10amp 12v cigarette lighter this gives 120 watts which I assume is the wattage that the unit will recharge at. If I recharge via 220 from an inverter or mains it will only recharge at 60w. Is that correct? I'm grateful for your help.
Great video. I just got one of these units to support my insulin fridge in case of emergency. It is a small dorm style unit. About how long did it take to charge the unit off the AC power brick from depleted? I'm sorry if you covered that and I missed it.
It was a little over an hour if i remember. I sold it after the video was done as i didn't need another one. I have about 8 of them here. I did cover that in the video as i timed full load discharge and charge.
These heater guns are bad to use at ½ power, because you are running the resistive element over a diode. At full power, the diode is shorted by the switch. So yes, on ½ setting it's half the power, but that's because one half of the sine wave is blocked by the diode. You could say it's 50% duty cycle.
@@Douglas_Blake_579 yes we have all seen them go off like the vape pens exploding in people's pockets and homes going up when their ebike went up. These however use lithium polymer cells. The ebikes that went up in flames were usually customer modified to get more range.
I recieved mine today, put it on charge & tried to turn on the AC power, soon as the AC power was turned on i heard a very loud bang/pop, anyone know what this may be ?
It’s $180 Canadian. I bought the s600 for $260 and its great for phones and I can hook 300 watt solar to it and charge my electric mountain bike when camping
Another thing, according to the manual, the solar charging function can be monitored at your figure tips. Does this mean that this device is intended to be used only by pretty ladies with trim figures? Also, placing an LED on a board where nobody will see it is illogical.
Lots of devices have leds internal. For testing purposes at the factory. I have seen devices at work that have alphanumeric led displays inside the cabinet only visible when the top is off being maintained.
Nothing wrong with li-ion. Its the polymer ones to avoid. iron phosphate are better, more charge cycles but this is a basic unit for camping basically.
I bought one of those the other week to complement my solar system in the house, and it charges up during the day from the solar, and it powers my lights in the lounge for about 5 hours at night, I've also hooked it up via a smart plug so I can control it's charging on sunny days, I think it's a very good unit, and thank you for the insight as to what's in it😊.
That is fantastic. Very cool compact and capable device. Excellent.
Wonder what effect the use of a dimmer in line would have? Say with 400 watts of light bulbs for example.
I need help I bought a power station as-is not realizing that. It won't charge do you know how I can jump it to get it to start charging again it's the same size as this one different brand.i was hoping you knew a trick or something
I'm looking to buy one of these and found your video extremely useful so thanks for that. I have a question about recharging the unit. Via a 10amp 12v cigarette lighter this gives 120 watts which I assume is the wattage that the unit will recharge at. If I recharge via 220 from an inverter or mains it will only recharge at 60w. Is that correct? I'm grateful for your help.
Great video. I just got one of these units to support my insulin fridge in case of emergency. It is a small dorm style unit. About how long did it take to charge the unit off the AC power brick from depleted? I'm sorry if you covered that and I missed it.
It was a little over an hour if i remember. I sold it after the video was done as i didn't need another one. I have about 8 of them here. I did cover that in the video as i timed full load discharge and charge.
Looks like a nice little unit to charge phones and maybe run a small led lamp during a power outage
Nice little unit. A lot more beefy than the one I own.
This is a little one. I also have the 700 watt version.
hii have the same one AND MY WATTA DOESNT GO UP AT ALL MY UP TO 6 AND THAT IT @12VOLTVIDS
Hello, would it be possible to replace the battery with another lithium one of the same voltage but with more capacity?
I'll say no but what do i know.
That Boombox Form Factor
These heater guns are bad to use at ½ power, because you are running the resistive element over a diode. At full power, the diode is shorted by the switch. So yes, on ½ setting it's half the power, but that's because one half of the sine wave is blocked by the diode. You could say it's 50% duty cycle.
Wireless charging: does it work with all phones, or just certain ones? Interesting. Might be good for a power outage to run a fan and lights. (L.E.D.)
Obviously the phone has to support wireless charging
Gee Dave ... I didn't know we went to the same electronics courses... BANG... Lol.
But you are right ... Li batteries are not to be toyed with.
They can go BANG
@@12voltvids
They sure can... A friend's phone went off on him and darned near took out his dining room.
Caution is advised (Grin)
@@Douglas_Blake_579 yes we have all seen them go off like the vape pens exploding in people's pockets and homes going up when their ebike went up. These however use lithium polymer cells. The ebikes that went up in flames were usually customer modified to get more range.
Respect the lithium ion batteries! 💥
ya don't crush them.
@@12voltvidscan you repair a super beta front loader if i send it to you the rest of my unit has been repaired thats the only part that is trickey?
@@stpworld if i can find the parts.
@@12voltvids i think I just need the front loader gears I’ll buy them from you
BANG!!!
I recieved mine today, put it on charge & tried to turn on the AC power, soon as the AC power was turned on i heard a very loud bang/pop, anyone know what this may be ?
Sounds like they will be sending you a new one.
@@12voltvids I got mine in the mail could the battery be dead cause it wouldn't turn on? Please let me know..
Four hours with a laptop? The computer's OWN battery will run it for much longer than that!
They were referring to a device that draws 60 watts operating on 120v ac, more like a 40" smart TV.
It’s $180 Canadian. I bought the s600 for $260 and its great for phones and I can hook 300 watt solar to it and charge my electric mountain bike when camping
Another thing, according to the manual, the solar charging function can be monitored at your figure tips. Does this mean that this device is intended to be used only by pretty ladies with trim figures? Also, placing an LED on a board where nobody will see it is illogical.
Lots of devices have leds internal. For testing purposes at the factory. I have seen devices at work that have alphanumeric led displays inside the cabinet only visible when the top is off being maintained.
@@12voltvids Okay, I think that makes SOME sense.
Lithium ion no thanks !
Nothing wrong with li-ion. Its the polymer ones to avoid. iron phosphate are better, more charge cycles but this is a basic unit for camping basically.
I know but I'm still not convinced
@@Irilia_nekoyour phone has a lithium battery
Website says batteries cant be replaced anyway.
@@Irilia_neko My car has 288 of them, and a tesla has about 4000 of them. 12 years old and still working fine.