@sidneybowerman558 Hey Sid! I hope you're well? I'm recovering from a nasty virus and your feedback is a fab boost for me, thank you😊👍. Take care, Adrian
@@DADvinci Sorry to hear you have been unwell Adrian. We are okay, and thankyou for asking. You continue to guide me on my off grid journey, and I have added the AllPowers S700 v2.0 to my collection. The charging brick gives an impressive 109watts of charge, and with the choice of an additional 60watt PD charger through the 'C' usb it gets a total of 174 watts. A mere few months ago all of that would have been well above my understanding. Thanks to both of you's the videos have helped me enormously. I hope it is okay to add I got the S700 from Amazon with an offer of 100 pound off.
@TheCanadianTank007 Hey! How are you doing? Yup, for sure. Been on the list to sort since last year (post 1000 review). Have had a number of viewers asking when considering the Ecoflow units against the Jackery. The AC200P is also another that I needed something with more throughput but had trouble finding something to fit the bill. Need to properly test and expand to the other units. Been rubbish weather in the UK for so long and been on dirty grid power more than I would like recently. How's the weather in your neck of the woods?
@@DADvinci well the winter here in Florida is just slightly chilly still not bad sun I'm currently configuring a 1200 watt solar panel setup mounted to the side of the house so it appeases the wife. And was testing a boost converter for my EcoFlow R600 max. Doing the exact same thing you were doing. It works good for a lot of different uses and yes it will work with panels just sometimes the input drops low when they're shade but if you run panels in series it's not too bad keep the voltage high
@CanadianTank007 Awesome, thanks for the booster with panels insight! The Jackery input limits are tricky, so I'm hoping to series up two 100W panels to push it to the 157W limit mine has. Connecting in parallel 'out of the box' helps with cloudier days, but full sun never really hits its true potential (only 118-120W). Did you move house this year?
@@DADvinci yes all moved him after the bad hurricane that hit the west coast of Florida. All is well and use my power system for 8 days and managed but realized I need more power and panels which I'm working on just getting settled and planning. Just deciding on panels and battery voltage.
@CanadianTank007 Great to hear things are coming along. I assume 24V or 48V system to get more bang for your buck, running bigger loads for longer? I also need to go larger than my excellent DIY 24V 5kWh (been flawless). Ideally 10+ kWh, but not sure whether to go 48V for larger loads (more expensive solar inverter) or stick with my 24V setup and build a bigger battery. I need proper ground mounts too. So much to do, but can't wait!
Hi Adrian, Fantastic informative video as usual, thinking outside the box and educating us, thank you 👍 Recently I tried out a 300 watt Bestek Pure Sine inverter that plugged into my van’s cigarette lighter/12V outlet. The idea was to boost the charging speed, from a typical 10 amp 12V outlet you can get roughly 104 watts incoming on my EB70 and my EB3A, when plugged into the inverter I was getting 240v input, 190 watts on the EB70 and 264 watts on the EB3A…..but, after 15 mins the plug actually melted completely in the socket because I was pulling too much wattage 😳 I cut the plug off, installed a 30 amp inline fuse and ring terminals and connected straight to the battery, working perfectly now 😂 Next i installed a 1000 watt Renogy Pure Sine inverter in my Land Rover Defender with a 100 amp mega fuse on the live cable adjacent to the battery so I can make a cuppa etc, works like an absolute dream on my 600 and 800 watt kettles (obviously need the engine running)😂 I hope some of this is of use to your subscribers. Thank you Adrian for what you do and educating and inspiring me to learn, you are a great teacher Sir. Kind regards Tony
@Defender1968 Hey Tony! It's great to hear from you and thanks very much for your kind words 👍😃. I'm sorry about the plug melting situation. The 300W Bestek has caught a few people out. Anything more than 120W (12v x 10A) from a car cigarette lighter socket is going to cause problems. Doesn't the Bestek have a 40A fuse? Usually, car inverters that use the 10A lighter socket have a 10A fuse, which would have stopped the plug melting (blown the fuse). It's funny, but I thought of your setup (EB70/EB3A) when testing the booster out, especially if I can make it work with solar too (series connect panels). Spot on with connecting straight to the terminals on anything over 10A. 24V car/truck sockets are better (but 12V are more common) and they would give you 240W (24V x 10A). Yes, it certainly helps other viewers out, so I'm always grateful when you share your experiences😃. Take care, Adrian
Hi Adrian, That’s correct, the Bestek does have a higher fuse(not sure exactly what it is). The vans fuse was 10 amp, when I pulled a higher wattage on the EB3A (264 watts) the vans fuse continually blew, thats when I installed a 30 amp fuse on the vans fuse panel, the fuse must have been higher than the vans wiring, that’s why the sockets melted and cable was so hot, fuse higher that the socket and wiring capacity? Once I cut off the 12v socket and connected an inline 30 amp fuse on the positive side and ring terminals direct to the battery there has been zero problems, the inverter and the inverter wiring barely get warm when pulling 264 watts from my EB3A 😊 I did comment on a ‘Jasonoid’ video about using your technique to up the wattage via solar but I need to be certain, I’ll look it up and update Sir. Keep up the great work Sir. Kind regards Tony
Hey if you still have your AllPowers, try this. Tip it on it's back with the inverter on. It won't work, it has an orientation switch inside! I found this out by accident. I have the 372Wh version with the 300w inverter. I suspect it's because of the way the cooling works.
@ib516 Hey! I've tried this on mine before and it continues to work fine. Perhaps on the later 'revised' 372Wh or I might just be lucky with mine. All the best, Adrian
@user-nw1mh4ww9n Good day and thanks for your generous feedback 👍😃. Sure, it's also on my list to try with solar panels too. I've got the 666Wh (500W) older version, but it should give some idea on any improvement. I think the voltage and current limit on the charging ports might not provide any gains, but will let you know. All the best, Adrian
@@DADvinci yeah, thank you they sent me the 500w one, by mistake I plugged in a little fridge, and it started smoking from the inverter i messaged them and they sent me out a replacement model the 700w one i will look forward to the next video take care
Can you explain the advantage of doing this rather than connecting solar panels to the Jackery? What is the idea - charge your battery from Solar panel(s) then use the battery to charge the Jackery? I don't understand the concept.
@mikebeirne9158 Hey Mike! I hope you are well? There can be multiple benefits to this, dependent on what someone needs. Primarily, I've been asked from other viewers about whether these can be expanded to store more power like some other all-in-one models (e.g. Ecoflow, Bluetti). You can't with the current UK Jackery models, hence the alternative approach. The case battery offers a cheaper alternative, along with this booster circuit, to expand the 1kWh capacity in the Jackery, without the need to buy another Jackery (or other make). As an example, on a sunny spring/summer day, you manage to fully charge the Jackery from solar. Then you plug in the mains adapter that comes with the case battery and charge it from the already fully charged Jackery (while solar is still coming into the Jackery, passing through to the case battery). The case battery then becomes an additional 1kWh+ worth of power storage that you can use through the Jackery (with the booster circuit) when the sun goes down, giving somewhere in the region of 2kWh overall for overnight use or rainy days that follow. In winter, you could charge the case battery and Jackery separately from the mains (when no sun, as recently) for power outage backup purposes. Doing this means you can use the AC inverter in the Jackery, without needing to add an inverter to the case battery. You could also charge both from solar at the same time (solar panels permitting) by adding the charge controller (in this video ua-cam.com/video/c9HxjIRtQlE/v-deo.html) direct to the case battery. It's pretty flexible and cost effective compared to the other options mentioned in this video on the Bluetti AC200P ua-cam.com/video/pl6-XN4xfMU/v-deo.html. I hope this covers it a little better. Please shout if you have any other questions. Cheers, Adrian
@@DADvinci Thanks for the explanation Adrian, I had missed the purpose of effectively doubling the capacity of the Jackery. I can see how it all works now (I must learn to read more carefully!) and can see it is a cost effective way of doing it.. Cheers Mike
@Ian Schofield Hey Ian! Thanks for your kind support, it's much appreciated👍. Are you after the cable in the video, the MC4 to DC 8mm? All the best, Adrian
Why don’t you connect the output to the xt 60 connector on the jackery input would that be ok also the battery pack can I connect my Motorhome battery’s to dc - dc input
@roy highton Hey Roy! Thanks for your question. Did you mean connect your motorhome battery to the booster input instead of the case battery I use? Providing your motorhome battery output is in the range of 10-60V and you adjusted the output voltage (as I did in the video), you could charge the Jackery that way. Please can you let me know if I've understood correctly? All the best, Adrian
@@DADvinci yes I have 2 100amp battery’s I think I can use the boast from the battery’s to my jackery 1000 which I use as a extra power to my van when thier is no solar power
@fun_free_food_ideas Good day! From my location in the south of the UK, it's not been very good. The cold, clear and crisp winter days I've hoped for have been in short supply this year. I'm going to look at alternative options in 2023 to collect and store more power. All the best, Adrian
Fascinating. You made my evening with this video.
@sidneybowerman558 Hey Sid! I hope you're well? I'm recovering from a nasty virus and your feedback is a fab boost for me, thank you😊👍. Take care, Adrian
@@DADvinci Sorry to hear you have been unwell Adrian. We are okay, and thankyou for asking.
You continue to guide me on my off grid journey, and I have added the AllPowers S700 v2.0 to my collection.
The charging brick gives an impressive 109watts of charge, and with the choice of an additional 60watt PD charger through the 'C' usb it gets a total of 174 watts.
A mere few months ago all of that would have been well above my understanding.
Thanks to both of you's the videos have helped me enormously.
I hope it is okay to add I got the S700 from Amazon with an offer of 100 pound off.
I don't want to say this was my idea couple months ago but I'm glad you made the video
@TheCanadianTank007 Hey! How are you doing? Yup, for sure. Been on the list to sort since last year (post 1000 review). Have had a number of viewers asking when considering the Ecoflow units against the Jackery. The AC200P is also another that I needed something with more throughput but had trouble finding something to fit the bill. Need to properly test and expand to the other units. Been rubbish weather in the UK for so long and been on dirty grid power more than I would like recently. How's the weather in your neck of the woods?
@@DADvinci well the winter here in Florida is just slightly chilly still not bad sun I'm currently configuring a 1200 watt solar panel setup mounted to the side of the house so it appeases the wife. And was testing a boost converter for my EcoFlow R600 max. Doing the exact same thing you were doing. It works good for a lot of different uses and yes it will work with panels just sometimes the input drops low when they're shade but if you run panels in series it's not too bad keep the voltage high
@CanadianTank007 Awesome, thanks for the booster with panels insight! The Jackery input limits are tricky, so I'm hoping to series up two 100W panels to push it to the 157W limit mine has. Connecting in parallel 'out of the box' helps with cloudier days, but full sun never really hits its true potential (only 118-120W). Did you move house this year?
@@DADvinci yes all moved him after the bad hurricane that hit the west coast of Florida. All is well and use my power system for 8 days and managed but realized I need more power and panels which I'm working on just getting settled and planning. Just deciding on panels and battery voltage.
@CanadianTank007 Great to hear things are coming along. I assume 24V or 48V system to get more bang for your buck, running bigger loads for longer? I also need to go larger than my excellent DIY 24V 5kWh (been flawless). Ideally 10+ kWh, but not sure whether to go 48V for larger loads (more expensive solar inverter) or stick with my 24V setup and build a bigger battery. I need proper ground mounts too. So much to do, but can't wait!
Happy Christmas 🎅🐝🎄
@jimdaly5077 Thank you Jim! Merry Christmas! I hope you've had a fab day! All the very best, Adrian 🎄😊🎅
Hi Adrian,
Fantastic informative video as usual, thinking outside the box and educating us, thank you 👍
Recently I tried out a 300 watt Bestek Pure Sine inverter that plugged into my van’s cigarette lighter/12V outlet. The idea was to boost the charging speed, from a typical 10 amp 12V outlet you can get roughly 104 watts incoming on my EB70 and my EB3A, when plugged into the inverter I was getting 240v input, 190 watts on the EB70 and 264 watts on the EB3A…..but, after 15 mins the plug actually melted completely in the socket because I was pulling too much wattage 😳
I cut the plug off, installed a 30 amp inline fuse and ring terminals and connected straight to the battery, working perfectly now 😂
Next i installed a 1000 watt Renogy Pure Sine inverter in my Land Rover Defender with a 100 amp mega fuse on the live cable adjacent to the battery so I can make a cuppa etc, works like an absolute dream on my 600 and 800 watt kettles (obviously need the engine running)😂
I hope some of this is of use to your subscribers.
Thank you Adrian for what you do and educating and inspiring me to learn, you are a great teacher Sir.
Kind regards
Tony
@Defender1968 Hey Tony! It's great to hear from you and thanks very much for your kind words 👍😃. I'm sorry about the plug melting situation. The 300W Bestek has caught a few people out. Anything more than 120W (12v x 10A) from a car cigarette lighter socket is going to cause problems. Doesn't the Bestek have a 40A fuse? Usually, car inverters that use the 10A lighter socket have a 10A fuse, which would have stopped the plug melting (blown the fuse). It's funny, but I thought of your setup (EB70/EB3A) when testing the booster out, especially if I can make it work with solar too (series connect panels).
Spot on with connecting straight to the terminals on anything over 10A. 24V car/truck sockets are better (but 12V are more common) and they would give you 240W (24V x 10A).
Yes, it certainly helps other viewers out, so I'm always grateful when you share your experiences😃. Take care, Adrian
Hi Adrian,
That’s correct, the Bestek does have a higher fuse(not sure exactly what it is). The vans fuse was 10 amp, when I pulled a higher wattage on the EB3A (264 watts) the vans fuse continually blew, thats when I installed a 30 amp fuse on the vans fuse panel, the fuse must have been higher than the vans wiring, that’s why the sockets melted and cable was so hot, fuse higher that the socket and wiring capacity?
Once I cut off the 12v socket and connected an inline 30 amp fuse on the positive side and ring terminals direct to the battery there has been zero problems, the inverter and the inverter wiring barely get warm when pulling 264 watts from my EB3A 😊
I did comment on a ‘Jasonoid’ video about using your technique to up the wattage via solar but I need to be certain, I’ll look it up and update Sir.
Keep up the great work Sir.
Kind regards
Tony
Great video mate
@overloadrc Thanks for your generous feedback😊 All the best, Adrian
Thank you top man. 👍😊🌞
@jimdaly5077 You're too kind, thanks Jim 👍😃 I hope all is good with you?
All good thank you, and just in case you didn’t have another video before Christmas have a good one 👍🐝🎅
@jimdaly5077 Thank you Jim👍 I'll try and get another one out (working on one atm). I hope you have an awesome Christmas as well. Take care and enjoy🎄😃
Great explanation, Adrian, thanks for the video.
@wolfenstein6676 Most appreciated, thank you 😃👍 I hope all is well with you?
Hey if you still have your AllPowers, try this. Tip it on it's back with the inverter on. It won't work, it has an orientation switch inside! I found this out by accident. I have the 372Wh version with the 300w inverter. I suspect it's because of the way the cooling works.
@ib516 Hey! I've tried this on mine before and it continues to work fine. Perhaps on the later 'revised' 372Wh or I might just be lucky with mine. All the best, Adrian
The lenovo laptop charger also charges the jackery about 50 watts.
A cheap alternative with the same input connector.
@LITTLEEXPERIMENTCHANNEL1 Awesome! Thanks for sharing, that will help other viewers too. All the best, Adrian
Great video :) Could you please try this method with the allpowers 606 700w version, would love to see if it would work thanks
@user-nw1mh4ww9n Good day and thanks for your generous feedback 👍😃. Sure, it's also on my list to try with solar panels too. I've got the 666Wh (500W) older version, but it should give some idea on any improvement. I think the voltage and current limit on the charging ports might not provide any gains, but will let you know. All the best, Adrian
@@DADvinci yeah, thank you they sent me the 500w one, by mistake I plugged in a little fridge, and it started smoking from the inverter i messaged them and they sent me out a replacement model the 700w one i will look forward to the next video take care
@DJphantom340 There you go 😃 - ua-cam.com/users/shorts59cMf0cMBQ4
@@DADvinci thankyou
Can you explain the advantage of doing this rather than connecting solar panels to the Jackery? What is the idea - charge your battery from Solar panel(s) then use the battery to charge the Jackery? I don't understand the concept.
@mikebeirne9158 Hey Mike! I hope you are well? There can be multiple benefits to this, dependent on what someone needs. Primarily, I've been asked from other viewers about whether these can be expanded to store more power like some other all-in-one models (e.g. Ecoflow, Bluetti). You can't with the current UK Jackery models, hence the alternative approach. The case battery offers a cheaper alternative, along with this booster circuit, to expand the 1kWh capacity in the Jackery, without the need to buy another Jackery (or other make).
As an example, on a sunny spring/summer day, you manage to fully charge the Jackery from solar. Then you plug in the mains adapter that comes with the case battery and charge it from the already fully charged Jackery (while solar is still coming into the Jackery, passing through to the case battery). The case battery then becomes an additional 1kWh+ worth of power storage that you can use through the Jackery (with the booster circuit) when the sun goes down, giving somewhere in the region of 2kWh overall for overnight use or rainy days that follow.
In winter, you could charge the case battery and Jackery separately from the mains (when no sun, as recently) for power outage backup purposes. Doing this means you can use the AC inverter in the Jackery, without needing to add an inverter to the case battery.
You could also charge both from solar at the same time (solar panels permitting) by adding the charge controller (in this video ua-cam.com/video/c9HxjIRtQlE/v-deo.html) direct to the case battery.
It's pretty flexible and cost effective compared to the other options mentioned in this video on the Bluetti AC200P ua-cam.com/video/pl6-XN4xfMU/v-deo.html.
I hope this covers it a little better. Please shout if you have any other questions. Cheers, Adrian
@@DADvinci Thanks for the explanation Adrian, I had missed the purpose of effectively doubling the capacity of the Jackery. I can see how it all works now (I must learn to read more carefully!) and can see it is a cost effective way of doing it.. Cheers Mike
Where do I find a 8mm Jack plug that fits the Jackery , keep up the good work
@Ian Schofield Hey Ian! Thanks for your kind support, it's much appreciated👍. Are you after the cable in the video, the MC4 to DC 8mm? All the best, Adrian
@@DADvinci Hi Adrian , just the 8mm charging lead
They have them on Amazon. 8mm plugs are standard and they even make some cables with multiple adapters for other power stations
@Ian Schofield Hey Ian, this one > amzn.to/38LpGKQ (affiliate link)? Cheers, Adrian
Why don’t you connect the output to the xt 60 connector on the jackery input would that be ok also the battery pack can I connect my Motorhome battery’s to dc - dc input
@roy highton Hey Roy! Thanks for your question. Did you mean connect your motorhome battery to the booster input instead of the case battery I use? Providing your motorhome battery output is in the range of 10-60V and you adjusted the output voltage (as I did in the video), you could charge the Jackery that way. Please can you let me know if I've understood correctly? All the best, Adrian
@@DADvinci yes I have 2 100amp battery’s I think I can use the boast from the battery’s to my jackery 1000 which I use as a extra power to my van when thier is no solar power
How's the solar doing? Curious to see how it's coping in the winter
Mine is shockingly bad.
@@sidneybowerman558 they don't tell you that when fitting a £10,000 array
@fun_free_food_ideas Good day! From my location in the south of the UK, it's not been very good. The cold, clear and crisp winter days I've hoped for have been in short supply this year. I'm going to look at alternative options in 2023 to collect and store more power. All the best, Adrian