How long can we power our house with the EcoFlow Delta Pro's, Recharging them with Solar?

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[maryadams]

I saw someone put his solar panels on wheels so he could move it in a better position if needed and he was able to change the tilt if needed.

[PhannyObsession]

I think in a ‘real world’ scenario, you would be more careful when you don’t know when the power is coming back on. So, you would use candles instead of lights, maybe not use the coffee maker, Microwave etc. So, the ecoflows would probably last longer

[PaulButkiewicz]

For what you're trying to do, if you intend to stay grid tied, this seems like a perfect solution. Maybe one more Delta pro wouldn't hurt, but at least you can get through a power outage if you're careful with your consumption. Just remember that outages often come with storms, and storms often mean minimal solar energy the next day. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us

[ThrillbilliesFishing]

Im more impressed with Rebeca homemade noodles than the solar panels 🙂

[thecampdogsdad]

I have a two bedroom off grid cabin that uses a propane stove, oil lanterns, and wood stove for heat. I power my 12v refrigerator, LED lights, electric fans, phone, TV, stereo, and CPAP using an EcoFlow River Pro, a Jackery 240, and a bunch of 18v drill batteries. My total batteries system will power the cabin for 3 days. When the system gets critically low, I run a Sportsman 2200 watt inverter generator for 90 minutes, and the whole system is recharged. My generator gets 7-12 hours on a gallon of gasoline. I can recharge my system, and run the generator to power a vacuum or other large draw items, for about a week on a single gallon of gasoline.

[jnmc-vxfw]

Finally someone is honest about these solar back up power

[tvsmsoy]

In a grid down situation you need to shut off everything that is a luxury like those fans and if you are not outside then you don't need the outside lights on and not waste power like that, Also it would be a good Idea for you to remount your panels so you can swivel them so you can track the sun and avoid getting shadows on the panels, You could double or even triple the amount of power you can get from those panels just by tracking the Sun. When the grid is down every bit of power counts, You have 7.2Kwh and at night you had 6.12Kwh of power @ 85% that is a lot of wasted power. Great test and a very nice setup but you could do so much more with what you have there. Thumbs Up.

[timreese]

Folks also should keep in mind that if power is expected to be out for longer period, you can be even more conservative on usage.
If you both really watch power use it’s possible you could run on batteries for even longer before needing to recharge.

[ianhaggart]

Very interesting and thank you for putting this together you pair are stars.... there's a lot of people will be very happy with your demonstration and the way you show it in the real world. Thanks again. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[jasonbroom]

You're getting an AWESOME crash-course in solar! Lesson 1: Use Less Power! Lesson 2: USE LESS POWER! Lesson 3: Do more things by hand and "old school" methods. (propane cooking and heating with wood) Lesson 4: Spec and size your panels, charge controller, battery capacity and inverter capacity. Thank you for putting out a very real world video. This is something everyone considering solar should see. So cool! :)

With the right amount of solar panels and battery capacity, and with a mindset of simply using less power, the question isn't "how long with the gas last for my generator", the question becomes "why not run on solar 90% of the time?"

[kockeyedkitty]

Rebecca, I'm so sorry for your loss. I pray that God will comfort you and bring you peace.

[TKCL]

Sounds like two more batteries will get you where you need to be assuming you get daily sun. Otherwise 4 more batteries will buffer some cloudy days. Thank you for the shout out!

[Elite]

I believe you can add additional batteries to your EcoFlow Delta Pro system. By purchasing two additional lithium batteries you should be good to go!

[liveinfoportal]

if you add an expansion battery you'll get to harness the extra sun hours after you're fully charged

[JP-uopi]

One thing I noticed when the video started is that you have your batteries right next to each other. Because of this, the heat from one battery is going into the other battery's cooling input, so you may be heating up one battery with the heat from the other one. I would check to make sure that the battery temperature is OK (between 68° and 86° optimally). if the battery gets too warm, it will shorten the life of the battery.

[kentgladden]

Good video. Here in central Florida, I use a different tact. I have (currently) 3 Kickass 12v/170 Ah slimline deep cycle batteries (2, 040 Wh/ea). Running a 4/6 KW inverter. Also have Westinghouse 5, 300/6, 500 W gasoline generator that gets 2 hr/gallon. 2 gallons = 4 hrs @ 5KW+ for $7 (@ $3.50/gal). Plenty to run a house AND recharge the batteries over 4 hrs. I'll be adding 3 more batteries soon. In event of long term power outage (we get hurricanes all the time), this combo will keep us at 100% electric for the entire house. For <$300/month.

[kirbythomas]

Very interesting experiment as I recently purchased an EcoFlow Delta Pro as one Delta Pro Extra Battery. I use a three prong rv plug to four prong generator pig tail to hook up to our generator disconnect. This setup will power 100 amp panel but doesn’t give a true 220 volts so any two pole breakers like our hot water circuit will not work so we turn it off. After energizing the house with the EcoFlow system it read that we had 1 day and 15 hours of energy available. That’s 39 hours at that draw we had a freezer a refrigerator and two ceiling fans running as well as the internet broadband and Wi-Fi running. I also purchased 12 each 100 watt Renogy solar panels. They will be hooked up 6 each in series then in parallel for 1200 watts, 145.8 volts and 11.44 amps. I hope this will power our needs until we can mirror this setup for the 220 volt setup with 2400 watts of solar. I have been researching YouTube videos like yours to make my decision on what system i would use and I thank you for your input. Awesome work please keep on posting 👍

[kellykopsa]

This video is a very informative with a real life demonstration of an emergency power plan in action! Well designed use of multiple energy sources: Solar Electric Panels, Passive Solar (windows), Battery Storage, Wood, Propane, Gas/Diesel.

[cooldog]

Henry Ford had a hydro generator it ran off the Rouge River. It not only powered his house but part of the city of Dearborn. It is still running from looking at it it don't look like there have been any updates to the system. If you ever come to Mi. take the tour.

[genemcloud]

This was very educational. I have two pros on the way and I’m feeling much better about my purchase. Thanks for to and your wife for your willingness to experiment for us.