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Bluetti will debut their new 3000Wh sodium-ion power station at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on 05 January 2022. I'm pretty sure that this power station will be priced well beyond the means of most readers of this forum. But what thoughts do y'all have on what this could mean...

If it's rated at 8A @120VAC, it'll draw 80A @12VDC. At that discharge rate, Peukert's law will become an insurmountable bottleneck for a flooded lead-acid battery bank of that size. ETA: Inserted "flooded lead-acid" before "battery bank." Also added my concurrence with gizmotron's...

Well, considering that Amazon has this 50W panel kit with a 30A PWM charge controller for $89.99 (before applying the $5 coupon currently available), you wouldn't be out too much if it did wander off. ETA: The brand name for the system linked above is SUNSUL. ETA2: For comparison, the same...

Just out of curiosity, why is having the smallest possible panel part of your mission statement?

SmkyMike, what are you looking at for your solar panel array, in terms of both budget and expected output? Also, what's the expected power consumption for your 12V fridge?

The sailboat's mast-mounted wind turbine might provide useful amounts of power while the vessel is at anchor.

Just remember that "cool idea" =/= "good idea."

Regarding the Patriot Power Sidekick portable power station, it looks identical (other than the label) to the GOLABS power station I bought back in February 2021. List price on Amazon is $299.98, but right now it has the same $100 digital coupon it had when I bought it. The 100-Watt DOKIO solar...

I have the DOKIO folding solar panel to which the original poster linked. It's pretty good for how I use it, which is keeping a 299Wh LiFeP04 power station charged so I can run my laptop and USB-powered devices while I'm tent camping for a couple of days. In that role, or as a lightweight extra...

The reason that 130-hour run time didn't sound right is that you're comparing amp-hours at two different voltages. Convert the 300 ah battery bank (presumably at 12 VDC) to Watt-hours and you'll be in the ballpark on run time (ignoring things like inverter inefficiencies, Peukert effect, the...

@crofter: I currently (pun intended) have access to shore power for my motorhome in which I live full-time. That being said, I enjoy tent camping, so I bought the GOLABS power station to provide power for camping without shore power, and I bought the DOKIO 100W solar panel specifically to keep...

I finally got around to test using my DOKIO 100W folding solar panel (as is my custom, I used this site's Amazon referral tool, so that anyone who purchases using this link will give our host a bit of kickback) to charge my GOLABS 299Wh power station. Conditions: *Location: Approximately 32...

I've never seen a campground power pedestal that didn't have standard 3-prong household outlets.

I've been testing a GOLABS 299Wh power station. So far, I like it. Tomorrow, I plan to bring it down to about 50% depth of discharge, then see how long it takes my DOKIO 100W folding panel to recharge it. Three factors that led me to choose this particular power station were chemistry (unlike...

For your stated power needs, Giggles, you probably will find that a 300 Wh to 500 Wh portable power station (often misleadingly called a "solar generator"), mated to your planned 100W solar panel, will do what you need it to do. Depending on the output options on the solar panel you plan to buy...

I just ordered a GOLABS 299 Wh LiFePO4 portable power station from Amazon for $199.98 (after a $100 online discount coupon). If you can hold off on ordering the Jackerty power station to which you linked, I'll have a preliminary review up next week.

The problem with venting your battery box at the bottom is that the explosive hydrogen gas that is generated during battery charging is lighter than air, and thus won't be vented out of your battery box.

I'd be thinking less along the lines of routine access and more along the lines of exits in an emergency. Two is all right; three or more is better. As nature lover pointed out above, when you first wake up (especially unexpectedly), it can take some time to get your bearings. When that...

Thanks to all for your feedback on this type of stove! Since MrNoodly favorably mentioned Gas One by name, I'll do a search for that brand. If I can't find it at a competitive price, I'll put the one to which I linked on my "to-buy" list. I like the stability and fine temperature control of...