[K3CAL] Battery Inverter Generator Recommendations

[Dbarmstrong00]

 One brand I’ve been seeing a lot in my research is Ecoflow. Is anyone familiar with them?    Lots of YouTube on it and it’s really modular for adding capacity. Not cheap but seems well reviewed.   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
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> On Oct 2, 2024 at 6:40 PM,  <N5WTA N5WTA via K3CAL (mailto:k3cal at mailman.qth.net)>  wrote:
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>   If you have the model number of your backup unit I can find replacement batteries for it that aren’t ridiculously expensive     
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> Regards,  
> Johnathan Ibert
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> > On Oct 2, 2024, at 5:35 PM, KB3WFV  <kb3wfv at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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> > Thanks for all of the replies.
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> >  Johnathan, that confirms my suspicions, there is something about their marketing-advertising style that raised an eyebrow with me.
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> >  I like the concept of the 4patriots 2000kw generator for whatever needs to be run. Although running an amateur station off of a 12 volt power supply, connected to an inverter, connected to a battery, just doesn't make sense to me. Too many conversion from AC to DC to AC back to DC. Seems like a lot of loss to me.
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> >  Currently I use a 70 amp rack mount power supply with the Battery Backup feature to run the ham shack. At one time I was using lead acid deep cycle batteries. It's nice because, the 70 amp power supply runs the rigs. When commercial power drops out, the batteries instantly take over. I have been in the middle of on air transmissions when the commercial power dropped out and no one even noticed.
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> >  The batteries went bad some time ago and gear has changed in the shack. So, I'll need both a 12 VDC backup source and an inverted AC power source to keep the station up and running in it's current configuration. I'm considering connecting a bioenneo battery with a power gate to the currently in use 70 amp 12 volt power supply. I would then also have to connect an inverter to provide back up power to the battery as well in order to power the AC powered gear.
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> >  This is getting too complicated.
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> >  Brian
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> > On Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 04:36:08 PM EDT, Abraham Nehemias  <abraham.nehemias at gmail.com>  wrote:
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> > I will also add a +1 for jackery, but Johnathan is right to ask about power requirements.   
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> > On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 16:30 N5WTA N5WTA via K3CAL  <k3cal at mailman.qth.net (mailto:k3cal at mailman.qth.net)>  wrote:
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> > > I would shy away from 4patriots.    They rebrand and markup everything they sell.    And their shipping reviews are horrible.
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> > >  Ecoflow,jackery are good brands.    What are your power requirements?
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> > >  Johnathan Ibert
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> > >   >  On Oct 2, 2024, at 3:59 PM, KB3WFV via K3CAL  <k3cal at mailman.qth.net (mailto:k3cal at mailman.qth.net)>  wrote:
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> > >   >  I have been looking at Battery Inverter Generators for back up power use. These are gas-less power sources that can be charged with a solar panel. One source that I see the most is  4patriots.com (http://4patriots.com).
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> > >   >  Does anyone have any experience with these types of back up power devices?
> > >   >  Does anyone have a recommendation for a source or a manufacturer?
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> > >   >  Brian
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