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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2022
I bought this because we have a cabin in the mountains where the electricity goes out often with storms/high wind. I also bought the Jackery 300w mini, thinking one could be powering the fridge while the larger 1000w could go downstairs for the heater. But in the meantime I have been recharging it daily to see how it works and here are some observations:
1. My heater is gas, and when on, the electricity surges to 700w or 900w for short bursts. This makes the 300w not able to be used on the heater, and drains the 1000w faster than I would like.
2. My garage deep freezer cycles from 4w to 60w many times a minute when cooling. the 300w won't work on it, haven't troubleshooted it enough to find out why.
3. My fridge generally is 60w when working and can surge to 180w when the ice maker is used. Both of the Jackery batteries work well on the fridge. I can power the fridge for about 14 hours. I can power the fridge for 3-4 hours with the 300w.
4. When the 1000w is hooked up to both 100w solar panels you need to use a splitter to connect them that comes with it. The MOST I see it uploading power with 2 is 130w. Why?
5. When I put one panel connected to the 300w and 1 panel on the 1000w they both power up in full sun at about 80w. So brand new, the panels are 80% efficient. :( it takes most all of day to power the 1000w up.
6. I wonder about the efficiency of other brands with their panels, are they better? I think a also saw a brand where you could send a power source to another battery. So for instance, if I could hook the 300w to the 1000w, that would give more of a power supply and I wouldn't have to check up on it as much.
Conclusion: I was hoping for the amount of $ spent I would have enough power to keep the fridge going 24/7 with a couple opportunities to heat up the house 2 or 3 times. But instead, for quite a bit of money, I bought about 18 hours of power for one fridge.
1. My heater is gas, and when on, the electricity surges to 700w or 900w for short bursts. This makes the 300w not able to be used on the heater, and drains the 1000w faster than I would like.
2. My garage deep freezer cycles from 4w to 60w many times a minute when cooling. the 300w won't work on it, haven't troubleshooted it enough to find out why.
3. My fridge generally is 60w when working and can surge to 180w when the ice maker is used. Both of the Jackery batteries work well on the fridge. I can power the fridge for about 14 hours. I can power the fridge for 3-4 hours with the 300w.
4. When the 1000w is hooked up to both 100w solar panels you need to use a splitter to connect them that comes with it. The MOST I see it uploading power with 2 is 130w. Why?
5. When I put one panel connected to the 300w and 1 panel on the 1000w they both power up in full sun at about 80w. So brand new, the panels are 80% efficient. :( it takes most all of day to power the 1000w up.
6. I wonder about the efficiency of other brands with their panels, are they better? I think a also saw a brand where you could send a power source to another battery. So for instance, if I could hook the 300w to the 1000w, that would give more of a power supply and I wouldn't have to check up on it as much.
Conclusion: I was hoping for the amount of $ spent I would have enough power to keep the fridge going 24/7 with a couple opportunities to heat up the house 2 or 3 times. But instead, for quite a bit of money, I bought about 18 hours of power for one fridge.
