Jackery / portable power pack thingys and running a motorhome?

[PaulC70]

I know sweet FA about these things so bear with me.
Im wondering how much of a motorhome and for how long you could run everything on one of these packs? eg. say you had one with a solar charger, how long say could you run the fridge, the truma heater and say a bit of hot water and tv?

 

[Old Gibber]

Lets put it this way, the 1000w Jackery costs a £1600 ish, and would run the Truma heater and the hot water for about 20 minutes. In summer, a full recharge would take 8 hours, in winter ..... forever. Obviously far longer if you could run the fridge and heaters on gas.

Still think it is a good idea?

 

[tonka]

See here. In my opinion if your camping they could be useful. In a motorhome you would be better to invest in a lithium battery.

Jackery Explorer 1000 Portable Power Station

Jackery Explorer 1000, 1002Wh & rating 1000W portable power station is Jackery's biggest Explorer, a solar generator with MPPT built-in and 3 AC outlets.

uk.jackery.com

 

[Nico]

Hi. I bought the one advertised last month on MHF and am really pleased with it

I’ve used it for charging up my motorbike in a lock up garage with no power. I’ll use it in my car or the van if we want to use the remoskas. I have got some work to do on the bike so I’m going to use my mains powered LED work lights in the garage.

I have charged it from the car 12v socket and it seems to charge around 8% for my 1 hour / 50 mile one way commute which I think is not bad

 

[Tombola]

as Nico said ok for small output or large output short time.
good for portability, but anything decent and needed for long term use in a MH then leisure batteries are better idea.

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[PaulC70]

Thanks all, made my mind up that it's no good whatsoever

Lets put it this way, the 1000w Jackery costs a £1600 ish, and would run the Truma heater and the hot water for about 20 minutes. In summer, a full recharge would take 8 hours, in winter ..... forever. Obviously far longer if you could run the fridge and heaters on gas.

Still think it is a good idea?

Noooooooooo!, yours and the subsequent posts have clarified for me that they wouldn't be worth the hassle to be honest if I wanted to use it for any real power or length of time.

 

[SheikhLala]

Funnily enough I've been looking at these to run a cpap machine. The 500w one seems to be able to run a cpap with humidifier and climate tubing but might wait till cyber weekend to see if there's any deals about .

 

[Tombola]

Funnily enough I've been looking at these to run a cpap machine. The 500w one seems to be able to run a cpap with humidifier and climate tubing but might wait till cyber weekend to see if there's any deals about .

which cpap do you have, you can get 12v adapters for most now you know. Made a real difference to my wifes ones usage
Or are you not talking about using the jackery as the invertor

 

[Swifter]

They are apparently fantastic . Every single YouTuber that was given one for free said so !

 

[jumar]

I've got one, (Bluetti) works great as an extra portable power source, I only have space for one Leisure battery, an LA, my Lithium hasn't arrived yet, another story, a big story...back to Portable Power, we don't have access to mains electricity where our van is parked, so if I'm drilling, hoovering or similar, I use it then too......of course connected to my portable Solar Panel I'm charging an eBike...
Great bit of kit, wouldn't travel without it, even when my Lithium arrives.......

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[Jake Royd]

Funnily enough I've been looking at these to run a cpap machine. The 500w one seems to be able to run a cpap with humidifier and climate tubing but might wait till cyber weekend to see if there's any deals about .

My wife has a Respironics CPAP machine. Via a suitable lead it runs off the leisure battery absolutely fine.
Can't remember what the wattage is but it's not much.

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[Jake Royd]

I should add she doesn't use the humidifier.

 

[VXman]

Cheaper to get decent battery or 2 and a solar panel. Run the Truma heating and hot water and fridge off gas. We can be off grid permanently with 2 batteries and solar panel (£800) plus a refillable gas bottle (Gaslow - £200) so fully independent for £1000. Use a 12 volt TV or pay £200 for a small Inverter.

 

[jumar]

Cheaper to get decent battery or 2 and a solar panel. Run the Truma heating and hot water and fridge off gas. We can be off grid permanently with 2 batteries and solar panel (£800) plus a refillable gas bottle (Gaslow - £200) so fully independent for £1000. Use a 12 volt TV or pay £200 for a small Inverter.

Got that lot, but still enjoy the benefits a power pack provides me with...I can take power to places my motorhome cannot get to....12 or 220v....and can charge what I need to in the shade of an old oak tree..

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[Tombola]

Got that lot, but still enjoy the benefits a power pack provides me with...I can take power to places my motorhome cannot get to....12 or 220v....and can charge what I need to in the shade of an old oak tree..

My bro in law takes his out the van and down with his gear when hes fishing or night fishing

 

[MisterB]

I wouldn't have one in my Motorhome or static (as I think a lithium leisure battery is a better option) BUT I'm sure they come into their own for operating electrical 'stuff' away from a mains supply.

 

[SheikhLala]

which cpap do you have, you can get 12v adapters for most now you know. Made a real difference to my wifes ones usage
Or are you not talking about using the jackery as the invertor

I have a ResMed Airsense 10 with the humidifier and climate tubing. I have found the wattage that the machine uses but nothing for the humidifier and tubing.
I have looked at 12v supply for the machine but I like the idea of having some versatility of where I can use my cpap and also having some portable power but I suppose it all comes down to £££

 

[VXman]

Got that lot, but still enjoy the benefits a power pack provides me with...I can take power to places my motorhome cannot get to....12 or 220v....and can charge what I need to in the shade of an old oak tree..

Fair enough but the OP was asking about it for use for running stuff inside the motorhome.

 

[jumar]

Fair enough but the OP was asking about it for use for running stuff inside the motorhome.

Oh, inside....sorry, wait a mo, yep just checked, mine works inside too....

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[Pausim]

For home use I have a Bluetti EB70 which uses a safer LiFePO4 battery. I bought it for charging our e-bikes, which are kept in a car barn where there are no power sockets. I have also used it to power my CPAP when we have power cuts (rural life). In the motorhome I have a fitted LiFePO4 leisure battery. I do not see the Bluetti (or Jackery) as an alternative to fitting an Li in the motorhome. If you do want something like a Jackery I would suggest looking for an alternative with LiFePO4 batteries.

 

[Swifter]

For home use I have a Bluetti EB70 which uses a safer LiFePO4 battery. I bought it for charging our e-bikes, which are kept in a car barn where there are no power sockets. I have also used it to power my CPAP when we have power cuts (rural life). In the motorhome I have a fitted LiFePO4 leisure battery. I do not see the Bluetti (or Jackery) as an alternative to fitting an Li in the motorhome. If you do want something like a Jackery I would suggest looking for an alternative with LiFePO4 batteries.

I agree . The Jackory will be down to 80% efficiency after around 600 cycles . Not ideal on a product costing so much .