Anker SOLIX F3800 PLUS 6,000W 3.84kWh Portable Power Station + 440W Rigid Solar Panels

I am very pleased with the tanker 3800. It is one of the best charging systems I’ve ever seen.

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Works as expected

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So far, I have only used this one time, just to see how long I could go without utility power and rely on this inverter power supply. If I’m to believe the display, I would get about 8 hours of power while using only a couple of outlets with LED lamps and my refrigerator. If I need to run my natural gas furnace, that total time of supplied power drops to only 4 hours. I’m not running any large appliances (other than the refrigerator). I thought that this device would be a bit more reliable for longer term outages (like several days). I hope to be able to get at least one solar panel soon and also a second battery so that I can extend the available power in case of a days-long outage at my house. While this is, in my opinion, a better choice than a generator (I have a large generator already) because it doesn’t suck down gallons of gasoline (currently at $4.19 a gallon here in NE Ohio) and therefore spares me trips to the gas station in a bad winter storm. Battery inverters are the way to go… I just thought that this would last longer than 8 hours with only a refrigerator and a couple of table lamps as the load. Oh well.
Another slightly annoying thing is that I thought that this could be recharged using a generator but as it turns out, it needs to be a PURE SINE WAVE generator, not a “construction site” type generator so now I need to either get a pure sine wave generator (~$500.00) OR the solar panel (~$700.00). And the idea of recharging from a vehicle is really not clear to me. Do I use my truck cigarette lighter? Do I need a special cable? Why wasn’t one included?
I purchased a smaller Anker Solix battery inverter about a year ago. I don’t recall the model number but it’s about the size of a picnic cooler. That’s a neat little unit and it also provides about 6 to 8 hours of light if I use an LED table lamp as a load. Since it doesn’t have the 220v outlet, the small inverter couldn’t be used with my transfer switch in my basement. It’s still a great little emergency power source and since it’s much smaller than the F3800, it tucks away in a closet until it’s needed. I just wanted something that would connect to my transfer switch (220vac) and be able to then run a few circuits AND the furnace. I’m set up as long as the power isn’t out longer that 4 hours.

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I have had a portable generator and manual transfer switch for home backup ever since Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island years ago and while it has served well during several short term power outages, the amount of gasoline needed to keep it running was always a concern, not to mention how much electricity is created and not used. When I came across this power station and saw that it could be recharged by a portable generator while the transfer switch remained energized I was immediately interested, and after some research decided that it was exactly what I have been looking for. I can run my backed up circuits for +/- 7 hours while only running the generator for +/- 1, greatly extending how long I can go without grid power. I added an expansion battery which pretty much guaranteed that I can go all through the night on a full charge and not have to listen to the generator running. Very, VERY happy with this product

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This was very easy to set up and use and we'll be pairing it with my F3800. I have ordered the 10 position transfer switch and we'll be pairing them up. I have also ordered 8 of the Solix Solar panels and once I get the system up and running I will be buying accessory batteries for the system and hope to be using solar power every day.

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