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Have you considered the Bluetti EB150? $1170 at Amazon, more battery and solar input than Jackery 1000.

Have you looked at MillerTech? I have one of the economy versions that has worked well.

This Windy Nation slim panel comes in at about half the weight of most. Might be worth a look.

The ebook is available from another source from his book page.

My fridge label was pretty meaningless in calculating the load. A watt meter will help you figure out how much power it uses to startup and run.

HQST 100 Watt 12 Volt Monocrystalline Solar Panel x 3 HQST 100 Watt 12 Volt Polycrystalline Solar Panel x 3 HQST 150 Watt 12 Volt Polycrystalline Solar Panel x 2

The AC200 Max (August) will have battery inlets. But only for their battery packs I’m sure.

From the Bluetti Facebook group for those interested. Supposed to be available in August.

My AC200P won't charge from solar now also, but possibly my fault. I had 2 100w panels in series getting 130w so I was disconnecting them to connect each one separately to see if one was underperforming. I left the AC200 cables plugged in while disconnecting one of the panel cables to isolate...

I have a neighbor that is interested in adding battery storage to his grid-tied system (Solar Edge HD wave). Is there an opportunity for DIY in this setup or does he have to go with a solar company?

I asked them the same question, their response:

My bad, typo. Fixed.

I don't believe EcoFlow has officially stated their business reasons. If people weren't buying NMC then I guess they would move the whole production line to LiFePO4? They obviously use LifFePO4 for the Delta Pro so they must use it where they think it's appropriate. Possibly a moot point and...

Agreed. That's what I was meant by getting the exact components you want. I get to choose a possibly different inverter and battery capacity than I would be able to get from a power station. That's a bonus for sure but I'm not sure that will outweigh the cost difference for my simple needs.

Thanks! Might be too fancy for my use :-) I do have a Giandel inverter but I'm mainly intending on using the batteries to add capacity to my portable power stations in grid outages. So I should be charging very infrequently. And I'd like to charge quickly from a generator at that time. So far...

Thanks so much, looks good. I still need to check the house and see if we need 4 or 6 circuits for critical load. Our refrigerator is currently on a 20A circuit breaker. Is that a problem with the 15A circuit breaker in the manual transfer switch? Should the breaker in the main panel be...

Excellent point. The HQST 100w poly VOC is 21.4, 64.2 for 3 in series. The 100w mono VOC is 21.3, 63.9 for 3. I see that weight may be an issue for the OP. Perhaps some flexible panels would be better?

I have a pretty good handle on how much power I need for continuous use. But I've seen it suggested to save battery by cycling the refrigerator on/off. This sounds like a great idea, not sure what the best schedule is. Hour on, hour off? 15 minutes on every hour? A programmable interval timer...

Okay, I think I got it. 160 for the 4 AWG in the table exceeds my calculated 143.75a.

Correct

Same as the AC200P I believe.

I’d love to know also. We have a 3 story townhouse with a balcony on the second floor that catches sunlight overhead and to the west for about 3.5 hours. A solar panel awning would be very nice.

I saw early bird $1699, and extra battery $1199 from somebody in the group.

Thanks @Bob142!

One big difference to me is time to recharge from solar: ~3 hours at max 200w for Bluetti 9.5 hours at max 100w for Jackery

@snoobler could the AC200P be charged via the DC input in solar panel mode from a 48v battery? More generally, could any portable power station be charged via its SCC input with a battery of appropriate voltage?

Does anybody have experience or know of anyone who has used Alrska panels? They are on Amazon also but no reviews yet. They are a good wattage and size for my use case so I'm considering them.

How much is it using on startup and running?

Does that mean if you overgauge your wire you don't need a fuse?

This is the cart Tre Nt linked to in his post in the DELTA Series group. Of course @Will Prowse just covered his suggested Delta Pro rack here.