SparkyGage
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THIS WAS JUST AN EXPERIMENT AND I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN EMERGENCY.
(and if you saw this in the Cold Temperature Systems subforum, yes this is the same thread - sorry)
Just a quick real world experiment. I purchased an Ecoflow River 2 Pro last summer for some portable power for tools, overnight power on my sailboat and as emergency power along with my generator. Last week we had a rare (for Arkansas) week of sub freezing temps. I decided to see "if" and how long I could run my living room pellet stove off of it.
The overall result is that I was able to run the stove for 1.5hrs to a 15% discharge with "aggressive" setting of the thermostat. After 1.5 hours my room was holding temperature enough that I didn't want keep testing. So basically 10% per hour or a theoretical 8 hours down to 20% reserve.
Misc items of note:
- The outside temps for this whole test were done with outside temps in the 20s. The overnight temps had been in single digits.
- I kept the central heat turned off while testing, so while it was running, it was the sole heat source for the house.
- The meter on the Ecoflow reported that stove used roughly 500wt while igniting the pellets, then drops to about 200wt on the initial high fan run then down to 100wt for the low fan run.
- Having my thermostat set a bit higher than I normally do, it ran more over this 1.5hrs than it would in normal use. '
- My cold natured wife wasn't unhappy about a warmer room for a while either - happy wife, happy life.
- My Aladdin Pellet Stove was manufactured September 1999 according to the sticker on it.
If I get a video thrown together for the facetubes, I'll post a link. I would like to try this again when I get it setup with a panel arraigned to where I can charge it and use it at the same time. This side of my house is intended to eventually be on a fully off grid circuit, but in the mean time this is giving me a quick and dirty(clean?) option in a pinch.
(and if you saw this in the Cold Temperature Systems subforum, yes this is the same thread - sorry)
Just a quick real world experiment. I purchased an Ecoflow River 2 Pro last summer for some portable power for tools, overnight power on my sailboat and as emergency power along with my generator. Last week we had a rare (for Arkansas) week of sub freezing temps. I decided to see "if" and how long I could run my living room pellet stove off of it.
The overall result is that I was able to run the stove for 1.5hrs to a 15% discharge with "aggressive" setting of the thermostat. After 1.5 hours my room was holding temperature enough that I didn't want keep testing. So basically 10% per hour or a theoretical 8 hours down to 20% reserve.
Misc items of note:
- The outside temps for this whole test were done with outside temps in the 20s. The overnight temps had been in single digits.
- I kept the central heat turned off while testing, so while it was running, it was the sole heat source for the house.
- The meter on the Ecoflow reported that stove used roughly 500wt while igniting the pellets, then drops to about 200wt on the initial high fan run then down to 100wt for the low fan run.
- Having my thermostat set a bit higher than I normally do, it ran more over this 1.5hrs than it would in normal use. '
- My cold natured wife wasn't unhappy about a warmer room for a while either - happy wife, happy life.
- My Aladdin Pellet Stove was manufactured September 1999 according to the sticker on it.
If I get a video thrown together for the facetubes, I'll post a link. I would like to try this again when I get it setup with a panel arraigned to where I can charge it and use it at the same time. This side of my house is intended to eventually be on a fully off grid circuit, but in the mean time this is giving me a quick and dirty(clean?) option in a pinch.