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I own, like, and use two of the 1000w. I think the Licitti design is great for some people but not for others. I too suggest checking out the older threads, but will point out that since I bought my Licitti's most of the major-brand portable power stations have dropped dramatically in price and...

Rural Florida is actually pretty cheap, and hurricanes much less of a problem if you live even a few miles from the coast. There's not much need to ever heat at all, and plenty of sun to run low-consumption mini-splits for A/C. Build cheap and with storms in mind from the outset, stay away from...

Being older, I can lift and move only so much. The stuff I build myself, I can and do design to be broken down into easy to move modules. Eventually, you'll need to load and unload your power station into a vehicle, or else relocate it into some other odd place. If it's of any size, you'll be...

Ah! In my case the batteries aren't a permanent mount, so the grounds are not shared with the vehicle. The Licittis are set up in the bed of my pickup, and have to quickly and easily come out whenever the truck is used to move large items. I just unplug them from the 12-volt power outlet and...

If I understand what you're saying correctly (and I may not), the problem is that if you connect the Licitti/Licittis (I now have two of them) to draw directly from the vehicle's alternator (unless the alternator is a special heavy-duty unit), it can overheat and destroy the alternator via too...

If you don't need a nice, pretty, tough, and relatively lightweight box/enclosure and absolutely have to have more power, I'd scrap the Licitti entirely and build new from parts. Will the Licitti run your AC fridge? If not I'd definitely build new, as due to physical size issues you'll probably...

Anything the battery, connector, and internal wiring can handle ought to work. I'm never in any hurry and have a cig lighter socket in the bed of my truck, so I just keep it topped off there with a DC to DC charger when traveling. I don't use much power on the road, and this works well for me...

I was stunned to discover they don't make one. It's exactly what I want and need, and I'd have have bought one years ago had it been available. Instead I'm using less-efficient 2000 watt units from other makers amidst a lot of other Victron gear simply because 2000 watt units are what I need...

In my area it clouds up and rains far more often in the afternoon than in the morning. So around here I'm pretty confident that east will do better than west. Your mileage may vary, but it's something I'd investigate.

I just today took delivery on and assembled my third. Two for me, one as a gift for a friend. All are fine to date.

Just bought a second one for myself, my third total counting a gift for a friend. _Love_ these things! Thanks, Licitti!

I bought a couple Li-Time Mini 100's the day they came out, because I'm older and weight matters. In my personal setup, size matters as well. The minis have been cycling as part of my bank ever since then-- and I'm not sure exactly how long ago that was-- without problems. In terms of everyday...

Mine failed consistently with a 40 watt load. For what it's worth, as I said above Bluetti offered me a refund and I turned it down on the basis of convincing them that I was sincere and not just after a "free" replacement product. (Also, after waking up with my health at least slightly damaged...

I have owned four solar generators as of this writing. None of the others have ever gotten even remotely near as hot as my EB3A did after the brief power outage described above, though I noted no smell. It may be that mine is extra-bad somehow or perhaps there's more than one root cause of these...

Not that I'm aware of. My personal early-production EB3A had two initial firmware updates when I first bought it and then none since-- I just checked last week. It may be that other EB3A's are getting them, but my personal unit is not.

I am considering building a project purely for fun. To make it work, I'll need a 1500 (no smaller) to 2000-ish watt 12-volt inverter that's no more than roughly 12" long. It can be up to 12" wide as well, but no more than about 12" on any one side. I cannot make this work, with, say, multiple...

Good luck!

My solution to a very similar problem (I live in Florida) involved buying a 5000 btu 110v window AC to install and cool just a single room for a few days as needed. Those draw very little power, take up little storage space, and for a rare emergency one room may be enough for you. I caught my...

For what it's worth, I think the 1kw Licitti box is a flat-out bargain if you can accept its limitations (like the 10a MPPT Rednecktek cited above). With the larger ones, I'd probably build out my own system from standard parts instead. This is due to cost factors, weight (if you build your own...

For the record, I have many times successfully operated a Frigidaire 5000 BTU window air conditioner on a 700 watt propane-powered generator. It worked quite well for hours on end, though it worked a bit hard when the compressor was cycling. You don't know until you try.

I'm too far to buy, but sorry to hear of your health problems. Best of luck!

The cheapest way that I know of to do this is to buy a 12-volt battery or batteries of whatever size and type you prefer, properly (including fuse) wire a 12-volt cig-lighter type socket to it/them, and then connect your Bluetti to recharge from it via its own cig-lighter charger plug. You can...

Thank you again. No Licitti 2000 for me anytime soon, in that case. I could fit in a prismatic 280ah or so, but basically don't want to go there. It's just not worth the effort and especially the increased fragility.

I made my own version of this about six weeks ago, after an EB3A let me down badly. I also have a Resmed 10, and am using exactly the same Victron charger. However, I bought a 50ah Li Time as my battery and added a small Victron inverter. (I think it's 350 watts.) I added this inverter for two...

The EB3A's are notoriously unreliable in actual use as UPS's. There are whole threads about this (I started two of them) on both this website and Bluetti's own. The short version is, this has failed both me and many others when used as a backup, and make me personally headachy for days.

I note that a lot of solar generators are rated well over 1C, so I was hoping that perhaps a drop in was available that allowed the same. Thanks, though! Much appreciated.

Most budget LiFePO4 100ah batteries are only equipped with BMS's rated for a 100 amp sustained discharge, which is inadequate to power a 2000 watt inverter especially at low charge levels. I'm well aware that in practice you can pull a lot more than 100 amps from most of these batteries for a...

You probably can hook up both of these batteries together because both are basically lead-acid. (Mixing battery chemistries, like for example lead acid and Lithium Iron Phosphate, is however a Bad Idea.) But I wouldn't in this case, because there's more to it than just chemistry. Lead acid...

I already have a small off-grid setup for hobby use at my house with a 1200-watt array, so mostly what I do with the Licitti is to leave it connected to serve as part of my main battery bank via the large Anderson nearly all the time. In practice this bank is almost always either fully or pretty...

Just an update... I'm still happy with mine. I don't use it a ton as a portable power station, but it's still doing me valuable service every single day just sitting there wired in via the Anderson connectors as part of my pre-existing solar battery bank, in a way no "normal" solar generator...

Mine came with a paper manual that I stuffed in a drawer somewhere. I've never looked online, so can't help. I suspect they're a relatively small company and have a lot to learn about marketing, especially overseas marketing. If you're just looking for physical configuration type stuff, there...

I'm reluctant to pass on an e-mail address to a specific person without their permission, but as best I remember I started with the info on this page-- https://www.licitti.com/contact/ If this fails let me know and I'll get more specific. In my case the problem was that it took some days for...

The inverter has its own off/on switch. The red "lever"-type switch is a main shutoff, and the inverter has a push-button.

That all depends on what charger you use, I suppose. A good charger won't overcharge. All the Licitti provides for AC charging is a selection of plugs that you can connect the charger of your choice to.