Hello everyone.
I recently purchased a Bluetti Elite 100 V2 power station, and I’ve run into an issue with it. Out of all the appliances in my home, it cannot start my refrigerator. The compressor tries to start, but it never actually kicks in.
What’s confusing is that I also own a EcoFlow River 2 Pro, and with that unit the refrigerator compressor starts without any problems.
This is despite the fact that the EcoFlow River 2 Pro is rated at 1000 W continuous / 1600 W boost, while the Bluetti Elite 100 V2 is rated at 1800 W continuous / 2700 W boost.
This makes me suspect that the issue might be software-related, or possibly related to the output waveform. I’m starting to wonder whether the Bluetti outputs a modified/approximated sine wave, similar to cheaper power stations. This suspicion comes from the fact that the Bluetti manual does not clearly state the AC output waveform, unlike EcoFlow, which explicitly mentions pure sine wave output.
The firmware is fully up to date — I updated it immediately after purchase.
Has anyone else experienced a similar issue with Bluetti units or this model specifically?
P.S. Refrigerator model: Grunhelm GRW-185DD
