I am looking for a powerful generator that can run AC, microwave and some other electrical appliances like a dryer. I am going for my road camping trip, so this type of device will be helpful to carry. I had one which I got in the past using jackery promo code, but I don’t know why it is not charging. It can only run one fan and charge some devices but not more than this. They power can only last not more than 2 hours.
You are probably going to want to look at an AC500 with three to four add on batteries.
Depends on HOW you use. i.e. If you want to use all at once you need around 1500W for AC, 1400W for M/wave and a dryer probably another 2000W, that’s about 5kVA. Or, if you use one at a time the max is 2kVA. Then there is the time you use each device to assess kWh of battery capacity.
I use the AC180 for my M/Wave, it handles it great and will use around 12% of battery per frozen meal, so around 6 days worth till flat. A part of your calculation is 1hour 15 min of Aircon will use 2kVA of battery, which is not feasible as you then need to recharge that ideally from solar, which means a very large panel array. Compare this to a 2.2kVA Honda running with the Dryer, it is maxed out with load and will use a lot of petrol to run, which you need to safely carry. Bottom line is only one device at a time and not for very long timewise. Then there is the weight of the power bank and it’s batteries to give you the capacity and that’s before you need recharging capacity. A static install is no problem, but mobile…
First thing to do is work out your total kWh of device use per day. I work on double that in solar to recharge in summer and 4-6 times that in winter. And, that is minimum.
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in addition to what has been said above, if the portability of the station matters more to you than the power and capacity in WH, I recommend looking at the AC240 and the AC200L because on the latter two generators, Bluetti implemented the function that was missing with the AC200P and AC200max and that we already saw in competitors: powerlifting. Indeed, if the AC240 and AC200L are less powerful than an AC500 + expansion battery, the powerlifting function will still allow you to run heavy resistive loads (such as hair dryer, tumble dryer, washing machine when it is in a heating cycle) without too much fear (powerlifting allows you to go up to 3600W)… and if these small stations do not have enough energy, you can always expand them with expansion batteries. the AC240 is more expensive than the AC200L because it is IP65 Water & Dust-resistant.
For powerlifting alone, avoid the AC200P and AC200MAX, even if they’re cheap. As for the AC180, which has powerlifting, I’m afraid it’s not powerful enough for your purposes.