Hello. New user, my elite 100 is expected to arrive shortly. I purchased my unit primarily to use when camped without hookups. But in looking over the manual, I’m intrigued by the grid self adaptation mode. I have a gasoline generator that is faulty and buts out power that swings between 85 and 105 volts.
I’m thinking that I could use the Elite 100 to clean up that power to my home during power failures…what I would do is connect our home (it would be powering either our fridge or sump pump as required) to the elite 100 and then plug the elite into the gas generator. Would my appliances then draw power from the bluettie while the bluetti charges from the gas generator?
If this is correct it would be a great way to extend the Bluetti’s run time. :-)
Its not likely. In order for a generator to be able to charge a Bluetti unit the voltage and frequency need to be within a certain range, ideally 60HZ and 120VAC with no deviation. If the generators values are outside that range then it will not allow it to charge the unit. Turning on grid self adaptation mode allows those ranges to be expanded a little more for fluctuations. So a generator that has trouble maintaining frequency or voltage due to a low quality components etc. just won’t make the cut. That’s why a lot of people say that an inverter generator is best because the voltage and frequency are a function of the inverter itself not related so much to the speed of the engine or a crappy voltage regulator. but buyer beware, a modified sine inverter is also a poor choice for an inverter generator. A pure sine inverter is what you want. You can use a simple non inverter, regular AC generator, but they can be finicky about driving the battery charger for a Bluetti device. If that generator isn’t good enough to run your fridge or especially your sump pump then its not good enough to charge your Bluetti. I personally wouldn’t use a generator with a known problem with my Bluetti.