@MikeA yes, you need to fully turn off the b230 when not in use. Here’s a little experiment I did to see what the idle discharge was of the B230 units with no loads, but left on…
“Results from a B230 Idle Discharge Test
(ROUND #1)
After using my B230 thru a few cycles paired with my OG AC200, I thought it would be fun to see how the idle discharge compares with my indiegogo AC200 beast.
Ran the test in my office (66*F) by simply powering ON the 100% charged (via wall charger) B230 and turning ON the DC side with no loads connected. (Unit was NOT connected to the AC200 during this test)
B230 took 383.42 hours to completely “discharge” to the point where it would power up, but the DC side wouldn’t turn on.
So out of the 2048 rated watt hour capacity of the B230, this test showed a 5.34 watt per hour idle consumption with DC ON & no loads attached.
Notes: I wanted to be around when unit dropped in percentage, so as you can see after the first few days, I started shutting the unit off daily when I left the office, rather then letting it run overnight… After about 94 hours the unit had dropped from the initial 100% to 20%… I powered off the unit (pressing and holding for 10 seconds) and when I came back in the morning & powered back up the unit, it showed 100% again?!? Not really sure why this happened, but I continued the test, checking in on the unit regularly and noting the percentage drops.
With a Poniie PN2000 “killawatt” meter I recharged the B230 afterwards & the meter showed a steady 420w draw taking 5 Hours 30 Minutes or 2.31kWh to completely charge back up the B230.”
“ Results from a B230 Idle Discharge Test
(ROUND #2)
Ran the test in my office (66*F) by simply powering ON the 100% charged (via wall charger) B230 and turning ON the DC side with no loads connected. (Unit was NOT connected to the AC200 during this test)
B230 took 391.30 hours to completely discharge to the point where it would power up, but the DC side wouldn’t turn on.
So out of the 2048 rated watt hour capacity of the B230, this test showed a 5.23 watt per hour idle consumption with DC ON & no loads attached.
In the 1st test I had turned on/off the unit regularly (averaged 12 hours “on” and then 12 hours “off”) to try and catch when the unit dropped percentage. I had a camera on the unit this time so it ran continuously. 1st Test took 383.42 hours for unit to discharge. Concluding with a 5.34 watt per hour idle consumption.
Conclusion: “Cycling” the unit on/off to try and preserve power resulted in 7.88 hours of less “runtime” (used .11 watts per hour more)
With a Poniie PN2000 “killawatt” meter I recharged the B230 afterwards & the meter showed a steady 420w draw taking 5 Hours 45 Minutes or 2.33kWh to completely charge back up the B230.”