charging my elite 200 v2 right now at an air conditioned laundromat, and I am feeling both sides of the power station.
the side where you plug the charging cable into is blowing out hot air, meanwhile the opposite side seems to be taking in cool air.
is this true?
Power Stations are fitted with thermal reactive fan cooling. How fast the fan spins depends on your charge or discharge rate and environment. In cooler weather at a low charge rate, the fan may not activate, in hot weather and at high charge rate, the fan speed may be at maximum. The same applies when discharging power.
You are correct, it draws air in one side and out at the other, for that reason keep the sides clear of obstruction and avoid dust or other powders nearby that may get drawn in.
It is likely a push-pull cooling system. If a fan is acting as an intake, if you put a piece of paper near the fan it will blow it away. On the opposite side of the blades the paper will be sucked in/stick to the fan. Likewise if the blades are spinning the opposite way, the opposite effect happens. First it sticks, on the opposite end it blows. Most importantly the laws of thermodynamics wins. You are only passively cooling the unit. Whatever the ambient temperature is outside, is what you can cool the unit to inside. Place the unit in vehicle that’s 150 degrees, the fan will only blow as cool as 150 degree air inside the unit.