PowerOak EB240 2400Wh power station | let's look inside a little

[@degu44]

It is an amazon Prime sale day today. I have had my original PowerOak EB240 for nearly 2 years and bought a second one in the Prime sale today, for £559 !! works out around 23p per watt. Only thing I don't like is the power levels are shown in 20% segments. I would prefer a more accurate digital display. This is a great video and was one of the videos that helped me decide to buy myoriginal EB240, thank you.

[@CharlieStyr]

Just picked one of these up myself - definitely a good price even if the units are a bit older and degraded somewhat. The cell manufacturer DMEGC are quite responsive, so you could check the batch code with them (the 10 characters after 00UCEFA) I can only see 21108A1 in your video... so you might have to open it again. Could then see how old the cells really are. Not sure I want to open mine! :P

[@battonfive]

Pretty good for the money for 2.5kw capacity, my ebike battery is a 48v33ah for about 1.5kw capacity, weighing it at about 8kg. That one cost £550 from germany a few years back where you save a bit of weight not having an inverter and displays and bits in there. It would be a hard call ibetween getting two of the ebike batteries and hooking them up to an inverter or getting one of these power banks. Id be tempted to make a big array after buying some deep cycle cells, perhaps 3d print some cradles for the cells and solder up some bms boards to them. Cheers for the look inside, its a meaty handy beasty 🙂

[@baneverything5580]

You can buy a 3.8 kwh 300ah LiFeP04 battery for 1000 dollars US. Rated at 4000 charge cycles to 80-90% remaining capacity.

[@crimmeyd00d47]

I bought even cheaper than you advertised, a month ago. £1099 plus 'welcome' code = £1019. Stunning value.

[@TigranAivazian]

Now it is £900, but I still think it is too expensive.

[@uptowndisco2]

now it is £799 I wonder if it will get any cheaper lol@@TigranAivazian

[@tgill3436]

Hi , luv your videos they are very entertaining , your commentary is always really funny 🤣 ... I have the Poweroak eb 1500 on my Narrowboat and it has performed faultlessly for 1 year now ... My only criticism would be that if the charging input socket breaks then it's game over (unless you can take it apart and fix) , it's just a bit 'flimsy' .

[@ZiggZagg11]

I have one... I use it to charge my Ebike battery... Then proceed to charge the Bluetti from solar panels for a couple of days... 😎 Dry camping in the desert 🏜

[@HostileHST]

Using the little math I know, I'd say 228 cells in total based on 2900mA for each cell, assuming that is what the 29E at the end of each cell says. 3.6Vx2.9=10.44x228=2400wh. Purely guessing, but think that is right after realizing it had 12 cells in a pack to correct my math, thus the edit :)

[@J.D_7]

Hallooooooooooooooooo from Edinburgh. Just bought one a few hours ago for £999 delivered. Christmas sale up until 28th December (MaxOak). It's just for cover if we start getting time slots in the UK for blackouts to protect the national grid. I did consider the BLUETTI AC200P but it's £700 more for less capacity although more lifecycles and a larger inverter but it would just be for fridge, modem, PC, monitor and a lamp or two which will be fine for 1000W. For £999, I think I've made a good choice.

[@J.D_7]

I was a bit sketchy with there being three companies (Bluetti, Poweroak, Maxoak) but seems they are all tied. I think Bluetti site sells latest & greatest and others are for legacy and for where they distribute. I wish you and yours a nice holiday season.

[@brentsmith5647]

Brilliant man 👍😎❤️

[@ianhaggart1438]

Looks like a tupperwear special 😆 nice spec though. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@brentsmith5647]

Brilliant video thank you 😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jasonsmith9379]

Hello David love the vids started watching for the heaters some brilliant info thanks I am looking for a solar generator have a budget of £800 in your opinion which is the best I know there’s loads out there and it’s a bit of a mind field Thanks in advance

[@DavidMcLuckie]

That is an excellent question. Lot's of factors to consider. Might need it's own video.

[@jasonsmith9379]

@@DavidMcLuckie that would be brilliant I know they all have pros and cons but I think you would give a very honest opinion

[@ayalita1997]

Do you know if it has the automatic transfer function from the AC network, to be used as a UPS?

[@smithtv1110]

What I really don't like about the EB240 is that it takes quite awhile for charge it.

[@DavidMcLuckie]

I think with the 200W charger it takes about 12 hours. You would think if it can take 600W input they would ship it with something that can give it 600W input.

[@baneverything5580]

@@DavidMcLuckie The 20 amp plug in LiFeP04 12v battery charger I bought cost well over 100 US and I got the cheap one. Makes no sense. The higher amp ones cost more than 100 ah batteries. I got it to be able to use my 12v 300 ah battery with a 2000 watt inverter for power outages until I can get the rest of the panels and parts needed to get over 600 watts solar into it during Summer to power a tiny window air conditioner. Joe Biden is killing us here. Hopefully I can save enough money to afford meat by using this setup in the future. I had to have off grid power because of hurricanes and other storms. Can`t imagine trying to put fuel in a gas generator for two weeks 24/7. Impossible actually in my situation. Costs about a dollar per hour minimum.

[@jw3843]

This unit is no longer being sold by Bluetti, not sure about the other names that make it, maxoak in america, this is the first time i have heard of power oak. Rich solar also sold one with their name on it, but they went down in price due to the fact they are no longer making them. I bought the 1500 wh version and my brother has this one over 2 years ago. the inverter is not the best and obviously has older tech for the usbs. still a good unit and great for the value. i believe the inverter is either rated at 1000 or 1200 watts. may not be enough if you want to use an induction cook top.

[@J.D_7]

With Echoflow Delta's and other models for around this price, you will get a larger inverter but it's usualy at around 50% less battery capacity so it kind of defeats the purpose for my needs. I'm going to buy a 900w kettle and possibly a 800w hotplate but I have a camping stove and a lot of gas already. As long as I can power a few entertainment devices in a blackout then I'm all good. It's quite strange that after two years, this is still the best capacity for the price although heavy appliances are out of the question. Those who need this will have to pay around £1700+ to have close to the EB 240 capacity with a more powerful inverter. I just got my EB 240 a few hours ago for £999. Even with the newer models, you'd be paying £1700+ and would only be able to run a 1500w device for less than 2 hours.

[@J.D_7]

I think Bluetti sells the latest and greatest but the other companies (I bought my EB 240 from Maxoak) I think sell legacy models. Possibly different names for where they distribute to also. I did think it was a bit sketchy at first but they seem to all be tied to one another.

[@skymaster337]

Hello! Great video, thank you. Can you power a wet pump 1000w?(in water)

[@J.D_7]

If that surges, it could possibly power off the unit and if it doesn't, you'll get about 2 hours use out of a full charge as you never get the full wattage hours.

[@jobbingactor]

Should start a price war. Good. We can expect a race to the bottom.

[@magicmavis]

I bought one of these in December last year. It doesn’t seem to have affected prices too much so far. It has been absolutely excellent for me though.

[@karlmabe1649]

@@magicmavis same here was a God send for wife's hair dryer

[@DavidMcLuckie]

Hopefully that's what happens. More competition, more LFP production would be nice.

[@nsrnsr1987]

You should plug a extension strip in so the plugs are at the front

[@DavidMcLuckie]

You see. It's comments like this. That now I'm sitting here questioning how dumb I actually am. :)

[@nsrnsr1987]

@@DavidMcLuckie haha love it keep the videos going uve helped me understand diesel heaters and now looking at buying one for my shed

[@J.D_7]

@@DavidMcLuckie 😂 Some lad.

[@icamtoseeyou2574]

In all honesty that brick charger is quite huge and bulky. I do wonder how much dpace that charger is going to need in an RV.

[@davehimlin2374]

have you u sed this alot and how has it held up ? ty

[@raymondj8768]

Morning Dude why dident they use 26650 ya think ?????

[@DavidMcLuckie]

It's usually money. :)

[@SimonCoates]

Shame they didn't add Bluetooth for control and to check state of charge.

[@dawid1384]

I bought EB240 for 3 989 PLN (~774 GBP) :D

[@jw3843]

I also bought an ac to dc charger that puts out 500 watts to recharge mine at 2 times the speed for 50 dollars. you just have to make your own cords to attach to it to make it work. you can watch a 2 or so year old video of hobotechs to find out what i bought. much cheaper than the ones the company sells at 150 to 200 USD.

[@J.D_7]

Wouldn't that possibly lessen life cycles? I'll check Hobotechs video (I've already watched a few days ago) and see what the price is and what I need if I go ahead.

[@jw3843]

@@J.D_7 It can lessen the life cycles if charge at 500 watts all the time but it is rated at 500 max charge so it should not do that, but you can also set it to lower charging if you want. the max it puts out is 500 watts but you can set it below 100 watts up to 500 if you want. but bluetti did make a dc booster that works with the old models to charge at faster speeds, it just costs 200 dollars.

[@twocvbloke]

So what's the weight of it? I don't think you said... :P

[@krimke881]

At about 6.00 he screams 20kg monster 😅

[@magicmavis]

It’s even more than he says. More like 22-23kg!

[@PaulAlford75]

I do enjoy my buttons to have an air of mystery about them. Consistent functions are so dull.

[@chupo4putin]

300 and then some

[@baneverything5580]

I`m glad now that this cheap scam company rejected my purchase of a used one of these for 500 bucks. Bluetti is an evil ripoff company. Their EB70 is one of the most inefficient piles of garbage I`ve ever used. My 300 watt Golabs power station runs my WIFI for over two days...the EB70 less than 24 hours. My 500 watt Rockpals runs my dorm fridge for at least 30 hours...and the "higher capacity" Bluetti can`t run it 20 hours. These power stations in the video are infamous for their high failure rate. I got lucky.

[@canek350]

Ох и разобрал..

[@Lordlindef]

Not Worth the money. Damage elektik VW golf have power. And hybrid inverter at lower prices and 10kw minimum