Bluetti AC200 MAX + B230 long term test! Any issues? 24/7 for 7 days under load.

I ran my Bluetti AC200 MAX under load for 7 days straight powering my shop to see if there were any issues that would pop up.
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[@robbystewart8088]

Been running my AC200Max w 2 B230 batteries for 6 months 24/7. Run down to 25%-30% each night and Solar charge to full each day. I over-panel the main solar input to 920W w solar gold 3x450w panels, I also run 2 DC charging enhancers (1 to each B230). I pull between 8kw-10kw each day. Have not a single problem the entire time. Run 2 fridges, 1 big freezer, air fryer, microwave, water pot heater, Wi-Fi, cable modem, fans, TVs, home alarm system, washer, dryer. I save a ton of money on electricity. I utilize the mobile Bluetooth app all the time

[@TKCL]

Nice setup!

[@michaelm.9947]

I was planning on getting this to run my home here in the Philippines with 2 extra B300 batteries. We us 220v power here and the unit will be 220v. Is there a difference in efficiency between the 115v and 240v systems do you think?

[@TKCL]

Shouldn't be, your amperage will be half. But overall wattage should be exactly the same.

[@Zachfitz33]

This was literally my next question… a week ok, but I wanna run it for more like 10s of weeks

[@chrishessey9733]

I have that setup and I love it.

[@leedavis5306]

Great explanation as always. Thanks Bud!

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching

[@hrlee2381]

Outstanding information. Your solar room seems to be filling up fast.

[@TKCL]

Yes it is, I just bought some more equipment for it.

[@rongray4847]

Good information Andrew. You explain things so well, Thank you. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching

[@tenaciousdean]

Solid video man. I’m new to your channel and you answered a ton of questions I’ve been having. Thanks

[@TKCL]

Glad it was helpful

[@GuitarSLV]

Stehe komplett hinter dieser Petition, top Sache. Danke vielmals für euer Einsatz. Habe natürlich auch unterzeichnet und ich hoffe auf viele weitere Unterzeichner, auch wenn die 50k schon geknackt sind. 🎉

[@jeremiahs45]

Good long term review for the bluetti

[@ryanzynda5114]

Awesome review video. Thank you for sharing.

[@TKCL]

Thanks for watching!

[@sharonurschel6753]

Another great review!

[@TKCL]

Thank you for taking the time to watch.

[@James-ke5sx]

Great info. I ordered the 200 max yesterday. Less than 1hr later, one of the worst thunderstorms in my life with a tornado in the distance and the power went off until today. Here in Canada we are having all kinds of problems going wildfires power going off

[@TKCL]

Wow tornados that far north.

[@jimwise6671]

Love your videos especially the variety. My comment: I have exactly the same setup as your video on the Bluetti into transfer switch with adaptor cable. My generator is Anker 767. My exception is instead of a transfer switch, I am going directly into my panel into a double 30amp breaker and interlock installed. All 240-amp circuits will be off. I have not tested this yet but am more confident of my setup after watching your video. Another note: I am not an electrician but have gathered knowledge over my 79 year lifetime. My name is Jim Wise

[@TKCL]

You should be OK as long as you don't try to run 240 volt appliances or have old school multiple wire branch circuits.

[@jimwise6671]

Thanks!

[@Lugoff84]

Great review looking for something for emergency power backup this might be a good option

[@TKCL]

It definitely has the capability to run many things during an outage.

[@teveler]

Good video sir!

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching

[@CrystalParanormally]

Boy that's a lot of power! Seems like it would run much longer then my Jackery. Think I'll check it out a little more! Thanks.

[@TKCL]

It's definitely an upgrade over their smaller units.

[@pampilgrim2274]

Hi, Andrew! Excellent video. My dad would love watching your channel. He passed away in 1996 before all this technology was invented. The weekend is upon us. I will see you and Tiffany Sunday night. Is the hen that was egg bound still ok?

[@TKCL]

She's great, now turned into a broody mother sitting on every egg she can find.

[@pampilgrim2274]

@@TKCL that’s what I figured she would do. See you Sunday.

[@prosperityokechukwu1503]

Hi I love your content. I am so so interested in the over paneling. I wish u can throw more lights. Did u run them in series or in parallel?

[@TKCL]

My panels are in series AND parallel. See this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYrIppaXiNJsY9U

[@joebufford2972]

I love the way you analyze and research. In the late '70s in high school a friend told me I like you cuz you analyze stuff and then I showed him how to install deep cycle batteries in his car so he could run his big speakers and this I'm probably to blame for the deep something noise from the base speakers and I'm sick of it too, sorry 😔

[@TKCL]

I use to own a car stereo shop 😉. I get it

[@James-ke5sx]

I finally got my unit and ordered a battery and believe it or not we had a 2nd power outage. I turned/twisted the cable between the main unit and the battery in a loop so it doesn't stick out on the side so much. I took a photo and sent it to the company and they said it's okay to twist the cable like that. They are out of stock here in Canada and in the US on the AC 200 Max. I looked up the main office in China and they are in the area that is being flooded right now hopefully their office is not underwater. I'm checking out your videos again because I have a lot to learn about this technology.

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching, enjoy that unit.

[@RobertKohut]

Great real use review... :-) I know I'm charged up about it... 🙂

[@TKCL]

There you go! 🤣

[@mikerichard-FOPA3]

I’m Definitely not first but I’m here that’s all that counts. Andrew another great video lots of informative video.

[@5150cash]

🤘🏽 Mike 👊🏽

[@TKCL]

Thank you for watching sir

[@donhinton5553]

Great reviews and information. Been looking pretty hard at the max 200. Just wondering if you had any issues with pass thru charging?

[@TKCL]

Sadly because of the extra charging brick it limits you. That's a big drawback for this unit and the UPS function. Other than that it has a lot going for it.

[@donhinton5553]

Well I was referring to the solar charging like your 24/7 test. Did your solar bring the batteries up to 100% each day while you were running everything in the shop and still power through the night?

[@TKCL]

Most days yes. Depends on the temperature, if the AC runs alot and if it's sunny all day. Too many variables.

[@JustlifeTomSandraYordi]

We have the same combo so far very satisfied with it. We have combined this with 1200 watts of solar panels. We think the app is really a missed opportunity that it cannot be viewed via WiFi

[@TKCL]

Yeah the app could use a little Improvement I agree.

[@tonyshipman257]

I've seen someone coil that cable before plugging it in. It will still stick out, which most of us don't care for. But it will not stick out as much with it coiled.

[@PWoods-cd6tk]

Thanks. I'm in central California and I've had one for about 9 months. I do not regret buying it, but it is not enough for me. Things I would improve would be more AC input, 2000 w PV input, and at least 10 kilowatt hour battery capacity. I've run 1200 watts for the 900-watt input and 400 w for the 500 watt DC charge enhancer and it about 1250 watts during the hours of good sunlight.

[@TKCL]

Keep in mind that if you add batteries you can charge them separately with solar. So theoretically you can get to that 2000 watts you are wanting.

[@PWoods-cd6tk]

@@TKCL at $200 a pop I don't think the DC charge enhancers are worth it. It's almost at the point where I'm going to go to a bigger system or run two small systems.

[@TKCL]

Understand that, I wish those were included.

[@user82938]

Recently learned that the adapter plug you use might not work with people who have Multi-Wire Branch Circuits in their house. In that case, the two legs end up sharing a neutral and can overload it. Might be worth mentioning, because I didn't encounter this information until I had done a lot of other research. I still need to get my breaker box checked to see if I have any MWBC. Could put a damper on my plans to use solar generator with transfer switch.

[@TKCL]

Interesting, those are becoming obsolete but it's definitely worth mentioning now that you bring it up.

[@orozco53204]

Would like to see if it can run a titan 440 airless sprayer for a few hrs

[@MTNmyMAG]

Interesting

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

Since you moved the ice maker into the processing room have you noticed more ice perduction or is it pretty much the same!

[@TKCL]

About the same, I think I'm approaching the max of what they can produce.

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

@@TKCL oh ok was just wondering if being in a cooler room would make more but hey it can really make some ice!

[@webberfan1234]

Seems like a heck of a setup. Any wind or water turbines in the future?

[@TKCL]

I'm considering both in the future after my solar setup is where I want it.

[@billycordery6479]

My unit in my rv, ran from 100% to 22% overnight with nothing pulling from it until 4.30am when I put the gas furnace on (55 degrees F) . It lasted barely 4 hours. 🤔

[@TKCL]

That's not possible, you HAVE something pulling power and need to figure it out. If keeping it plugged into your 30 amp RV plug your RV inverter is wasting power and or sending it to the battery charger and other demand items. You have things running in a camper whether you realize it or not. I lived in one full time for 3 1/2 years.

[@JoePublic717]

Are you buying these units or are the companies sending them to you? Last week you did Ecoflow. What unit do you like better?

[@TKCL]

The resent ones you see me test are given to me to test and give feedback. The one last week vs this one are in different categories for sure. This one is a lot more powerful and upgradable. It really depends on what you plan to run and use it for.

[@jimwise6671]

Part of my battery backup plan is to use a second Powerhouse (Oukitel P 2001) to charge my Anker 767 during blackout. The Anker will not allow an AC charge using the Oukitel, but accepts a DC charge. Anker sent me a second 767 to problem solve. Same result. However, the Anker will charge the other Anker, no problem. The Oukitel is rated at 2000W and is advertised as "Pure sine wave". The Oukitel puts out 110V AC. After much conversation back and force with Oukitel, they agreed to send me another Oukitel after they received my defective unit. I asked that they send me the replacement first, but they wanted me to take all of the risk. Anker sent me replacements twice, trusting me to send the old unit afterwards. Great customer service. Sorry for the long preamble but do you have any thoughts on this? Love everything about your channel and watch it all the time. Something new from you every day! How do you do it ?

[@TKCL]

What are the symptoms when trying to charge from the Oukitel? Does it shut off, does the Anker? Codes?

[@jimwise6671]

@@TKCL The Anker Shows 60V for one second and then clicks and shows 0V input.

[@TKCL]

Sounds like the Anker is the problem, it's either not giving the Oukitel enough time to ramp up or it's pulling more power than the Oukitel can provide and tripping it out. The Anker should have a setting where you can turn down how much power it pulls from the wall. Look on the app and see if it's adjustable, most nicer units offer this feature so you can charge from lower power devices. It might be trying to charge at a full 2400 watts for speed charging.

[@jimwise6671]

@@TKCL Ok thanks, The Anker does have the ability charge at 1440 and less VIA app. It is set at 1440 W now. Another thing I just tried: I plugged the Oukitel into the grid wall socket to simulate pass thru and then tried to charge the Anker. It charged at 1440 W. Could this indicate a problem with the Oukitel's pure sine wave? Anker's PR says that The Anker must have pure sine wave input to charge.

[@TKCL]

I suppose that is possible, but typically battery powered inverters are relatively clean. I would try lowering the wattage for the Ankers charging and try again. It may be too much of an initial surge for the Oukitel to handle.

[@bobtausworthe2671]

They have a unit you can plug in that allows anothe 500W of solar power in so you could pissibly get 100% Solar utilization. I wonder if that and the 2 3000 batteries would be enough to handle your worse case load and get you through the night

[@TKCL]

It would in my case

[@chrish6923]

When you ran out of power. Was the B230 ever able to power back on, on its own once Solar was supplied?

[@TKCL]

After charging resumed it was.

[@chrish6923]

@@TKCL I guess I should have phrased it better. Did it power itself on when Solar charging resumed? Or did you have to manually turn it back on. Not having to babysit the batteries if they run down is something alot of us have wanted out of the Max for a while.

[@TKCL]

Nope sadly that's a huge problem with portable power stations and something us creators keep screaming for. None that I am aware of power themselves back on automatically after charging is resumed. They NEED to have this feature since being presented as off grid solutions.

[@robbystewart8088]

The B300 will turn on and solar charge. The B230 will not.

[@bobtausworthe2671]

Thanks for that info. DIY Solar had mentioned this problem in his review when they first came out but hoped it would be fixed in a sw update. I guess not.

[@stanfromgeorgia3117]

What solar generator do you suggest people buy I know you have done a few but I'm ready to buy one what would you give to me to buy

[@TKCL]

I'd need to know your intended use and what you plan to run. There are many different sizes available.

[@stanfromgeorgia3117]

Small freezer refrigerator small heaters charging power tools batteries etc

[@TKCL]

Heaters will be your enemy, they pull a tremendous amount of power and its steady. I don't recommend running a heater on these types of devices. Freezer and refrigerator, this model should run all night long with charging phones, tool batteries ect. The key is in the event of an power outage, don't let your freezer and refrigerator get hot before plugging them into this. You want the compressor to cycle off and on like normal. Your going to want a model like this at a minimum of 2-3kwh of battery capacity.

[@stanfromgeorgia3117]

I'm a Georgia Redneck low tech but checking out several different ones I kinda lean to ecoflow

[@TKCL]

Email me at [e-mail] and I'll be happy to discuss the options with you, let's nail down your full power needs and desires to make sure you are getting what will make you happy.

[@sun-sea-solar]

Does it record cumulative kwh hours produced. Like the old ac200p

[@TKCL]

I don't remember seeing that function in the menu. That would be nice, that's a feature I pay attention to on my wall inverter.

[@sun-sea-solar]

@@TKCL I think bluetti drop the ball on that one. Because their older ac200p recorded cumulative kwh

[@TKCL]

I can see most people not being concerned about that, but I personally like the data.

[@sun-sea-solar]

@@TKCL I'm a total data nerd.

[@wallaceloper637]

Warranty and will they honor it. just saying

[@TKCL]

No idea, have not had any issues.

[@AdamDeal-KF0PRI]

the loudest thing there is the rooster! lol

[@TKCL]

Especially when I'm talking.

[@OldCritters]

👍💞

[@roarsy]

I had one of these and it failed after 1 month. No more stock of it so I got the Ecoflow Delta Pro instead. The ecoflow definitely suits my needs better but it was quite a bit more money, but so far pretty happy with it. Hope it lasts longer.

[@TKCL]

Sorry to hear that, was your unit covered by warranty? I'd like to hear about resolutions from companies. Where did you buy it from? Thanks!

[@roarsy]

@@TKCL Yea it was disappointing but a blessing in disguise now. It was BMS communication error, It was under warranty and I bought it from a 3rd Party online store here in South Africas called Takealot. They gave me a full refund for the unit and for the B230 battery I bought since I could no longer use it.

[@TKCL]

Thank you for the feedback

[@5150cash]

First

[@TKCL]

Got it!

[@5150cash]

@@TKCL 🤯🤘🏽

[@wklentzman]

If I spend $3,500 that thing better run more than 7 days. I hardly consider this a "long term" test.

[@TKCL]

You want me to run it a year and not get a video out? 7 days is sufficient to tell me if there is any overheating issues, firmware or software problems ect. 7 days is longer than the average person will run one of these. Most get these for camping or to get them through power outages.