This is exactly my sinerio. I just bought an Iceco 35, have a Jackery 240 and wondering if a 100 watt panel would be enough for now. Thank you for doing this,
This is the exact video I needed! Thank you so much for doing real world test. I’m about to mount solar on my roof top tent to charge my Jackery. My Jeep isn’t keep up charging Jackery as well right now by itself since it only charges while Jeep is running
Good job, we did it about 2 years ago as well, but it took us 10 hours roundtrip. It was at least a short enough day that we could go back to Bishop and have Mexican food before the restaurant closed.
I found it very annoying not having constant power to the hot trailer wire. When we RVing and boondocking and it's cool enough for the furnace but not wanting to run my little generator, with one RV battery, the furnace only runs until about 5 AM. It would be nice to be able to start the truck with my remote and have power going to the RV battery which needs 10.5 volts for the furnace to run. I can now do something to fix the problem.
Just got at 40L bougerv fridge to run with my 300 wh power bank and 100 w solar. Now I know it’s doable . Thx . Was worried I had to buy another power station.
I have a nuCamp T@G with a Renogy 100W solar system charging the battery (along with shore power if available). Just finished my first year using it. And learning to hate use of a cooler for a week's outing. Bought a JP40! Now figuring out how use of the JP40 affects use of the 12VDC system. It's been a learning curve! Decided to buy an ECOFLOW River 2 Pro power station and 160W panels to supplement use of this fridge when I'm at BLM campgrounds in northern Wisconsin that have no shore power. This is the second excellent YT video that shows testing of the JP40 with a solar-charged power station. Thank you!
Easy to set up and get running when we have power outages. I especially like the dual fuel feature as I don’t need to worry about aging gasoline and keep both on hand. Live in Texas where web had some power outage issues the past couple of winters and this gives me peace of mind for the refrigerator or small appliances as needed.
I have a GoalZero Yeti 500 with running an ARB 50L fridge and I was wondering if I had to get a bigger power source or use this same set up would it work. Thank you for saving me money!
Thanks for the info! I didn't know you could have Power coming IN while Power is going OUT. I've got 2 EcoFlow River Pro's with 720watts, and while using one to power the Fridge, I use a 100 watt Solar Panel to recharge the other one.
Absolutely amazing that baby Jackary is keeping up with the solar input when comparing to the output. One assumes the fridge compressor isn't running all the time which is cool. It really says something about that power bank. It would be interesting to see how long a larger 500 or 1000, not that everybody has access to the larger more expensive unit, but still the run times would be much longer even without solar. Really cool review.
I have a budget but still very good powerstation with about 1200wh from Amazon, i leave it in the car to power my 50l 12v compressor fridge, without recharging i get about 4-7 days if i put the fridge in eco mode and 3-5 days in max mode, it depends on the ambient temperature inside the car. I also have plugged in the powerstation to a 12v car outlet and a 100watt pd charger, so i get about 170-195 watts of charging while driving, 30 minutes of driving the car per day and i can run this thing forever 👍😎👌
With this kinda test it's about math. This 12v fridge and most of them draws a max of 45w when the compressor is running and pretty much 0w when it isn't(LED draws so little it fails to register even 1w sometimes). I have one of these fridges and it only turns on once at most once very hour for 5 about minutes(temp is 2C or 35F). So it's actually on for about 70mins in 24hrs at 45w. That's very little usage. The solar is rated at 100w but even in the best conditions there's so going to be some efficiency lost and gotta take into consideration of other variables like temperature and clouds. On sunny days you're probably averaging 75W for at least 8hrs and 40w or less on cloudy days. As long as the battery can power the fridge overnight you can pretty much power the fridge indefinitely off of a 100w solar panel. Fridge is on for 70mins/24hrs @ 45w vs solar charging and using non-optimal conditions here just to prove a point, 8hrs/24hrs @ 40w. Good test. Even though I already knew the outcome because of the math, it's nice to see it put into actual practice.
I bet that fridge would've run longer on DC. You have loss from the inverter and the step down AC converter on the fridge. That is taking up power. I have both the Jp40 and Jp50. (I have videos on both fridges. That I go way deep in the weeds on.) I haven't ran them on my Bluetti EB200p yet. Other than to see how much power they pull on both modes. My two Iceco's bounce a lot, the wattage. 48-58w on high mode. 28-35w on eco. They are descent units. I'm hoping they last through continuous use. The temps are off on both.
Interesting my last name is Freel and my family's heritage is Irish. At first i was going to ask in the comments if you are in Ireland, then kept hearing lake Tahoe so no.
Is it ok to run the Jackery below 50%? Also, I’m glad you tested with a warm cooler, but wouldn’t it work real time camping to start with a cooler already at the temperature you want with cold food inside? I recently bought another brand cooler and am planning to wrap it in insulation, except for the vents. I put a thermometer inside and I had to really reduce the desired temperature on the display to force it to get to a safe temperature. I don’t know if I would ever have gotten it down to be able to freeze (freezer/cooler). I’ve been looking into the Jackery products and would want to go with the 1000. My sister used her 1000 when she recently lost power in here home. I was thinking to use the unit to power a tiny heater in my horse trailer bedroom rather than the dangerous alternative of propane heaters. Some people object if you run a gas generator all night, lol. So this test was great and gave me a lot to think about.
So!!! Every day I could cook myself a steak, keep my cooler freg at 37 all the while keeping my battery/Jackery up to speed. Wonder how much better the Jackery 1000 or 3000 would be... Im thinking house freg/freezer coffee maker and small cooking plate. Do that test!!! lol.. Thanks for the effort. I think i saw a small attachable sun location indicator that give you the right angle so the kids could adjust while your out hunting meat during the coming world apocalypse. (kidding, well lets hope not)
I got a 12v outlet waterproof outlet from Amazon and run a wire to upfitter 6 and changed the switch to have power any time the switch is on. And that allows you to also run chest refrigerators air compressor and other 12v accessories
