Diesel Heater running from cigarette plug of power bank
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- In this video, we discover that a 5KW diesel heater can run off the cigarette outlet plug of a Bluetti EB3A.
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useful, thx
Lucky it runs on this power station, on many it does not.
Even if you get it to run you can never predict when your 12v fridge comes on and draws another 40 watts tripping the breaker. (In a campervan setup)
I run mine from the inverter with a 240 to 12v 15a adapter but this terribly inefficient. I ordered a small motorcycle battery and a 3A DC to DC battery charger. I hope I can connect all those and the battery will take the startup (and power down) spikes while gradually charging from the DC to DC charger.
There’s another video on my channel showing a battery/charger hookup. I’m not sure that motorcycle battery will have enough in it to startup. I do it with a deep cycle battery and trickle charger.
Nice , now I’m going to have to try it , always thought that the 12v outlet couldn’t handle diesel heaters, from all the videos out there
If you’re using the eb3a, make sure to update the firmware via the app to the latest version. I’m really happy it works now.
@@TheGergeDIY , I just tried it and it works awesome… I can’t believe when on 3.2 hertz the BLUETTI was only using 14 watts .. I also have the BLUETTI AC180 ,now I have to try it with that.. thanks for the information.
@@betto79yeah, barely using any power. I ran it at 2hz and I think it was pulling 1 amp or so and the eb3a estimated a 22hour runtime.
Don't you read the internet? Many of us have been running them off all sorts of batteries. Mine is running as we speak and drawing exactly 19 watts. I have plenty of monitoring software and can see instantly what it is doing. On startup it can go up to 80 watts, but that is about 7 amps, and it only stays there for a very short while.
Mine has has a solar panel that keeps the battery topped up and is switched on and off with Alexa voice control.
Sounds like you have a good setup, glad to hear. Mine pulls just over 100w on startup. When running at 2hz, I'm seeing 10w of draw, which is awesome. I have one upstairs in the garage running on a 12v marine battery that's topped off with solar.
are you using a vevor diesel heater? i haven't found one yet at only 80W. can you give me some advice?
maybe a veeery dumb question. Do the bluetti have 10A limit for each port or in total? for example, if I have a fridge on a 12V output+other stuffs and the heater on the other 12V output, it's 10A in total or per port? :D
I have to say, I don't know if that's 10a max combined, or each plug is 10a. In the manual, it lists them each separately, as well as the USB jacks, with a rating for each, so maybe it is 10a for each one?
10A limit is for all 12v outputs together. NOT 10A each. I know...bummer.
How did you manage to make it works without using the AC to DC converter? You lowered the heater to 2hz?
The speed/output of the heater doesn’t make a difference as to whether or not this works. The startup process is where the most current is drawn. In this case, it’s right on the edge for 10a for a brief moment, but my powerbank handles it. I’ve done it several times successfully.
@@TheGergeDIY I was asking this because you made a video using the AC port to run the diesel heater. I thought you couldn't make it running using the DC port (without tripping the fuse) and somehow found a trick to make it work. But if I understand correctly it could've worked using DC only from the beginning.
@@TheGergeDIY Another question, does it still work if the battery is at less than 50% when starting the heater? Because as the voltage is lower it may need more amps to output the 130~140w necessary for startup if I understand it correctly
@@teiva - yes, you're correct, I did have that issue. I'm not really sure what changed, it may have been a firmware update in the Bluetti EB3A? I am now able to run off the DC side of the Bluetti though, which is awesome 'cause it runs twice as long. I'm also not using the cigarette plug any long, rather one of the DC outlets just below it. It's much more secure.
@@teiva - it does, I've started it below 50%. I think mine is using almost 100w at it's max draw during startup. I do make sure to leave some left over for shutdown, which also draws hard on the battery, but not as long as during startup.