Lithium Battery for Astrophotography! Jackery Explorer 500 Unboxing & Review
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
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In this video we go over the Jackery 500 Explorer battery. A light lithium battery good for both camping and astrophotography on the field!
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What everyone needs to understand is that these types of all in 1 portable is great for small current usage, and a standard telescope mount uses about 1-2 amps per hour, so a 12volt Lithium LiFePO4 can be 15 amp hour from Amazon for $50 so that battery would last about 7- 14 hours, but normally we also have a CCD camera w/cooler that uses about 3-7 amps + guide camera so that is about 1 amp, so we are at about 4-9 amps and a laptop is 3-8 amps (depends if it fully charged or low) makes it about a total of 7-17 amps, plus focus motors, filter wheel, ect. So we need about 35-75 amp hours for a full night of imaging. This battery is unit is more of a conventance but not rally can do Astrophotography all night, this as you found out can't do that and even the 1000 watt hours would be better but at what cost. I took 6 of those 15 amp 12volt Lithium LiFePO4 batteries to give me about 80-90 amps for $300 + a case and wiring other parts much less than $500 and will last many nights. But it's for a DIY person, but these 12volt Lithium LiFePO4 batteries are the future over AGM & Lead Acid batteries (way too heavy and when does not like being discharged 50%-60% will kill those types of batteries where LiFePO4 can be discharged 100% over and over to about 1000 times and still recharge to 75%. So I hope to give context that these all in 1 are great for light current needs but not really without paying $1000. Christopher
Good call. I switched to LifePo4 and so good. LioN are no good for astro and all night imaging. Temperature affects the levels too.
What surprised me is that the one I used in the video only used 53% power when ran all night long on mount + cooled mono/EFW + EAF 🤔
Longevity of LioN is less than LifePo4
What works best for All night imaging in Winter weather?
Thanks for posting this...was looking at different options and your review of the Jackery 1000 was very helpful!
Nice review. I would get one but they’re pretty expensive lol
perfect timing! Ive been using a harbor freight jump box kind of like what you guys started out with. Have been looking to upgrade
On sale for 349.99 direct from Jackery until 4/25/2024.
Looks like a great solution for astrophotographers who want to image in more remote locations, and would prefer to use a CMOS/CCD camera instead of a DSLR/Mirrorless camera. 🖒🖒 However, given the prices I saw on their website, these things better be able to cook & serve breakfast too! lol 😉😆
Great solution and technology, but the price is too high. There are many other good solution for much cheaper. This not a budget purchase. Great job on the review.
would you mind speaking about the more budget friendly options? i'm a beginner who is interested in going to some star parties but would like to take laptop for guiding which will need some power. eventually will replace with mini pc such as asi air pro or stellarmate which should need less power
I couldn’t find an affordable option that had enough Amp hours. The only off the shelf options I see are similar to this Jackery deal and too much $. The off brand ones aren’t cheap enough to gamble on in my opinion. I ended up with a 100ah lead deep cycle and a diy power distribution box. It was a huge hassle but I have less than $200 into it and it powers everything all night, just barely.
@@spookydonkey2195 ahh ok thanks. i may just have to skip remote location star parties then. much easier in the backyard
Thanks, I was looking at other brands before Jackery contacted us and most lithium batteries were around the same price :/ Deep Cycle batteries on the other hand are cheaper indeed
I have the 250w version. Love it.
Love your videos, but is not your best review... You should have mentioned, that LiPo Batteries have much less capacity, when used in the cold. Also, a quick calculation of the power requirements should have been made. Otherwise, keep up the good work!
Awesome, detailed review
Great review! The solarpanel is very convenient.
Thank you! Yes pretty awesome to have these :D
Great Review 👌 thanks
Great review!
Thanks!
Can i ask how do you run a power lead up to the asi air using the jackory. many thanks richard
I've got the same battery. I can power my CGX, camera cooler, dew heaters and a raspberry pi for a full night night. Thankful I can run it all off DC!
Nice, I wish the MyT could run through DC ☠️
@@GalacticHunter Trade? 😉
@@GalacticHunter I think SB has a converter that will jump 12v up to 48v that the Paramount uses but it relies on eGO equipment batteries. Or you can get a 12v to 48v step up converter for < $50 if you want a DIY solution.
I bought 3 of them and the solar panel. Most of my stuff is DC, so I need 3 outlets.
For average workout these seem fine.
The price point of course still makes the SLA's more friendly if annoyingly heavy of course. The recharging is something people also need to be aware of, as many of these packs limit the charge volt/amp and can take 8-12hrs to charge so that the solar panels they offer are actually not enough unless you get full sunlight (watched a video comparison of several where recharge rates were compared).
For those who have $$$ to spend they are definitely worth considering for the convenience.
Still remember the best advice is to run the mount off a seperate power source from all other accessories as it will tend to run the least power consumption while simply tracking. Let this pack run all the 'hot' accessories and it should do just fine.
For a general review of lithium packs I suggest Will Prouse's youtube video which is quite informative.
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How many amps can the Jackery 500 give - is it safe to assume that '500' refers to the WH, and therefore will provide about 40 amps @ 12 volts? Thanks
great review, i'm actually looking for a power-solution for my eq6-r after a 17ah jumpstarter is not reliable enough after a cold winter
do you really use mac to autoguide and take your images? which software is out there? i always thought, guiding is windows-only and thought i'll have to buy a cheap/powerful enough windows-laptop for autoguiding...
PHD2 works fine on the Mac! Although now we have no choice but to use Bootcamp on our Mac so that we can use Windows because our main acquisition software is SGP
noice video guys
I have a QHY294, focuser, filter wheel, EQ6 mount and a mini PC to run it all. Does this have enough power to run all night? Should I get the 500 or the 1000?
SInce you also have a mini PC I would suggest going with the 1000 to be sure it does last all night
@@GalacticHunter ended up getting a Bluetti EB70s. Has 800w. Hope you enjoy the new dog
Eq5 goto?
I live in Japan where Jackery sells a 700Wh version instead of the 500. Do you think these batteries could power the Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro? It's pretty power hungry, but uses DC power.
The EQ6-R Pro is very similar to our Atlas EQ-G, so yes definitely all night I would say
previens moi le jour ou il est dispo en france avec les prises 220 v ! :)
250USD and over $800 AUD here in Australia...given that the US value is around AUD $340 on currency conversion, one has to ask why the extra $500 added onto the price for locals here...
it's typically of how we get screwed as Australians by price gouging from distributors and retailers...
with such price gouging, it's a NO from me.
Actually, the US model of Explorer 500 is $499 dollars. The 240 Explorer model is $199.
@@Gunalizer still a massive rip off.
@@davepastern I agree. It would be better in that situation to build your own battery box.
@@Gunalizer that's an option, but not everyone is capable of doing so, including myself :-/
Awesome video can i connect a eq6-r
Yes that mount is pretty much the same as our atlas
@@GalacticHunter Thanks!
Pourquoi tu ne fais plus de vidéo en français ?
Vraiment impossible d'en faire en 2 langues si je veux etre régulier :/
Too expensive. Looks nice though. The solar panels are too expensive as well.
g`day its only 24 ah (amp hour)thats why it won't last using the ac outlet that duracell deep cycle battery looks like its 200 to 350 ah ... you have to add up all the amps DC your systems are drawing per hour mount 2 to 5 amps per hour dew heaters 1 to 2 amps per hour over 2 hours = 14 amps at maximum usage to decide on the power you will need (batt size)and to buy... if you run a inverter yes the power skyrockets ..its best to have a big safety margins to make sure you have enough power for all your equipment and to future proof for new gear .eg 2amp dew heater used for 10 hour =20 ah
cheers
james D
No, it's 518Wh. 518Wh/12V = 43Ah
@@daenu i think you will find thats the larger 1000 model not the 500 model been tested
Nice but pricey! No thanks.
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