Let’s find out if a small power station or solar generator setup can save you money on your electric bill!
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This solar setup relies heavily on 2 overlooked features available in some EcoFlow power stations, such as the EcoFlow Delta 3 Plus: TOU (Time-of-Use) mode and Self-powered mode. (Two other EcoFlow power stations I own, the River 2 and River 3, have a variation of these features called “Energy management” and “Backup reserve” respectively.)
Using a solar generator setup to lower your electric bill doesn’t seem to be a popular use case, but I figured I’d give it a shot since power stations and solar generators are oftentimes sitting around collecting dust when they’re not being used for backup power or power on-the-go. And EcoFlow does market their TOU and Self-powered modes as being good for this sort of thing, after all.
The appliances I powered weren’t optimal in terms of energy usage. Some of you may be able to use a setup like this to run appliances that use 2-3x the energy on a daily basis, and therefore offset with solar — or shift the pricing period of — 2-3x the energy that I was able to. If you’re doing this sort of thing with your power station / solar generator, I’d be curious to hear what sort of savings you’re seeing!
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