Will my Jackery Portable Power Station keep my Dometic Fridge alive?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2020
- First look at my Jackery 500 w portable power station.
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Man! I knew this was probably the system I was going to run, but you really filled in the blanks for me! Thank you for the great video!
awesome job Mike! This is the simple, straightforward, no bs, no pushy product or membership, answers the freaking ONE question we all want to know, type content that we need more of.
Keep up the great work.
None of the other videos talk about battery life. Agreed, so appreciative of this review.
Awesome thank you for sharing this. Been looking at that and the fridge for when I pick up my hiker trailer.
Thank you…just the information I was looking for. My Jackery came today and I’m so excited!! Carol from Arizona 🌵✌🏼
Thank you! Its tough to find this type straight forward frig to power source timeline. I can now buy the 1000w.
this was so so helpful! thank you so much. i’m looking into both these products and this is the exact video i was looking for!
Great video and very helpful to those that want to see if this can work! I too tried a similar experiment using my smaller Blueitti 350w power station with my Engel MRO40F and it worked flawlessly as well! Thanks for sharing your insight and thoughts on this type of set-up!
Thats awesome! it would get you thru a weekend camping trip with one charge! great vid
I cannot thank you enough for this truly practical video! I've been wondering ( and a bit concerned) whether my jackery would be able to keep my compressor fridge going for a decent length of time. Looks like it can! This is a fantastic demonstration!
Just what I was looking for! Thanks! Also, note that you had the fridge mostly empty. The more full a fridge/cooler is, the more efficient it's going to be.
The exact video I've been looking for. Good job man.
This was excellent. Exactly what I needed to know! Thank you!
Yes me also! Everywhere else said it would only last 8 hours unless you had the solar panel..
Thank you for doing this...just what I was wanting to know...
Nice job....intresting. I just bought a 500 and was interested in just this scenario. The best point was it was opened several times during the test. Thanks again
Thank you for making this video. I was looking for this info!
Great work as always Matt. Just remember that environment will also dictate power usage. Using in cold weather vs summer time, the compressor will run harder to cool. My Yeti will hold ice for nearly a week in winter. Two days in summer.
This helped a lot. Thank you for doing this
This will be perfect for my trip to Colorado in my new JL!
This was great. I am looking to do the same in our van.
In Australia we don’t have the jackery. But I use a dometic plb40 in the exact same way and alternate between the car and permanent 100w Renogy solar on my ute.
Thanks for this video. This is exactly for my intended use. You have answered my question.
Glad it was helpful!
Very impressive! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome review and setup for it.
Awesome review! Thanks for the review!
Finally found a video that answers my question. Thanks buddy !
Glad I could help!
I power the fridge fully stocked w food for 8hrs at home and use my tacoma's 110 power outlet in the truck bed until I get to my campsite. I can get 37hrs of run time on a jackery 300 pw station. You can also power the fridge off at night and the food will stay pretty close to the last temp for about 8 hrs or so (i keep my fridge in the bed of my truck away from the sunlight and in a insulated cover). I imagine that using the 100w solar panel to recharge during the day would allow me to run this 24-7 for as long as I want to.
Thank you very much this is just what I needed to know :)
Nice video. Just wanted to mention that pre-chilling the frig and adding cold food will change the results most likely adding hours. And ambient temperature is a huge factor.
Ok that's more power than you need most want to be able to leave the vehicle for a day trip.
Thank you so much, this was incredibly helpful! My Norcold fridge in my RV van is dying. I don't want to pay 2k for a replacement and on-board solar so I'm looking at a less expensive alternative.
Nice review! Thanks and subscribed.
I just got a Jackery 500 and 60w Solar Saga solar panels just in cast the SHTF .
Perfect. Now I just need a AC unit for my 4runner when camping.
Very informative thank you.
This was great Matt thank you this solves my issues of keeping my medication cool now I’m imagining what I can with the 1000 model that just came out. Appreciate it✌️😎
Pete Eastman testing the 1000 now. Video next week.
@@MWDAdventures Just got mine and two solar panels. Love to know how its working for you
Crucible the 1000 is awesome. I have been testing it for two weeks now. Hope to have the video out soon.
Ditto other's comments. Find out exactly what I needed to know.
Very useful review. I’ve been thinking about the jackery 500 for just this purpose to keep my 12 v fridge going for a few days without relying on my car battery. Thanks 😃
but isn't he plugging the jackery into his car cig lighter aka relying on the car battery to charge the jackery?
He’s only charging it to full then it kept the fridge cold for 60 hours...he could charge it at home first if he wanted or also use solar panels or the car charger
Straight to the point 👍
Good vdeo mate, great info
Actually really impressed how long that kept a charge, I'm planning on getting a 1000w Jackery with the same fridge for a tahoe camper conversion. Should be plenty, thanks for the video!
Glad you enjoyed the video. This has been a great set up for us. We have not run into any issues as long as we run our truck every couple days to recharge the Jackery.
@@MWDAdventures really impressed with the time that little Jackery lasted! Question: How long do you have to run or drive the truck in order to fully charge it? All the best.
Wow, that’s a long charge. Impressive
This was an awesome test, thanks. The only issue with test is that it was tested at home room temperature vs. a car or campground where can be hotter and need more power to keep cold but hoping doesn't drastically change these numbers.
Look up Hobotech
One can the time by Cooling the fridge down indoors on AC first, before putting it in the car... And also rigging a inexpensive insulative cover for the fridge (like, out of reflectix or something).
Also, once it's full of cold items, it will continue to keep cooler longer.
Great info 👍
Wow impressive little battery
Great video and useful information. I wonder what the difference would be if the fridge was in the sun. I always feel like every time I camp, my vehicle is hot or my fridge is in the sun and needs to work harder to stay cool. I wonder what the difference would be for the Jackery output to keep up....
Great video 🤙👍
I love my Jackery 160! Looks like the 500 is just as good
It is. Stay tuned to the channel for more. Thanks for watching.
Good review! Having a full fridge is suppose to be better, would be fun to see a comparison test.
Great suggestion!
thanks for sharing...
Great video review. Thanks for sharing.
Love all your videos! Thank you both so much! Do you have a jackery dedicated solely to powering the fridge and another to power all other electronics? I’m concerned of disconnecting fridge at camp if I only have one jackery.
Glad you are enjoying the videos
Yes, we have a Jackery 500 that we keep our fridge connected to. Then we have a 300 to power our other electronics. We have found this to work out well for us
60 hours for a dometic... Amazing, thanks for the data!
On the 1000
Would be nice to see a test of a more realistic situation like sitting in a warm vehicle on a camping trip.
You could mount a solar panel on your bed cover and keep it plugged into your battery pack. Thanks for the video.
great Idea thanks for sharing.
Only problem with that is there's only 1 input jack
If you travel a lot or live in a car or van. It would be awsome to have. In thinking the thousand volt one would be a good all around portible power source (-:
Nice test review on the Jackery power pack and the Dometic fridge. You kinda get what you pay for in a great product. Only drawback on the Jackery takes quite awhile to recharge. Hey Matt “if your not Dutch your not much”! Jackery is coming out with a larger battery pack soon too FYI.
Randall Harmsen you can always buy second one and use one while the other one is charging. That might be a better idea for boondocking.
quickc6 that is a good idea.
Ty
This is a very nice outside temp. I am trying to get information for about 100 degrees F
We have run this setup for multiple summers. It has worked well for us. We charge the power station from the truck while we are traveling and unplug it from the car when we are in camp so we don't drain the battery. Then the fridge is plugged into the power station all the time. We have used the Jackery 1000 and the Anker 1500 for our power stations - they both work well. Our daytime temps are typically in the 80-90F.
can you power a 12 volt DC diesel heater off one of these? It uses 6-9 amps on start up, would have to get an adapter connector or something
great review by the way
Domedic fridge is one of the best out there. It's a little expensive side but very efficient. I have a CFX 28. I run 24/7 for 3 yrs. Currently, it consumes a bout 20 ah/day in winter and up to 35 ah/day in hot summer.
Hello! Will a Jackery 1000 be enough power to run a CFX28 fridge continuously for a few days? Would you get the solar panel in addition ? Thx
this is impressive
I have been testing another fridge/freezer that is very efficient. So efficient that when the compressor turns of the Jackery is only discharging 1watt to 2 watts. It is great but can be a double edge sword. I just found out today from Jackery that the Jackery 500 will turn itself off after 12 hours if the compressor does not turn on and continues to only discharge 2 watts or under per hour. While testing it I would find my unit turned off and the Jackery. I was getting read to send portable fridge back thinking there was something wrong. Just FYI.
Yes I am aware of this it’s a safety thing. I just would unplug and replug. 12 is enough time for overnight and I am in my color a lot more then 12 hours so it hasn’t been a problem.
I'm looking to get one to run my domedic refrigerator that can be recharged from my truck. Thanks.
I keep my dometic cfx3 45 at 41F as recommended by Dometic and that’s good enough, everything is cold. So my fridge run for 120h (5 entire days) with my jackery 1000.
That’s awesome!
Great info, answered a lot of questions, thank you. Do you recall what was your air temp in the house?
Izzy Sanchez 75-80
Hi Matt. Great video, thanks!
Question: I believe the Jackery charges at 3 or 3.5 amp. With the Jackery charging while the fridge is on, does the battery still discharge? (Obviously slowly). Or is the charging rate higher than what you're consuming, meaning it stays at 100% ? Thanks for the help!
Hi, just wanted to commemt regarding the tests done and this is one of them. This video is good however all of those who wants to test their portable power batt with the fridge should take it out to determine the actual purpose of the fridge and the portable batt. I just got the Dometic cfx3 75dz and it was awesome however my dilemma was the power was kicking due to the outside temp. I have a truck with good ventilation but due to the outside temp it drained my jackery batt.
Bump Billones very true. I stated in the test this is under indoor ideal conditions. We just got back from a10 day trip and didn’t have any overheating issues on the jackery the whole time. It will depend on climate. Thanks for watching.
I might be wrong but I think Jackery has stated that it is not good for someone to charge the battery and use it at the same time.
So do you know how many watts the frig used every time it cycled on and how often it cycle on and how long it cycled for
Cool set-up, Matt. I've enjoyed the Hiker videos especially. I do have a question about the trailer/truck electrical connector. I assume no brakes on the Hiker, so is it a 4-blade connector? Keep the videos coming.
Allan L Mann 7 pin connector, hiker installed electrical brakes.
I'd be more interested in the attachment you did to your truck. How did you rig that?
I would love to see a test where you had their solar panel hooked up to the Jackery while it’s charging and see how long it would last while its charging the jackery and then plug in the fridge and see if that would last longer and not kill the jackery down to zero percent battery!
I might be getting the solar . If I do I will try and do a follow up video on the channel. stay tuned.
Yeah I would like to see that myself 😎✌️
60 hours isn't bad, I'd figure in real world it would probably be a bit less do to more open/closing and other variables, so maybe 2 days safe running. Really good actually. So I'm curious, how long would this take to charge from 15% (or after those two days) running your car if it was plugged into the DC outlet?
Hi Matt thanks for a great video. I have Jackery 500 with 100 w panel. Is it possible to get some kind of double 12 V attachment so I can run both fridge and fan at times?
Margaret Gubbins not sure if you can. Testing the 1000 model now.
What is the watts (or amps) needed for the a/c charger?
The manual says not to charge it below 0 C. Wasn’t there snow in that video?
I'm not sure why the DC output was switched on for the fridge
2 Watts is when compressor is not on. What is your compressor wattage when running?
This can be 12 V charging , powering a 12V fridge and it's going to function without having to keep on turning on and off stuff?
Hey Matt, Gotta question for ya:
With the pickup running, can it charge the Jackery, WHILE the Jackery is also running the fridge?
Thank you for the informative video.
Appreciate the review. Could I run this same cooler with a 240 jackery?
Yule Owens I don’t know how long it would last if you did.
Can the battery be replaced when it wears out?
Great video!
Re discharging batteries, it's a lithium 12v battery inside that box, you shouldn't run it below 20% really but if they told you 15 go with that. Same applies to your smartphone. You can make your smartphone battery last 10 years or more if you keep the charge between 20-80% as much as possible. If not using the jackery for a long time, I suggest leaving it with a charge of 70-80% before storage.
Great review. I just bought a 500 and need to know the best way to charge a lead-acid battery off of it. And how to charge a battery of the sage solar panel. Can u help me?
I would contact Jackery
Fid you do this test in the summer?
i wonder if plugging in the fridge to get it to temps right before you leave for a trip would help increase the battery’s life since it won’t have to do the initial cool down.
We do typically plug it in (in the house) before we leave to cool it down before filling it up. Then we bring it out to the truck and connect it to the Jackery 500 while on the trip.
Good info Matt. The other thing that is important to know is how long in real life does it take to recharge the Jackery with the 12V source from the truck?
We are constantly topping off the Jackery while we are driving. We haven't tested this specifically.
WOULD THE WEATHER TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WHERE THE FRIG IS SETTING ALSO EFFECT HOW MUCH THE FRIG PULLS FROM THE JACKERY ?
BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! GOD BLESS YOU BOTH ALWAYS ! ENJOYED !
David Stillman for sure. It could be half of this if it’s sitting in the sun.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING BACK TO ME! JUST BEEN TAKING THIS ALL IN FROM ALL OF YOU'LL ! STILL DECIDING ON WHAT SIZE FRIG , ROOFTOP TENT OR LITTLE TRAILER ,ETC ! PLUS MAYBE A JACKERY MAKES IT A LOT EASIER THAN HARD WIRED SECOND BATTERY.
You should do a test with the “lasko my heat 200 watt heater”. The smallest electric plug in heater you can buy.
releasing a video today with a similar heater. stay tuned to the channel.
@@MWDAdventures Will be interested in that video. I have a Jackery 240 which will power 200W Lasko heater but...the heater initially drew up to 400W before it leveled off. It also drew the Jackery down quickly. I wonder if it will do the same on the Jackery 500.
CeeGee good idea for a video. I will see if I can test that. I don’t have a lasko my heat. I will look into ordering one and try it out with the jackery
Video review of the jackery 1000 is posted with heater tested.
Hows the jackery do in the cold?
I wonder if a full fridge would affect the wattage?pretty impressive nice video.
Full fridge, outdoor temps, how many times it is open/closed all will affect the time, but this gives a good starting point.
Did I see snow all over outside?
Beyond your pickup truck?
What was the ambient temperature during this test?
Yes, we did do this test during the winter months. We ran the test inside our house, so the temps were around 68*
Will the 240 watt work too?
Hello can either of these run my. 115 volt/60hz AC mini fridge? Also on the fridge Manuel it states that the fridge is not designed to be used with an inverter. Is that a problem when buying a jackery? It has 60 Watts
Crystal Butcher I run it on 12 volt not an inverter. Jackery has 12 volt.
Do you think this would also be able to power a single induction top?
sci fi vampire I don’t know it would depend on amp draw. It would be close I would bet.
Now try that same test in the real world say Yuma Arizona camping on the colorado River. Lot different than a air conditioned and humidity conditioned home. Realistically it would run about 14 hours. Maybe
Is it advisable to power the fridge while the battery is recharging on the solar at the same time?
Yes the controller is designed for it.
Question....complete newbie
I have a deep.cycle 100 Ah battery.....if i used a 12 volt cig lighter clip.on adaptor would that power this fridge as long?? Like how many Ah is that jackery 500?
no deep cycles can't be brought down very much before they are damaged. Lithium will out last it.
Is the DC plug in the bed of your truck simply wired to your truck battery?
John R yes you are correct. It’s also fused.
Can you run the fridge and charge it with the solar panels at the same time?
Yes you can charge well using it.