Hi Buck. I am a sparky by trade mate so just a little information for you. When you plug the caravan into any 240-volt outlet be it a household supply, generator or solar generator the inlet to the caravan will be connected to the 240-volt built-in caravan battery charger. When you first connected to the Jackery it had a bit of a draw of current and then it slowly dropped its current draw. The initial current draw would be the caravan battery charger firing up and it would slowly drop in current draw if the caravan batteries were fully charged. The air conditioning will work straight off the 240-volt supply. If you turn any of the lights on or run the water pump it will draw current from the caravan batteries thus the caravan battery charger will begin to charge the caravan batteries. The other thing to remember is that the fridge is drawing power as well. I am not sure if have an automatic 3-way fridge, but if you do the fridge will kick over to the 240-volt supply which will draw from your Jackery. So the Jackery will be supplying power to the A/C, Caravan Battery charger and the fridge. A 3 way fridge will draw a heap more current than a compressor fridge. So all these items will reflect the current amp draw at the Jackery. If you do have a 3-way automatic fridge, just put the setting to gas mode to eliminate unwanted current draw.
@@58chucka Thanks heaps mate. I wish I had your knowledge. The 3 way fridge was off when I did that clip. If I ever want to run the aircon off grid, I will use the Engel generator. In fact my next clip is going to be how long the aircon will run on a tank of fuel. Thanks for your input mate. Really appreciate it.
Hi Buck from us people in Rainy UK hows things, as usual a good entertaining vid, the one thing that stood out throughout the vid was the that plant in the back desperately needs a bit of water and love. Keep up the vids mate, always like your content👍🏼
Hey Buck! I’ve just thought of another Engel video you can make ‘Will the Engel generator charge the Jackery 2000? And how fast?’. I reckon you can make at least another 5 Engel generator related videos before the months out 👍
Not a waste of time at all mate. Very interesting. It makes me think - "what could the Jackery power in my house in the event of mains power loss?". Good work mate
Hi Buck Good review. Its all about looking outside the square. It wasn't a waste of time at all. We must both had a light bulb moment as I was thinking after watching Epsiode 400 lol on the Engle you can power the caravan with the Jackery. Everyone has there own ideas. You could use the Jackery to cool down the van enough to make it comfortable enough whilst off grid. Then charge up the next day with solar. You are right about the solar panels they never ever get to the wattage they say they are. All the best Keep up the great videos Peter
I’ve got 800watts on my van roof buck. It’s worth putting as much up there as you can in my opinion. The panels are so cheap these days might as well. I did this test on my van last Christmas Il send you link. We used the jackery at night time to cool inside the van down over summer, but your right you need lots of solar.
Sounds good to take some humidity out of the van before bed for a couple of hours. But with the thinking of more Jackerys I think the money would be better spent adding to the lithium built into the van and have a in-house system that can run the ac
Good idea mate ,worth the effort, I get an interest on the solar panel input to the jackery or it could be a lithium battery box. Well done. Maybe you need a white dust coat and a pocket full of biros. 😂
Hey Buck. Seeing if my portable power storage unit (also 170Ah capacity) could run my aircon was one of the first things I tried when I first got mine a couple of years ago. What I also determined and as you had spoke about in your video, was that if you have enough solar and the weather is perfect, you can input the same amount of power that your aircon is using hence, achieve a 'nil effect' on power. In this way, the power storage unit is simply acting as the 'medium' to get the solar power to drive the aircon basically giving you 'free' power ... that is, apart from the initial cost outlay of the gear itself and yes, I do have 800W of portable soft solar panels and another 200W on the car if I need it. The other thing is that I see my portable power station as my alternative to a 'permanently' installed dual battery system in my vehicle with the added benefit of being able to easily take out at any time to utilise elsewhere e.g. around the home (when not being used for camping, I use my unit to power my kitchen fridge overnight and charge it up with house solar by day to slowly but surely recoup the initial cost outlay so I literally am utilising it 24/7). I also see it as a temporary and independent 'backup' source of power if the electrical system in my caravan ever went wheels up for whatever reason. For the convenience and versatility of all the gear, I reckon it's definitely been well worth it 👍
Hey Buck might be a silly question here cause I don’t know much about these jackerys, but if we had a black out at home would these jackerys be a good option more then a generator, I was thinking of buying one
You are like me Buck always thinking about what can I test out. I ran my truma aircon for 3 hours with 200 amp’s lithium batteries/ 2000 watt inverter and 500 watts of solar in full sunlight. The only way is to have 800 amp’s lithium and 1000 watts of solar. That will definitely run the aircon overnight. You just hope for the next day to be sunny to replenish the battery power.😂
lovely ep and trial run, Hay Buck it would of been good to know how many watts the aircon pulled when it started up, as well as what it took to run it, Another Trial thanks. it's why you see the big full size vans on the road with upto 2500 watts of solar on there roofs with say 800 to 1200 amps of lithium batteries and they park in the sun to run there aircons,
I thought it was interesting. I think they will need to make the airconditioners more economical power wise and the batteries more economical cost wise. Then its an option.
I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a power station to run the van off grid and have come to the same conclusion,yes I can get one but if the bride wants aircon it won’t last very long. I seen a clip where they got a 12v to 24v step up for their spare battery and that increases your run time for very little cost and effort 👍👍. And then I thought ( I know I try not to make it a habit) what about a small inverter run off the spare battery into the ac side and the solar panels at the same time. Plus you need to remember that once the van is down to temperature the power draw should come back a bit to just run the fan. As for the generator,it’s a lot different running it in the middle of the day for 3 or 4 hours to top everything back up than running it all night,remembering sounds of a night. 😂😂 you have the enough subject matter here to get more clips on the genny 😂👁️👁️😎😇🐕🦺currently at Blackbutt and life is good ❤️🇦🇺
Great clip mate. A wasn’t a waste of time at least you’ve shown it can run it but not for long. That’s why I haven’t really entertain the idea of using lithium batteries to run the Aircon you would need to many of them and a small bank loan as well , Can you tell me what type of solar panels I can get to charge up my batteries at night? I heard you mention it. I’m sure the maniac would love to do a video on those type of panels as well. 😂😂😂
Hi Buck what a great idea but like you said you got to try and keep the power up to it. Well just to let you know I got the 4x 380watts solar panels up onto the scenic so that I would have 1520 watts of solar on the van little that I knew the solar panels that I brought I got lied to the solar panels that I brought where from eBay and we found they slap a high wattage sticker on a low wattage panel the panels that I purchased so I found that I got no more than 400 watts on a 1520 watts system which is nothing but like you I thought about running the air conditioner to drain some of the power out of the batteries which mine ran 1200 watts so the solar panels that I up there should of kept up with the air con but noi got scammed. That’s okay I got my money back from the gentleman that I purchased them from. I’m going down to Brisbane and there’s store Phil put me onto springers so we will see what they have to get the most we can get up on top of the van but I will have to run 3 solar regulators to get the most out of the solar panels. I’m just lucky that I got my money back just be careful where you buy solar panels from eBay is the worst for people scammers placing higher wattage stickers on their lowest wattage panels 😢
To run your aircon they are useless If you buy 4x200 ah Kings batteries plus an inverter you will be paying way less than 2 of them and you can run your aircon for more than 4 hours
Hi Buck. I am a sparky by trade mate so just a little information for you. When you plug the caravan into any 240-volt outlet be it a household supply, generator or solar generator the inlet to the caravan will be connected to the 240-volt built-in caravan battery charger. When you first connected to the Jackery it had a bit of a draw of current and then it slowly dropped its current draw. The initial current draw would be the caravan battery charger firing up and it would slowly drop in current draw if the caravan batteries were fully charged. The air conditioning will work straight off the 240-volt supply. If you turn any of the lights on or run the water pump it will draw current from the caravan batteries thus the caravan battery charger will begin to charge the caravan batteries. The other thing to remember is that the fridge is drawing power as well. I am not sure if have an automatic 3-way fridge, but if you do the fridge will kick over to the 240-volt supply which will draw from your Jackery. So the Jackery will be supplying power to the A/C, Caravan Battery charger and the fridge. A 3 way fridge will draw a heap more current than a compressor fridge. So all these items will reflect the current amp draw at the Jackery. If you do have a 3-way automatic fridge, just put the setting to gas mode to eliminate unwanted current draw.
@@58chucka Thanks heaps mate. I wish I had your knowledge. The 3 way fridge was off when I did that clip. If I ever want to run the aircon off grid, I will use the Engel generator. In fact my next clip is going to be how long the aircon will run on a tank of fuel. Thanks for your input mate. Really appreciate it.
Hi Buck from us people in Rainy UK hows things, as usual a good entertaining vid, the one thing that stood out throughout the vid was the that plant in the back desperately needs a bit of water and love.
Keep up the vids mate, always like your content👍🏼
Hey Buck! I’ve just thought of another Engel video you can make ‘Will the Engel generator charge the Jackery 2000? And how fast?’.
I reckon you can make at least another 5 Engel generator related videos before the months out 👍
Thanks smartarse😂
Not a waste of time at all mate. Very interesting. It makes me think - "what could the Jackery power in my house in the event of mains power loss?". Good work mate
I will be doing just that real soon. Stay tuned.
@@Mrbuckaroonie.. really looking forward to that one . Im having the same problem you had, can’t get a bloody electrician
Hi Buck
Good review. Its all about looking outside the square.
It wasn't a waste of time at all. We must both had a light bulb moment as I was thinking after watching Epsiode 400 lol on the Engle you can power the caravan with the Jackery.
Everyone has there own ideas. You could use the Jackery to cool down the van enough to make it comfortable enough whilst off grid. Then charge up the next day with solar.
You are right about the solar panels they never ever get to the wattage they say they are.
All the best Keep up the great videos
Peter
Thanks mate
I’ve got 800watts on my van roof buck. It’s worth putting as much up there as you can in my opinion. The panels are so cheap these days might as well. I did this test on my van last Christmas Il send you link. We used the jackery at night time to cool inside the van down over summer, but your right you need lots of solar.
Enough to cool the van for a quick camp.
Not a waste of time, it's good to know that your backup options work and what you can do to with them.
Sounds good to take some humidity out of the van before bed for a couple of hours. But with the thinking of more Jackerys I think the money would be better spent adding to the lithium built into the van and have a in-house system that can run the ac
Exactly
Absolutely agree
I really got the Jackery to run fans in the house after a cyclone. It’s not really for the van. I was just trying things out.
I find your clips interesting
Thanks mate.
Goodone Buck.
Good idea mate ,worth the effort, I get an interest on the solar panel input to the jackery or it could be a lithium battery box. Well done. Maybe you need a white dust coat and a pocket full of biros. 😂
Hey Buck. Seeing if my portable power storage unit (also 170Ah capacity) could run my aircon was one of the first things I tried when I first got mine a couple of years ago.
What I also determined and as you had spoke about in your video, was that if you have enough solar and the weather is perfect, you can input the same amount of power that your aircon is using hence, achieve a 'nil effect' on power. In this way, the power storage unit is simply acting as the 'medium' to get the solar power to drive the aircon basically giving you 'free' power ... that is, apart from the initial cost outlay of the gear itself and yes, I do have 800W of portable soft solar panels and another 200W on the car if I need it.
The other thing is that I see my portable power station as my alternative to a 'permanently' installed dual battery system in my vehicle with the added benefit of being able to easily take out at any time to utilise elsewhere e.g. around the home (when not being used for camping, I use my unit to power my kitchen fridge overnight and charge it up with house solar by day to slowly but surely recoup the initial cost outlay so I literally am utilising it 24/7).
I also see it as a temporary and independent 'backup' source of power if the electrical system in my caravan ever went wheels up for whatever reason.
For the convenience and versatility of all the gear, I reckon it's definitely been well worth it 👍
The AC will cycle on and off Buck. So maybe you could get an hour extra in the evening if the van is down to temperature
Hey Buck might be a silly question here cause I don’t know much about these jackerys, but if we had a black out at home would these jackerys be a good option more then a generator, I was thinking of buying one
Mate you are better off with a generator. I will ring you to discuss.
I reckon if you shorten the 15amp and 10 amp leads by 80% you will get a few more watts. Interesting video Buck :)
@@KeithSherry12 Cheers mate
Hey Buck, the anfib is only a 10-15A plug converter, still 10A line... I will have 880 watts of portable panels 😂😂
Great test of the Jackery Buck.
Q.do you know how long the Engel will run the AC for on a full tank of fuel
No but I should try it out. Stay tuned.
You are like me Buck always thinking about what can I test out.
I ran my truma aircon for 3 hours with 200 amp’s lithium batteries/ 2000 watt inverter and 500 watts of solar in full sunlight.
The only way is to have 800 amp’s lithium and 1000 watts of solar.
That will definitely run the aircon overnight.
You just hope for the next day to be sunny to replenish the battery power.😂
@@bellajess100 You can’t rely on solar mate. One cloudy day and you are up shit creek.
I think Cam from Wild Touring has a huge battery pack in his caravan and plenty solar on the roof
lovely ep and trial run, Hay Buck it would of been good to know how many watts the aircon pulled when it started up, as well as what it took to run it, Another Trial thanks. it's why you see the big full size vans on the road with upto 2500 watts of solar on there roofs with say 800 to 1200 amps of lithium batteries and they park in the sun to run there aircons,
Yeah I don’t have that money mate.
@@Mrbuckaroonie.. Me neither Haha
I thought it was interesting. I think they will need to make the airconditioners more economical power wise and the batteries more economical cost wise. Then its an option.
Yeah I agree Rob. The Jackery has its limits mate but it is a good thing.
Was your fridge on buck? And 2 hrs would be plenty to just cool the van
The fridge wasn’t on
I’ve been toying with the idea of getting a power station to run the van off grid and have come to the same conclusion,yes I can get one but if the bride wants aircon it won’t last very long. I seen a clip where they got a 12v to 24v step up for their spare battery and that increases your run time for very little cost and effort 👍👍. And then I thought ( I know I try not to make it a habit) what about a small inverter run off the spare battery into the ac side and the solar panels at the same time. Plus you need to remember that once the van is down to temperature the power draw should come back a bit to just run the fan. As for the generator,it’s a lot different running it in the middle of the day for 3 or 4 hours to top everything back up than running it all night,remembering sounds of a night. 😂😂 you have the enough subject matter here to get more clips on the genny 😂👁️👁️😎😇🐕🦺currently at Blackbutt and life is good ❤️🇦🇺
Great clip mate. A wasn’t a waste of time at least you’ve shown it can run it but not for long. That’s why I haven’t really entertain the idea of using lithium batteries to run the Aircon you would need to many of them and a small bank loan as well , Can you tell me what type of solar panels I can get to charge up my batteries at night? I heard you mention it. I’m sure the maniac would love to do a video on those type of panels as well. 😂😂😂
Jackery Solar Generator VS Bluetti Solar Generator. Will they run the CARAVAN AC ?
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Didnt albo say the same thing mate about solar powering your home at night?
When is the next big trip Buck?
Hi Buck what a great idea but like you said you got to try and keep the power up to it. Well just to let you know I got the 4x 380watts solar panels up onto the scenic so that I would have 1520 watts of solar on the van little that I knew the solar panels that I brought I got lied to the solar panels that I brought where from eBay and we found they slap a high wattage sticker on a low wattage panel the panels that I purchased so I found that I got no more than 400 watts on a 1520 watts system which is nothing but like you I thought about running the air conditioner to drain some of the power out of the batteries which mine ran 1200 watts so the solar panels that I up there should of kept up with the air con but noi got scammed. That’s okay I got my money back from the gentleman that I purchased them from. I’m going down to Brisbane and there’s store Phil put me onto springers so we will see what they have to get the most we can get up on top of the van but I will have to run 3 solar regulators to get the most out of the solar panels. I’m just lucky that I got my money back just be careful where you buy solar panels from eBay is the worst for people scammers placing higher wattage stickers on their lowest wattage panels 😢
The cost, the weight, the space required to carry them, and the problem with recharging them means that miltople Jackerys is not a viable option.
I agree mate.
You need a wind turbine 😂
Haven't you been told there's a new 12 volt charger that gives out 500watt
@@garysmithers01 yeah I’m listening
🍻Buck 👍🏻👍🏻
Use shorter leads.
To run your aircon they are useless If you buy 4x200 ah Kings batteries plus an inverter you will be paying way less than 2 of them and you can run your aircon for more than 4 hours
Yeah mate if I go off grad the generator will go in.
Here is a tip
Get your 15 Amp 30M lead and cut the male plug top of and put a 10 Amp male plug top and you don’t need that amphibian rubbish