Hi Everyone, first time poster. I have a Lopi Freedom stove with a blower that I love. I'd also love for it to be back up heat in a power outage. Have any of your tried a power station to run the blower fan? Which one? How long did it last on a charge? Thank you! I'm looking at the one Costco sells but also other batteries that could work. Thank you!
Power bank or station to run Lopi Freedom blower during a power outage?
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I don't have a Lopi Freedom but I was looking into battery packs for my FPX stove's blower for the same reason you stated. I ended up getting Tesla Powerwalls and solar for my home so it is now a moot point. However, if I was going to go with a battery pack, I would have needed to change my current hardwired blower setup to a 3 prong cord for a regular outlet.
With a 3 prong plug and cord running from your blower, determining which battery pack you want is just a matter of math. I'm guessing that your Lopi blower draws about 50 watts when it's running. You can likely get a precise # from your Lopi owners manual/spec sheet.... although you may need to convert amps to watts... watts = amps * 110 (volts). That means it will take roughly 50 watt hours of battery capacity to run it for one hour. If you want to be able to run it in a grid down scenario for 24 hours you would need a 1200 watt hour battery.
Jackery is one of the most popular brands for portable battery power packs but there are dozens of others. They are typically sized in roughly 1000 watt hour increments. A Jackery 1000 ( https://www.jackery.com/products/jackery-explorer-1000-v2 ) has 1070 watt hour capacity..... so doing the math, that would be good for about 20 hours of blower run time. Personally, I wouldn't want anything smaller than that in your situation.
Thank you so much! This is exactly the kind of info I was hoping for. I'm lucky that I already have a three pronged cord on my blower, it plugs into a normal outlet now. I'll look at the Jackery. It is more expensive than I'd hoped. Another person suggested a small generator, which could also power the fridge, so I'll look at that too. I'm very grateful for your detailed reply!
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I went with an Eco flow delta2. Other options are a 100 amp hour LFP battery, LFP charger and a 500-1000w inverter. That could be under 300$ but is more a DIY solution. Looks like 1200-1500 w generators start around there.
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