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Old 07-05-2025, 04:12 PM
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pmrid (Peter)
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I can certainly vouch for the Bluetti power stations. I've had mine for about 2 years and it has never missed a beat and always has enough grunt to run a full rig for 2 nights. The only negative is that the charger has an internal fan that is noisy but that's a fairly minor issue. Mine has interesting power specs - on the back it says it's power comes from 716Wh from 22 VDC at 32AH.

I recently bought a Lithium battery from Kings at a great price. It is a 720Wh at 12.4 volts at 60AH. It was only $146 I think. So I have put together a small DIY battery box thingy from bits I had lying around. It is based on a little panel of outlets I bought on the net (either Temu or something similar) containing a USB socket with 2 x USB2 2.1 A outlets, a Cigarette Plug, a power meter and an on-off switch. I added a 2.1mm plug-in socket and put it is a box that I connect to the battery. It's small, portable and light plus it provides all I need to run a second rig.

I'll add a photo if I can take one.

All up, it cost about $200 so if you are able to put it together, it's quite a saving.

Last edited by pmrid; 07-05-2025 at 05:09 PM.
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