If you can afford one get one before tariffs hit

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lynninnj
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If you can afford one get one before tariffs hit

Post by lynninnj » Thu May 01, 2025 11:19 am

I see folks talking about back up batteries. I have been using the ecoflow delta2 for some time now and love it. I plug it into the wall and then plug my CPAP into it. When the power goes out, they’re automatically switches over to the battery and my CPAP does not stop and my sleep is not interrupted.

Right now they were on sale at Amazon. I have a bag for mine because I also have a solar bank. I can plug it in and put it outside and it keeps it waterproof Ish.

I also bought a barrel connector so that if we had long-term power connect my CPAP directly to the 12 V outlet on the delta. This will be big power saver if needed.

Lithium iron phosphate LiFePo are very stable and won’t explode unless you maybe try very hard to do so. this baby charges in about an hour if I had to take it out of the house and get it juiced up somewhere.

I also bought a second one for fridge and was pleased to plug it in the other night when we lost power and fridge only draws about 100w when running so theoretically I can get almost 10 hrs running fridge (normally we don’t open fridge at all during outage but my partner had groceries we wanted to put in and once it cycled off we left it closed. )

https://a.co/d/dnIZmDI

I hope this helps someone rest easy.

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Re: If you can afford one get one before tariffs hit

Post by lazarus » Tue May 06, 2025 11:19 am

Thanks, Lynn.

If I didn't happen to live in a complex with full generator backup in a location where power outages are extremely rare, I would certainly be looking into something similar to that.

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ChicagoGranny
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Re: If you can afford one get one before tariffs hit

Post by ChicagoGranny » Tue May 06, 2025 12:53 pm

I hope things quickly get so bad for so many people that Trump can be thrown out of office easily. With Vance going out right behind him.

Sign me:

Exile from the Republican Party

lynninnj
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Re: If you can afford one get one before tariffs hit

Post by lynninnj » Tue May 06, 2025 8:13 pm

ChicagoGranny wrote:
Tue May 06, 2025 12:53 pm
I hope things quickly get so bad for so many people that Trump can be thrown out of office easily. With Vance going out right behind him.

Sign me:

Exile from the Republican Party
Nothing will change until then, you are correct.

However, i don’t want to get in trouble here for posting my concurring opinion while also pointing out how the rest of them are giving away their power when reality is they can cancel them any time they want (they don’t want to). Not yet.

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Re: If you can afford one get one before tariffs hit

Post by Dog Slobber » Thu May 08, 2025 7:23 am

I want to re-enforce Lynn's sentiments about the ecoflow.

I use the EcoFlow Delta 2:
  • I keep my CPAP plugged into the EcoFlow 100% of the time via the the AC outlet. This draws from the grid, and therefore doesn't contribute to charging cycles.
  • Should a power failure occur, it switches over to battery, with out disrupting the CPAP.
  • I have a DC-DC converter, that I use for anticipated power disruptions.
  • It's got massive capacity, 1024wh.
  • It's got a lot of charge cycles, over 3000.