This One Software Update Fixed the Biggest Problem With My Portable Power Station
When you buy a portable power station, you will probably see the battery size and output power, but there is an important drawback which is often not mentioned. Fortunately, although this is a problem, it is the one that a software update can solve.
The Anker Solix F3800 Plus drains while slowing down
My Anker Solix F3800 Plus has a 3,840 kWh battery. Unfortunately, this does not give you a complete image of the duration of the duration.
If you connect a refrigerator that pulls 100 W per hour, you could reasonably expect at 38 hours of execution. But that does not take into account how the F3800 draws from the supply of its own battery to eat. The energy is necessary for the system to convert DC energy into the energy battery Ca that most of our devices and devices use. This energy consumption is called inactive drain, because it is the power that will be consumed even if the unit is just seated in inactivity.
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Anker does not announce the amount of energy that the PLUD F3800 drains per hour, but the number was reported as 50 to 70 watts. This means that an F3800 more left in slow motion without lengthening down would be empty in a little more than two days without you being connected.
100W from a combined refrigerator with 70W of the inverter increases up to 170 W per hour. At this rate, the F3800 Plus would be out of charge in just over 22 hours. I did not know that the drain would be so high when I thought for the first time to buy this device, and even if I have no regrets, it is always a disappointment.
This software update reduces the drain by 50%
The more recent ANKER electric centers like the F3000 (a more recent version of the F2000, and not a smaller version of the F3800) impressed criticism with its highly lower power drain. It made me happy to see, because I dropped thousands of dollars in the Anker power plants.
But improvements to new models do not necessarily make me good, because I do not intend to buy them.
Fortunately, these software improvements are not limited to new equipment. Anker has made changes to the Anker F3800 software more published earlier this year to make it work more effectively. These changes have been deployed in a software update for the Anker F3800 more than, in a blog article, the company affirms the inactive drain half.
The application of the update is simple. I just need to load the Anker app and connect to my unit on Bluetooth. I then start the update and wait for it to end.
This is something that I am grateful can be done from a smartphone using an application. My family is using our phones and tablets more and more to make most of our information, and it is more and more frustrating to keep a PC around firmware updates.
The battery can now last almost twice longer
Has the update been delivered as promised? The F3800 Plus does not indicate the amount of energy it uses by itself, only the amount of energy from other devices draw. This is something that I demonstrated by following a recent breakdowns of breakdowns.
Fortunately, the power plant is already making this calculation for us. Before updating, a fully loaded power plant would believe that it could last a little more than 2 days. After the update, he now indicates that he can operate for about four days.
This reduced drain is a huge difference when you try to extend each ounce of power during a breakdown. Make no mistake – before updating, I already found an Anker F3800 Plus could withstand most breakdowns. I tested mine on more than three breakdowns in the past year, and each time our power returned during the day. Our power usually comes back within eight hours. After this update, I expect this unit even more easier to transport us in most breakdowns with energy to lose.
At the time of writing the editorial time, an update had only been published for the F3800 Plus. Although I am happy to see this, I have two of the original F3800s for which Anker had not published an update. As there were not many differences between these two units, I hope to see an update of the firmware for this old model along the way.
This firmware update increases not only the usefulness of these portable power plants, but it increases the probability that I buy expansion batteries all over the line, because I can now expect them to make these units even longer.
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