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EcoFlow Advanced Kit review: Power your whole house with batteries
Hi there and thank you for the comment! This part was focused on local power outages, but I understand your reasoning. This part was also trying to allure to the idea that, just like some people may cross state lines to get gas during widespread power outages, they would do the same for EV charging locations (which would be more efficient is states not being impacted by outages). Thank you for your input! 😃rcomeau said:The article mentions that in a power failure, you can charge it at an EV charging station (and skip the lines at a gas station). Unless the power failure is local, EV charging stations also need a working grid to work, so charging at an EV station may not be an option (making that gas station option look a lot more appealing).
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EcoFlow Advanced Kit review: Power your whole house with batteries
Hi and thank you for catching these! After reading the comments, we have updated the text that you have mentioned to make it less confusing. I always appreciate feedback. Thank you! 😃jingo said:I really don't want to be mean, but personally I think a journalist should understand enough about what he is writing so that it makes sense.
This is one paragraph that particularly demonstrates the lack of understanding:
"The Advanced Kit expands the kWh from 702 to 21.6. The battery holds 7,200W and can output up to 240V of power. This energy will give you up to one week of administrated power to your home."
(1) "the kWh (is expanded) from 702 to 21.6". Really? Anyone can see that 21.6 is not an expansion of 702.
(2) The battery holds 7,200W and can output up to 240V of power. 7,200W is not a capacity, it is a rate of consumption. Capacity is expressed in kWh, rate of consumption in kW. It's not completely wrong to say that 240v is a measure of power, but it's not strictly correct either. My guess from reading the article is that the capacity of one unit (not the "advanced kit") is 3,600Wh (3.6kWh) which is pretty weedy but would probably power a car for up to about one mile of use (at 3.5kWh/mile, say) disregarding any electrical losses.
(3) "up to one week of administrated power" What does this mean? The length of time until the unit discharges is dependant on how fast the power is consumed. It might mean that its self-discharge rate is so high that after a week of it sitting there, whether used or not, the stored energy has all discharged. This statement needs to be explained.
There are plenty of other unanswered questions here. Either the journalist needs to understand the subject better, or it needs to be edited by someone who does.
