Solar generator

[JAWS]

Team Jayco,
We have a 2020 Jayco Jay Feather 27RL (absolutely love it), and recently bought an Anker Solix Solar Generator to primarily run the TV at night in "quiet hours" camping.
My questions are: Should I be turning off the breaker(s) for the converter when I plug my land cord into this unit (or any other breakers)?
When we bought the trailer it had the standard WFCO 8540 power center which did not have the newer auto-detect feature so we upgraded to the
WF-8540-AD-MBA since we have Lithium batteries now.
Please give me any advice you can, thanks Jeff W

[ChiToones]

We currently use an Oupes Mega2 with the B2 extra battery. That combo has worked well for us. It allows the DW to use her hair dryer, electric coffee pot, and microwave. Like you, we also have it on to watch TV in the evening.

We leave the converter on so that our house batteries (2-6v golf cart batteries) stay charged and any 12v load is supplied by the Mega2. This load includes my cpap machine which is powered from the 12v system.

You could turn off the converter to save power draw from you Anker. However, any 12v load would be taken from your lithium batteries. You would have to remember to turn the converter back on to charge them when you have shore power available.

I'm not advising one way or the other, but I like not having to remember to turn the conveter on and off.

[JAWS]

Rod,
thank you very much for the reply and information!
Jeff W

[JKyle]

Originally Posted by JAWS

Team Jayco,
We have a 2020 Jayco Jay Feather 27RL (absolutely love it), and recently bought an Anker Solix Solar Generator to primarily run the TV at night in "quiet hours" camping.
My questions are: Should I be turning off the breaker(s) for the converter when I plug my land cord into this unit (or any other breakers)?
When we bought the trailer it had the standard WFCO 8540 power center which did not have the newer auto-detect feature so we upgraded to the
WF-8540-AD-MBA since we have Lithium batteries now.
Please give me any advice you can, thanks Jeff W

I have a Jay Feather 22rb. I also have a EcoFlow Delta Pro electric/solar generator.

I just took a trip in early October and stayed on a non-electric site. Previously, I had tested the generator at home, to see how it handled everything and it did fine. I have a 50amp cord, so I had to reduce it down to use the Delta Pro's 30amp receptacle.

The Delta Pro is 100 lb, so I opted to keep it in the back of my covered truck bed. I didn't bother using solar this trip, to assist in charging the generator. Instead I have a small 2000w quiet, Predator gas inverter generator. I used that to recharge the Delta Pro for about 1.5 hours in the morning and about another 1.5 to 2 hours in the late afternoon. That way I could use the electric generator through the night. It ran the entire camper; microwave, coffee pot, TV and outlets AND the rooftop A/C in FAN ONLY mode, providing maximum central air comfort, through the night.

I did not have to turn off any breakers. The Delta Pro acts like my shore power (without the need for an EMS) making it unnecessary to do anything different. It will charge batteries and deal with the non-12v demands. I'd say, depending on the wattage of that electric generator, you're just careful in what you use at any given time. If you overload it, it'll just shut down and you can re-set it.

The Delta Pro can actually run the rooftop A/C...but only for about 3 hours, tops. So, it's not a good candidate for summer camping, at a campground, unless no A/C is okay with you.