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Does anyone else have problems with the AC outlet in the cab (back seat area) not being able to charge an EcoFlow portable power station? I can set the EcoFlow to limit AC charging to 200 watts and it still doesn’t work (almost like the outlet is tripping). The EcoFlow charges without any issues when connected to my normal wall outlet on the house at up to 800 watts. Anyone ever put some sizable loads on outlet in the cab to test that it can actually sustain 200 watts or more?
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It’s adjustable via its app. I selected 200 watts which it does honor when I plug it into my house AC.
 

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I have an Ecoflow River pro, as long as I have AC fast charging turned off it works just fine. With Fast charging on, it ramps up until it trips the AC outlet and then starts over.
 

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I have quick charge turned off and is still trips. Very weird. I’ll try again tomorrow.
 

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It's likely pulling too many amps and tripping the jeep inverter. It's actually fairly inefficient to charge it the way you are though. You're taking DC power from the car battery, changing it to AC with the Jeeps inverter, then changing that AC back to DC with the Ecoflow to store it in the Ecoflow's batteries.

If you have the know how, I'd highly suggest you run a large guage power wire (fused of course) directly from the battery through the firewall and into the cab to that back cab area. Then it's DC power directly from the jeep battery to the Ecoflow battery without any inverting. This is exactly how I set up my Ecoflow Pro in my JT. You can set the Ecoflow to only pull a certain amount of DC charging amps in the app (may need to limit your amp draw depending on your wire size). Too small of wires may get hot with too high of an amp draw and cause a fire.
 
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Charging it on DC is limited to 10 amps, which at 12vdc is equal to 120 watts. The whole reason to use is AC is because I could conceivably charge it at 300 or 400 watts, which will top it off much faster (the EcoFlow Delta Mini I have can charge at up to 800 watts with AC).
 

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Charging it on DC is limited to 10 amps, which at 12vdc is equal to 120 watts. The whole reason to use is AC is because I could conceivably charge it at 300 or 400 watts, which will top it off much faster (the EcoFlow Delta Mini I have can charge at up to 800 watts with AC).
Ah, I see. I did see a YouTube video a while back of a guy that did the same, wanted to charge one of the larger Delta Ecoflows with AC while driving as fast as possible (wasn't concerned about the inefficiencies involved), I think he used a 1000W inverter though.
 

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Warmed up and idling.
That's good to know.
If I'm running any more than a lamp I'm going to use my big inverter.

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It’s adjustable via its app. I selected 200 watts which it does honor when I plug it into my house AC.
The question on wattage depends on the actual voltage under load.
Our home outlets receive 125 volts.
At only 120 volts, 200 amps is 1.6 amps
If the Jeep outlet drops to 110 volts under load, that 200 watts is going to go up 1.8 amps.
Even higher amperage draw at lower voltage. Most devices I've worked with take down to 100 volts as normal. It's only when things drop into the 90s it's deemed as a real issue.
At 100 volts, you are riding 2 amps.

I can see the reason for the comments on converting 13 volts to AC, then back to DC again when it charges your station. It's a double-loss thing.
 

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Our house voltage and frequency - 125.3 volts, 59.9 Hz


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Our house voltage and frequency - 125.3 volts, 59.9 Hz


Jeep Gladiator 115V outlet in cab unable to charge EcoFlow battery 1670216604100
Your Aux battery is dying.. Pull fuse F42 and disconnect the ground to the secondary battery. Jumper N1, N2, and N3 for good measure with a paper clip or a railroad spike 🤣
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