How a Mini Solar Generator runs an AC mini split through generator transfer switch | Delta Mini

this right here is an ecoflow Delta mini and I believe it's the smallest solar generator that ecoflow makes in the Delta lineup okay so this is the first generation one and on this episode I'm going to show you how I use this solar generator to power my mini split AC this is my mystical DIY third generation mini split this is a 12K BTU unit and it runs at 115 volts so the way that this easy generator switch works is that it allows you to select between either generator power or normal Power or the other way to look at it is Inlet power from this Inlet right or grid power if you select it this way and the way that the safety thing about this pretty much the benefit of this is instead of having an entire transfer switch for the whole panel you can pretty much switch one circuit that you connect up to this right because this Inlet switch or generator switch is pretty much connected through this Runway here to the AC circuit in this panel on the mini split right so by having to select between Inlet power here or grid power here you can't possibly backfeed the Grid or you can't cross between the two there's no way if it's wired properly okay so most people who have have a generator transfer switch or anything like that we'll have some type of interlock kit on their panel on this panel I really just have the AC Mini Split unit connected to this circuit which allows me to switch between the two the interesting thing about this is that this unit has a 15th amp breaker here even though the circuit that it is wired to is a 20 amp breaker using a 12 gauge wire so in this case on a Mini Split like a 12K it's not really a problem mainly because it doesn't draw that much power but you probably won't be able to do this if you're trying to connect it to something that was going to require high power like you know an electric heater or an hair dryer or something like that it may work it may not depending on your situation but I'm just letting you know right now that's how this works all right so let's talk about what's going on with this unit okay first of all this is not a review of this unit and this video is not sponsored nobody sent this to us we bought all this their own monies but let's go ahead and tell you how we run this solar generator or how we use the solar generator to run the AC okay so obviously like most all Del ecos or Delta units all the AC and input and stuff like that is on the back of the unit as you see back here we have a 12 gauge extension cord connected and this 12 gauge extension cord is connected to the panel are connected to an easy generator switch which is actually connected to my panel and then with the generator easy generator switch it actually allows me to switch between Inlet power or grid power so internet power is really designed for you know like gas generator and stuff like that but more now recently we see a lot of people including myself use a solar generator to power that in that power and we'll go ahead and take a look at that later okay this cable right here is for solar coming in it's the ecoflow mc4 xt60i connector and that's really how this generator is configured so let's take a look at what it says on the screen here okay so right now with the sun coming in and out behind the clouds we're getting roughly about 226 watts of solar coming in and we're putting out roughly about 600 watts of output or the AC is consuming the battery is currently at 46 percent and given its current cooling mode with the current energy coming in this unit will run you about one hour okay so if everything was the same right now and this battery was at 100 percent this unit will run you about two hours okay so as I mentioned in a previous video with this unit from my experience I'll tell you you can get a whole day out of it if you're very careful but realistically for most people using it you know with normal usage and stuff you're probably going to get close to about half a day right I don't mean half a day as in 12 hours it's really like half a day in terms of when you're like awake okay so um what does this really mean um half a day I'm going to say probably maybe six to eight to ten hours depending on how low you set your AC unit we'll go ahead and take a look at that in the app but right now uh pulling 600 watts out and 220 Watts coming in uh it's going to run about 56 minutes of Reason let's we're going to talk about this is because um right now I let the room heat up earlier today just so it'll heat up and the AC we can use the AC to pull the room down to a set temperature okay so right now this AC is running in a lot more cooling mode than it is once it reaches that temperature so uh even with the AC or inverter Mini Splits and stuff like that it's going to put consume a lot of energy to to pretty much cool the room down or dump the heat to outside let's just say right so once it reaches that temperature this output will hover may be anywhere between 75 to 150 watts depending on you know what your room conditions and stuff like that are going to be like this is a pretty small bedroom that I'm using this in it's an office room or whatnot it's a bedroom use as an offense but it's I don't know what the exact dimensions are if I had to guess maybe like 12 by 15 or something like that who knows right um so it's not always going to be pulling 600 watts a lot of times I'll watch it and it'll be pulling 75 Watts or 120 watts or something like that right so as the solar keeps coming in and right now it's not even like Peak Radiance um the amount of time here will eventually go to like six hours four hours five hours or something like that right so even right now if you can hear in the background the eg4 and PPT controller from ending up and down because the solar is coming up and down so uh eventually this will hit probably close at Peak Radiance about 280 maybe actually on this unit it may be going about 320 if I remember correctly but it'll ramp up and down the point is don't trust this number mainly because this number is uh the estimate based on the current information that it has it doesn't take into account what it's running how long it's been running and that that historical this is really just based on current usage okay so as I mentioned not to sound like a broken record the current usage on this is going to be a 560 right now but it can hover between let's just say 75 to about 560 or anywhere in between allowing you to get half a day with this unit but if you're very careful and you make sure you know you raise drop a little bit and then when it's not so Sunny you're not trying to use as much you could probably get away uh about a whole day with this unit but not realistically okay so if you want to stretch it out like this if you're in a hurricane pinch and you have some power you got no grid power and you really just need to cool down a little bit you can make do with this okay all right so the reason I'm talking about this is mainly because um obviously running this unit to to run the mini display that AC is not going to be realistic if you wanted to run a solar generator to use an AC all day I would recommend probably at minimum the Delta 2 max you could probably get away with the Delta II and an extra battery right but that's about two kilowatt hours of storage but if you have a Delta 2 Max and a Delta 2 max extra battery that's about roughly four kilowatts Watt hours worth of storage right so that will actually allow you to get pretty much a a day at least in my configuration using the 12K magic called DIY mini split about a day realistically just with like normal usage okay now it will not take into account if you have like a rainy day right you could probably get all day out of it but then you're gonna need to let it charge all the way back up before you can really continuously you know get full autonomy let's just say right so if you really wanted to run a solar generator to get a run and AC unit you probably really want to get if you want to stay with this type of unit the ecoflow Delta Pro right because that's about 3 600 watt hours and if you get one extra battery that's about 7 200 watt hours total right but if you get two extra batteries now you're probably close to about over about 10 kilowatt hours right so with that set up you could probably not have to worry about if it's raining or cloudy and stuff like that outside with anything lower than that like with this or even the Delta II you will have to worry about that but with the Delta II Max and extra battery you know it may be something you think of on the back of your mind but you're not going to worry about it too much but the Delta Pro will probably really let you get by so the whole point of this video is really just to give you everybody information about how much energy like an AC unit uses what's Real Estate what can you really get by what should you expect right um to kind of be able to run an AC unit during times of need right so if you have any questions let me know hope this covered a lot of the stuff that people may have questions about thanks for watching have a great day foreign