How long can EcoFlow Delta 2 run an AC mini split ? | Solar powered AC runtime | Mr cool on Solar

so this right here is an ecoflow Delta II this right here is an ecoflow Delta II extra battery and for the last few weeks I've been running a mini split system from this setup and on this episode we're going to talk about how long will it run is it realistic is it worth the overhead the effort and things that you may need to put into it how realistic is it to run a mini split AC unit from a solar generator setup like this so if you're interested please stay tuned foreign so just to go over real quick um these two units are both from ecoflow they did not send this to us it's not a sponsored video I'm just pretty much saying these are equal flow units and they are connected with an extra battery okay with extra battery cable this is not a review of this unit this is just really talk about how long will it run an AC unit and obviously people are going to say how are you running this Ace unit and what's really going to happen is I'm going to tell you about that right now so if you look on the back of this ecoflow unit right here I am running a 10 gauge extension cord and this extension cord goes over to my panel which has an easy generator switch that switches between grid power and backup power in this case I'm using the extension cord to provide backup power to the unit okay what's up what else is going on here is this is the ecoflow mc4 to xt60i connector for solar inputs what I have connected right now is 280 watt panels from a booze RV they're connected in series to provide input so on a good normal day I'll probably get somewhere between 300 to 320 Watts input yes that's not enough what I can do is over panel it but right now with all the different solar configurations that I'm trying to figure out or Tinker with that's what's connected right now this right here is the easy generator switch that I was just talking about and this right here is a yellow extension cord word that is plugged into the ecoflow Delta 2 that we've just looked at all right 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 a generator transfer switch or anything like that will have some type of internal 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 15 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 the other end of this is plugged into the ecoflow Delta 2 and right now we are on generator Inlet and this is how we've been powering this mini split this is my mystical DIY third generation mini split this is a 12K BTU unit and it runs at 115 volts now we're back to the solar generator unit and this is the other end of the cable that we were just talking about and this right here as I mentioned earlier is a solar input cable that's currently connected to 280 watt panels yes we've done more before but right now that's just what's connected at this point in time okay so let's flip the unit around and talk about what's actually going on with the unit so if we flip back round hopefully you can see the screen just fine but right now I'm at this current point in time the solar generator or the solar generator is outputting roughly close to 650 Watts okay so in that room I will have to say uh the room is it's a pretty medium-sized Zoom I don't know the exact Dimension that we can go figure it out later but there's a lot of heat in the room there's like three MacBook Pros pretty much running all the time just generating or rendering Clips or videos that we're editing there's uh two uh raid arrays there's a TV there's a creek cut machine that you know pretty much or qriket machine whatever that my wife uses and I guarantee the TV's on soon season there right now and it's got two large windows that are facing the sun in the morning so the sun is just baking that room and also heat is generated inside the room with uh people in there and also the equipment in there okay so right now has roughly close to about 11 46 a.m so I guarantee you my wife's in there and a lot of electronics are heating up the room plus the bodies that are in the room so the unit that we're using right now to cool that uh space is a 12K third generation mystical DIY unit okay um you could argue you could get away with the 9k unit or even less in that space and that's probably true but we got a good deal on the 12K unit and as I mentioned earlier there's a lot of heat generated inside of that room okay which is another reason why we went with the 12K unit alright so with all that being said let's take a look at what's actually going in on here okay right now it's still a little bit cloudy outside because of the storm and and the thunderstorm that went through yesterday um it's still raining I can look outside it's drizzling so um there is no solar power that seems to be coming in at least not anything significant seems maybe 350 minus 330 is maybe about 20 watts so nothing really uh coming in maybe besides 20 watts but the way to look at it is right now we're drawing close to about 650 watts output to cool that room down and at this current configuration it will run for about roughly about two hours so that's an interesting setup and you're going to say well that's not really a long time and I can tell you this estimate is not really accurate so this estimate right here two hours is based on how long it will output or how long it will run in this current condition and with most AC units even mini split units I will go ahead and tell you once the room cools down or reach reaches the uh uh a chief temperature or set temperature it will ramp down and it will no longer draw that much power or need that much power from the solar generators so from what I'm I've been running for the last two weeks I can go ahead and tell you when it reaches temperature and it comes down it'll run anywhere between zero to roughly about 75 Watts okay so it'll probably run at 650 was for a little bit and then it'll come down and then for the rest maybe depending on what else is going on inside of that room it'll run at a significantly lower wattage draw allowing this setup right now to run for pretty much all day now we'll go ahead and tell you this right now with one extra bet Delta 2 extra battery and one Delta Two I can run that room pretty much all day one whole day with good sunlight Okay and like I mentioned there's a lot of heat being generated in the room so the cooling knees are a little bit higher than a normal let's say a room with you know just one person in it and not a bunch of electronics and stuff like that so that's something to also take away here for me I don't have a problem running this setup mainly because if it's rainy cloudy and all that stuff and I don't have enough solar input coming in here I can easily just plug it back in to my off-grid system and completely charge the systematic 1500 watts and also uh the ecoflow Delta units have a pass through so the pass-through power coming from the off-grid system will power the AC unit and also charge this configuration too right so for myself setup I don't really have a problem I just wanted to figure out how long would actually run for nor for normal situations if you know you needed to run a mini split unit from a solar generator okay so with that being said let's talk about a few of the uh elephants and stuff like that in the room right so obviously this is not realistic for most people um to be running in a municipal AC unit off of Just solar generators mainly because there's also a limited number of power okay what I will tell you is realistic in case you need it to for whatever reason to run an AC unit off of solar generators a lot or all the time is I would definitely go with a bigger configuration of solar generators and solar input okay so like I said the one I'm using earlier is or what I'm using right now is a 12K mini split DIY unit from Mr Cool third generation and that's a 115 volt unit um that unit I think also may also come in a 240 configuration but if you're going to run an AC you want to uh with solar generators you want to run 115 or 110 volt unit okay do not get the 240 units if you are trying to run them from solar generators technically you can run um these the Delta Pros double voltage Hub and all that stuff in a uh 240 configuration for to to get larger or power larger AC units but you're introducing a lot of headache with two Delta Pros a double voltage Hub and the way to connect all that stuff up right so that's going to be a little bit more of a challenge it can be done I'm just letting you know it's going to be a little more of a challenge whereas 110 volt unit you can easily plug into almost any solar generator and get that working all right so that's one tip of advice for you one thing I would also say is if you're going to run a 12K unit or anything below let's say 18K I would highly recommend you go with a minimum of a Delta 2 Max or a Delta Pro with at least one extra battery for each unit okay so the Delta 2 max is a two kilowatt hour battery and in each kilowatt hour battery you add to it that's a Delta 2 max extra battery will be two kilowatt hours so if this was Delta two extra Delta 2 max extra battery and this was a Delta 2 max this would be a four kilowatt hour system right now in this configuration with only a Delta two and one Delta two extra batteries a two kilowatt hour system and I'm telling you right now a two kilowatt system can run my 12K mini split in the configuration I talked about earlier pretty much one whole day with close to 400 watts of solar coming in throughout the day so that's a good rough estimate to go off of what I would really like to do is have this as a Delta 2 Max and a Delta 2 max extra battery that way I don't really have to worry as much about the sun being out or any of that stuff being able to run this but in a you know temporary situation or something like that that's not going to be a problem if I had to Delta Pro and Delta Pro X battery that would be you know obviously closer to like a six kilowatt system which is probably a little bit more than one silver rack battery here a one kilowatt hour more than that so that will probably run it all day right so if you're trying to run a mini split unit all day minimum get Delta 2 Max or a Delta Pro and make sure you get at least one extra value with each system um if I were to do this all over again I would probably go ahead and get the Delta II Max and the Delta 2 max extra battery at least one obviously two would be better but this configuration I just made more portable mainly because I have an off-grid system and that's not really a problem for me if this system runs out because I can like I said plug it in and I'll be good to go not a problem but the main thing I wanted to take away and tell everybody was is it possible to run a mini split AC unit system from solar generators the answer is yes the question is how long it really depends on your need but like I said a two kilowatt hour system can run it without solar coming in maybe half a day but if you have someone to come in and you could run it in all day so hopefully this helped you out we'll go into the app and flip through to show you you know the cooling needs and what's actually happening inside the unit so hopefully we'll throw that up on the screen otherwise have a great day and we'll see you guys next time foreign