Just picked one of these up on sale for $209 instead of buying the similar Jackery that was priced slighlty higher. For me it's pretty much just for TV and backup power for my JBL boombox during tailgating for 3-4 hours. Being able to just let my phone sit on top to charge also made it that much more convenient along with that flat top making it easy to stack stuff on top of when lugging things around. I'm really surprised there's no USB fast charging. However, that lifespan compared to Jackery really made the decision for me. So far so good!

Excellent review. I bought one about a year ago. Live in condo and just wanted something small I can store in closet in case power goes out, to charge phones and radios to last a day or two until power comes back. Also used it on camping trips. Brought it in the tent to run fan to keep wife cool through the night! It is small but very usable. Also, purchased with the folding solar panels, they work as designed. Pack away nicely in small home.

Thanks for the review I ended up getting this on Amazon Prime day. So far so good. I do see what you mean about the noise. When I first heard it my heart sank thinking something was wrong with my brand new power station.

Great review. I just picked one up for $209. Arrived in one day w/ Prime shipping. Mine does not have the odd fan noise or relay click. Also, not sure if it was a mistake, but it did ship with a solar charge cable. I picked up a "car charger" for $12. Really impressed with this little unit! And thanks again for your review.

I got this one yesterday. I absolutely love it. I already have the Bluetti AC200Max and I love it also!

Love your detailed reviews. Trying to decide on a ~300 watt portable power station. This one surprised me with all it's options, but I'm still leaning towards the EcoFlow River 2. Would love to see a head to head comparison.

Excellent review (as always). I hope they incorporate these upgraded features (better display, UPS feature, no need for an external charging brick, etc) into a future EB70s update/replacement (hopefully soon)

Outstanding review. Grabbed one on a super sale without doing any research. Happy to see that a lucked into a good purchase. Mine did come with a solar panel cable. And as an extra bonus it works with my Jackery 12v car charger.

Great review. I really appreciate all of the scenarios that you put the power station through.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I just got my EB3A yesterday 10/31/22 for $239 and it did come with solar charging cable. I purchased a small ceramic heater to heat up my small teardrop trailer while camping. Can't wait to try it out

Just placed my order and specifically used your promo code and not the one Bluetti sent me. Same discount. I wanted you to get due credit. Thank you, sir.

Hey Dr. J Just ordered a EB3a, thanks for the review. I think it's a pretty nice power station for under $300 I do believe Bluetti will give us a few Firmware updates impart to your detailed review 😉

I just bought this unit on the prime day sale and it came in right around $200 and included the solar charging cable so I was very pleased

@MarcelloLins

Жыл бұрын

@@BLUExEYEDxSLICKT Cables or Solar Cables and Panel?

@tracycaldwell1736

Жыл бұрын

Mine did too. So far I love it.

@oups4391

Жыл бұрын

About to pay 300$ witout the solar panels..😞

@scienceofsound

Жыл бұрын

Paid $300 and it came with a power and solar charging cord. Going to be testing it with the PV120 solar panel soon.

@Jason-bt1er

Жыл бұрын

​@@oups4391same

Thank you for a great review! I’m leaning towards this as a great starter for me as I’m building out my promaster city. I’d eventually upgrade to a more powerful power station in the future but for all the upgrades in this model it’s a good value to me!

@oscargonzalez5231

Жыл бұрын

@Timothy Mckee I agree...the faster charging sold me!

@ookojiechristianookojiechr7159

Жыл бұрын

Hello

Great review. Kind of small for my needs but great charging capabilities. Sad it doesn't come with cables which is surprising from bluetti. Probably perfect for the quick "grab N go" type station though.

Just purchased the EB-3A before watching your review kicking myself because I paid 268 for it but your review helped me absorb the stung next I’m getting a compatible solar panel thanks I loved your video

@professionalpiercer

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. I was like, awe man... could have gotten 10 bucks off..

Another great review, nice work on b-roll and different camera angles. Glad you focused on the standby losses fan startup sound - that’s really odd but hopefully is fixable. I didn’t have the shutoff when charging issue but maybe I just missed it?

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

The charging issues didn't happen that often but I noticed it and think it deserves to be fixed. An annoyance more than anything. Thanks Todd!

Thank you!! This helped a lot. I am going to buy it to learn more and experience for a larger one in the future. Plus helpful use it can give me

Very well done. Informative for existing power station owners and newbies. You likely pushed my to buying one.

@Jasonoid

8 ай бұрын

It's a great little unit.

Excellent informative video 👌🏼 Due to the currant increase in electricity costs & the threat of looming power cuts here in the UK i felt it would be a wise choice to purchase a portable power station so after reading & watching many reviews including yours i went ahead & purchased this Bluetti EB3A. It will be more than suitable for my power needs, to include powering my Cpap machine. Thank you for your Review, it helped me make my descion plus i saved £50 in the Bluetti Black Friday sale. 👍🏼

@manonthemoon2912

Жыл бұрын

Is it still charging up to 100% and how long does power last

Just ordered one today. I'll let you know how I like it. Very nice review.

Nice review, looks pretty good. Most sub 300wh power stations limit solar charging at 60-70 watts, so imo 160 is great. Could the relay be disconnecting the battery from the charger to analyze the battery?

Just ordered a River yesterday. I have to admit, this new model is tempting me to return the River. The main reason is for those batteries. That's the one thing I didn't like about the River. Though it looks like this model has some quirks to it and need to be considered. Great review! Thanks for your work!!!

@nathansimpson7493

2 жыл бұрын

I grabbed this instead of the river seems like the better option... Did you watch the hobo review

Awesome and comprehensive review, thank you !! What would I like to see ? Maybe a switchable wireless phone charging pad.

Also! Great review and good price with your discount code, I will probably add it to the collection 👍🏼

Two thumbs up for the review. I'm waiting for the UPS delivery of my RB3A tomorrow.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

For the 120$ i got it for with the Amazon coupon, which also came with the solar charging connections I'm giving it a 9.5 for sure. Great little power bank

Great review. Thanks. FYI: I just purchased one on sale at $209 AND it came with a solar charge cable. Because I'm over 70 I got an additional 5% off. 198.55/268=$.74/watt hr

@David_L3

Жыл бұрын

Wow, 209 is a good price. I just paid $240. Oh well. Mine also came with a solar cable and no AC power cord. That works. Have plenty of those.

@rockymaivia787

Жыл бұрын

from eBay??

It's about time that they came out with one that didn't have a break. Lol. I'm a little disappointed in the price per watt hour like you said.. Thank you again Jason for another great video

Good catch on that UPS mode with the sine wave. Very interesting.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

Just a little noisy while charging, other than running communication equipment it should be fine

Just ordered one of these for my husband for Father's day. He already has a 180 on solar panels on his Dave Cave. This one will be great for a picnic or a day at the lake. I'm sure he will buy smaller portable solar panel to go with this. Picked it up for a $199.

got mine on sale last week at amazon for $210 after $90 rebate ($300-$60 now) with a return date of 1/31 due to the holidays, there’s 3.5 months of time to try it out before a possible free return. now’s the time at amazon to try it, with their lonf free return period. it did come with the solar power adaptor too. the car cable was $10 extra. just charged it and updated the firmware too. so far so good.

Just got mine yesterday. Minimal fan noise; no relay clicking at all. I'm still learning, but so far, so good!

@Jasonoid

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

I ordered this one a few days ago. Waiting for it to be delivered 😊 thanks for sharing

@professionalpiercer

4 ай бұрын

Did you end up receiving it yet? How is it doing?

@professionalpiercer

4 ай бұрын

I ended up just picking this up on an Amazon Sale. This thing is crazy good. It runs like a champ. I have the ac180, and it does great powering a 2023 Forest River Aurora Light 16BHX. You can run the 30AMP dog bone to 110v Plug and use it on the AC180. It runs all of the lights, somewhat the ac unit, not on max, but enough. This smaller one is great for a TV at 40 Watts. 12v TVs are the best to use with it. Lower wattage. Played my PS4 for a good 3 hours straight. I do have a portable ps4 monitor on it when doing so. Pretty dang neat. If you have any real questions about the AC180 or this one, ASK AWAY!

Excellent review, appreciate the solar testing. I really want one of these power stations now.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

I'll be doing a livestream tomorrow featuring a EB3A giveaway, join in to find out how to enter!

Great review Jason!

As always another thorough review. Thanks Jason Everyone has their quirks when it comes to PS so covering everything helps me decide Like the 100w usbc ports. Before I liked bidirectional but when you specificallly want it to go one way and it doesn’t, it’s frustrating One more point, I am ok with not having all the plugs because I have many power stations, but if this was my first, I would be pissed ( at this price point it will be for many) I wish they would have two versions Beginner- All cables included Advanced- only the power cord

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

I heard they are including the cables now :)

@TNRonin

Жыл бұрын

@@Jasonoid Not as of today from Amazon. I just ordered today and says only AC cord included. They may ship it, maybe not. I have emailed asking. I really only need the male car portion.

@rosepaul9681

10 ай бұрын

@@TNRonin As of July 2023, solar charging cables included but not DC charging.

Great review!….. others released 1st but yours is more organized and complete….. sure hate the 7 pm release date…..

I think this is the best bluettie product I’ve seen. I may get this one. Great review.

Great. Can’t wait for the inbuilt power brick and better display to be added to the larger capacity power stations.

I own three of these and believe I've uncovered a "quirk." I say "quirk" after plugging my gateway and tv into a multi-outlet surge suppressor that I then plugged into the EB3A. The AC/UPS function became erratic and shutdown at times while indicating an overload condition. The same happened on another unit when I plugged a TV and Roku device into a multi-outlet surge suppressor. These were small loads of less than 100 watts. It was puzzling since I was running our fridge with the third at higher wattage without any problem, the only difference was the fridge unit was not connected to a multi-outlet surge suppressor, The problem was apparently the multi-outlet surge suppressors because when I plugged directly into the EB3A I no longer experienced the erratic behavior or overloads.

thanks for the review. Are the LiFePO4 batteries so good as they say?

Nice Review! Thank you for sharing.

Love your power station reviews these days. You are so thorough. Maybe you need to add a external cables item to your score. It costs them so little to bundle cables but consumers can pay a lot to buy them. This is the best Bluetti design yet, but I will wait for them to add the new features to the slightly higher capacity units. I th8nk EcoFlow needs to step up their game. I love seeing all the innovation companies are adding. Great job.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard from some people that the cables are now included? Maybe they already fixed that issue?! :) On another note, I went camping this last week where I had a lithium NMC battery pack explode. Very scary situation! I'm sure its a SUPER RARE occurrence (especially with a high quality company like EcoFlow or Jackery) but it might have pushed me away from lithium ion cells forever in power stations. I'll publish that video earlier next week so you guys can see it.

@litnoregrets7551

2 жыл бұрын

Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More! Oh wow! I always worry about that happening because the inside of my car gets really hot. I would hate to burn up my car, or me. LOL. I sure wish EcoFlow would start doing LiFePO4 more. I know it is bigger and heavier, but I am willing to live with it. Where did you go camping?

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

@@litnoregrets7551 near upper stillwater reservoir this last week. Fun trip, I'll have a video about the fun stuff.... Then the battery exploding haha

@litnoregrets7551

2 жыл бұрын

Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More! Looking forward to seeing the video. I prepping for a Glacier trip in late July. Need to figure out how to best mount a solar panel on my RAV.

Regarding the "fan noise" issue. I replaced my fan with a higher quality dual ball bearing fan and the buzzing is still there. The buzzing appears to be generated by the fan speed control circuit on the main board. While having the top off, I noticed one of the four screws that hold down the mylar fan tunnel were missing and the tunnel was not installed all the way down flat on all sides. Easy fix, but no noise improvement.

Great video. Picked it up @ wal mart online $209 and it came with a solar charging cable. Nice.

For my needs this works better than I could imagine. At 200.00 perfect.

Very informative review. Thank you

I’ve got two of these, they’re brilliant 😊

Just purchased one on Amazon, on sale for $209.00 before tax, and yes mine did also come with the solar cable, for what I will use this for it was well worth it, I am now looking at the 2048 watt unit for home

Coming from the 2 smallest jackery this is still an upgrade for me lots of useful features and can use my.jackery panels

I just ordered this to power up solely my dometic CF3-45 fridge. Im hoping i can get 24hrs if i pre-chill it. fingers crossed! BTW, Amazon has them for $209 with a $90 off coupon. Good Deal.

Wow, just (yesterday) got a Jackery 300 mainly to run my compressor fridge for a few hours while going to the beach and whatever. It's nice and got $50 off at Amazon. Now I see why. This EB3A seems to have everything one could possibly want in a small power station and more. And there is the discount too!. Fortunately these 300 W stations are in the "Free Returns" category and I'm sure once I get my EB3A the Jackery will be going back. After watching tons of videos reviewing power stations it looks like Bluetti addressed every gripe people had. The power brick, the display, the power lights. Plus now the app seems to make it perfect. I disagree on your ratings for $/W only because this and the Jackery have $50 off coupons so that kinda skews the calculation. It would be much worse without the discount. The one thing I still don't like is that dumb light. I guess they feel it needs to be there for some reason. Can't wait till they incorporate these changes into an EB70 and larger version. I'd probably get one of those too for emergency powering the fridge at the house.

Good, clear review, thank you!

Thanks Jason great review 😎👍🏼 seems too small for our needs.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's a small power station for charging mobile devices like phones and tablets. Great 160 watts solar input on such a small device.

Been debating for months on an entry-level power station for short outages and van camping. The EB3A won me over and I ordered it through your link...thx for the discount code. Coincidentally, I'm visiting Las Vegas (live in Florida) and was able to stop at Bluetti showroom/warehouse yesterday. Like being a kid in a candy store! They were nice enough to help me acquire the 8mm car charger that I'll need for road trips. Now just need to rewatch your solar panel review videos, order one, and I'll be set for a while. Still dreaming of home backup system....😎

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

I need to hit up that showroom sometime. It's nice to have someone to talk to in person :)

Would love to see this on a eb70a or eb100a configuration. Need more juice and wattage than this and still be portable. Love the Bluetooth software, no charging brick and percentage meter vs the 20% blocks on the other models.

@mrgringo7289

Жыл бұрын

Ac180 presale starting tommorow

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

My review goes live tomorrow

@mrgringo7289

Жыл бұрын

@@Jasonoid sweet

@mrgringo7289

Жыл бұрын

@@Jasonoid i found 1 review who was complaining about fridges not staying on through the 12v port after someone commenting eco mode could have been on he said he turned that of but he was very anti bluetti so ik wonderinv what is true

I wanted to see the UPS mode demonstrated. Otherwise a very fine review! Thanks!

I bought EB 3A, I came with an input able.. My fan does NOT make a noise like yours, thank goodness. I have a drawer full of cables from old printers etc one dorks for Ac input

I think I might get one. I wish the battery was a little bigger but I understand they must be concerned about keeping it lightweight. This seems to be directed right at the Ecoflow River. Great review as always.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

It's a pretty capable unit :)

@MarkSpohr

Жыл бұрын

Easy to add another battery to increase power

Great review. I purchased this as an entry point portable solar charger to give me short term power in the case of an outage. Excited to use it and test its capacity. We’ll see!

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

It's a great entry point to solar power. I'd consider it a gateway drug to the larger models! LOL.... It's addicting haha

It IS under 80 cents as you can get it most places for $200-220. We got one for $219 and LOVE it. We use it to power a mini fridge and string lights at nighttime markets where we sell pies. Totally does the job.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

Prices change on a daily basis, when the video was filmed it was more expensive. Glad you got it for such a great price!

Must heard us on the solor charging cable... Just bought mine and it came with the A/C cable as well as the solor connector.

I used a DC7909 connector, bought from ebay and meant for charging a Lenovo laptop i think, which takes 100w PD and charged my EB3A using PD from an Omnicharge 25600 mAh power pack through the MPPT port on the EB3A

Thank you for a great reviews

Would be nice to have an expansion unit for the battery on this device that will triple the capacity and keeps the same size

thanks for the code , just saved me 10 bucks :)

This is how a review is supposed to be. Very god indeed. Thanks.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

excellent review - thank you.

I would love to see the rear flood light on the EB55 on the back of the eb3a.

Great review and greeting from the Netherlands. l just received my EB3A (€279) + PV120 solar panel (€299). In Europe the EB3A comes with a 220v cable and a solar connection cable. I bought the 12v cigarette lightning cable separately (€19,99). I will take it on my holiday to Italy next week, upon which I will primalery use my Dometic CFF35 compressor cooler. Very curious how things work out.....

If the EB70 came with this display, I'd be much more interested in that one. For the 3A, if I needed something small like it, it'd definitely be in my sights.

@00SNIVY00

2 жыл бұрын

I did end up buying it, and I believe Bluetti is sending out the solar charging cables for free. When I bought mine on Amazon there was a code for a free solar adapter cable, and I believe it should be arriving in a day or two. I received my EB3A last week. Something I'm trying to figure out is what to do about solar charging. I have a good few Goal Zero panels that work, but they're 18V, so I won't be able to get too far beyond 150W of solar charging. I've got my eye on two BigBlue panels, one of them would be perfectly fine and charge between 160W and 170W, and the other would be able to saturate the 200W, but the problem is with the 30Voc of the panels, which goes over Bluetti's 28V rating. The 24Vmp is fine, and I'd be able to get the full 200W out of it, but I'm not sure if the EB3A has a loose enough tolerance to handle any of the 30Voc of those panels.

It was interesting to compare your review and the Hobotech review, as you basically had the results of AC and DC capacity tests reversed! The Hobotech review had 78% on DC and 86% on AC, I believe, and your results were practically a mirror image. How many watts were you pulling on the AC test? Anyway, I have one coming with the code and a $50 gift card (from Bluetti Bucks) for $189 and I'll be trying it out myself. I'm really hoping that all the next generation of Bluetti's smaller units follow many of these design details. I have an EB55 and it's great, but if it had this display and could use the app it would be even better.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure why his was different. These smaller power stations always do better with DC output so I wasn't surprised with my results.

It definitely needs a greater ranger of cables included, but excellent unit.

Hey Dr J' that's a awesome Lil Beast!! With a few firmware updates it's going to be Topdog in it's class!?

Awesome review!!!

nice succinct , comprehensive review thanks...subscibed

Very nice info. Tomorrow its available here in Canada

Excellent review. One question is how much power can you pass thru when in ups mode? For example the oukitel p2001 let's you pass 1100 watts thru.

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

No more than 600 watts.

Great work. Thanks heaps. 👍

Hello and thank you for all your hard work and videos. I am completely new to the world of solar power stations and panels and the like. I have purchased an EB3A Bluetti and I want to connect it to a glass rigid solar panel so that I can power my greenhouses. Can you please give me some advice on what you would do? Would it be better to use a power station like Bluetti and a solar panel or would it be better to use a 12V car battery and a solar panel. I need at least 600W to power a fan and or a low voltage heater for cold nights. I live in Maryland so our winters arent like the West or North. I dont understand the how the car battery equals or compares to a solar power station like a Bluetti. Please advice, Thanks a ton for all your videos and sharing what you know!

I just purchased one today I'm really hoping it can handle bougerv 12 volt 30 quart bougie RV refrigerator I also just purchased. And it should be a basic requirement to include all cables for the options it raves about

Was not expecting a UPS mode or wireless charging pad on top. So that’s a nice added bonus. Also the “no load” power drain wouldn’t be an issue for me because I only plan to use it if I need to discharge it. I’m not sure why someone would keep this “on” but not have any load in use? Also no bi-directional USB-C charging is not really an issue. The AC and solar input is fine. I don’t see how the bi-directional charging would be useful because I cannot think of a scenario where I would not have access to either AC or solar but only had USB-C charging.

Hi Jason, Great explanation, I am getting one BLUETTI EB3A. What would be my best option on getting the solar cable and panels price wise. Any suggestions. Thank you

Great review

Great review. Just bought before watching, so relieved. Currently $209 on Bluetti site, so just under $0.80/wh, so that criteria on your grading scale is currently a pass.

WOW! Great review!

@Jasonoid

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

In 2022 it amazes me that any company would still put out a product without at least ONE USB-A quick charge port. This really should be one of your requirements for a perfect power station with points added or subtracted. Like a BI-directional USB-C port, these things should be mandatory. Overall, another fantastic review Jason!

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

Aren't most USB devices going with USBc power delivery no days? It would have been nice to see it, but I think two USBc ports would have been even better!

@lionessfruits1543

Жыл бұрын

The ecoflow has one

Great Review!

In a case of a power outage you should test things that are truly used to see how helpful this product is

@AlexandraNevermind

Жыл бұрын

I agree. A lot of these reviews on KZread are feature reviews, not real world. Most receive these for free. It would be great if they did actual use reviews.

I am thinking Bluetti should have come out with an improved EB 55 or an improved EB 70. This EB3A seems too small. I think the sweet spot for me would be either the EB55 or the EB 70. I would like to see a power station that is the size of the EB 70 and be able to take in 200 watts of solar with pass-through charging and an improved screen like the EB3A. I appreciate all your videos and you do a great job of producing them.

@blackbalerion

2 жыл бұрын

+1 on that... I bet we' ll see upgraded versions of the EB55 and EB70 soon...

@rickwilson478

2 жыл бұрын

+2 on that... great review Jason... wonder how long it takes for them to put out an EB70 Orr as Jason said EB100 with these improvements

@blackbalerion

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickwilson478 I recently bought the EB70... but an "upgraded" (Display, App ...) EB100 would force me to pull out my wallet again...

@markpashia7067

Жыл бұрын

I bought the EB 70 and there 200 watt solar setup and got similar charging. Had some haze and it charged at 156 or so but it was also later in afternoon, so not sure why that difference. It also has pass through charging already, but the display sucks. Wish I had been a couple of months later as the EB 70 S had an even better inverter though.

@blackbalerion

Жыл бұрын

@@markpashia7067 the approx. 150 watts input cap is caused by the maximum of 8 amps of the EB70. This cuts off input above the 150 watts. But nevertheless the SP200/PV200 is a better choice than the smaller SP120 because it charges the EB70 way faster...

Good review. Very helpful. Question, does the length of cords connected to solar panels affect or limit solar input charging capacity? Just curious if there is noticeable voltage or wattage drop based on the length of those cables? If so, what is the maximum length of mc 4 cables before getting compromised voltage drop? Seems like so many of those cables are really short. Could you use say a 50' cable without losing charging power? Thankyou for the segment.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

I made a whole video on that here kzread.info/dash/bejne/c459pM9_ct2od9Y.html

Great review. Lots of nice features. How come you don’t compare to Jackery in particular the 300 Plus

@Jasonoid

8 ай бұрын

The Jackery 300 plus is a new product, this video is over a year old.

Just got mine today (5th April 2023), it's the UK version and I can report no strange fan noises.

Would it be able to used additional power pack ? Thanks for excellent content videos

@Jasonoid

2 жыл бұрын

No expansion options on this power station.

Jason, I just bought the EB3A last Friday July 22 and I paid $209.00 for it.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

Excellent price!

It would've been nice to know more about the wireless charging pad specs and support.

I use eb3a as my ups back up, it’s plugged in wall at all times. Its a backup for my aquarium. Every so often I would lose power to my pumps, even though I didn’t lose power to house?

Since they used LiFePO4 batteries, I would not have bothered regulating the DC output. It naturally would’ve been over 13 V till it hits 85% discharge then it would slowly go down from there, from 13v to 11. Set a cut off at 11 V to protect the batteries.

@Jasonoid

Жыл бұрын

It's actually a 24v battery so it can handle the 600 watts without needing large gauge wires. If it was wired as a 12v battery it wouldn't need to be regulated as you mentioned.

The code you have listed for the EB3A didn't work for me today but JASONEB70S did take $10 off my EB3A purchase. I got it for $199 plus tax. Couldn't pass it up at that price. I'm going to use it as a UPS on my router & modem for the summer storm flickers. Thanks.