I mentioned a few days back that I'd ordered this solar-powered generator from Home Depot. Retail is $1,599, but it was on sale for $1,199.
Before I went to pick it up this morning, I noticed that Home Depot had marked down the price to $949. They refunded me $250.
Florida's sales tax holiday continues until June 14. If you're in Florida and so inclined, this is a great time to order.
@LnzyHou $949!
Yeah, I was shocked when I logged onto the Home Depot web site to post a review, only to see it was down from $1,199 to $949. Customer Service had no problem with giving me a refund.
Included solar panel too? I did buy the Jackery case to store my alternate J500. I use the nightlight a lot too.
Good on you!
@LnzyHou Two solar panels ... The refund receipt says CLEARANCE, so maybe Jackery has a new model coming out.
Good. Solar charging is slow process.
As Jackery customer for almost 4 yrs, they always have a new model coming out. Solid products that keep me comfortable in 80° plus weather by powering my MaxxFan over my bed.
I’m glad to know you’ll have back up during storms. Gonna be a rough season they say.
@LnzyHou I'm going to charge it up from the house, then experiment with the solar panels.
Takes few hours
@LnzyHou Plugged it into the wall to charge. It came with a 44% charge. No printed instructional manual; I'm sure I can find one on the Jackery web site.
Surprised. I’d call HD & tell them no instruction book. Comes with every battery in zip packet with 120v charger.
@LnzyHou Ah, it was in the zip pocket! I didn't look.
I'm primarily interested if they recommend keeping it at 100% or 80% or whatever. Tesla typically recommends 70-80%.
@LnzyHou BTW, it looks like they're phasing out the Explorer 880. The Jackery site has it at $799 without the panels. So $949 at Home Depot is about the same as from the vendor. But no sales tax through June 14!
https://www.jackery.com/products/explorer-880-portable-power-station
Maybe pick up that 880 as back up ?
@LnzyHou The 880 is what we bought. It's a good idea to have a second one. I wonder if they can be daisy-chained?! If we had to leave for several day, could we daisy-chain two or three to keep the refrigerator working several days?! Rhetorical question.
@WordsmithFL Not sure if they'll be interested or have something to add, but @MookyTroubadour was asking about a similar thing the other day. I am also interested. We have grid-tied rooftop solar on the house, and I'm considering some battery backup in case of outages for necessities that don't cost $15k!
#GoSolar
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@Ironworker229 @WordsmithFL @LnzyHou I don’t know the Jackery product line, but the EcoFlow have the ability to daisy chain (at least some of the Delta 2 models are capable).
@MookyTroubadour That's a cool feature!
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