I bought a Yeti 400 with a pair of 30 watt solar panels. I have between $500-600 in the set. Since it is so hot and humid, last night I took them solar generator to the range to power a couple of ordinary floor fans, the type you’d buy at Wal-Mart for $20. Guess how much power it took to run the two fans from a completely charged Yeti 400 during the hour and fifteen minutes we were there:
a) It did great an took less than 25% of the power
b) It did OK, taking 50% of the power
c) Dang, it ate up ¾ of the power! That isn’t good.
d) None of the above. Two simple floor fans drained and shut down the mighty Yeti 400 in 45 minutes!
If you choose “d),” you are smarter than I was. I bought this thing! Oh well, if the power goes out I can use my might Yeti and two solar panels to charge up enough batteries to run a couple of flashlights, just not too many flashlights.
a) It did great an took less than 25% of the power
b) It did OK, taking 50% of the power
c) Dang, it ate up ¾ of the power! That isn’t good.
d) None of the above. Two simple floor fans drained and shut down the mighty Yeti 400 in 45 minutes!
If you choose “d),” you are smarter than I was. I bought this thing! Oh well, if the power goes out I can use my might Yeti and two solar panels to charge up enough batteries to run a couple of flashlights, just not too many flashlights.
