How long will it keep running?

The short version

Tap what you want to keep on during an outage. You'll see how long each size of battery lasts, and how big a surge it has to handle.

Together they average about 270 W (6.5 kWh a day). The biggest startup surge is about 1,500 W, so pick a station rated for at least that.

  • Your emergency kit (3.6 kWh) 11 hours
  • 1 kWh power station 3 hours
  • 2 kWh power station 6 hours
  • 3.6 kWh power station 11 hours
  • One 5 kWh rack battery 16 hours

Add a couple of folding panels and a power station refills itself on sunny days, so it can run indefinitely for small loads. See the emergency guide.