Instant Pot DUO Mini - Off Grid Power Usage Tests
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- In this video, I few tests using my boondocking power system and my electrical circuit testers to see how much energy Instant Pot drains from my battery bank.
I set up three different tests. Test one records the power drain from my RV batteries during a 5-minute steamer cycle. Test two I did a 30-minute pressure cook and three a 4-hour slow cook.
Test Results:
5-minute steamer cycle used 9.59 amp hours
30-minute pressure cooking cycle used 16.9 amp hours
A 4-hour slow cooker cycle used 24.5 amp hours
I was extremely pleased with the results. During the tests, I discovered that the Instant Pot used a little over 60 amps, but that was mainly during its heating and pressurizing stages. After that it went into an intermittent cycling mode, only drawing power as needed. My 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter easily handled the load.
The low amp hour usage means we will be able to enjoy the Instant Pot when camping off the grid on battery power. Our battery bank consists of 4 large golf cart lead-acid batteries with a usable capacity of over 200 amp hours. Cooking with the Instant Pot DUO Mini will only use up a small slice of that which if the sun is out will be quickly recouped by our solar system. In full sun our five 100 watt solar panels can put out 25-30 amps.
Two thumbs up to the Instant Pot. I look forward to trying out recipes. See previous Instant Pot Video where I demo it making yummy pork ribs - • First Try at Using my ...
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This saved me from buying the wrong power station. I was going to get 400 watt capacity. I know now, I need 1000.
Thank you!
Thank you Soooo much. This was exactly the information I wanted! Concise and spot on and I don’t have to do more research. This was a precious time saving video. You did not miss a single detail I needed. God bless you.
I love my Instant Pot. Bought it seven years ago when they first came out. Still works great.
Currently building out a sprinter van with 300w of solar and 280AH of lithium. Thanks for doing this review, didn't know if one of these would be a total energy hog! And also glad to see the 1000w inverter ran it fine.
Awesome video. I have always wanted to use a pressure or rice cooker overlanding and this video saved me so much time and math. Thanks. Really seems reasonable. And in a vehicle situation you could be cooking while driving and roll into camp with a hot meal already waiting and not even need to tax your batteries.
Did you do that? How did it work?
@@janebray9392 It's pretty common in RV circles to cook while driving -- the appliance sits in the sink to avoid falls and spills.
In the past it was mainly done with crockpots but I suspect it happens with instant pots now too.
@@fratermus5502 good to know!!!!!
Just got it, totally sick, what a power efficient way to cook!
This information is golden, thanks. It really helps someone thinking about a system to decide what type of solar / battery system components are realistic. I like to get a complete picture before deciding if it's worth it or not doing all of this. Experimentation is important, too, of course. I would like to do similar tests and spread the knowledge should I become a van dweller.
I would envision cooking black beans and pasta daily. I would think about cooking bread and have a bread machine but that might be more. It requires more time and the heat isn't as well contained, I don't think. I could do that but far fewer days of the week, maybe as a treat.
Thank you again!
That Beagle Baby naps like a boss! 🐶😍👏🏼
Thanks for technical review of the Instant Pot that didn't contain a receipt & provided a different perspective. With that said, great first choice with the ribs. Sláinte
wow, how'd i manage to find exactly what i was looking for so quickly. because you made the video, thanks for that.
Fantastic, just the test I was looking for. Thanks! Just for comparison, my old 4qt crock pot uses 85 watts on low, and 165 on high. The average power on your instant pot in slow cook, normal mode is (24.5*12)/4 = 73.5 watts. As long as you have a battery/inverter combo that will handle the peak power (700W) then it seems like the instant pot is a good replacement for a slow cooker (plus do a lot more; steaming, pressure cooking, etc)
Glad it helped!
Luv Ray's videos, they are so helpful! I bought a 700watt power station because I knew from watching Ray's videos, that it would run a mini instant pot! I watched this video hoping to find out the information you provided in this comment, so thank you!
Thank you for sharing. 2 thumbs up if I could. I purchased the same model to use while boondocking. I was about to run similar tests but figured I’d see if someone else already did.
Thanks for the video. Just a small note for future instant pot users, food experts warn against slow cooking from frozen even in the instant pot.
True, but from what I've heard, *pressure cooking* from frozen is fine, since it minimizes the time in the unsafe temperature range.
@@SweetBearCub yes. You can throw a whole frozen chicken in a 6qt and pressure cook safely. My food safety scientist daughter agrees.
We're going to try our instant pot soon as we hit the road thanks for the advice.
Thanks for doing the testing. We have a Lux mini and 4x 100 watt solar panels. I am glad we will be able to use this great little kitchen tool. Two thumbs up. :)
Nothing like a real time measured test! Thanks!
Just tested mine. Thrift store find; $6 no gasket upon purchase, with online purchased gasket $15 tl. It looks like it's been used a handful of times perfect condition.
I'm crazy 5 electric pressure cooker 2 small ones a 2L ,a 3L , an 8L , two 10 liters. Never used the 10's but I have them in case I scored a lot of food that needs to be cooked quickly. Food is getting expensive and when you get free stuff you get to work. The most I paid was $100 for the large ninja doubles as an oven. Got the other large one $60 only one I paid $40 for from a righteous retailer QVC. The little 2 .
Great test! Couple of comments. First, chicken breasts cook easily in 10-12 minutes. Frozen, about 15. That will cut your power way down. Second, you really don’t want that much liquid in the pot, not do you want the meat to sit in the liquid. You end up with boiled meat. You should use the trivet (a three legged stand that comes with the pot, usually). A cup of liquid is really all you need. Once you have the meat above the liquid, you can spice the meat while cooking it. I’ve done a ton of chicken breast this way.
Thanks for the tips, I was just using it for the tests, wanted to have something in there, just happened to have some old frozen chicken pieces kicking around.
Your test really showed the weakness of lead acid batteries, your voltage readout of 11.7 was really close to 11.5 v DC the level where most inverters shut down. That peculiarity of lead acid batteries is what drove me from keeping my 4 Trojan T-104's with 700 watts solar setup. Way too often under heavy load the Samlux 2500 watt inverter would power down when the input battery voltage dropped down to 11.5.
I ultimately got rid of 2 batteries and 350 watts worth of panels. I'm happier with my new 3,000 watt Honda with remote start option and auto transfer switch. No problem running Air conditioner, micro wave, at different times of course:-)
The ultimate solution is Lithium Ion batteries which don't have the Peukurt effect, the fatal flaw of lead acid. When the budget and advancement of tech allows I'm going back to more solar and Lithium.
Ron & Liv
If we boondocked more than 4 months a year, I'd be looking at lithium but just can't justify the cost yet. Hopefully, they continue to go down in price and when this battery bank is at end of life I can switch, or maybe a better battery comes along. :)
I just got a new remote start generator, looking forward to that feature this winter!
Your videos are so practical! Very useful to watch. Thanks again for all the tips and how-tos.
Thanks. :)
Thank you for the information. You have helped me understand how many amps. Great information. Thank you. Thank you
I see other comments that agree with me. I hope you saved that broth and made something wonderful with it. You could also pressure cook those bones for about 20 minutes under pressure and get some more very nutriitious broth.
Ray, thanks for doing this video!. I have an instant pot and am in the downsizing and getting ready to hit the road phase. I’ve been wanting this info. HOWEVER.... Could you possibly do a video explaining what you said? I didn’t understand a word of it. Perhaps a nice amp hours / Watts for dummies video? I would so greatly appreciate it!!! Safe travels!!
Not a bad idea. :) I'll add it to the list. Cheers, Ray
Yes please! Ditto here. :D
I was thinking the same thing... for those of us completely new to this topic could you also recommend a reading list or resources to help us get educated and literate on this? I'm impressed with your setup but it's all Greek to me!
Gasta mucha luz?
Thanks Ray! Always appreciate your reviews. You do a really nice job.
You're most welcome, thanks for watching! :)
Thank you so much for doing all this legwork and thorough review for us, I am sold, and the missus and I will be buying one soon, especially to take with us when we leave the home and never look back
You're welcome, Cheers! Ray
A very helpful, "Thumb-Up" video.
Salaam to you and to all.
Super useful info Ray! I am building a new EV right now and in middle of installing 700 watts solar with 675 AH batteries (same batteries you have). We recently got the 3 quart Instant Pot and was hoping it would work for boondocking....question answered! Really enjoy your informative review videos:} I am installing a Bosch 7.1 gallon 120 volt hot water heater in the EV (we have one in our stationary tiny house and it works great}....reviews say takes 25 AH to heat up. Will be doing some testing before heading south in October. Thanks for your efforts!
Thanks, Jack. Sounds like an amazing water heater!
We'll headed out west the end of August for a two month trip with our new to us fifth wheel with a 580 watt solar setup. Thanks for taking the time to do this test!
Awesome! Have a great trip. Cheers, Ray
Thanks for this video .. and thanks for all the data in the description.
Instant pot has been a major upgrade for our cooking. We have the larger pot but pretty much everything you mentioned in your review was spot on. We also use ours from our inverter and have found that the pot cycles either on or off about 4 seconds each, so the inverter size needs to be good enough to run the load while on. One thing I noticed about your set-up is how the 1000 watt inverter was sufficient to handle the 700 watt load. Your assembly of the inverter close to the battery is an important point. Usable inverter power falls off very quickly with cable length and cable size on the 12v side. Your ribs made DW and I drool.
Do you happen to know the wattage maximum on the larger instant pot 6 quart...is it under 1500 watts?
@@fromtheflightdeck252 1000 watts, give or take
@Doug Kennedy thanks! Will a 1000W inverter handle it that? What do you run?
my husband and I are god awful power hogs. I have the mini as well as a convection microwave and etc...I do love my gadgets. We have 4-24v 200ah lithium batteries, 2-3k inverters and 3.6k solar...I'm always looking for #'s so I can make sure we get it right...thank you so much.
Well Ray, she who must be obeyed bought one for the 5er,and as per I wondered why, but I do like the pressure cooker feature.good to see how little juice [couldn't resist] it takes from the batteries,we cook lots of rice but haven't tried that yet.The ribs looked perfect and Angie approved.
Using ours quite often in the warm summer evenings to avoid the oven. Does a great job on all sorts of dishes. I like mushroom chicken. Throw some pieces in there with seasoning and a can of mushroom soup and pressure cook 5 mins then the natural release. Comes out great. Cheers, Ray
VERY HELPFUL! Thanks as always Ray! We will have 210AH and 200 watt solar. Should not have any problems with a 1500W invertor. (PS: Just buying the final pieces to install the invertor now. House sold so we will soon be heading out to boondock!)
can you tell me what is the bare minimum Solar power to use this instant pot i'm just getting into Van life and I have to start slowly I'm thinking about getting 100 W Solar Kit with 35 W battery to start out what is the minimum that I can use 700 W instant pot just need enough to get by I will slowly build up of other items to power at a later date
@@jfletc3000 I know this post is old but anyway, your solar needs to be getting Good sun ( at the least a nice bright day ) 200 Watts on a cloudy day will give you very little.
In Northern Ireland even in summer if its cloudy or overcast 200 Watts may only give out 1 amp, over 10 hours this is 10 amps so this cooker will eat that up in steamer mode in 5 minutes, pressure mode 20 minutes and slow cook mode 1 hour 40 minutes.
A single 100 ah battery with little solar coming in like above will use mostly your battery power so the slow Cook for 4 hours will leave you with around 50% usable power in your battery counting 4 ah from solar as well at best but that's using 40% as usable power, I prefer 33% max as not to kill my battery too fast.
100 ah battery at 33% = 33 ah of usable power.
Sucking 700 watts of a single 100 ah battery is also not Good for that battery.
If you live in a sunny climate, 200 Watts of solar and 200 ah ( Two 100 ah ) batteries plus a 1000 watt inverter at least plus wired up properly to get the best out of it, this would be a Good minimum choice for this cooker if it's to be used often.
Duller climates like Britain, I wouldn't bother unless I had 300 ah battery power and 400 watts to 600 Watts of solar because in winter solar is dismal, early spring and late autumn ( fall ) can be dismal and to be honest so can summer lol, so more solar is important plus a Good storage bank to capture the power of the sun when it's at its best.
LPG works best here for cooking in Ireland or Britain as it's cheap, next would be propane although I prefer propane as it's cleaner than LPG and better than butane in the winter.
Electric equipment in a small set up and perhaps a cooler climate is best being 12 volts as an inverter is only around 80% efficient wasting 20% of the power before you even start.
This is all approximate and my opinion from all my many hours of research.
It's as honest an opinion I have as I myself was interested in this cooker.
People have been saying for a long time that a 700 watt microwave in a camper is pretty much too much and they are usually only on for a few minutes, this is 700 Watts and is on for much longer so it's not for me.
I hope this helps you somewhat or someone else who reads it.
Always work out the pro's and cons is my advice, happy travels.
Great job Ray, this will save me lots of worry and time. I just have 2x100ah 12v agm batteries and i heard that that's better for high amp draws, than 2x6v 100ah batteries due to the size of the plates in them. From Solar Boondocker. I all so bought a induction hot plate because I can control the Watts it uses. I am using it to make my morning coffee. Heats water real fast, about 3.5 min for 24 oz. The induction cook top will cycle too when you set the temp.
Hi Ray, I recently got a MPPT 40 commander from Renogy. I liked the links though. Great explanation from both. I like Greg's because I used to be a US coastguard licensed 100 ton Capt, with a Sailing endorsement.
and built a 32' sailboat with my father and mother. I think sometimes I should go that root instead of a land yacht. Look forward to hitting the road soon as my stepson is almost ready to take over the business. Ill keep an eye for your next videos as they have been a great help in my learning curve. Safe sailing, hope to see you sometime on the road.
You had some great soup stock after slow cooker. Some carrots, celery, wide egg noodles and some of that chicken. Wallah!, homemade chicken soup
You mean "Voila!"
You rocked this test!! Thanks so much. Another reason for me to buy that Instsnt Pot.
Thanks!
You answered some of the questions I had in mind. Thanks
460 AMP/ 200AMP. 1/8 of the batteries use. Wow! With the solar off. Nice set up
Another great video. Thanks for all your reviews.
Thanks Ray !!!! now I want a slow cooker,LOL
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Great test and data reporting Ray. Cheers!
Thanks, Marshall
Thank you. This was very helpful.
Have to tell you how helpful your video was for my husband myself. But was it 6.3 and 6.4?
Great job Ray! Very informative!
Great clamp on. I love mine. Wish it went above 100amps.
Ray, If you should happen to test the new Bluetti EB70 solar generator, could you use it with your 3QT Instant Pot? Thank,you sir.
Side note: I imagine that if you added boiling water heated from your stove, to the Instant Pot prior to use, you would put less stress on your battery bank heating the water up to start the pressure cooking process.
Oh genius idea!!! I have eb70 and mini pot and will try this idea!!! Thx!!!
I'm just firing up my duo mini on an 800 watt eb70s and it's barely taxing it with about 3 cups fluid in there on pressue.
Thanks for the review and info. Cheers
Thanks Ray
You make Angie work for her supper!!!
Very nice wife says hope he made soup with that juice LOL..
Thx Ray.
Thank you, very useful information.......
After the first example told me that using a Rocket Stove outside would be better to use for every day use off the gird cooking in AZ during the summer in order to save my energy for cooling my van instead.
Yeah AZ on the summer would be a whole other ballgame. :)
@@LoveYourRV I forgot to tell you thanks for saving me money
Ray, excellent video. Remind me again how much battery storage you have. Right now I have 2-225 Trojan T-150 golf carts and hope to add more before I head out!
I have 4 Interstate Golf Cart batteries they are 232 AH each and 6 volts. So two wired in a pair makes a 12 volt at 232 AH, then when I parallel another series pair I get a total of 464 AH. Of that, the usable AH is around 200 or so as I don't like to run them down too far. They say it's not good for a lead-acid batteries lifespan to let them get too discharged.
Chicken sandwiches for you all for the next week then!
Awesome info!!
Thank you!!
I have a 2,000 watt inverter. 10 golf cart batteries , about 900 watts of solar panels. I guess this should work ok. I do use a small rice cooker, and I boil the water for it on the stove.
Will work great! :)
very informative .i have 2 6 volt batteries with 200 amp hr capacity. just installed a 2000w renogy invertor cause my 1000w would handle the instapot. when turned on my battery voltage drops to 11.7. would i be ok running these batteries that low for a period of time ? thanks
It should be OK if its that low under the Instant Pot full amperage load, then the voltage should rise back up afterwards. If it doesn't then the batteries need to be recharged.
I'd bet you can save electric power (+7 Ah, about) if you boil on the stove what water you add at the start of your cooking.
sailingsolar great point! Even just hot water will shave off some energy
sailingsolar I live in a house and have a larger instant pot but I always boil the kettle and put boiling water in my instant pot, it’s just quicker
He has so much solar capability, if he's cooking during the day he won't even touch the batteries. Free Cooking!! If you were trying to stretch your battery, I think your strategy is great, get things started on the stovetop then pop that pot into the unit to finish.
Ray, my system in my van is 200 watts solar, 100ah lithium battery and a 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter and a 2000 watt inverter generator for backup. Do you think with good sun that I should be able to cook one meal a day (generally 15 to 30 minutes) with my instant pot mini, or should I just use the generator for cooking? The only other use of power is a few led lights and charging my laptop and phone.
It will depend on the time of year, in the winter days are short and sun angle shallow so the amount of amp hours is gain in a day is much lower than a long summer day. My guess is in the spring summer and fall you'd be fine but maybe in the mid-winter, the generator possibly may be needed. I'm not sure what other DC power draws there may be in the van such as fridge, furnace, water pump, radio, propane detector, etc. Cheers, Ray
Good job good info.
Questions. How large is your battery bank? And what type of battery bank is it? Lithium? Lead acid?
The test was performed using a lead-acid battery bank of four 6V golf cart-type batteries wired in a series-parallel arrangement. The total rated capacity was 464 amp hours, but the usable capacity is more like 232 amp hours since it isn't advisable to discharge the lead-acid battery below 50% on a regular basis to prolong battery life.
Thanks for this one! We'll just stick with propane for now. I guess our meat won't be falling off the bone - that would be nice!
One thing i did not here is how big your solar is. Thank you
Pretty modest, but works for us - 500 watts www.loveyourrv.com/diy-rv-boondocking-power-system/
When you pressure cooked the first batch of chicken did you add any liquid or just chicken only?
I left the liquid that was in there from the steam cycle, 3 cups minus whatever evaporated during that cycle.
It is NOT sucking 63A out of the batteries - lol - it's drawing (in this MODE at a starting temp) over an initial time duration 63 Amp-Hours.... which should trail off as Temp comes up to speed.
Same difference www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/sucking.html
Guess I’m having dinner at Rays 😋
very useful, cheers.
Ray another great video. Making a nice chicken noodle soup in your Insta-pot while driving using the sun, instead of propane.
How low did your batteries drop - Voltage? Is that bad for the batteries?
It's normal for batteries to drop when under lots of load current, at times they will drop under 12 volts, but the key measurement is what the are when they come back to resting state. There are charts that tell you how much capacity is left - ie. www.marxrv.com/12volt/voltchart1.gif I have a battery monitor system that calculated the Amp Hour use by monitoring the amps in and out of the battery bank. With wet cell lead-acid type batteries, the most accurate way to tell the battery state of charge is with a hydrometer and test each cell. I do that once in a while to make sure they are all in good shape, sometimes they need to be equalized - www.loveyourrv.com/testing-and-equalizing-my-rvs-4-golf-cart-battery-bank/ Cheers, Ray
I'm Angie too 😂
I'm trying to figure this usage for a 1500 watt instapot for pressure cooking.
I would guess roughly double the figure I got with my 700 watt model
I wonder if they make a smaller version of the unit you have. I am only cooking for one anyway and don't need or want a huge 700 watt appliance. At least my small crock pot easily runs off my solar system, even with my refrigerator also on my inverter.
There’s a three qt, half the size.
Thanks for this test. How the search for a new truck coming?
Good, just about to factory order a new Ram 3500 Cummins. :)
I have the instant pot 8 quarts it says 1000 W in that case what would be the best course of action when it comes to getting a inverter not using solar power running it off a van engine battery Should I get a 1500 W inverter or will a 1000 W inverter be enough In the future I will get a solar panels but not right now funds not available right now Mostly I want to know will i be to able to run it using a 1500 watts inverter using the vans battery
I'd get a 1500 watt to be sure, better to not be totally maxing out the inverter. I'd advise having 2 batteries to power it, just one may struggle and run down quickly, but you could always run the engine at the same time.
Those things are great for pasta!
Mmm, gonna have to try some mac and cheese. :)
Whoa! I just about understood! 😂 so I love my InstaPot. I don’t understand if my solar system is drawing from Solar Panels or the battery’s. I have 2 280 watt panels and a TriStar remote meter with a 3000 watt Sine wave Inverter. Also I have 2 huge 12 volt lead acid batteries. When I turn on my InstaPot the TriStarts beeping and red lights flash like I’m drawing too much. I just can’t believe that with all this I can’t use my solar to run my InstaPot. But then I just turn to the Generator. Weird.
Solar panels fill the batteries with power so that we can use the power in the RV. Think of the batteries like a bucket of water. As we used things in the RV it takes out water, the solar panels help refill it.
I would think your setup should be able to run it, maybe its a problem with the wiring. If the wires aren't big enough especially going to the inverter from the batteries it can cause problems when trying to run high power appliances.
Can you run a microwave or hair dryer?
No on the microwavw and probably hair dryer. Also, my coffee pot did not work. Your explaination makes sense. He probably set it so it won't overload thew wires in my 1993 Coronado Class A. So I guess it never works straight from solar. Thanks so much. 😊 I'm a happy woman now!
Someone would have to do voltage checks to determine if the problem was too small of wiring, bad connections or maybe defective battery. My guess would be too small of wiring for the amount of amperage required by the big 3000w inverter to run those high wattage things. Cheers! Ray
You need 02 gage wires from battery to inverter for a 12 volt or 04
gage wires on a 24 volt to get power on a 3000 wat inverter and s less than 2 feet in length is best and 2 more battery's 4 total I would use 6 volt gulf cart battery's
Great vid!
Hi Ray, Just curious. Is the 110V cable running from your inverter output to your single house outlet solid core or stranded?
I can't remember, it was installed 7 years ago. I do know it weatherproof armor coated. I went with that as I ran it under the floor through the trailers underbelly.
I have 2 interstate 6 v batteries and even after charging on shore power for a couple days the most I can get is 12.4 volts Is this normal?
Seems a little low if they have no load in them. Usually, you should see 12.6 - 12.7 from a fully charged battery in a resting state. I would get yourself a hydrometer and test each cell. www.loveyourrv.com/testing-and-equalizing-my-rvs-4-golf-cart-battery-bank/
Now what are you gonna do with all that chicken? I'm sure Angie would like to help out. 😊
I was thinking of chicken pot pie! She would like that even better, haha
I hope Angie is getting some of that chicken?!
I made the mistake of buying about the smallest crock pot I could find and now I am on the market for a replacement. But I was concerned to read from multiple sources that it's not safe to leave those things on when you're not home as they can and have started fires. That's fine when you're retired like I am, but I think a lot of working people don't know that.
I think they are making a comeback in a big way. I read a lot of articles and video on cooking and they are really in the literature a lot.
Hi Tim, I heard that too and after some research found it wasn't this Instant Pot pressure cooker model but another completely different model called the Gem that had the recall for fire hazard - www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/business/instant-pot-recall.html
But now the myth is out there. :) Cheers, Ray
Love RV I'm not even talking about the recall. Hey, I have used crockpots countless times over the years and a number of times in my RV. No fires, no problems. I should have kept my last crockpot but I was downsizing for my RV and sometimes I got rid of stuff I ended up replacing. Anyway, some sources have reservations about leaving an appliance unattended that is operating at high wattage. Just sayn'. I am still going to get a bigger one and will probably leave it on low if I go to town or something.
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/crock-pot-safety_us_5a68a6a3e4b0e56300757fe2
I'm way more concerned about the RV fridge than any other appliance but you got to live your life. We just have good insurance and hope for the best. These days a few incidents make big news, just the way the media works, scaring people gets clicks and views, but actually, the risk is usually pretty small compared to a lot of other things we do in life like drive on an interstate highway. ;)
Anything that uses electricity can catch fire. If you are afraid of fire don’t leave anything plugged in, but I leave crock pots unattended all the time
i'm new on this i have a battery isolator (for now) and a 100ah battery 2200 watts inverter. i have a instant pot 3qt 700 watts will it have enough power to operate it at 30 mins per day
Depends if its a lithium or lead acid battery. Lithium it shouldn't be a problem as long as you can recharge each day. A 100 Ah lead acid would maybe be a problem.
@@LoveYourRV 100ah lead acid battery. I could start my van to get the instant pot to get to pressure that about 10 to 15 mins
So on the pp mini at 600watts on a 750 watt inverter with 1500 peak and 1 100amp hr battery you think it should work.
Should do the trick if the inverter is a quality make and lives up to its rating. Also the wiring form the battery to the inverter needs to be of sufficient gauge for power transfer, especially if the run is more than 18 inches or so. Too much voltage drop along the cables and the inverter goes into low voltage shutdown. Cheers, Ray
I don't know what amp hours means. 😳
Here is a pretty good explanation - www.mkbattery.com/blog/understanding-battery-amp-hours
My new 6qt instant pot take 20 minutes to get up to pressure.
I think Angie wants some chicken!
Works great as a self-disinfecting backup toilet too
My question is and I don't have all the technical expertise to be totally accurate is if where I'm living I have to operate one electronic device at a time like I can't run my microwave and my steam press the same time because I'm on a 15 amp line and the circuit breaker will trip if I run them both at the same time the microwave is 900 watts the steam presses is around that too I think I assume that if I bought that instapot that I could not use it at all without tripping the circuit breaker since the amperage is around 60 when heating up?
No. That was the DC amperage from my RV batteries powering my Inverter for the off-grid camping. Since the RV battery voltage is only 12 volts it draws around 60 amps from the batteries to power the Instant Pots 700 watt needs. But you are talking about an AC 120V plugin source so the Instant Pot like mine would draw a max of around 6-7 amps in that scenario. You would be fine on a 15 amp circuit. The 3 quart Instant Pot takes less power than your microwave.
@@LoveYourRV thank you very much! You're classy guy and very professional with your answer.many people need help with alternative living due to economics and disasters like fires in california Many there are living in walmart parking lots thanks for doing your part to help!
I don't understand why I can't find anyone to answer this question with an affirmative yes maybe someone here will know the answer I'm hoping anyway
For car camping purposes I would like to purchase a instapot Mini are the smallest one whatever it's called I am hoping that a Yeti 400 portable battery will be enough to make the instapot work do you know?
I'd guess no it can't. Looking at the specs on the Yeti 400 it says the inverter puts out 300 AC watts continuous power. The Instant Pot Mini requires 700 AC watts to operate.
so if it digital i need a pure sine wave what about a hotpot or rice cooker i will be in a van may 8 2020 so i need some kind of cooking i have a propane grill what cooking items could i used with a modified sine wave
You'd need to have an inverter capable of powering 700 watts of AC power, best to have some extra headroom so I'd advise a 1000 watt inverter. To power, the inverter 2 deep cycle lead acid batteries hooked together is advisable. Either 2 - 6 volts wired in series or 2 - 12 volts wired in parallel. If you have a lithium type battery then one 100 amp hour battery would do the job.
To recharge them you can use solar panels or the van alternator or a charge converter plugged into shore power or a combination of them.
Love Your RV i dont understand how many amp hrs battery i need and how many watts solar panel needed will 100 watt solar plus 100 amps hrs battery will that work
Yes, but it will take many hours of sunshine to recoup one Instapot cooking session. A 100-watt solar panel only puts out about 5 amps so you'll need 5 hours of the perfect overhead sun just to recoup what the Instant used. I have no clue what else you are powering in your van as well but I would recommend at least 300 watts of solar power if you intend to use a high wattage appliance such as the InstantPot. Either that or get a 1000 watt gas generator.
Love Your RV OK I’m thinking about getting a 295 W solar panel blood what battery amp hours should I get the lease amount Also what a 10 amp charger controller be able to handle a 295 W solar panel
100 AH battery minimum and preferably 200 AH if you can afford them and they fit. Batteries are the heart of the off-grid system. I'd want a 30 amp solar controller.
Need help? Has anyone used the instant pot outdoor. I want to get a power inverter but which one to get modified sine wave or pure sine wave. I'm not getting a straight answer from the instant pot company. I dont want to spend more than i need to any help would be appreciated
I'd go for a pure sine since the Instant Pot uses microprocessor electronics to control the cooking times. If it uses the 60 cycles of the AC power to keep the time, then a modified sine wave may cause the time to be off. Just a guess though. Also modified sine wave inverters are less efficient at power transfer so you would likely need a bigger one versus a pure sine type.
@@LoveYourRV so if it digital i need a pure sine wave what about a hotpot or rice cooker i will be in a van may 8 2020 so i need some kind of cooking i have a propane grill what cooking items could i used with a modified sine wave
Its always hard to predict as appliances often used a variety of power circuits and control electronics. Basically it boils down to a modified sine will run most things fine except but not as efficiently power wise as a pure sine. A pure sine will run everything well. If a modified worked well on everything no one would buy a pure sine. Also, you'll see than most everyone of the new solar generator power boxes and gas inverter generators are using pure sine, so that tells us something. They feel its worth the extra cost. Cheers, Ray
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Soooo your clamp meter was set to AC. Way off.
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Nope, I stopped right away when I saw that. But I'm glad you corrected it in the video.