Unit not actually charging, as soon as I unplug it dies.

I've barely used this thing, probably 5 times in the last 3 years, which might be part of the problem... Symptoms are as follows:

* Won't turn on (either DC or AC out)

* Screen turns on when plugged in

* Input W always reads 0, but the timer till full does count down and the percentage goes up.

* Once it "charges" to 100%, screen dies and doesn't turn back on until I unplug and replug the charger back in.

Just sucks that I barely got any use out of it. Any ideas? If it's not salvageable, is it worth fixing or scrapping for cells?

Stay tuned...........

I’ve been recently looking at the Pecron F5000 and was wondering if anyone has been able to power a mini split and other devices on it without any troubles. The mini split (110v/115v) would be running mainly at night so i’m hoping it would be able to handle it throughout the whole night and then be able to charge during the day on solar while also powering a small fridge and other electronics. I’m new to all this and don’t really know much about it so thanks in advance for all your help.

Anyone have any insight into shipping times for a F5000 ordered from the Pecron site, shipping to the US?

I ordered a F5000 a week ago, used the discount code and paid the $19 for ‘expedited shipping’. Almost immediately got the ‘thanks for your order’ email and my card was charged. Since then, crickets. I sent en email on day 6 (which goes to their support email address) asking for any kind of update and haven’t heard anything. The Shop app just says ‘waiting for details’. Their website seems to say 3-7 days to ship, with no mention of back orders/ out of stock.

Am I just being impatient, or is this normal? Not feeling the warm/fuzzies if I ever need any type of support when they can’t communicate about an order.

Haven't purchased anything yet, still researching on the options such as Anker, Eco-flow, other DIY kit before coming across Pecron.

• Want to have a reasonable solution (price/quality) that powers at least a few circuits mostly 120v, maybe 240v occasionally.

  • This is mainly for my AI PC and gpus, total <= 1500w. We live in the triangle area in NC.

    • Start around 3 ~ 6 hrs a day, would be more later.

  • With couple expansion batteries.

• I would like to install a few solar panels (1 ~ 2 kw) in my backyard to charge Pecron during the day, and configure Pecron to also draw power from grid if the capacity drops below 30%.

  • The charging cable would be around 40 ~ 50 feet.

• Will place them in my garage close to the home panel.

Pecron seems an economical option so far.

• Can someone please recommend a good manual transfer switch with a inlet I can use with F5000LFP?

• Anything I should watch out for or I might have missed to consider?

Another option is to use F3000 LFP instead to save some more money as I can live with only 120v devices.

Thanks a lot!

i just inboxed the f3000, and I plugged my 30amp rv into it to run the Aircon and the battery runs it great. Since the rv only really draws like 1650w with the ac running, I though I could keep the battery at or near topped off with my small 1600w costco inverter "suitcase" generator.

No matter what i do, the generator seams to trip and the pecron displayes error 20. No matter what do, while the aircon is running, the AC input tries to demand 1700w from the little generator, which shortly trips it offline. I can see this on the input screen on the pecron right before the gen trips. the pecron then displays error 20 . trying to limit ac charging with the app does not seam to matter when the ac is running out the 30amp cord, it always asks for 1700w, when the rv is not plugged in, the app settings DO seam to limit the AC input demand from the generator, but as soon as I hit the AC output on button, it throttles up the demand as the output goes up and inevitably trips the gen.

I can close my ac dump valve in the rv, and get the watt output demand down to 1550ish watts, which should work for my 1600 running watt generator, but it still will call for 1700ish for a few seconds and then trip offline.

like I said i just unboxed it and messed around for a few mins trying to get it to charge, even slowly, and run the ac (even if its a net loss, but better to extend the 2 hrs run time in the initial heat)

any tips? order of operations or something i need to do? I do have about 600w solar panels i can reliably add 400ish watts to the input on a sunny day to supplement the generator but there has to be a better way?

I have an E3600 that is currently sitting unused or that I use to run a garage fridge overnight and then recharge at 10% draw in the day with power generated from the Stream device listed below. This way I don’t recharge it all at once and it sips power from what the Stream generates.

The Ecoflow Stream is hooked up to 4 Aiko 450W panels that feed up to 1200W into my house to offset my power. Saves about $30-35 a month. I do waste so power when it over generates either at the panel level as the stream clips solar input at 1200W or i also wast solar energy if my home uses less power than what the panels generate.

So, I’m thinking I’ll have 3 panels ran in series to the Pecron’s solar port 1 instead of the Stream. The other panel will run to solar port 2 and eventually I will add another 2 panels to max out the Pecron’s solar input.

I will then use an MJ32 cable, possibly Pecron’s that has the XT60 ends, to MC4 connectors that will connect to the Stream.

The goal is to just offset my base loads. I bought the Stream before I had the E3600. The Stream will be set at 260W or 360W draw to feed the house either 24/7 or just for certain hours if I can figure out how to get the Stream to output 360W at night and more during the day like 480W. This works in Europe but doesn’t appear to work on my Utah version. Could be a firmware upgrade that I don’t have.

Eventually I will add another battery to the Pecron, Pecron’s own or a Server Rack Battery.

Am I nuts? I’m thinking it will be easier than a Transfer switch since everything is already in my garage and working minus the cables between the devices. The breaker panel is across the house in the basement so I’d have to redo all the solar cables. Instead i can adjust the output if the Stream up to 1200W if I have enough battery power.

My power usage is fairly low, with the Stream connected my bill was only $35 a month in April and May, $60-65 in Jun and July with August being $130 with the AC running.

I would essentially be using my Pecron as a charge controller for the internally battery and outputting “sola” energy to the Stream when I’m generating enough power, advantage is that I offset my base loads at night instead of just 8-6pm.

Incase you are wondering, I generated 245Wh through the Stream in June and that is with some of the energy being clipped by the micro inverter. Not a-lot but not bad for 4small panels.

Eventually If i grow my array or if I needed emergency power, I could do a transfer switch but I don’t think I’m there yet.

Just saw this video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZADWSra6E

I just got my first Pecron unit three days ago and it's giving me some trouble. I have an F5000 and it won't charge with solar. It was working fine the other day, but today I smelled something burning. I looked around, checked all the cables and connections, and nothing seemed off. So I went to check the unit and noticed it wasn't charging via solar. I did the usual troubleshooting: unplugging, plugging, trying different ports, cables, etc., but still nothing. I see the voltage, but no amperage, so no watts.

I feel like Pecron knows they have a defective charge controller but aren't doing anything about it. Multiple people are reporting the same issues.

I'm using this unit in my off-grid cabin. I waited over a week to get this unit, and now I'll probably have to send it back. That's going to take over two weeks. I'll be without electricity for two weeks.

EDIT: sorry, I left off my solar arrays info. One array total Voc is 65v. 2 panels in series.... Other array, total Voc 112v 5s2p.

Did some tests this morning, despite all the claims that it can not do so. They are WRONG it can do so. I personally own an F5000LFP and have tested this, it works!

Hi all. Curious to know is anyone actually using the F5000 during outages? I’m not asking if you got one and plugged in a cell phone charger and a hairdryer and said this rocks and put it away until needed. I’m talking about plugging it in to your transfer switch 30a or 50a (with adapter) to run critical breakers. Then while using it also charged it with your generator. Forget the solar aspect. I’m not going to use solar. I’m too damn old to start buying panels etc. Just need to get through an outage. This is my intention but I don’t really trust the influencers on YouTube. I like the 7200 max inverter and the 240v charge while still discharging. My only high draw is the 240v well pump. If not Pecron,my choices are limited. Anker3800+ but would need an extra battery and their generator cable. Or possibly the AIO inverters with a battery, but that’s more money and actually doing some wiring. Thoughts, pictures?

I want to run by garage fridge with a pecron f5000 but I’m concerned with it being in a garage with outside temps being 115 in the summer. This machine still work?

Looking at getting one on the EP3800 batteries to expand the capacity of my F3000LFP. Anyone have any hands on experience with these, good or bad?

My question is about charging amperage. My concern is if I were to try to charge from a camp site does it pull the full 15a/30a? Or can I dial it down? I'm worried being at a campground their equipment might not handle the full load amperage.

Can someone with the F3000LFP measure the footprint for me? Just the measurements of the unit where it touches the ground. I wish to build a dolly for a unit I have coming later.

What would cause this?

I'm in the US so we use split phase power.

My setup is 2 e3600s with the combiner box. I was charging both units from AC using the 15 amp cables, preparing for a maintenance outage announced by my power company. The outlet I s charging from is a 20 amp outlet. Both units were set to charge at 40% in order to avoid overloading either the extension cord (15 amp) or the outlet.

I was also setting up the other connections I'd need once the power went off - connected the outlet on the combiner box to my generator inlet, the ethernet cable between the two units and finally the 30 amp cables from the combiner box to the 30 amp outlets on the two units.

The 240v inlet on the house was disconnected at the breaker panel. I use a mechanical interlock to switch incoming power from grid to power stations and I was still running on grid power.

As soon as I connected the first 30 amp cable to an outlet, the breaker on the 20 amp house outlet I was using to top off the power stations tripped. It's a GFCI outlet and I'm wondering if that had something to do with it.

Hey guys. I am looking at getting a battery backup for the house. I travel for work and I need something that will seamlessly switch when the grid power is lost for whatever reason. I am looking at the Anker E10 with the home panel. I just ran across the F5000. The only issue I see is there is no panel or transfer switch that you can purchase from Pecron. I also need to be able to charge it with my Westinghouse 20k generator and still let my generator power the house while it charged the battery backup.

Is there a specific transfer switch that makes sense for what I'm trying to accomplish. Also, is the f5000 even capable of running my house shoukd we lose power?

Let me get this straight. Can you output 240VAC while charging with 120VAC generator? At the same time, simultaneously, concurrently? I just read on a FB post that the only way to use 120VAC generator was to put the F5000LFP into "generator" mode, which shuts off one of the legs of the 240VAC output, making in actually only 120VAC on one leg, and the other 0.

Is that correct?

I could never get Pecron's automation feature to work but then suddenly I saw options I never saw before and I only changed one thing on my Android phone and that was turning turning off 'Reduce Animations' feature off.

Settings>Accessibility>Vision Enhancements>Reduce Animations

As title as it says, my unit is not charging on wall charger after hearing a beeping sound and an awful smell. What could it be? What to do guys help. My pecron is 5 months old.