Hi,
Was wandering Costco today and noticed they had the Yeti1000 for $999.
http://www.goalzero.com/costco/
In one 42 lb box that measures 10 by 15 by 14 inches, they provide a 1000 watt-hr (83 amp-hr) LI battery, 1500 watt pure sine inverter, PWM solar charge controller, battery monitor system, AC outlets and DC outlets, and USB charger outlets.
It will charge from solar panels, 12 volts DC(eg from the van), and/or AC shore power.
Seems like this might make a nice solution for someone who wants a very simple, all in one box electrical system for a conversion. It could be mounted in such a way that the outlets are directly accessible to plug things into. Or, it could be enclosed and your run a little wiring from its plugs to outlets anywhere in the RV.
It could be installed in such a way that it could be removed easily and used outside while camping, or as emergency power for a power outage in your home.
It looks like it may be able to take solar panels up to 360 watts -- they have to be less than 30 volts, so the nominal 12 volt panels in parallel would likely work.
Could not find the manual for the yeti1000, but this is the manual for the yeti1400 (its bigger brother):
http://www.goalzero.com/creative/assets/guides/Y1400Li.pdf
The Yeti1000 may be a unique offering for Costco. They sell a Yeti1400 on their site for $2000, which looks very similar, but with a 1400 watt-hr battery.
They list the battery type as Li ion NMC, so not the LiFEPO4 used in a lot of RV conversions. They list the life as "hundreds of cycles", not the thousands of cycle claims you usually see for LI van batteries -- maybe they are just being conservative (or realistic) in the life claim. Maybe someone knows how the these two Li chemistries compare?
They also make an lead acid AGM version.
I know all of us that have slogged through the usual RV electrical system component selection, wire sizing, fusing, grounding issues... would never consider such an easy solution -- or would we
Gary
Was wandering Costco today and noticed they had the Yeti1000 for $999.
http://www.goalzero.com/costco/
In one 42 lb box that measures 10 by 15 by 14 inches, they provide a 1000 watt-hr (83 amp-hr) LI battery, 1500 watt pure sine inverter, PWM solar charge controller, battery monitor system, AC outlets and DC outlets, and USB charger outlets.
It will charge from solar panels, 12 volts DC(eg from the van), and/or AC shore power.
Seems like this might make a nice solution for someone who wants a very simple, all in one box electrical system for a conversion. It could be mounted in such a way that the outlets are directly accessible to plug things into. Or, it could be enclosed and your run a little wiring from its plugs to outlets anywhere in the RV.
It could be installed in such a way that it could be removed easily and used outside while camping, or as emergency power for a power outage in your home.
It looks like it may be able to take solar panels up to 360 watts -- they have to be less than 30 volts, so the nominal 12 volt panels in parallel would likely work.
Could not find the manual for the yeti1000, but this is the manual for the yeti1400 (its bigger brother):
http://www.goalzero.com/creative/assets/guides/Y1400Li.pdf
The Yeti1000 may be a unique offering for Costco. They sell a Yeti1400 on their site for $2000, which looks very similar, but with a 1400 watt-hr battery.
They list the battery type as Li ion NMC, so not the LiFEPO4 used in a lot of RV conversions. They list the life as "hundreds of cycles", not the thousands of cycle claims you usually see for LI van batteries -- maybe they are just being conservative (or realistic) in the life claim. Maybe someone knows how the these two Li chemistries compare?
They also make an lead acid AGM version.
I know all of us that have slogged through the usual RV electrical system component selection, wire sizing, fusing, grounding issues... would never consider such an easy solution -- or would we
Gary