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Yeah, I know the feeling man. I get about a half day max out of my Golabs R500. I get about double that if I set up the solar panels and its a sunny day outside. I also gain 20-30 minutes extra from a UPS already present.Full report on Amazon's $400 Jackery 500 lipo backup
full charge
loading test from 100%: only running one airstone bubbler and one tetra preset heater that runs 78 degrees, a bit cool outside so the heater for sure cycles on an off in the day not like summer/rarely ever comes on except for night
consider you guys' reef tanks and all the pumps and motion devices and heaters and the degree they have to work...compared to my fishbowl setup basically which is one air pump and a tetra heater for a 10 gallon tank from wal mart.
I only get one 24 hour run from 100% to 5%
that's crapola but dang I can't find any cheaper 500 watt-hour packs. it costs me $412 to be able to battery-carry a pico reef for one day. my gas powered igen 2200 westinghouse from amazon was $500 bucks and carries a full size fridge, very large, plus reefbowl plus five cell phones charging as much gas as we need to cycle through it.
that being said, setting it up is a hassle. this jackery can be set out and handle any 24 hour period for my pico reef even if I'm not home to connect it, kiddo could connect it for me. so I'll keep it. but that stings, I thought I could get three days on a childs bubbler setup for 1 goldfish pretty much lol!
However, the UPS, along with the Apex system will draw some of its own power. I can however, get 12 hours or so with pump only and no heater. The best means is a full battery backup system on the home or select outlets.