02-28-2026 — Powering thru a bug

Howdy all. It is the end of February. Yippee. And the lion comes tomorrow. Isn’t March the lion? Anyway, the temperature is dropping all day today and we will see the teens and snow again tonight. I am slowly recovering from my unnamed bug. Every time I think I’m finally over the hacking, another round pops up. Very much exhausted.

But, I did get my arse into the garage and unboxed and assembled the EcoFlow DPUX. The boxes are thick cardboard and full of heavy foam. I managed to get one into the Thursday trash pickup. It basically filled the trash can. Have two more left.

That’s just one, and it is full of foam. Even if you break down the cardboard, it still takes up the same volume.

The DPUX is plugged into a 120V household outlet right now charging. I only have that size charging cable. The 240Volt 50Amp, or the 30Amp, are both back-ordered everywhere and won’t be available until mid-March (so they guess).

The 100 pound inverter, sitting on top of two 125 pound battery units — on a base that rolls quite easily.

The iPhone App shows it has dropped back to pulling in 1400 watts to charge.

It should reach full 100% charge by late afternoon. Just need an electrician to show up and add outlets and conduits with cables. Getting close to worrying less about street power outages, and being able to Enjoy Life