Power stations and inverter trolley choices for gamers

Jan said:

Best power stations and inverter trolleys for gamers

South African gamers who are primarily interested in keeping their console or PC running during load-shedding can buy a portable power station or inverter trolley for a much lower price than a fully-fledged backup system.

The latest top-end gaming consoles — the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X — have peak power ratings of 350 watts and 315 watts, respectively.

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WAslayer said:

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If a station has 1,000Wh or 1kWh of capacity, for example, a PC with a peak 500W power draw will be able to run on it for at least two hours.
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No, Jan..

The electronics of the inverter also need some electricity and that also comes from the battery and there are losses too for the DC to AC conversion.. Furthermore, you shouldn't be running your batteries completely flat either..

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UB40 said:

Agree, there is always 10 to 20% internal losses whilst converting the DC to AC and heat losses etc

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Park@82 said:

Ive seen 30% as well. It also depends on how fast you discharge them.

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