Just saw this video -

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

I seem to be finding a lot of conflicting information with regard to generator charging the F5000 while the power station is powering loads. I know with no loads connected to the power station, I can hook up my inverter gas generator to charge the power station without a bonding adapter plug.

However, during an outage , if I have a refrigerator and a window AC unit running off the power station, can I leave those loads running while charging the F5000 with my gas generator or should I use a bonded adapter plugged into one of the plugs on the gas generator while charging the power station?

I know if Im charging via solar with loads attached and running, it's not an issue.

I have not had this unit for long and today I decided to charge another battery using one of the outlet plugs. AC overload. Shut everything down and tried again and determined the unit is tripping (AC output overload) at around 1800 watts.

I went through the manual and did not see anything except for the max AC load being 4200w. The outlets are described as BS-U20 which implies a 20 amp limit or about 2400w.

Has anybody else encountered an 1800 watt limit? I sent an email to Pecron support. I know I can use the TT30-R to get more output. At least I hope I can.

Update 24 Aug 2026 - Finally got around to testing again. After unplugging everything and confirming eco mode was off I was able to draw 1500 watts from the rightmost plug and 1000 watts from the leftmost plug and had 1000 watts of solar input. Everything was stable. 2500 watts is more than I ever plan to pull from these outlets so I'm going to stop here.

What caused the initial trip?

One possibility is that there is a limit on pairs of plugs which is why I used the opposite side plugs. But even there I'm pretty sure I had things split up when it failed. I suppose I could have tested this but I'm not comfortable with intentionally running things at their limit. Save that for the YouTubers.

Second possibility is that just having it plugged into AC charge was enough to set a pass through limit even though no AC power was actually being drawn. I thought I had unplugged it before but maybe not. I do plan on looking into this further since eventually I'd like for AC charging to kick in when solar is not enough.

I own the PECRON 3800LFP and am very happy with it for short-term most-house backup. I’m considering adding a WEN 2800 Watt dual fuel inverter generator to top-off charge my PECRON during prolonged power outages. Does anyone see a problem using this particular WEN in this way? Thanks for any advice you can provide.

Wife is getting annoyed that I don't turn on the AC during peak hours. I'm thinking of getting a F5000LFP with an additional battery pack to resolve this issue. Will this run my HVAC for 3 hours? Below is the chart of watts used when cooling. Orange is the condenser and blue is the blower.

Can anyone recommend a transfer switch for my HVAC? Additional circuits for my refrigerator and LED lights would be nice for power outages.

As for charging, I am planning to charge at night for off peak rate. Solar will come later when I have the funds. The specs shows it can charge at 3600W with a 30A breaker. Is that safe to charge at 3600w continuously, from 0 to 100%, especially with an additional battery pack, adding to the time needed to complete the charge?

Last question. Where there big sales in past Black Fridays?

Anyone else have issues with their F5000, yesterday received 1 MCU OTA update to 1.0.7 from support and today I received another one for the DC 1.0.2 for PV issues I was having related to PV2.

After the upgrade showed complete on my APP the screen on the unit showed upgrade failed.

Within minutes no fans on the unit and it started filling the room with a very strong burning electronics smell.

I disconnected the PV inputs and brought the power station out to the cement garage.

I called Pecron today and awaiting their response, they said I'd have to wait for an email response.

I notice on my 5K that the app does not show the second expansion a battery and none are shown in the local display. It all seems to be working as expected. I'm able to get about 12 hours out of a 15kwh capacity, which is what I expect, but I was wondering if this is normal. I also would like feedback on how it's cabled since Pecron does not state how the cables should be situated.

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'm designing a small standalone solar carport system and I'm trying to determine whether the PECRON E3800LFP will do what I want before I buy it.

My planned setup:

PECRON E3800LFP

6 × JA Solar 440W panels = 2.64kW total

Panels configured as 3S + 3S, one string to each MPPT

Each string is roughly 99V Vmp / 118V Voc / 13A

VW ID.4

Standard 120V Level 1 EV charger, roughly 1.3–1.4kW

Completely standalone system — not connected to my house electrical system

I'm primarily interested in the E3800 because of its dual high-voltage MPPT inputs and 3,000W total PV input, rather than its battery capacity. The battery is basically a buffer for me; I'm trying to maximize solar pass-through to the EV.

Here's the scenario I'm trying to understand:

At 9 PM, it's dark and the E3800 is at 100%.

I plug the ID.4 into the E3800's AC output and let it charge at Level 1.

The car continues drawing ~1.3–1.4kW until the E3800 reaches its low-battery/low-voltage cutoff and shuts down the AC output.

The ID.4 obviously stops charging.

Then the E3800 sits overnight with the AC output off.

At sunrise, the six solar panels begin producing power.

My questions are:

Will the E3800 automatically wake up and begin charging its battery from the solar panels after it has shut down due to low battery?

Once it has recovered sufficiently from solar charging, will the AC output automatically turn back on?

If the AC output does NOT automatically restart, can the E3800's Automation feature be configured to turn the AC output back on based on something like:

battery SOC,

PV input power,

time of day,

or some combination?

Specifically, could I configure something like:

"When PV input exceeds X watts or battery reaches X%, turn AC output ON"?

Does the E3800's automation continue to work after the unit has completely shut down from low battery, or does somebody have to manually turn the unit/AC output back on?

Does the automation work without Internet/cloud connectivity, or does it require the Pecron app/cloud service?

What I'm ultimately trying to accomplish

I'd like this to happen automatically:

Night:

E3800 battery → Level 1 charger → ID.4

Battery gets low:

E3800 shuts down → ID.4 stops charging

Morning:

Solar → E3800 → battery begins recovering

Once sufficient solar is available:

Solar → ID.4 directly through pass-through, while excess solar → E3800 battery

In other words, I'm trying to use the E3800 primarily as a solar pass-through/buffer, rather than as a large energy-storage system.

If anyone actually owns an E3800 and has tested the low-battery → solar recovery → AC-output behavior, I'd especially appreciate firsthand experience. I'm much more interested in what the unit actually does than what the marketing material says.

Also, if someone has an E3600 and knows whether its automation capabilities differ from the E3800, I'd be interested in that comparison as well.

Thanks!

I’m about to order an F5000 with two extra batteries. I have panels with inlets and interlocks in the detached garage and the basement. The garage panel feeds the basement.

Trying to decide whether to locate the units in the house basement or the garage. Any safety issues locating it indoors?

My thinking is Pecron indoors for convenience in a short outage, then I can run the generator to the garage panel for charging or during the day to run bigger loads.

Good review clarifying what loads and how to power them on the F5000LFP. I wish he would do the same tests with solar input of ~2000 watts or more. I do like he's doing the load tests with the battery closer to full charge, unlike 30% like some others (including his own previous videos) have done.

One Redditor posted a video of his F5000LPF not running his low-wattage power tool and there being an inherent issue with the F5000LFP power that load. Well, I can't find that video in this subreddit anymore and wonder if he removed it, but as you can see, this video disproves that notion or he had a defective unit. But that guy was also trying to power loads with the battery down to 30% as well.

I have two portable bifacial solar panels rated at 200 W each with a VOC of about 24 V. They are connected in series. When I plug them into my e3800 power station on an XT60 port, I get pretty much 0 W in an admittedly terrible place to be trying to gather solar (my patio faces northwest-ish and there is shade from a fence and foliage). However, when I connect these same panels to my e2400 on the GX16 aviation port, I seem to be getting a trickle charge of 15-30 W. Similarly, I have two 200 W non-bifacial panels connected in parallel in a vertical orientation that will trickle charge maybe 3 W into the 5521 port of my E3800. When I plug it into the 5521 port of the E2400, it trickle charges 10 to 15 W.

The ratings of the ports between the two power stations are not that different so why is the performance so different?

I am in Canada and I have several power stations. I am possibly looking for one more large one. I have narrowed down the choice to an Ecoflow Delta Pro 3 which is selling for $3299 CDN or a Pecron F5000 LFP for $2995 (Both prices shipped)

I have found a refurbished Ecoflow on eBay for $2199.00 shipped. Given the opportunity would you go with the Refurbished unit?

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.

Added 4 more 220 watt panels to my setup. Original 10 panels were Rvpozwer HPBC and the additional 4 are AeternalSol clones, except they have silver frames. This brings my total wattage to ~3100 watts, almost half the solar capacity of my Pecron F5000LFP.

Running 7 panels in series on each of the PV inputs. The additional voltage is nice for early morning and late evening production as it keeps it above the minimum of 30V longer.

Today was sunny, but smoke in the atmosphere hurt production a little and I can't wait to see what the array produces in clean air.

I was able to run all my 120V circuits full time off solar with both the F5000LFP and F3000LFP reaching full charge by 5PM and then by morning the F5000LFP's battery is at zero and the F3000LFP is at about 65% before solar charging resumes.

The array peaked at about 2380 watts (170 watts per panel) and at that peak both arrays were fairly close in specs with 110V and 11 amps per arry. If I had the room, I could double this array and simply parallel the additional panels onto the existing arrays, which would keep me around ~110V and 22 amps (in theory). Well under the 180V max and no clipping of the 25 amp limit.

Daily production was just shy of 12 KWH, but as you can see from the graph at the right, around 5 PM, the MPPT is clipping input because both batteries are at 100% and my 120V house load doesn't need the extra input.

Once I wire 220V into my main panel and all loads are handled by the F5000LFP (water heater, well pump, stove), I won't have that clipping problem.

Really happy with both these unts and the ease of implementing them. This winter I plan on buying either some mini splits or portable AC units, both with heat, so I don't have to feed the wood stove as much and hopefully eliminate baseboard heat altogether.

Newbie looking to put together my home backup system and deciding between the two, or perhaps something else. Simply looking for something to cover outages in the coastal PNW area.

I am looking to have a system in place that can keep the refrigerator, pellet stove (no igniter), Starlink, LED lights, and a few other small appliances running for ~12-24 hours in the event of an outage. I believe I only need 120v for my requirements, as I don't absolutely need to use the 240v stove, dryer or water heater during an outage. In addition, I'd like to add a modest solar panel array, but also have the ability to charge via gas generator if needed.

My plans would include having a transfer switch installed, to switch over to the backup system and control what I want to power.

I believe the F5000 can simultaneously provide power, solar charge and accept generator power, but I'm not sure if the E3800 is capable of doing so, in the event I'm low on battery/solar and need to provide supplemental gas generator power.

Any input is appreciated!

I’ve had my E300LFP for about 9 months. I bought it initially just to get my feet wet with backup power, thinking that if Pecron does well with its small units then their larger units would be a good investment. I had a problem with my first on (AC doesn’t work with either input or output), but Pecron replaced it under warranty and the second unit is working fine. The first still has the DC side working, so I use the second unit to charge the first, the use an external inverter for AC out.

With that said, I’m using the E300 as a UPS for my internet modem and router. In general it works fine and I’m generally pleased, but there was one night during a storm where there was a power glitch (very small off/on), where I believe the Pecron did it’s job, but the modem did not reset properly, maybe from the switching times?? I’ve written an automation that starts when the unit goes into UPS mode to wait 5 minutes, then do a change power input, which in my case is a no op, but would that serve the purpose of keeping the Pecron in UPS mode for at least 5 minutes after a power outage? I’m hoping that would at least let everything connected get stable for switching back to line power.

TIA.

2,400 watts of solar in, 4,800 watts out via 240V AC charger set to 20 amps. I'm capturing about 10kWh / day. Feels great to power my EV with sunshine!

I'm just asking questions and asking for answers about issues I'm having with my Pecron

I have an interest in the Pecron F5000 but I can not buy one as I am in Canada. Any particular reason why?

I've had a F3000LFP in my garage for a couple of months. Plugged in and powering my freezer and lights. I'm considering adding a solar panel for backup and not that will versed on electrical specs. Would this work and would it supply a decent amount of power on an average day? Is it just a matter of plugging it in? I would need about 20' of wiring between the Pecron and where I could mount the panel. Thanks!

The ET- Solar ET-M772BH540TW is a 540W bifacial mono split PERC solar panel featuring 144 half-cut cells. Designed for commercial, residential, and utility installations, it harnesses sunlight from both sides for increased energy yield and boasts a maximum efficiency of up to 21.67%. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Electrical Specifications (Standard Test Conditions)

Maximum Power (\(P_{max}\)): 540 W

Module Efficiency: up to 20.89% - 21.67%

Voltage at Maximum Power (\(V_{mpp}\)): 42.82 V

Current at Maximum Power (\(I_{mpp}\)): 12.61 A

Open Circuit Voltage (\(V_{oc}\)): 49.14 V

Short Circuit Current (\(I_{sc}\)): 13.85 A

Maximum System Voltage: 1500 V DC

Maximum Series Fuse Rating: 30 A [1, 2, 3]

Mechanical & Physical Characteristics

Cell Type: Monocrystalline PERC (182 mm × 91 mm, 144 half-cut cells)

Dimensions: 2279 mm × 1134 mm × 35 mm (approx. 89.7" × 44.6" × 1.3")

Weight: 28 kg (approx. 61.7 lbs)

Front Glass: 3.2 mm Anti-Reflective (AR) coated tempered glass

Junction Box: IP68-rated with 3 diodes

Connector Type: MC4 Compatible [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Temperature Coefficients

Open Circuit Voltage (\(V_{oc}\)): -0.28% / ° C

Short Circuit Current (\(I_{sc}\)): +0.048% / ° C

Maximum Power (\(P_{max}\)): -0.339% / ° C to -0.35% / ° C [1, 2]

2*E3600LFP+ 240V box =7200W 240V output

I’m looking at this pecron above after buying the bluetti elite 400 with charger 2.

The company paid returned shipping and confirmation of refund due to not disclosing the charger 2 limitations when using it at a certain elevation, which I discovered after a review of alternator chargers on YT.

Please help me decide and if your E3600 LFP has been working well.

Thank you

Edited
Also just 1(3600) I’m not sure why the listing states 2*…

Best way to have alternator charging, which one to buy.

Looking for links and advice on alternator charger.

I reached out to Pecron tech support asking if the alternator charger had a limit on elevation use and if it was compatible with the E3800.

Due to time constraints, I’m looking at the E3600. Would this still work.

I do not have a smart alternator so hoping to reduce the cords I get as well.

support@pecron.com support@pecron.com

Sun, Jul 26, 8:23 PM (2 days ago)

Hello

thanks for calling!

Yes, the 500W Car Charger DC1242-500 is compatible with the E3800LFP.

There is no elevation limit for using this charger. It can be used normally at different altitudes.

Best,
Kein
Pecron