Talk to the technician of the dialysis machine he said it’s 115 V 120 watts and 10 AMPS115V
Is that 120 watts (1 amp)?
or 10 amps (1200 watts)?
Wish I could post a pic but on the back label reads like this (115v. 50/60 Hz 600va. )these are the Only numbers on label and the only label.Not looking to build but buy 1000 w 1500 w or 2000 w battery generator to plug wall . I’m on machine every day.Those numbers don't agree with each other.
Could be 12V, 10A which is 120W if it has an AC adapter that puts out 12V.
or 115V 10A which multiplies out to 1150W
Can you read the labels? Take a picture and post?
Either is possible to support, but if over 1000W and 10 hours, needs a larger battery for over 10,000 watt-hours storage.
If 120W, then 10 hours is 1200 watt-hours. There are batteries which can support that. Solar to recharge could be as little as 250W (summer) or maybe 600W or so to recharge in winter That assumes recharging in a single day.
How frequently do you use it? Once every 3 days? Every day?
Ok I thank you for the help I will get kill a wattOK, those numbers are useful. 600VA is the power consumption.
I assume it does NOT have any substantial electric motor, nothing like a refrigeration unit, which would need a larger inverter to start.
A 1000W sine wave inverter (or "solar charger") ought to power it.
What I'm not sure about is how large a battery is required. If it draws 600VA continuously, then 10 hours operation would require 6000Wh of storage.
If it only draws 600VA part of the time (like to warm water) then draws less power, a smaller battery could work.
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Here's an example portable power station, only 720 Wh which is about 1/10th as big as you need:
Unless you get watt-hour measurements with kill-a-watt, I will assume you need 6000 Wh of usable storage, which is 500 Ah at 12V.
For instance, 4x 6V, 400 Ah batteries for 12V 800 AH gross, because 500 Ah is reasonable depth of discharge for AGM lead-acid:
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That is $673 each, would need four for $2700, plus inverter/charger, also PV panels if desired.
This page, largest I see is 2400 Wh; you would need 2.5 times as much storage.
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So I suggest getting a kill-a-watt and finding out how many watt-hours are actually consumed. Possibly a 2400 Wh unit will turn out to be sufficient.
Well thank you for your input will look into it but may be to expensive appreciate itMy wifes home peritoneal dialyses machine is what prompted me to make my first battery bank 10ish years ago. She ran it every night for about 4 years before she got a transplant. It has a heater for the fluid that just chugs power. Whatever you measure be prepared for a shock at just how much power they use.
You're not going to find a 'solar generator' to meet your needs - you'll need a full up system. If you're not comfortable DIYing a battery pack from raw cells probably the best deal out there right now is the Gyll packs from Signature solar. You'll need at least two of them to give you a two day buffer and a top quality power-efficient inverter/charger.
I highly recommend Magnum, Outback, Victron, Samlex or SMA inverter/chargers, I would not recommend a Growatt or especially a MPP as it has a horrific self-usage rate. I wouldnt even consider one of the cheapo chinese inverters, remember this thing is keeping you alive and none of the cheapos have enough reliability to trust.
Warning: this isnt going to be cheap.
Hey, Dialysis caregiver here. I totally understand your concern. What machine are you on ? my wife is on the Nexstage NS with a Pureflow. The numbers I pulled off the back of our machines is ;Wish I could post a pic but on the back label reads like this (115v. 50/60 Hz 600va. )these are the Only numbers on label and the only label.Not looking to build but buy 1000 w 1500 w or 2000 w battery generator to plug wall . I’m on machine every day.