DeWALT Power Station

[FrosBros82]

I saw that on Home Depot the DCB1800M3T1 (portable power station) is $499.99 with a flex volt and three 20v batteries. Seemed like a good deal to me...  anyways, does anyone have one that can give some advice on the unit? I saw the rep run one and I thought it looked pretty handy, but she naturally is going to say all of the positives. Any feedback would be great.

 

Thanks,

FB82

[The.Handyman]

I saw that on Home Depot the DCB1800M3T1 (portable power station) is $499.99 with a flex volt and three 20v batteries. Seemed like a good deal to me...  anyways, does anyone have one that can give some advice on the unit? I saw the rep run one and I thought it looked pretty handy, but she naturally is going to say all of the positives. Any feedback would be great.
 
Thanks,
FB82

Reviews online are excellent. It's a fantastic unit. Buy and enjoy.

[FrosBros82]

Yeah, for the most part it seems that everyone who has one likes it.

[77Ford]

Great product. It can run an air compressor ?. I love my 2 ?

[FrosBros82]

@77Ford whats the run time on it? Also, you wan to have four batteries that are fully charged correct? So if one ends up dead then the whole unit wont work? Or have I been misinformed?

[Jronman]

It only works if all 4 batteries have charge and only works with 4 batteries. Will not work with less than 4 batteries.

[FrosBros82]

With the run time, is the flexvolt acting as a 60v tool with a 2.0 or a 20v with a 6.0? Or is it irrelevant? 

[midogrumpy]

there is a new version "around" the corner, wait a bit

 

I assume 2500 watt

[FrosBros82]

@midogrumpy, thanks! I will keep my eye out.

[lunicy]

I love mine. Have even run a small welder off of it. Have no complaints. Yes, you must have 4 batteries for it to work.

[Jronman]

3 hours ago, FrosBros82 said:

With the run time, is the flexvolt acting as a 60v tool with a 2.0 or a 20v with a 6.0? Or is it irrelevant? 

its like 4 20v batteries would be my guess.

 

1 hour ago, midogrumpy said:

there is a new version "around" the corner, wait a bit

 

I assume 2500 watt

maybe this will be flexvolt only?

[Framer joe]

We have two at work...great for an overnight charger ,,,way way way too long for a jobsite charger ,takes 3 about 3 hrs to charge 4 flex 3/6 ah ...but as a power station it works great...runtime depends on what batteries are on it and what your powering up.....there are good videos on YT for runtime actual use.......personally I'm waiting for gen 2...hopefully faster charging ,maybe USB ports, smaller,lighter, maybe a top cover for the elements...??

[JakeDewalt]

I've been holding out on this unit because I can't think of a job I would need it 

[JMG]

I bought one for back-up power for my gas furnace and also as a power source for the few times I don't feel like running an extension cord. Two winters ago we lost power during a storm for most of a day and it was getting a bit chilly by the time they finally corrected the problems they were having. Regular gas generator would be too much of a pain to operate in those conditions so this item fits the bill as an emergency back up for interior use.

[FrosBros82]

That's a super good idea @JMG. I was thinking about using it for small side jobs where I need to run something off a cord. It's rare, since the world is mostly cordless now, but there have been occasions where I would need to mix grout, table saw, etc.

[Framer joe]

Tailgating, camping, back up generator, (as said above) it is very inventive....power wherever needed....Dewalt is a badass company 

[Hugh Jass]

On 8/2/2017 at 4:21 PM, midogrumpy said:

there is a new version "around" the corner, wait a bit

 

I assume 2500 watt

 

Credit card companies around the world rejoice. 

[Jronman]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

 

Credit card companies around the world rejoice. 

that moment when they find out you don't have a credit card

[Hugh Jass]

 

[FrosBros82]

Yeah, a carpenter on the site has one and is going to run his miter saw off of it to experiment. I'll be paying attention, obviously. 

[Framer joe]

There are YT vids of a mitre saw,table saw, grinders,welders....I think 4 flex 2/6ah is a good combo but 4 flex 3/9ah is better......I believe it's a 20v tool so it's 9ah if the big battery is used ??

[FrosBros82]

Yeah I am not sure if that part is relevant or not... since it's just a wattage? No idea.

[Pouet]

44 minutes ago, FrosBros82 said:

Yeah I am not sure if that part is relevant or not... since it's just a wattage? No idea.

 

The energy is generally expressed in Wh and therefore is independant from the voltage.

 

So if you have 4 3/9ah flexvolt batteries, the available energy would be :

4*9ah*20v = 4*3ah*60v = 720Wh.

 

So you could run a 720 W load for one hour continuously or 1440 W for 30 minutes with these batteries.

[FrosBros82]

18 hours ago, ann stella said:

 

That could be in the debate... but did you mean to post in this particular thread? lol

[rcarnes911]

I was looking at the power station but I'm almost completely cordless so I don't know if I would even use it, the few uses I can think of I could buy the cordless versions for less then the cost of the station

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