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Can a power station run a space heater?

Q: Can a power station run a space heater?

Only briefly. If your heater is rated 1,500 W on high (check its label), it needs a station that can deliver at least 1,500 W continuously, and it drains the battery fast: the 2,074 Wh Bluetti Elite 200 V2 runs it for about 1.2 hours, and a small 600 W station such as the Elite 30 V2 cannot run it at all. On a low setting it lasts longer in proportion to the watts.

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Hours a heater runs on a power station, by heater setting
Station	Continuous output	At 1,500 W	At 750 W
Bluetti Elite 30 V2 (288 Wh)	600 W	cannot run it	cannot run it
Bluetti Elite 100 V2 (1,024 Wh)	1,800 W	about 0.6 hours	about 1.2 hours
Bluetti Elite 200 V2 (2,074 Wh)	2,600 W	about 1.2 hours	about 2.4 hours
Bluetti Elite 300 (3,014 Wh)	2,400 W	about 1.7 hours	about 3.4 hours

Run time is the station's capacity, less about 15% for inverter losses, divided by the heater's watts.

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