Power station calculator

Step 1: Your power station

Open the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 page

Step 3: How you will use it

Plugged into

AC outletGoes through the inverter, which uses some energy12 V and USB-CSkips the inverter, so the battery lasts longer

Needs to last

Result for the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2

Runs it

Lasts about14 h 10 minCovers your 8 h goal with 6 h 10 min to spare

2 devices on AC · 133 W · 1,224 Wh a day · 963 Wh usable

How this calculator works

Pick a power station and the devices you want to run. Each device's watts are multiplied by its hours a day to get the energy you need, then divided into what the battery can actually deliver after inverter losses and idle draw. Every number the maker doesn't publish is replaced by a labelled assumption, shown under the result.

The cautious and optimistic runtimes move efficiency and idle draw within realistic limits, and runtimes always round down. The formulas and every default are on the methodology page.

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1Step 1: Your power station

3Step 3: How you will use it

How this calculator works

Step 1: Your power station

Step 3: How you will use it