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Power Planner

Your freedom.
Your power plan.

Choosing a power setup can feel complicated. We built this tool to turn your everyday needs into a practical plan—with the power stations and batteries to bring it to life.

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Where will your power take you?

Choose where you’ll use your power. Next, select only the devices you want to run.

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Next, review watts and daily running time.

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We add 10% to your energy and running-power needs, plan around 80% usable battery capacity, and keep a further 25% output headroom. Solar sizing uses at most 4 peak sun hours and 80% efficiency. Motor starting surges, outlet limits and DC connections still need to be checked for your equipment.

How we match your plan

We add a 10% allowance to your entered energy use and running watts before sizing storage, output and solar. We compare selected power stations from our catalog against those buffered targets and your AC voltage needs. For solar plans, the estimated array must also fit within the station’s solar input rating. We add only documented compatible expansion batteries, up to the supported limit, and show up to three available configurations in order of equipment price.

Prices cover the listed power station, expansion batteries and any listed connection box. Solar panels, installation and home transfer equipment are separate. Solar voltage, current, connectors, motor startup and appliance outlet requirements need a final check before purchase. DC loads are included in the energy estimate; direct DC connections may need adapters or separate equipment.

Battery runtime includes the 10% usage allowance and assumes a full charge with 80% usable capacity, without solar replenishment. These are planning estimates, not a completed installation design.

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it all fits.

You’ve mapped out your needs. Our team can help check your appliances, expansion options and solar connections before you choose your setup.

Your appliance list and current estimate are included automatically.

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How to size your setup

What size power station or solar setup do you need?

Start with the appliances you will actually use, their measured running watts and their real hours of use. The Power Planner turns those inputs into a battery-capacity target in watt-hours (Wh), an output target in watts (W), and a starting solar-array size. It is a planning estimate, not a promise that a particular appliance will run for a fixed number of hours.

1. Add daily energy use

For each device, multiply running watts by the hours it actually runs per day, then add the watt-hours together. A refrigerator cycles; use measured daily energy or actual compressor run time rather than 24 hours at its running wattage.

2. Allow for storage and output

The planner adds 10% to daily energy use, multiplies by your chosen backup days, then divides by 0.8 for its usable-battery assumption. It also sizes output from the loads assumed to run together, with a 10% allowance and 25% further headroom. Motor startup and individual outlet limits still need checking.

3. Check the charging path

For a solar plan, the planner divides buffered daily watt-hours by the selected peak-sun hours and solar-efficiency assumption, then rounds the array target up. It caps planning inputs at four peak-sun hours and 80% efficiency. The actual panels, wiring and connectors must fit the chosen station's documented voltage, current and wattage limits.

A worked example, not an appliance rating

If your measured loads total 1,000Wh per day and you want one day without recharging, this planner's storage target is 1,375Wh: 1,000 × 1.10 ÷ 0.80. With four peak-sun hours and 80% solar efficiency, its panel target is 350W after rounding 343.75W up to the next 50W. Enter your own numbers above; real output, weather, battery reserve and appliance startup can change the right equipment choice.

Once you have a target, compare power stations, batteries and solar panels by published specifications. Our home-backup sizing guide explains the decision in more depth, and the series-versus-parallel guide explains why array voltage and current matter. Product-specific limits and compatibility must still be verified from the exact manufacturer's documentation.