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Have any of you wired the River 3 to a LTE module - how would it work for being "hardwired" to 12v, ACC, GND?
 
Ive got the river 3 incoming. Does it matter which position the battery is kept in the vehicle? I can place it in the trunk but I do have a little space if I lay it upright with the screen on top and it sitting on the handle it would fit.
 
viciouslancer said:
Have any of you wired the River 3 to a LTE module - how would it work for being "hardwired" to 12v, ACC, GND?
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Basically the hardwiring the River3 to the ACC positive and Ground is no different than hardwiring any dedicated battery with a 2-wire input.
I think the link bellow to video by @Vortex Radar explains the process in detail

https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/ecoflow-and-viofo.51429/post-637041

Note that the R3 also can be hardwired directly to a car battery using automotive SPDT Relay triggered by ACC or using 12V Volage Sensing Relay (VSR)

I don't have an LTE module and I'm not sure what the power requirements are for the LTE module? Does it require 12V or 5V?
If 5V you can connect it directly to USB-A port, if 12V, you can connect it to USB-C port using USB-C-15V converter cable, or to USB-A port using USB-A-12V converter cable.
When ignition is ON the R3 will charge and will pass-through power to LTE module, and when ignition is OFF, then the R3 will continue to power the LTE from its battery.
 
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stephenjones said:
Ive got the river 3 incoming. Does it matter which position the battery is kept in the vehicle? I can place it in the trunk but I do have a little space if I lay it upright with the screen on top and it sitting on the handle it would fit.
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I think you can place the River3 in any position/orientation as long as you don't cover the vents, and there are no vents on the back of the River 3.
Make sure you properly secure the R3 in place, so it doesn’t fly in case of accident.
 
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anyone know if you can charge the ecoflow river 2 Pro up via another powerstation ? like an Anker Solix C300 ?
 
It looks like there is an XT60 input jack right next to the AC input, so you should be able to charge it from any 12v source. The manual for the "regular" R2 says solar charging works from 11-30vDC.
 
i was thinking through AC

i was thinking of leaving my ecoflow river 2 pro in the boot of my car permanently and just use another (lighter) one to charge it as 8Kg is a bit of a slog to go up and down stairs etc

i watched this (but it going to opposite way to what i what i want)

then i saw this :
 
Shiwarrior said:
i was thinking through AC

i was thinking of leaving my ecoflow river 2 pro in the boot of my car permanently and just use another (lighter) one to charge it as 8Kg is a bit of a slog to go up and down stairs etc

i watched this (but it going to opposite way to what i what i want)

then i saw this :
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DC-to-DC is probably more efficient than DC (small battery pack) -> AC -> DC (River2 in boot)

This is on the assumption that your smaller battery pack has 12v output
 
You can daisy chain any pass-through power stations as long as the input power of the receiving station is less than the output power of the station that is feeding the power.

I don't have a River2 Pro, but if it is like the regular River2 as I think it is, both the AC and DC inputs are adjustable in the app, so you can always adjust the input to be less than the output power of any Anker Solex model.

DC-DC charging is likely more efficient, but is usually limited to 100W (8A) output, so at best you will be charging the River2 Pro at 100W, or realistically at 75W (6A) to avoid overloading the Solex.

AC-AC charging is likely less efficient, however in this case the Solex (AC) is rated for 300W output AC, so realistically you can charge the River2 Pro at 200-250W, which is more than twice as fast as DC-DC.
 
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Thanks G

I did order the DC version
It will be left charging for up to 9 hours, so i think it will be fine, and as you say it's more efficient
I'll do USB C to USB C and if needed I could add the 12v to xt60 at the same time

What do you think?

Thank you for your help and advice. Much appreciated
 
Charging the River2 Pro via USB-C to USB-C is fine as long as you don't use the bi-directional (two-way) USB-C port on the Sonex.
This is because the R2 only has one USB-C port, which is bi-directional.
So if you use the bi-directional port on the Sonex, it's possible that instead of the Sonex charging the R2, the R2 will actually charge the Sonex, or they may toggle between charging and discharging.
Fortunately the Sonex has one regular USB-C out only port, that you can use to charge the R2.
 
Re-post from "Ecoflow and Viofo"

GPak

Post in thread 'ECOFLOW and Viofo'

It's been 4 months since I installed the River 3 in my Jeep at the very beginning of the year.
I tested it in sub-zero temperatures, as well as long and short trips.
On work days, the Jeep is parked for a full day in direct sunlight with a pair of Mini2s in LBR parking mode.
So far, it works like a champ.

As it gets hotter outside, for the first time, the car's interior temperature and the River3 exceeded the upper temperature limit of 45 °C specified in the manual, and the R3 continued to work fine as I expected. (see screenshots)
I really want to push the R3 to its limits, so I...
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I now have the 70mai pack and a river 3. I dont use the river 3 for anything around the home so trying to make use of it. I was wondering if there are any disadvantages of connecting the dash cam to the 70mai battery pack and then connecting the 70mai battery pack to the ciagrette port on the river 3. The river 3 will then be charged via the 12v ciagrette port in the vehicle. I saw earlier in the post https://www.amazon.com/gp/B09L62W679 can be used to trigger the parking mode. I guess I can place this adaptor between the river 3 and the 70mai. In theory this should get me some more battery life with stuff I already have. Thoughts?
 
I'm not a big fan of mixing different power stations, let alone mixing them with special batteries.
However, you can try to daisy chain R3 and 70mai, but there is a good chance that it will not work.

The reason is that R3's DC output is rated at 12.6V at 10A for a total of 126W.
This 12.6V output (which I verified) can probably drop under the load and may be very close to the 70mai's low voltage protection setting (if it has one, I don't remember).

You can try setting the 70mai to charge at a low current of 5A, for less possible voltage drop and connect it to R3's DC port as you described, except that you must place an XT-60 splitter (adapter) between your car's cigarette lighter port and the River3.
I assume your car's cigarette lighter port is ACC activated.

If you have done this setup, please let us know if it worked.
 
Shiwarrior said:
Thanks G

I did order the DC version
It will be left charging for up to 9 hours, so i think it will be fine, and as you say it's more efficient
I'll do USB C to USB C and if needed I could add the 12v to xt60 at the same time

What do you think?

Thank you for your help and advice. Much appreciated
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just to update if people are interested.

My Anker Solix C300 DC arrived today
charged it up and then charged up my ecoflow river 2 Pro with it

the Anker charged it from 50% to 85% (35%) in under 3 hours via USB-C


35% was a better result than i was expecting, so that's not bad !
 
GPak said:
I'm not a big fan of mixing different power stations, let alone mixing them with special batteries.
However, you can try to daisy chain R3 and 70mai, but there is a good chance that it will not work.

The reason is that R3's DC output is rated at 12.6V at 10A for a total of 126W.
This 12.6V output (which I verified) can probably drop under the load and may be very close to the 70mai's low voltage protection setting (if it has one, I don't remember).

You can try setting the 70mai to charge at a low current of 5A, for less possible voltage drop and connect it to R3's DC port as you described, except that you must place an XT-60 splitter (adapter) between your car's cigarette lighter port and the River3.
I assume your car's cigarette lighter port is ACC activated.

If you have done this setup, please let us know if it worked.
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I tried it partially without the splitter and yes the lighter port is ACC activated. The 70mai battery is being charged with the ciagrette port in my vehicle ( never hardwired, yet) so I assume its in low current mode. It was easy enough to disconnect that charging cable from the vehicle and connect it to the river 3 12v port. I own a black vue dash camera which I know will go into parking mode after sometime with no movement. So for testing, I am relying on that instead of the splitter to trigger parking mode. It does charge it and the vehicle does charge the river 3 but I havent been driving that much to get good numbers to report. Correct me if I am wrong but if I get the 70mai into high current mode, the river 3 should* charge it faster?
 
stephenjones said:
Correct me if I am wrong but if I get the 70mai into high current mode, the river 3 should* charge it faster?
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It will charge faster, but I remember that the high current setting of 70mA may exceed the 10A limit of the R3 DC port and this may cause an overload error.
 
Hey all new here, you can give vague answers if you want but just looking for some general information. I'm at work and don't have the ability to read through this whole thread so please give me a little grace. I read the first few pages until I realized the the original Necespow power station is no longer available. Does this thread mention at any point and suitable alternative? I live in Phoenix AZ and heat is a real concern. It seemed like the Necespow was able to deal with it well. It seems like the River 3 is a newer option but in the beginning of the thread it was mentioned that the River 2 didn't handle heat well and I also saw some mention of and Anker Solix. Any insight would be appreciated, if you know the solution is somewhere in this 26 page thread I'll read it all. I'm ready to grab a River 3 but I'm reluctant due to the high heat demands here in Arizona.

Thanks for taking the time to read my babbling.
Jason
 
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