8 Things You Can Use A Solar Generator For

In 2021, the global solar generator market size was accounted at USD 478.1 million and by the year 2030 is expected to reach around USD 914.7 million.

That's right, solar generators are selling quickly, and in large numbers too. 

But solar generators can have more applications than simply recharging a laptop or acting as a UPS for your home. 

In this article, we outline 8 things your solar generator can be used for. 

8 Things You Can Use A Solar Generator For

• Recharging Your Drone
• Powering Your CPAP
• Powering A Drill
• Powering A Hair Dryer
• Sending Out SOS Signals
• Powering A Play Station 5
• Powering Your TV
• Powering An Electric Heater

Recharging Your Drone

All of you who own a drone know that the batteries can take some time to be recharged. They give you about 20 - 30 minutes flight time but take between 60 - 90 minutes to be recharged. 

The DJI Mavic 2 has a 59.29 Wh battery the perfect size for even the smallest capacity Bluetti solar generators to recharge.

If you are looking for a portable power station to recharge drone batteries while traveling or shooting outdoors, consider the BLUETTI Elite 30 V2 Portable Power Station. Its compact design makes it convenient to carry for outdoor photography, drone flights, camping, and other off-grid activities, while solar charging provides an additional way to recharge when you are away from grid power.

Powering Your CPAP

For people who rely on a CPAP machine, access to backup power can be especially important during an unexpected outage or while staying off-grid.

A portable power station can provide an alternative source of electricity for a compatible CPAP machine when grid power is unavailable. The BLUETTI Elite 100 V2 Portable Power Station provides substantially more stored energy than smaller portable models, making it a practical option for overnight backup as well as camping and travel.

Actual CPAP runtime will depend on the machine's power consumption and settings, particularly whether features such as a heated humidifier or heated tubing are enabled. Check your CPAP's power requirements before use to estimate the backup time you may need.

Powering Your Drill

Power tools use a lot of electricity. In fact, most common masonry drills pull roughly 500 watts or more, with their peak power pulling more than 1000 watts. 

Even though their power requirements are so high you will still be able to power these tools using a solar generator. With that being said it is still unlikely you will use a solar generator to power this tool it is still pretty cool knowing you could if you chose to. 

However, you would need one of our larger generators to perform this task. 

Our AC200P could in fact power a masonry drill for 3.24 hours. So if you had some very important drilling work to do during a power outage, well you could continue on with the task. 

Powering A Hair Dryer

Believe it or not, but hair dryers use even more electricity than drills! Hard to believe right? 

In fact they can use between 800 and 1800 watts depending on how old your model is. 

With that being said, a BLUETTI solar generator can still power it! We would recommend our AC300 + B300 battery for this task though. With this solar generator you could power a hair dryer for 1.38 hours (this is assuming your hair dryer pulls 1800 watts, most new models will pull much less than this though).

Sending Out SOS Signals

Most people don't know this, but BLUETTI solar generators come with built in emergency lights that can serve you with two functions. 

1. They can be used as a light source if your home is left in the dark due to a power outage. 2. They have a SOS mode whereby they send out SOS signals when activated. This could come in handy if you found yourself in the aftermath of a hurricane.  

Powering A Play Station 5

This goes out to all the gamers out there. Especially those of you who live in countries that happen to initiate load shedding on a regular basis. 

Ever found yourself in the middle of a fight scene in The Last Of Us 2, then out of nowhere, darkness, followed by silence. Yes, the power was just cut. 

Well, a BLUETTI solar generator is capable of powering your Playstation 5 and your TV for that matter!

A PS5 uses roughly 201 watts of electricity, let's assume your TV pulls 60 watts. Combined that is 261 watts. 

The AC200 MAX would be capable of powering both your TV and PS5 for 6.3 hours! 

Powering Your TV

We already mentioned that a solar generator is capable of powering both your TV and your PS5 so of course, when it comes to powering your TV alone, it would be possible. 

Expect, it'll be able to power it for much longer. Let's use the same AC200 MAX for example. This solar generator would power a 60 watt TV for 27.64 hours. Could luck watching TV for that long!

Powering An Electric Heater

Yes, by now you have likely realised that with a BLUETTI solar generator, powering anything is possible. Not to toot our own horns or anything, we are just pretty proud of our cutting edge technology!

Last on our list is an electric heater. Most space heaters use around 1,500 watts of electricity, making them one of the more power-demanding household appliances.

For a high-wattage appliance like this, consider the BLUETTI Apex 300. With 3,840W of AC output and 2,764.8Wh of capacity from a single unit, it has the output needed to support many compatible electric heaters while leaving additional power headroom.

The Apex 300 is also expandable with compatible batteries, making it possible to increase available energy when longer runtime is required. Keep in mind that actual heater runtime will vary depending on its power consumption, temperature settings, battery configuration, and operating conditions.

Final Thoughts

That's it for now, these are 8 things you can power with a solar generator. Keep in mind though, that there are many more appliances you could power, but we aimed at keeping our list short and sweet!