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Issue 03 – Solved.

The issue I was having is described below. But I have ‘solved’ the Elechive problem by returning the unit. I replaced it with an EcoFlow Delta 2 Max. I have updated the Build Page to reflect this change.

My ZeroBreeze ElecHive is acting very strange!

First of all, I kept the switches at 0-100% and No Auto-off until about a few weeks ago when I set them to 10-90% and Auto-Off. Now, when I want to revert back, the unit will not deplete below 10% or charge more than 90%.

But that’s not the real problem! This is:

It loses about 1% of power every 20 to 30 seconds! And then, when recharging with the 600w power supply it goes from 10 to 90% in less than 2 Minutes!

A real time video of the battery draining: https://youtu.be/TNGeP_F2JgU

A time lapse video of it loosing power really fast (10% in 5 minutes) is here: https://youtu.be/gfhFFlrZrHA

A time lapse video of the recharging is here: https://youtu.be/mgTVGI4-emE

I’m not sure why, but the folks over at ZeroBreeze also like to look at the internal boards:

Just ran another test showing unloaded draining:

Removed all charging and discharging, power on EH and DC. Test 24v output /w meter. Took the following pictures at 3:20, 4:10, 5:00 (it may have been empty even before this)

And one more showing quickly draining when used ElecHive to charge the Mark2 Battery.

There is a photo and a 1:30 video. These were takes only a few minutes apart:

A link to the video is here: https://youtu.be/8JaxeeVPNds

Friday Dec.1 I test 01 – performed the following:

  1. I changed the switch from 100 to 90
  2. The battery was full (90%), and I plugged in a water boiler – it dropped to 0% in less than 10 seconds.
  3. I then set up the recharge as requested:
  4. Photo 1: at 3:44 PM – Battery empty, no power to Multimeter
  5. Photo 2: at 3:46 PM – battery at 22% : turning on the DC. 
  6. Photo 3: at 3:46 PM – Battery at 36%, DC output at 20.5 (Forgot to show time on iPad)
  7. Photo 4: at 3:47 PM – Battery at 90%, DC output at 20.1 
  8. Photo 5: at 4:13 PM – Battery at 90%, DC output at 20.0

Friday Dec.1 I test 02 – performed the following:

  1. Photo 1 at 4:35: Power at 90%, DC on, AC off
  2. Photo 2 at 4 36: Power at 86%, DC on, AC on (it dropped while I was taking picture)
  3. Photo 3 at 4:36: power at 29%, DC on, AC on (Sorry about missing the clock)
  4. Photo 4 at 4:37: Power at 10%, DC, on, AC on – It stopped outputting to DC.