How Long Will a Portable Power Station Run a Refrigerator?
This is the single most common question people ask before buying a portable power station for home backup. The answer is straightforward once you understand how refrigerators actually draw power, but the marketing from power station brands makes it confusing on purpose. Most brands advertise runtime in watt-hours and leave you to figure out the rest. A 1,000Wh station “powers a fridge for up to 16 hours” according to some product pages. In reality, you’ll likely get 8-12 hours from that same unit. The gap comes from three factors that marketing glosses over. ...