How Long Will It Run

How long will an Anker SOLIX C300 DC run a heated clothes airer?

It will not. A heated clothes airer draws 300 W and the Anker SOLIX C300 DC's inverter is rated at 0 W, so the station will refuse the load rather than run it slowly. Capacity is irrelevant here — you need a bigger inverter, not a bigger battery.

No thermostat on most models, so it draws its full rating for as long as it is on — a cover over the load dries it faster and saves hours.

The numbers

Anker SOLIX C300 DC · 288 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × heated clothes airer, UK 230 V300 W———
2 × heated clothes airer, UK 230 V600 W———
1 × heated clothes airer, US 120 V300 W———
  • Usable energy: 209 Wh of the 288 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 9,907 Wh of rated capacity — 34.4× this station.
  • Start-up: the heated clothes airer asks for 300 W at switch-on against this station's 0 W peak — not enough.

Buy the Anker SOLIX C300 DC

Where to buy

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old—-9%
The pack is five years old—-20%
It is −10 °C outside—-16%
You run it flat, no reserve—+11%
You keep 20% back—-11%

If you need it to run longer

These run a heated clothes airer for at least twice as long as the Anker SOLIX C300 DC does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Jackery Explorer 1000 v21,0702 h 31 min£419 / $549
UGREEN PowerRoam 6006801 h 36 min£449 / $499
Bluetti EB70S7161 h 41 min£449 / $429
Bluetti AC707681 h 48 min£449 / $359

The cheapest step up: Jackery Explorer 1000 v2

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Smaller options that still work

Nothing smaller than the Anker SOLIX C300 DC runs a heated clothes airer for a useful length of time.