How Long Will It Run

How long will an OUKITEL P2001 Ultimate run a gas combi boiler?

About 23 hours — 22 h 43 min typically, from 21 h 23 min in the worst case to 24 h 3 min at best. That assumes a gas combi boiler pulling 85 W for 60% of the time (average 51 W), plus the station's 13 W AC mains socket overhead — 64 W in total out of 1,454 usable watt-hours.

The gas makes the heat, so a battery only has to run the fan, pump and controls. Most boilers are wired into a fused spur rather than a plug, and some will not light on a station’s ungrounded output — read the boiler guide before relying on it.

Before you rely on it

The battery is the easy part. Most boilers are wired into a fused spur with no plug, and some will not light on a station's floating output because they sense the flame through earth. The boiler guide explains both problems and who can fix them.

The numbers

OUKITEL P2001 Ultimate · 2,000 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × gas combi boiler, UK 230 V64 W21 h 23 min22 h 43 min24 h 3 min
2 × gas combi boiler, UK 230 V115 W11 h 54 min12 h 38 min13 h 23 min
1 × gas combi boiler, US 120 V64 W21 h 23 min22 h 43 min24 h 3 min
  • 2.8 nights of eight hours, or 0.95 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 1,454 Wh of the 2,000 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 2,114 Wh of rated capacity — 1.1× this station.
  • Start-up: the gas combi boiler asks for 85 W at switch-on against this station's 4,000 W peak — comfortable.

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If this is for a power cut

Heating is what a battery does worst. In a power cut, warming people rather than rooms goes much further, and none of this needs a socket.

Without a power station: a 20,000 mAh power bank runs a USB heated throw for about 7 h 24 min. See the power bank numbers.

Hot water bottle and a vacuum flask. Boil water while you still can, keep it hot in a flask, and refill the bottle through the night.

Look for: A bottle made to BS 1970 in the UK, and a flask of a litre or more.

Hand warmers. Air-activated packs give hours of heat with no power at all, and a pocketful helps children and older relatives.

Look for: Long-duration packs, and the expiry date on bulk boxes.

Battery carbon monoxide alarm. Anything burning fuel indoors, a boiler relit after an outage included, can produce carbon monoxide you cannot see or smell.

Look for: A sealed long-life battery and EN 50291 certification in the UK (UL 2034 in the US).

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More: How to keep warm in a power cut, and the power cut essentials list (US edition).

What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old20 h 53 min-8%
The pack is five years old18 h 10 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside19 h 18 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve25 h 14 min+11%
You keep 20% back20 h 11 min-11%

If you need it to run longer

These run a gas combi boiler for at least twice as long as the OUKITEL P2001 Ultimate does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Zendure SuperBase V46004,60847 h 10 min£2,999 / $4,999
Zendure SuperBase V64006,4382 days 13 h£3,699 / $3,999
EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra6,1442 days 11 h£4,999 / $5,799
Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus5,0402 days 5 h— / $3,499

The cheapest step up: Zendure SuperBase V4600

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Pecron E2000LFP1,92021 h 48 min22 kg— / $599
VTOMAN FlashSpeed 15001,54817 h 52 min17 kg— / $620
VTOMAN Jump 18001,54817 h 52 min17.5 kg— / $999
Pecron E1500LFP1,53617 h 43 min17.4 kg— / $549