I Killed My Home's Power to Test EcoFlow's Backup Station. The Result Surprised Me - CNET

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It was a weird morning. I woke up, let the dogs out, then ran out to do some errands. Once I was back home, I headed straight to the garage and turned off the main circuit breaker. Not what you’d normally do upon returning home, right?

When it came to testing the EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra X , — DPUX for short — and the EcoFlow Smart Home Panel 3, I had a unique problem: My house basically never loses power. I live in the suburbs of Chicago, where natural disasters don’t really happen, and my power lines are buried, so weather doesn’t affect them either. That left me with only one choice: I had to simulate my own blackout.

How I faked my own personal blackout

Creating my own blackout was pretty easy, actually. I have a normal breaker box in my garage, with an EcoFlow Smart Panel...

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