Question about new Power Bank 60,000mAh (The green guy)

[MichaelReineke]

I just ordered one of these: https://a.co/d/aBnmgpA for $50 off and am wondering if anybody can answer a few questions I have.

I mostly want to use it to power some Raspberry Pi 4 servers I have and am wondering if it’ll work like a UPS if passthrough charged.

1. Does the Type C port output 12v if a PD device requests it, like some older Anker products used to?

2. Does it support passthrough charging (Using it while charging it)?

3. Does it cut out power to devices for a second when you plug in/ubplug devices, like a lot of newer Anker outlets do?

4. If I passthrough charge it and it reaches 100%/goes under 100%, will it cut out power to some devices for a second?

[thebassline]

1. Looks like it will output 12v; look at the bottom right corner chart here:
   https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91VzU9a92UL.pdf

2. Most of these solar generators do, I would be surprised if it didn’t, but support can confirm.

3. Yep, look at the FAQ’s on the amazon listing:
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV23LTXZ

4. I’d reach out to support for this one for clarification.
   https://support.anker.com/s/

[professor]

12V is usually available in anything which can do 45W.

But you’d possibly need a USB PD selector (it negotiates the protocol you select) to make it select 12V.

Passthru. Possibly. Email support. It’s expensive enough it might like Powerhouse range does.

[MichaelReineke]

You’d think so, and that used to be the case, but I made a thread about this a while ago: Anker ditched 12v, but will support it again later this year

From what I understand, 12v is not a normal voltage for USB PD, so the more recent Anker powerports and powrbanks just go 9v to 15v and skip 12v, even if your device or PD chip requests 12v.

It seems it does what new Anker devices do and cuts out power as new things are plugged in and unplugged; no big deal. I doubt it cuts power based upon the battery’s charge level so it should work good as a UPS for my usecase. I use a lot of SBCs so I just have to be careful.

[professor]

Isn’t PPS able to select any voltage?

I have a powerhouse and it failed a UPS check. It cut power output when it reconnected power input.

I own a proper APC UPS for devices which need UPS.

[MichaelReineke]

Hmm, so PPS is some new PD 3.0 feature where you can request any voltage? I should check that out; I just have some cables with the 12v PD request chip in it and an SBC that requests 12v over regular PD.

If it does cut power when it starts/stops charging itself, that’s not so bad, but I’ll just need to get a real UPS as well.

[professor]