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Jackery Explorer 500 v2
Jackery’s support article, updated 15 October 2026, lists the Explorer 500 v2 (JE-500A) at 512 Wh, 500 W AC output, and 1000 W instantaneous output, with LiFePO4 cells and 12 W standby consumption. BlackoutSmart has not tested this station.
Region. The support article lists 120 V AC output and 100–120 V AC input.
Availability. unknown. The cited page is a Jackery support article, not a store listing.
What specifications are recorded?
| Field | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| Capacity (Wh) | 512 Wh |
| Capacity (mAh) | unknown |
| Continuous watts | 500 W |
| Surge or peak watts | 1,000 W |
| Solar input | 200 W |
| Rated panel power | unknown |
| Weight (lb) | unknown |
| Weight (kg) | 5.7 kg |
| Weight as printed | Around 5.7 kg |
| Chemistry | LiFePO4 |
| Ports | 2 AC ports, 120 V, 500 W max per port and 500 W total. 1 car port, 12 V / 10 A. USB-A max 18 W. One USB-C max 100 W and one USB-C max 30 W. USB-C input is not supported. |
| Inverter | Pure sine wave |
| Idle or standby draw | 12 W |
| Cycle life | 6000 cycles ≥70% |
| Dimensions | 31.1 x 20.5 x 15.7 cm |
| Lumens | unknown |
A cell that says unknown was not on the cited page, or the cited pages disagreed enough that picking one number would hide the disagreement.
Other figures from the same sources
- Surge label on the page. The article says maximum instantaneous output power 1000 W. This record stores that figure as the surge/peak field. Jackery did not use the word surge in that row.
- Solar input window. 16–60 V, 10.5 A, max 200 W, DC8020
- Standby. Standby power consumption 12 W
- UPS wording. The article describes a switch to battery within 20 ms and says this is not a 0 ms UPS. It says not to connect devices that require a true uninterruptible supply, such as data servers or workstations.
Is this a good price?
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MSRP
unknown. None of the pages cited for this model labeled a figure as MSRP. A “regular price” or a second displayed number is not recorded as MSRP.
What the manufacturer page showed
No USD price was stored, because the cited page did not show one in the text used for this record.
These are snapshots of a page on that date. BlackoutSmart does not subtract two displayed figures and does not call the gap savings.
Retailer links
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