What can you do with Harbor Freight 100 watt kit
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
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Pretty darn cool... I'm running a thousand watts of solar into 4 batteries for my 12 volt system in my class A motor home and 500 watts into two batteries to run my 3000 watt inverter for the 110 appliances, washing machine, dryer, microwave and what not... I can boondock anywhere without plugging in... On overcast days, I just raise up my 500 watt wind. Generator or throw in my waterwheel in the nearest river I fish at... I started my project with harbor freight a long time ago with one of these kits which I still have and still works great after all these years... Harbor freight was what got my interest into solar and it just went from there... Now I'm in a position were I don't rely on anyone for power... Such a good feeling with that freedom... Everyone should dabble in this like you see in this video... You will learn slot and have fun getting to were I am at now... So worth it...
Bad ass man
Inspiring! Freedom (political, energy, financial) for all!
Im doing the same setup
Thanks for sharing
just getting my feet wet in this solar. four walmart deep cycles battery , Marine Rv. I have enough generator power to run my whole house. doubt that I will ever get that much solar.
I just picked up one of these systems during the storm Isaias power outage. I added a 400 watt inverter and a WalMart deep cycle marine battery. I have some basic lighting, can charge my phone, power the laptop, even use a TV for a while. I'm impressed. Very simple, plug and play. Yes, there are better things available, but this is READILY available. I'm a happy camper.
Just read your comments. And got 1 today. I’d suspect that the items that you use it for is great in a pinch. Any negatives so far?
@@Blah-blah-sure I have no complaints!
@vilkinesuo I have a 750 watt inverter. And I only have a wifi router connected. And that with a fully charged battery. That mine drains the system within 2 days!? So it's not worth it, and I'm returning it. But thanks for the info!
It's not the panels that allow you to run those devices... the panels supply said 100 watts of energy to charge the batteries. So what would be cool to know is how long does it take to charge your battery bank. Because the rest is what the battery does
For example ( this set up allows me to charge a 30 amp battery in so many hours) and I can run my coffee maker for my family and keep lights on all day with a full battery) something like that would be super cool to see
Fun to learn about this stuff ! Harbor Freight has done more to get people into solar than any one person/entity on the planet ! So many people learning the limitations of a bargain system. Best, rc
Rusty Case I agree 100%.
This looks doable for my grow room ! I have 2 300 watt led lights and two heat mats. Thanks for the ideas ! If you like spicy food, I make a pretty good pepper powder, if you'd like to try it.
I currently have 3 of those HF batteries and they function well. Currently I use 2awg wire because it keeps me in the 4 awg wire range since everthing is less than a foot away as far as the batteries and the inverter which is 750 watts. If I add a 4th battery, it jumps the amps up to 140AH, if I do that, it would require to change the battery cables to 2awg gauge. Will see how it goes. Thanks for a good supporting video that explains how the 100 watt kit works. Good day!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. If our power went out in Winter, Spring, or Fall, we'd be fine. I have gas range, plenty of kerosene lanterns and a kerosene heater. Losing the computer wouldn't bother me at all, lol. I have a back up Jackery 240 for charging cell phones with a 100w panel which will charge small items and run a 16 inch oscillating fan on high for 7-8 hours.
But lately, I've trying to figure out what I would do for *Summers* here in the north east. It's brutal without AC. I want to set up a solar system that could handle at least a single 6000btu AC and possibly a minifridge if needed. I'll definitely check out your other videos. *If you have a parts list/shopping list somewhere, I'd love to see it.*
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Dremel tools are pretty cool. I have had mine since the mid 90's and still going strong.
Like how you put your system inside your porch bench but remember to insulate around the inside then put a couple small vents on each end for ventilation. The weather Hot and Cold can shorten the life of your system, just 1 inch foam board at Lowe's should be a big help plus it will help everything run more efficiently thus extending the life of your system. God Bless! Uncle Jeff!
for about $170 you could have had 220Ah of capacity if you had bought 2 GC2 V6 golf cart batteries. buy larger cable from a wielding supply shop. its a lot cheaper to buy by the ft and then buy the lugs along with a LP torch and plenty of solder. then you can make your own custom cables to connect everything together. the shorter the run of cables the less line loss you have so you end up with a more efficient system.
Can you explain In beginner terms 🤔
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sir you should of gotten a pure sine wave inverter, the modified sine wave inverters will soon tear up your appliances. and with a 5000 watt inverter well i know the pure sine wave inverters are a little more expensive but it would been a better option in the long run and overall success. just trying to help. but you did a great job, gave me some ideas
not bad for harbor freight stuff ! All that stuff in stock at my store Hamburg NY. I would use 2 100 watt kits. each as a 12V with own charger controller than series batt for 24V and24V true sign wave inverter. you could do 4 kits 4 12V battery sets . all same then series for 48V and get true sine wave inverter. much more efficient. If you change charger controller to MPPT you would get more charging amps and can use LiFePO4 battery or NiFe or even the Salt water battery .There is more than lead batteries out there ! I use NiFe Edison cells. 100 yr life ! search here videos on youtube!!
I wanted to see what I believed to be an honest to goodness review/opinion of Harbor Freight's 100 Watt solar kit & I believe I just saw a good one. I'd watched another, but the gentleman who provided it seemed a bit too excited in his video presentation. It may have been the real deal, but your video was a bit more convincing. I'd been wanting to get one of these sets along with a couple of Harbor Freight's very inexpensive ''deep cycle'' batteries to experiment with & to see how well they worked with the Harbor Freight 2000 Watt (Max.) inverter I'd originally got to use in a temporary setup on my pickup to power tools. I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of a 600 or 650 Watt inverter I'd purchased off that famous bidding for stuff site. I hooked it to the battery of my pickup & as a test I put a cut-off wheel in 1 of my 4 1/2 inch grinders & was able to slice through a piece of 1/4 inch plate steel with absolutely no problem. Getting back to your video & your opinion of this system, I can't really suggest anything other than possibly getting yourself a full sine wave inverter so you'll have a good stable & clean inverted source for 120 volts AC. I've had my eye on the price of those type inverters & they've really come done in price since more people are moving to solar and/or wind generator charged battery banks. A lot of flat screen/HD TVs sold at Walmart type stores lack some of the internal voltage regulation & surge or stabilization circuitry that's normally in the same brand of TV, but is sold in strictly consumer electronics stores. The voltage from the less expensive & more commonly found modified sine wave inverters may not be stable enough to continuously power 1 of these department store TVs which may lack the power regulation circuitry needed to help protect all of the circuits within the TV without causing a problem. Although they've vastly improved, modified sine wave inverters still put out a voltage that's not the smoothest. ''Chunky'' is maybe the best description I've thought of & read to explain how the voltage from a modified sine wave inverter is. Yes, they will work to power that TV, but if you've got a $500 - plus TV, I'd prefer to have it powered by a true, full sine wave inverter to be safe. Like other electronic products, their prices have dropped substantially recently to become very affordable. Since they're designed to give you a cleaner & more stable voltage source that's as clean as if not cleaner than what you may get from your electrical provider, I'd definitely see about getting one for those for your more sensitive as well as expensive electronic items. Thank you Sir for that good & informative video.
add a power dump so when ur battery get ful u can dump the power to say a water heater or a room heater
What happens in the winter time I live in Michigan we might get sunlight once every two weeks in the winter and we have like eight months of winter here. What are you doing when that happens?
I wonder if it could handle a Sybian ;-) Great video ....
For you or ypur wife lol
I helped a fellow with his calculations using a TV,DVD player and a light bulb on a 100 Watt panel system and a 110 amp Hour battery:
Ok you started adding up the TV, DVD, and light at watts per hour. Now usage is 81.5 Watts per hour. 110VAC at 81.5 watts is a draw of .74 amps at 110 VAC. Now we have to see what .74 amps will be at 12VDC. That would be 6.70 amps per hour. Now I have not figured what the amp draw the inverter would draw so lets say 1.5 amps per hour, for a total of 8.2 amps per hour. if you have a 110 amp/hour battery and you do not want to take less than 50 %
discharge,ut of it you calculate haw many times 8.2/110 = approx 13.4 hours or the battery would be at 50% in 6.7 hours. Now you are using a 100 Watt per hour solar panel that you state would supply 80 Watts per hour for 5 hours a day. So 80/12=6.0 Amps per hour * 5 hours = 30 amps per day, So on average it would take 110/30 = 4 days to fully charge the battery, and 2 days to charge to 50%. I hope this helps.
I'm going to check out your vids to see what you actually can power with your setup. I just discovered this channel. I recently placed a 12x20 workshop shed on my property and am considering trying Solar Panel power. I'm very interested to see what you can run and the requirements for providing power for my power tools and possible an A/C unit. Though mainly power saw, lights....etc. You input is welcomed.
guys lets be honest here, if the solar panel makes my coffee in the morning, lights my rv all day long and gives me 2 hours of enough television to watch a movie at night before bed I am golden, seriously what more could you ask for, I did get a lil excited seeing that drill run though lol lets see it drive a screw more than once and I will be impressed :) Im tearing down a 1975 prowler on my channel check it out
You are using a 12vdc system. When adding solar panels be careful about the output voltage. Many are close to 20vdc which may not be compatible with your system.
20V is the max of many 12V panels with 17V to 18.5 being their max wattage point. Both of which are safe as long as you are using a charge controller. You can also use something like a MingHe 7210A with them to charge a 24V system or put them in series and run a 48V system possibly. Mine are on a 24V system and they do just fine. But do not expect them to put out more than 50% of the wattage.
How many watts panels can support the controller? Please!!
The 100 w set up is more than enough on a sunny over cast day. Too cook a simple, breakfast. Power lights at night. Run a t.v. for four hours. Run a lab top. For a.c. fridge you need stronger equipment obviously.
It will charge a battery that can do all of those things. But no 100w will not run a tv
It wont even make a cup of coffee
I think u might need bigger batteries . I use walmart 122 amp 1's & if u google the (122 amps 12volts = watts) you'll get 1,464 watts!!! & they can last up to 8 to 9 years if u take care of them
What exactly are the instructions for "taking care" of a lead-acid battery. Besides obviously not damaging them.
What's this got to do with 100 watt system nothing
So you are saying "DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON HARBOR FREIGHT, CAUSE YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE EVERYTHING LATER " ? Batteries, wires, controller , am I correct that I heard you say that ?
Yes. It appears the Harbor Freight solar kit is for pretty basic electric uses. If you want to run air conditioning all day... you'll need seriously bigger gear.
It is good for learning
A.C. is a beast. Nothing in your house consumes near as much. I nerded out one day and calculated gravity generated power. 2000 lbs 50 foot distance will power a 1300 sq ft house for 24 hours. (With AC). Using a large generator, removing the Engine. And using a grear down to reduce elevation needed while producing the proper RPM to run the generator. Think of the gears in a weight driven Clock.
over one thousand for all that ! you need to shop around a little,35ah batteries amazon $69 shipped i purchased two,ebay has power inverters all kinds cheap, those two places is where i have shopped for my solar project i got going in my car garage,i have a 1000 watt power inverter $39 on ebay to run 110v with just two batteries and one 100 watt polycrystalline panel,i have to upgrade my wires for the converter cause it won't run certain 120v things,like my shop vac and compressor, i might get one or two more batteries and another solar panel,i will make a video and post it when i get a chance.
That 1000 watt inverter though is likely not a sine wave inverter. It most likely s a square wave or MSW. If you run a microwave, a square wave won't be good for it and a MSW will take twice as long to heat things. Motors in a refrigerator like the sine wave better as do most electronics.
On the little 2 Conductor Barrel Connector that plugs into the Charge Controller, is the Tip Positive or Negative?
Why must the unit only be used with Lead-Acid Batteries?
I purchased a Jackery Inverter Power Supply unit (their 100w) Solar Panels cost $300 and the Harbor Freight setup (with extra goodies) was under $200.
I was going to build an adapter that goes from the Harbor Freight Barrel Connector (a Female Socket that fits it) to a Female part of a Automotive Cigarette Lighter.
The Jackery Cigarette Lighter Plug will hook up there to run Solar Panels to the Jackery Unit.
No butchering any or the wires to either setup.
battery manufactures do not recommend connecting more than three batteries in parallel and they must be the same type and size. due to charging imbalances. also you can not draw lead acid batteries down more than 50% or it will damage them. so that being said, three 12volt 100ah lead acid batteries in parallel will give you 150ah/1800watts of useable power.
Did you ever get to the point of running the AC all day? How many amp hours in lead acid did you end up having?
that a dear cup of coffee best to use wood burner to heat the water and a French press or even use a gas stove around 10 bucks camp stove
can you add additional panels for more watts along with another battery
Hey Mr. I got some clear info from your video..........
What do u plug into? Directly into the battery? Wish you would show that
i think you just answered my question...So I put an additional 15 w panel to the direct feed....i want to make sure both solar inputs (the jack and hard wire) work at the same time. im guessing your full 100w system is hardwired and the other one has the oem jack. can you confirm this? thanks!
Can you run a refrigerator
Tho it can, I'd stick to a cast iron stove to boil water... Take it as sound advice, stick to other benefits of the power... But I feel ya
Shouldn't the solar panels run the AC all day direct without the need for batteries?
plus u need 4 of those batteries to make 5,760 watts
u need to have even anuff watts to run your inerter, Gob Bless & good luck
I want to run a 25 W submersible aquarium heater to keep my chickens water from freezing during the winter. What type of set up should I be looking at using? Will this 100 W harbor freight kit do the job I need it to do? I’m planning on running two 75 amp hour marine batteries
That white colored port you have on the wall to take all your plugs, what is it called and where do you purchase them ?????
with 4 batteries can I connect a refrigerator?
My works too. Used Avasva handbooks and build it with no problems.
I like your bench for the battery's. You can even lock it up and it s a seat to
Way to cool. Where did you get the bench ??
plastic bench will melt when it all heats up. OUCH
Please look into recycled EV car battery they last much much longer than any lead acid battery, and 10 kwh could power your AC with a beefy enough inverter.
do all the batteries have to be the same type
What shuts off the solar panels from over charging the batteries? Sorry newbie here.
Is the controller
The best batterys are wheel char batters or batters from a semi
Oh for batteries... Cable companies change out their boxes with newer batteries... Hit them up... Quietly and with tact...
Do I have to use regular car battery or rechargeable car battery , please
You need deep cycle batteries
All car batteries are rechargeable. But.....you need deep cycle, and not car batteries.
Just run another electric plug inside...we did work great
Can anyone tell me what the dimensions are for just the solar panels?
Buy 20 on sale, get warranty on 1 and you basically covered them all.
I salvage old box fans from spent pcs most are 12v
how to connect the three batteries
Can you run a dryer with 2 sets of panel's
I think I missed where you listed or said what is in your set up though? How many panels do you have and how many batteries and what method did you choose to chain them together? Thanks!
In the list he made that shows price he listed that he was using two 100 watt harbor freight systems. So 2 100 watt kits.
How do they hold up with hail.
Do you have all the details on your set up
Did you say you have a 1200 BTU air conditioner?
Iced coffee recipe please.
I'm interested in purchasing a solar panel to run my welders. Something I use for automotive projects at home.
Biggest welder I have uses 250V 47.5 amp made by Miller.
Is this something that can possibly be done ? I'm willing to purchase 2 of these 100 watt solar kits if that will do the trick.
T. I. A. And I appreciate your help. Btw good video and experience
in the U.S. we have 120/240 panels in our homes. ok , lets do the math. 240vac X 47.5 amps = 11,400 watts. while I've never seen a welder running maxed out, you can still figure on using 30amps of load or 7200 watts. so you would need a 8000 watt inverter and enough batteries to run it. then 2000 watts of solar power to charge the batteries back up.
@@richardcosley7794 thank you much 😉
what brand are the batts
Instructions from the Avasva site are perfect for beginners.
hop this helps
A side-by-side refrigerator
Is that Dominic Cruz talking?
What inverter do you have?
Did you make the ice with solar too?
Is a swamp cooler practical
Are those 12 v panels
Yes
Buy Renogy. 50 dollars more...This stuff is junk!
These do actually last and do work. They are poly crystal instead of mono and have a lower efficiency. But, these have a major advantage. You can buy them in almost any Harbor Freight. Replacement panels, connectors, ect, can be picked purchased same day. No one caries renogy parts in store.
I got 1
RFTechGuy C.A.D. what is our electric bill monthly? any help bringing that down is nice right!!?? anyway the wires you can get real cheap by buying 15 feet 6 gauge jumper cables, or just some regular house hold # 12 or 14 electrical wiring way cheaper than the rubberized type cables out there, cool set up so far, hope to see more, Joseph T
All that to make coffee wtf
Choices, show I use the 1100 dollars to go to dunkin donuts or by more batteries to throw in the land fill?
Jimz Radios batteries dong go in a fucking land fill.
Try Marine battery's. You know for boats.
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I haven't found an inverter yet that will provide enough power for my Keurig machine, its embarrassing that most inverters they sell at big box stores pretty much power nothing I use in my house.
a True 5000 watt inverter will power just about anything A fridge & microwave at the same time.
And good luck generating enough voltage to achieve a plasma base with enough lift for a d28-44 star ship//
How many thousands of ice coffees till you break even?
So the kit is $1144.5 from what he showed and average coffee is $5 so that would be 229 ice coffees. So less than what many people spend in a year when they buy 1 a day. This doesn't include other uses he gets out of it so yea he is coming out on top.
You paid way too much for the batteries. 4 Deep cycle marine batteries ( 27MDP ) from Exide would run you under $400 and give you 400 amp/hours at the 20 hour rate on 12 volts. While not sealed batteries, they do not produce much gas if you charge them correctly. Sealed batteries unless AGM type of lead acid batteries do vent just like regular lead acid batteries just they are semi-sealed up. And that is what causes them to go bad. Not adding water until the battery won't hold a charge and you pop out the sealed section to get to the plugs in each cell. Lithium batteries, while having better charge/discharge cycle ratings, are more costly.
1,200 btu ac unit??
I've run an 8000 btu one on a Jupiter 2000 watt unit. But you would be better off running on a pure sine wave unit.
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just so that you know charging batteries emit hydrogen very explosive fan inside there with them will ignite them you have no idea how what a bummer a battery is when it goes off it's serious
Do you have to use all four panels or can you use just one or two?
You can use one and two
golf cart batteries
Sadly.. i dont think it would cost that to run ac all year in my uninsulated garage. Still have upkeep of the batteries as they die off every so many years.
I figured it cost me almost $1/day to run a 7500btu ac, not 24/7 just about 10 hours. so 10c /hour? to pay for itself, running 365 figure itd take 3 years. there's a high overhead with solar, but with LED lighting and DIY so many things to set up, you can really make it work for cheap in a 5 year plan. thats how long the batteries would last. maybe less tho :(
pds tech alternatively.. dont run batteries or so many and just allow loads to run during day. When you would need it anyways.
Maybe one battery as a buffer
9% taxes. Where you're from?
California
heyyyyyyyy
That's the cheapest looking drill I have ever seen
Charge a a battery slowly ..
youre spending way too much money for what you have
Buy 6500 watt dual fuel (gas and propane) generator. Life is not a high school science project.
Cuz fuel is limitless and climate change aint real, right? Did I miss anything here?
This video is pretty misleading. First off, the Harbor Freight 100 watt kit is $180 and you spent $1,144...and just to make a lopsided system to show off the "capabilities" which solely depend on the inverter and batteries. You could toss the Harbor freight kit out the window and do the same CZcams demo you just did (run the drill, coffee maker, dremel, ect). You certainly cannot run even the tiniest dorm room fridge off your setup for a few days in a row. The panels and charge controller are totally insufficient for even this simple task. But sure it can run a drill for a few minutes or make coffee a few times then spend the rest of the week recharging the batteries.
I never can understand whether it be these videos or some cheap porn always the people taking the videos never fail to leave background noise on. Here it's some dumb chimes while others have babies crying, cartoons on TV or as in porn will have some stupid TV show running. Word of advice, turn off the noise.
Chris Gregory says the fake tough guy who throws a hissy fit over a wind chime and background noise on porn ,I'm betting it's bear on twink porn and you want to hear every little squeal from the twink being hammered ,get a life dude .
I'd just prefer that if someone creates a video for viewing they do it in some sort of decent manner where the principle of the video is all that is heard.
By the way, You sought me out while I'm simply replying to your idiotic statement. However I suggest you obtain some sort of life and maybe even some help rather than to worry yourself to the point of anxiety over a posting left by someone that has no connection to you at all. Judging from your verbiage "Dude" and "Get a life" I would bet you're an immature youth or at least write as one. You must spend much of your time on your mother's couch eating & playing video games otherwise where would you find the time to write such nonsense nor why would you even care. .
Do you read your own posts? What a troll.
life is too short to get so angry an fight with others.... and over what ? a comment ??? really ? I just cant see it. wouldn't you rather get along ? seems like some people enjoy being pissed off... kinda dumb really.
+Chris Gregory
You expect experts? Prefer crappy music to a John-Cage-like background?
Your negative comment gives no advice on what you personally need to have on in the background so you can watch it in peaceful bliss, and how all youTube videos should cater to your wishes - for we all know...
If Chris Gregory isn't satisfied, than no one is satisfied
WHAT A DUMMY
He's learning ! Not dum... rc
whats wrong with the coffe pot hes using if your so smart??
wrong!!!!
Can I ask you several questions