you do everything well. I've appreciated your vids since I first found them...2yrs(ish) ago! :)
Glad to see you are coming along nicely with the Soln1.
Love the builds and your explanations. You do a nice job and clearly enjoy it! Keep it up.
Super cool! Thank you for sharing to everyone!
thank you so much for sharing your research and showing people they can build their own energy devices. (thanks for the recipe).
Amazing and original work, explained well. Thank you very much!
The funny thing is that most good solar kits are priced for people that can afford them, not for people who need them.
Awesome Lasersaber! That's what everyone needs
Keep up the good work. Love watching all your progress.
You rock dude. placing the batteries in the outside tube is fabulous. I got inspired by your USB lights you get from china and made my own from the dollar store by taking a standard led flashlite that uses 3 AA batteries and drilling a hole in the bottom. I cut up a scrap USB cable from an old cell phone, fed it thru the hole, and soldered the positive and negative leads to the inside connections. I tested it with anything that connects via usb and it works like a charm. if you leave the battery stuff intact then it can double as a regular flashlite. Cost me less then $3.
You got me thinking and playing so thanks for that.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers
the moment your parrot waved.... I paused the video and asked my mother if I could get a parrot
SUPER Impressive! I'm going to build my own because of this video.
hey thats really neat!
Very well done Lasersaber ! Looking forward to your build video. Also nice funny birds !
overunitydotcom
Yes, the parrots are a great addition to the family. They have been quiet observers to a lot of my crazy projects.
+lasersaber I have solar panel 24volt 2.4watt.
Can I use that to charge 24volt battery?
Phong Pham I believe you'll need a solar charge controller to prevent overcharge
yes but you should use a solar charge controller to prevent damage to the battery
I already has a solar charger controller.
Can 2.4 watts solar charge a 24volts battery?0
That is beautifully done thank you for your knowledge.
Fantastic .Nice /cool solar light .Good stuff
Awesome video!
4 month after huracan Maria DEVASTATION almost the 75% of the island still without power. Many people with medical conditions still affected because of NO POWER ELECTRICITY. Center of the island is the most affected. This SOLN1-25W will help thousands of people in the island.👍👍👍👍👍🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Cool info. Thank you for sharing
Awesome video
What I want to know is how long does the lights last when the panel is in its "feedback loop" where the panel is powering the bulbs, which then charges the battery
sure am interested in the new 2.0 version...do we have a time frame yet??
Very Nice !!
Really awesome Dude
That's very cool man
Omg! So cool! I want one! No, 2! Lol. Seriously.. though, I want to buy one!!
Great demo and answers the question: Will it blend?
what solar panel do you recommend for keeping a refridgerator on and hear/fan?
Really nice..... Can't wait to have one!!! Would be nice to carry one in the buggy for safety lights...this could make driving at night much safer. Thanks!!!
Very Good!
Very nice design! You do very nice work. From first glance at the video thumbnail, I thought you were running the lights directly from the solar panel sitting on the dining room table. :-). I wonder if you would be better off using high value super caps instead of the Lithium batteries for intermittent high current use. Batteries are a pain, they never last as long as they are supposed to(In this case 2,000 cycles). Some manufacturers make inferior batteries. You end up replacing them, which is not cheap. The LiFePO4 batteries are good, and (4) in series is close in voltage to a lead acid battery, but there is always one battery in the bunch that ends up going bad. Operating a 200/250W load requires 20-25A off that 12.8v/10A battery pack, so you won't be able to run a heavy load for long periods of time. If you run a 120V/200W load for 5 minutes, it will take almost an hour in full sun with that 25 panel to put that charge back into the batteries.
electronicsNmore
Thanks. This design is something that I see being must useful for camping, after grid failures, running laptops etc. I have a bigger 100 watt design that works better for heavy use. I have actually done a lot of testing with a BoostPack + solar in the past. It works great: czcams.com/video/_io9YHKdbTw/video.html
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You should come to Puerto Rico. We need this item very bad.🤔👍👍👍👍🇵🇷🇵🇷
This is what I need!
nice idea of using PVC pipes.I've never thought about that.
I'm planning on working on a project very similar to this one but i ran into a little problem; most MPPT solar charge controller that i'm looking at are made to charge lead acid or gel batteries and i'm planning on using Lithium Ion batteries, but in this video you are using a charge controller that is made to charge a lead acid battery, is it safe to use for lithium ion? would it stress the lithium ion batteries? or does it work fine with really any batteries?
Thank you for your video!
Awesome! It can be made to fit any backpack. use as many or as few batteries as you want. Highly adaptable. Overall, a fantastic idea!
Thanks for the video
Peace and health
I really like what you show, i love your channel. It would be really cool if you could make a solar panel with the inverter and panel control step by step. Great job, big fan, keep going man.
its working without the signature lasersabers jouler ringer transformer? will the led lighting with joule ringer create the conditions for self looping if the panels is directed at the stream of lights its powering?
Great video! Can you tell me what kind(size) wire to use to get power from my battery into the house to power 12 volt lights?
Very nice
I have one its a great design !
Thank you for your Gifts and knowledge. I have been following your channel for about 6 years, and appreciate your contributions. Have you thought about modulation?? Where you can connect them for more power?
Thanks for sharing
Awesome stuff. You're providing a great contribution to getting off fossil fuels. ManyThanks !
Do you think coating it in a hydrophobic solution quad impair the solar panels at all? I was just wondering as it could make it fully waterproof if it was coated.
Awesome!
deserves a subscribe
Have you ever thought of using capacitors,instead of,or added to the batteries??
Great work. Have you considered putting together a kit to allow a many different power sources to come together into a battery array for clean output?
Love it laser saber the super caps would be a better option but if it keeps the cost down i am cool with that. Thumbs up to the great design
are you running drill machines and grinders on the solar generators?? Its unbelivable, great
what are the disadvantages of this system?
Oh I love the hidden batteries
where is the super ringer hidden on the bottom pipe ha ha ,really nice job you guys do there great work, job well done
i would like to know more about how your batt holds up in cold weather lets say -10 to 30 deg? can you give me some info or make a vid? thanks
can i ask were to get and what kind of battery is used are you selling same battery also ...its a nice design ..
I have a question, how many light bulbs does it take to power that unit you made, bare minimum to dead as a door nail, about how much time for each process?
This would be great on the rear of an electric assist motor biicycle rack.
Maybe a little large but acceptable.
How many watt hrs does the battery hold by the way?
I am currently using a Ping 24 volt 10 AH Lithium Iron Phosphate battery
on my electric bike.
The Organic Transit Elf Velomobile has a solar panel on their electric assist bike vehicle
Thank you for being so open with sharing your innovations. I think double side the machining on the elbows to finish the back side with a piece of abs or polycarbonate sheet with in-set weather resistant usb and plug ports. Then we could really toss er' in the back of the jeep. Wher do you source your panels or are you going to sell them on your site.? Ive had a hard time finding semi flexible at a reasonable price.
So I'm going camping where it's extremely hot (in the 3 digits) and need to power a fan for my dogs throughout the day. Is this type of solar product ideal for powering a fan for maybe 10 hours a day for a small/medium sized electric fan?? If not, any suggestions please. =)
Usefully tips
do you think it can power a 180 watt led grow light for 12 hrs? great vid.. im looking for some alternative solar power ideas.
Are all running on 220v?? I like your vids. Many thanks from italy.
would this recharge from the light it creates like in your video thanks
Do you sell these as plans or finished product?
This is a great build and I am looking forward to making it happen soon. My biggest concern is heat from the inverter over extended periods with the solar panel face up... Any thoughts people?
Nice:)
This is an awesome build! I would love to have one of those in my jeep :P bah I have a biolite stove instead :P Thanks for sharing!
bakupcpu
I love camping with a SOLN1. It is amazing what a difference having portable AC with USB charging can make when you are beyond the grid.
I know :) luckily my jeep as a build in inverter and I have a little 1kw generator that's about 30 lb but I normally use solar charger and patience in camping :P. For trekking It would be nice I was looking at solar panel and I do happen to have a little 30 watts inverter no idea how it would work I'll have to check the no load condition. Cheers!
This maybe a dumb question but do you sell kits? Or just have to find the bits and pieces to put together? Either way it's a great video and really makes me want to put on together as it would be great addition to my car, when I'm working over night shifts so I wouldn't need to run my car waste gas and kill the battery.
Hi rob,
I'm trying to build one of your booster pack ' s fautered on your youtube channel and I'm having trouble finding the Maxwell supercapacitor you used in one of your videos, at a reasonable price. I was looking on ebay and finding that the price of the large supercap's is $60 plus each.My question regards where did you find these maxwell Cap's? I live in the california bay area, where is a good place I could purchase these caps?
What is the watts of the usb led bulbs? On video they appear to be quite bright. Fantastic video!
Really nice idea and I am surprised that 250W inverter can run the motors that good. Looking forward to the build videos.
gamingSlasher
What amazes me is that it can start the motors in the first place. Most of the inverters tested could not even begin to start these motors.
Thats what I meant. I read that low frequency inverters with a transformer can handle surge currents better. Might that inverter be such a kind?
triumphmanful
I am Hardware engineer, as my pcb department manager say: It is for selling, not for using!
Why did that light stay on when you unplugged it?
as allways good as you saber
You could fill the pvc tube with super capacitor like in the 12 battery replacement video.
I’m guessing you know your links loop back to your YT channel. Is the SOLN1 for sale (I’d like to buy one) or have you been contacted to discontinue commercialization efforts if you know what’s good for you.
Please explain how you found a way to defy ohms law. If your current needs exceed your current input, how can you run high amperage equipment for an extended period of time? Are you being honest in these videos?
Hi, I am Loving to buy one as soon as you have them available. I want a 30W or 40W version that is marine worthy just like this design. Is that do-able? Do you have any ideas on how to make one of these canoe or kayak worthy that can take getting wet and be more exposed without damaging the electronics? I'll be running this out into my Minn Kota 12V marine battery center via USB I troll with to keep my battery charged while out on water and over the weekend camping and be able to take it off boat at night for camp use.
I was thinking with batties in on space would that make then get hot and was out hot day would that degrade then any?
Hey, I know it's been a while, but I have one of these. Took it out of long term storage. Had the battery disconnected. The port light on the charge controller is blinking red, and the charging light is flickering green. It doesn't seem to be charging. I'm wondering what's going on. Any thoughts?
Also, if I remove the fuse and reinsert it, the charge controller starts to beep, but the beep kinda sputters out then. I'll also mention that the inverter is pulling nothing. It might be because the battery is so low and hasn't been able to charge so that it can't pull anything though.
I want one!
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" quotation by Leonardo da Vinci
What is the highest watt rated inverter that can be used with this system? Having been a truck driver for years I have seen a variety of sizes 250 watt, 400 watt all the way up to 2500 watt. What is the limiting factor? Thanks for everything you do, keep it up. :)
Awesome
How long those battery last and under what usage ?
is it like when you put a microphone near a speaker it amplifies the sound even more?
The concept and idea is great. However LiFePO4 battery packs need to be balance charged to ensure that each individual 3.7V cell from a battery pack does not get overcharged. Otherwise this will inevitably lead to battery failure.
Hello I watched through the video it's very cleverly built. I want know if you could built one for me exactly the same as the one you used in the video and how much would it cost??
I'm the first to admit that I've probably done the math wrong, but I was under the impression that a 240 watt inverter worked out to 2a at 120v. The demos appear to show devices requiring more than 2a running off of it (I'd, naively, expect the bench grinder and jig saw to draw in the 10a range)..
So, where did I go wrong (I'm hoping that I'm wrong as that would make my life significant easier)?
Thanks in advance!
+Steven Funk I was thinking the same thing... Maybe it's 250 watts continuous, 500 watts peak, which would get you to about 4 amps, which could possibly run the bigger stuff, but it shouldn't be run for an extended amount of time..
Add a 12volt Socket....
I like that the Charge Controller has USB....generally they have a 12v load out connection as well...
would like to see more build information especially on the batteries used in this thing m your mentioned websites did not help. they seem a bit empty on content , so what batteries are inside the pvc , even bigger question the v3 unit , what is that big flat battery pack, where was charge controller in that circuit? I very much like your project it just left lots of questions , thanks
I had the same question but with the information given You can figure that at 12.8 volts and 10ah with screw terminals it has to be 4 LiFePO4 38120 S m size cells in each tube
Why didn't you install a Joule Ringer in this model like the original SOLN1?
Can you use a space heater with these....
Hmmm, looks pretty good. Would like recommend an option to make pooling a few of these panels together a snap and maybe a grid tie inverter option as well. Solar farm option?
What about put on the super capacitor you show in your car ??
It occurs to me that we should really be paying more attention to this "feedback loop" that you've demonstrated here. People are always polarized with this argument about over-unity, and it feels like best is becoming the enemy of better in that arena. This feedback loop effect can dramatically increase efficiency in electrical systems.
Well since everyone else has their christmas wish list out on features they want i guess Ill add one I didn't see.
Camping or short term storage of the camping vehicle. How hard would it be to make an output to charge or float charge your camping vehicle?
What the circuit would need to do is make the soln1 the priority charge. When its batteries are charged then it would continue to use the leftover available solar energy to charge or maintain the vehicle starting batteries. Versatility you know. :)
Loved the video and can't wait to get one or two of these. Speaking of which. What if you had 2? Could you make them work together to double their output?
i want one!! im a contractor and this would help me with less cord issues at 2-3 story house work when building the frame
is all that stuff running off the batteries ? How long will it run that much stuff before you have to get it into full sunlight to re-charge the batteries ??
+triumphmanful Well....it is 20 amp hours....so it depends on your amp load. 1 amp will supposedly run then for 20 hours....5 amp for 4 hours...etc....but there are some caveats...
One is higher loads can have a larger drop in Voltage. And so you can have some voltage drop of 1/4 to 1 or so volts...thus limiting run time for higher wattage appliances. This NOT going to run a small microwave oven with 850 watt power consumption.
I am surprised he got the Jig Saw, and Drill press and grinder to work, and even the Blender...
I made a Two 100 amp hour battery Solar Generator set up with a 1500 watt inverter, I can run my microwave for around 26 minutes total. Around 8 three minute uses...with a tad to spare.
500 watts Peak power means for a few MOMENTS it will run up to that wattage to start a motor or something that needs a bit of power to get going, but it does not sustain that. My 400 watt inverter will not run that jig saw I am pretty sure. I CAN run my 2.2 amp at 115v WEED WHACKER no problem...that is around 18-19 amp at 12 volt. My 300 watt one cup tea maker will run on my 400 watt inverter. I have a 100 amp hour battery with the 400 watt Cobra Inverter.
This seems like a nice little unit.
I came here for the Family Pimento Cheese Sauce Recipe.
Nicely done. This is one gadget Inspector Gadget missed out on.
You are on the right path.
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