Emergency DIY Solar Powerpack Build
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
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Battery Modules - j35.us/10xBattMods - $449
BMS Module - j35.us/BMS-Module $56.10
Case - amzn.to/3pSuZPO - $46.01
Solar Charge Controller - amzn.to/339mwhr - $21.90
Terminal Posts - amzn.to/3339fH2 - $20.00
24v Meter - amzn.to/36YXFhb - $9.40
Switch - amzn.to/2Knc9Qm - $4.45
5.5x2.1mm Power Jack amzn.to/2IYqP8m - $8.99
XT90 Pigtails - amzn.to/3pRenrC - $9.80
24v Charger - amzn.to/2IZ33ZR - $12.00
24v Solar Panel - amzn.to/3pPCffh - $113
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Constantly impressed by how much your channel has evolved. Electric VW bus, DIY power walls and portable power solutions all presented in an easy to digest format. Keep up the great work!
Agreed! I'm building a 12V pack because of this channel
Dang! I love how neat and clean these packs are. I can't wait to get a few to build with. Fantastic job on these packs/kits.
This was so simplistic and easy to follow along. I've been interested in your projects for some time now, and this is the first I think I could complete easily, without having to learn skillets I don't have yet. Screwed in connections and simple connectors make this build achievable! Great job! You can see how much thought I'd put into the design!
I just met you Jehu, yesterday through your diy channel and have watched (binged.. LOL) a few of your projects. I'm planning a trip to Puerto Rico in Feb of 2021, after a 4 year absence before Hurricane Maria blew off the roof of my parents country house in the mountains. I love to DIY and therefore my trip is to try and rebuild the house to make it livable again and honor my parents legacy. This Solar Powerpack is perfect to sustain myself there while I try to bring the house back to life!
Thank you for the ideas, inspiration and your positive energy. Pa'lante siempre!
You're contributions to the DIY off grid community are frankly UNPARALLELED! Thank you for all your content always!
Unseriesed too! 😆
I’ve been watching your progress from the beginning, you’ve come a long way from working from home. Great job!
I like the modular concept and the fact that the case has everything in it and looks neat and tidy from the outside. The circuitboard concept seems so much more advanced than the usual soldering or spot-welding exercises... Unlike anything I have seen so far on youtube. I am impressed!
Awesome Build! I work as a maintenance technician for AT&T. I climb cell towers 300+ feet daily to fix common issues related to cell equipment. This kit would be awesome to have in order to keep my radio and diagnostic equipment charged since I’m in the sun all the time. Love your videos! Keep them coming!
This would be perfect for scout summer camps and contingency planning. Love it. Been following you for a couple of years. Keep up the good work!
I’m probably the least electrically inclined person on the planet, but this gives me hope for a DIY power wall. Awesome!
you being the least electrically inclined person on the planet is WHY this gives you hope for a DIY power wall.
because holy moly that is the single worst idea i have ever seen.
you know there are much safer and much cheaper batteries out there than a pack of 18650's when you want as much power as that wall.
not to mention. ONE single one of those 18650 batteries failing. and your entire house burns down.
Super frickin' cool. I wish I had the loot to throw down on one for sure. Is this the evolution of the diy pack you started for the hurricane relief? A great design that enables the end user to tailor it for their needs. Great stuff brother! Keep on keepin on. The knowledge you pass down and make available is damn near priceless!
That was a very well thought out process! Congratulations on bringing it to the market! You’ve taken out the intimidating parts and made it clear to understand. Thanks!
Pretty amazing how this guy went from on genre of content to a completely different one, then mastered that different one, then GAINED subs tenfold, and then revolutionized the DIY battery game with custom products that take the suffering out of it..... I wonder when he sleeps.... Maybe he’s got a power pack plugged into himself? Sheesh... BRAVO! I’ll be ordering.
Jehu and his team deserve plaudits for what they have driven forward in terms of battery practise ,engineering,craft and sheer determination , pat on the back to you all .
So inspiring seeing how far you've come developing your ideas into reality
You rock! Finally getting around to designing a solar wind system for a base camp, you are making that process 10 times easier. Keep up the great work!
This is absolutely amazing!
900 amp hours in a box that weighs nearly nothing.
This will change a lot of choices surrounding off grid and appliance abilities. Thanks for sharing.
Saludos from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 keep helping the community for all off us that can relate to your work
Jehu this would actually be pure fun to put together; your PCB system has evolved so considerably it’s amazing. Congrats.
For the XT90 cable it might be better to put the connection points at opposing corners. That way the round trip voltage drop over the standoff “buss bars” will be the same for each module, thus the total charge/ discharge current will be spread evenly between individual modules.
@yeliab814 great idea, any real world proof or example or web site this makes a difference? Not saying it wouldn't (or being a dick), just want to learn..
I've learned so much from your videos. I just recently got done building a 48 kWh power wall with 120ah LG Chem pouch cells from the chevy bolt. I've been wanting to build a modular system for a little while now. I dove headfirst into experimenting with different cell chemistries. A lot of thanks to you and a few other youtubers who have made people more comfortable with lithium cells and how they work and what can be done with them.. Thanks and keep up the awesome work!
Jehu, I'm really happy you've started pre-building a portion of the system. I was intimidated by all the soldering involved with putting together a battery system. Now a modular build that's up my alley. Thank you.
This looks like a really easy pack to build but I'm just here to get the free one. LOL Thanks for making these incredible videos.
I'm impressed with the simplicity of construction and the final look of the box!
Man, you've come a long way since I've been subbed to this channel. What a great solution to building DIY battery packs! As always, great work Jehu! 👍
I’ve been following your channel for years and even enjoyed some of your time lapse music (like one of the artists named Tobu - Sapphire), and very much want to build my own Solar Generator for my family. I love the work you did for the citizens of Puerto Rico. Thank you for being an awesome person!
I have always thought about a emergency application of a system like this as a " keep my freezer food from going bad " a system like this paired with a few cheap solar cells and a inverter sized to power the freezer only. Long power outages really hurt people that buy in bulk to save money when it all goes bad even being able to run the freezer a few hours a day would keep it frozen solid
In the midwest we just put our food outside ;)
@@circletech7745 We did this one winter in MI. power went out and everything went out in the snow... Was in the single digits during the day and negative overnight. Not a problem at all
For those suggestions that say put it out in the snow that's great in the winter but what if it above freezing or more no for when it's above freezing we need power to run fridge and freezer unfortunately because I live in Canada with our lower dollars and high shipping cost it's above my budget there's only two units I can afford and they use a sealed lead acid battery and both are designed to kill the battery in a year because of not charging them fully and discharging to below 12 Volts so I'd basically be buying them for the inverter and that doesn't make sense if their reviewers would do proper reviews and tell of their faults they'd fix them we need a great entry level solar generator that has a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter with sealed lead acid batteries charged proper so they'd last five to eight years and the ability to upgrade to lithium when the battery dies I'm hoping nature generator will fix their flaws as it already has a 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter so if they'd at least charge the battery to 14.8 float charge at 13..4. and not discharge below 12.2 and upgrade the solar input to 400 watts or higher it would be a good unit and I could live with the other flaws. to change the solar charge controller to a programmable mppt solar charge controller that's able to charge lithium battery as well would make it a great entry level unit
Bloody fantastic mate! You have made it look so easy, but I can appreciate all trails, errors, and effort, you have made and put in it over the years. To make something so simple but unique, is an absolutely brilliant. Thanks cobber, for another great presentation.
Thank you for making these battery packs so accessible. It's incredible, the work you're doing.
I love your simplistic approach to show the average person how to make power packs . Keep up the good work.
At the end of the day, this is one of the easiest battery packs to assemble that I have seen!
I really like how this is mostly in a kit form now.
Handling with Lithium has never been this safer and modular. Your such a good man for sharing this technology and detailed information. Simple and straightforward approach. Thank you for inspiring us DIYers and Hobbyists here in Philippines. Cheers Sir.
Great Power Supply! Thank you for making it so simple. I agree, keeping it similar is key. The next step would be to further weatherproof your power supply. Thanks for sharing!
I'm going to save this video to my "Home Improvement" folder so I can make a powerwall someday. Thanks for the info.
Good luck bud
I love to watch your videos even though I don't have the materials and equipment that's needed.
I'm very interested the module of yours. You assembled it easy with those.😍😍😍
Why can't ship to other countries (ex. Philippines😂)
Love the simplicity of this kit. You have great videos. I appreciate the work you have done for Puerto Rico.
This is awesome! I only recently got into learning about power storage and was wondering why I people didn't use those battery holders to make things more modular. This, though is far more complete than anything I had in mind! Great job! I look forward to more videos, you have a lot of knowledge to share!
I love that build and really portable solar generator
Would like to see you test this on some things around the house.
I dig your case and battery build. Currently experiencing test outage and realizing I need more portable power!
I’ve been looking for a portable compact build like this forever! Well done!
I've always been told the battery leads needs to be attached at opposite ends of the battery, rather than in the middle as you've done. What's your experience with battery lead placement?
Do you make any 3s 12v pcbs? Checked your site but only see one series configuration
From Nigeria I actually like the simplicity attached to this work and the straight to point explanation. I believe this will save a life over here owing to our power problems. Love you and your work and keep doing the good work.
Love it. I always get my pack 90% done before I quit and come back a month later with a new idea.
sweet, would love to see a 12v system, for automotive use
I wouldn't take this anywhere. It looks like a bomb. Lol
Having pried apart used laptop batteries and messed with testing, matching, soldering etc to try and build battery packs, this is a great way for the DIY community to build their own power packs cheaply and SAFELY!
I don't think I'd top the stacks with the nylon standoffs though. In my experience they are structurally pretty weak and break or strip easy. I think I'd probably use regular metal nuts and find another way to mount that end.
Great project and a great product!
Thank you for clearly explaining this DIY assembly! Simply AWESOME! Very impressive! Gives confidence that I would be capable building!
Can’t get much easier than this!
Would love to build a power wall using this method
Very inspirational - great option for the prepper crowd as well. Would love to see links to other prepper projects that would assist in becoming power self-reliant.
Love this. I wish I could build this. I just did a solar set up to run my fridge etc in my caravan . I used deep cycle AGE way too heavy . I need to learn this. Thank you for your time man . You make it sound easy .
Cheers
From Australia
Kel
AWSOME, this is the best DYI battery pack I've seen. Hope I win hehe
Not mentioned and highly critical: thermostat for high and low temperature shutdown.
I love it...simplicity at it's finest! Gonna build me some battery packs now!!!
Love that little round switch. Used the same one on my “a” pillar to switch my light bar for my plow truck.
Your're like the John Wayne of DIY, but again, who the hell is John Wayne!
It doesn't get much easier than that. Jehu the GOAT
Fascinating and SIMPLE Build - pre-built modular is the way to go for both hobby and emergency needs! Thanks Jehu
A great little power storage system. Be useful for sure for emergencies or camping. And like what Jehu says in the video, can be used as however you need from small things like what he shows to BIGGER projects. Gives me ideas for sure.
Can these components be used for a 12 volt pack
Yes. Sort of. You could pull 3 of the batteries out of each board and get a 12-16V pack, but you'd probably be better off using something designed to run at 12V, like a 4S LiFePO4 pack. The 7S boards are designed to run in the 24V range.
PSA WARNING: if you have motion sickness/Vertigo, be aware there are lots of up/down hand movements in this video
dang, if only I knew ahead of time
😂😂😂
Dude, this is seriously cool, a slightly taller case would posibly allow for a small pure sine wave inverter to be put in as well. Could make for a very handy little off grid solar generator. I may need to experiment with this.
Your videos really make this technology accessible. Thanks for building the conceptual bridges with these kits to help us follow you on this great learning journey.
I'm Arabic. So I cant be riding around with one of those. Lol
Bro this is fucking hilarious
You win i died hahahhaa
Wait. Wait I got one....... I almost blew up laughing
Ok ok I'm done
Oh my goodness !!!😂
Haa
PRISMATIC we need MORE PRISMATIC LITHIUM BATTERIES...
Exactly!
WANT!
@John Rooney true,, enslave them so you won't have to pay them,,that's the American way.. or a regime change if their leaders make a fuss,,if that don't work bomb their schools and weddings. then lie about the proxy unrest they funded.
Great emergency power pack. God bless! Definitely a great tool for daily or emergency use. I love it and want one. Highly recommend for diy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and design.
Yo Jehu, new subscriber here. I'm really loving all your videos and have been learning a great deal of knowledge from you and your channel! This power pack is insanely inspiring to build my own systems and such like yours! Cheers from Texas!
Stop calling these things generators.
They are battery packs.
I do agree with you. But solar generators is a popular name already. Everybody knows it and can relate the device with the name.
I don’t think that it gonna change now!!
How is not a generator? You plug it into a solar panel which these are designed for. No different than a generator that runs on gasoline.
Absolutely brilliant these modular units remove the uncertainty of DIY. They are exactly what I am looking for having contributed to crowd funded a solar battery management system, unit a few years ago. The increased safety of your design is also reassuring. You mentioned the amperage load that can do serious damage to the unsuspecting, especially when a tool slips across something.
Unfortunately you’re not Internationally shipping, at this stage. Nevertheless, I guess virtues of patience will figure out a solution for us in Australia. I will subscribe and watch for developments, thank you so much.
This is freaking AWESOME. I'm sold. I think a feature / capacity / price comparison matrix is leaking out of my fingertips and into a spreadsheet...
Man this is great!! I really need to make/get one of these. I do mobile repair and have many computers that I’m always charging currently when my vehicle is Ignition on, wish I could leave them plugged into a pack like this to keep all the batteries 100% full.
This is Real Engineering, you are better Engineer than who went school, Book Engineer. They don't teach at school what you have teached yourself and sharing and teaching your knowledge shows who reallly you are. Thanks.
Very nice idea. In the process of building the solar system on my RV and looking to build 36 or 48 volt batteries. This looks like about the best way so far. Thanks 👍
I'm building this almost to a T. I may use a different case. I'm just doing it a little at a time. Got my cells situated, tested and rewrapped, and just got the diy modules in so Ill be working those after work. And Just ordered the BMS and charge controller. Getting excited for this to all come together! Its gonna be for my mom. She wants to try that whole vanlife thing. But instead of going full bore on a dedicated system before she even knows if shes gonna want to do it full time, I figured this would a good option.
Honestly, this work will be remembered for a long time!
Just started watching your channel, and now I can't stop. I even bought $100 of components. Can't wait until I finish my Powerwall !!!
Love all the work you do and really appreciate you sharing all your successes and failures! Keep up the great work!
Incredible engineering work here. You have done a really nice job of making a truly modular easy to integrate solution.
Just getting into solar and love your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Loved it! The idea, the technique was easier than I expected, and it's just great with my ideas for cell phones being solar as well!!!
I was never interested in a solar pak,until my husband showed me your video, now i want to learn more and start building some of these projects. Im sold!
Been watching you on and off for a long time. Thank you for the instructional videos and the knowledge you provide. I think this would come in handy for those who go boating and or camping anyone who just wants extra power hang around in case of an outage or a storm.
Love the simplicity of assembly. Neat, clean, assessable; great job.
I like that prefabricated box, thats perfect for beginners to get inspired to building there own battery box!
From simple soldering cells together to this you've come a long way,I like that portable battery
Just getting back into battery’s glad to see your still at it .And that is way your a professional thanks
Awesome little power pack. I'd love to have that for camping or even just to keep in the car for emergencies.
Been wanting to get into building these batteries for sometime. Thanks for all the great content jehu! Keep it up!
It looks like you've put a lot of thought into the design of this system. Very well done!
Very cool buddy. Love how modular it is. Whether it’s for a case or powering a building. 👍
Wow that was awesome! Great job. I need to figure out something like that. I'm currently living in a tent. Bills are low but power is not easy to come by.
This should be a mandatory item in any home in Venezuela. Simple but highly functional and reliable when the "normal" or usual is 8 or more hours without electrical service every day! I need it!
The cleanest portable generator I have seen. I love it!
I'm glad I found this video. Thanks for the info. Now, it doesn't look as complicated to build. Looking forward to watching your other videos.
I have something similar that the ham radio Community uses but nowhere near as cool as yours we've just taken quadcopter lipos with step Downs bring the voltage down to 12.2 volts so we can use them with her ham radio gear this would be awesome with a 400 watt solar generator project I built! Keep On Keepin On! One of these days we're really going to need all these portable power packs.
Great looking battery pack. Love the idea to use the standoffs for power rails. Keep it comin'
One of the best DIY projects I’ve seen for battery builds 👍
This is so cool. I've watched s few of your vids. Now I have to watch all of them and head over to your store to buy some of your mods to try it myself for the FIRST time!!! Great contributer to battery 🔋 community!
sweet stuff. looking at building unpopulated modules as i enjoy the build process myself. will be taking a look at your store with the black friday sale