Congratulations on a great project.

Good to see everyone getting on the same page 😅

Why post sync the sound - it’s so false.

Rats! NOT FAST ENOUGH to turn your fan on high. Not to worry (a few minutes later) I just turned your fan on using a metaphoric web hook. ;)

Sorry, I’m clueless, what’s wrong with Bambu?

Are you related to Elon Musk? What a clever fucker you are. I am trialing a milwaukee adaptor thingy & hoping the mini starlink cuts out when the voltage gets low, but not low enough to completely stuff the battery.

This is badass! I hope to do something like this on my bus.

Get a separate inverter for very low loads. Separate wiring for lights, router and few sockets (like for phone charging, laptop etc).

Starbump.

I already did this in my tow caravan. Dc refrigerator, dc water pump, car phone, dc powered webasto , laptop charger, everything is DC. In case i have 2000 full sinus inverter waiting if AC needed but %90 its in stand by mode.

I know what I am going make for this summer

Great job!!!

How about a tabless 21700 version for extended battery life while maintaining the small, backpack friendly design?

Looks great!!!!! Any reason you used pneumatic over electrical linear actuators?

Golden this video thank you for sharing

Thanks guys, I'm making this comment from the AUSTRAL BOOM ferry in Chilean Patagonia, where you guys shared free internet for everyone on the ferry, you guys are geniuses ❤️

Very cool! I knew people were designing their own circuit boards these days, but I've never seen anyone make one. Excellent presentation!

I always enjoy watching each of your videos and learn a lot from each of them.

PD capable would be great

Would a USB-C PD trigger board work for charging the batteries in place?

What do you think the next best communications/internet setup is for someone who doesn't want to support elmo and his...salutes?

This is a very good video (and it's not the first time I'm watching it either 🤣). I'm doing this myself. One thing II'd like to warn about, is that there's a huge difference between a Power Supply Unit (PSU) and a Battery Charger. -They may look the same on the outside, but a charger has a lot of extra electronics and it shuts off the power when the battery reaches its maximum. For instance, a 36V Li-Ion charger would output 42V and when the battery reaches 42V, the charger stops charging. This is a safety-feature, which reduces the chance of your battery catching on fire. In addition, most chargers turn off if there's an internal short-circuit in the batttery. On the other hand, a 42V PSU would always output 42V, no matter if the power is used or not. That means if you need to charge a battery, use a charger (and not a PSU), which will deliver the same voltage as the original charger. If you can't get one, you could hack the original charger, bypass the AC input, giving it DC right after the AC-to-DC stage. (only do this, if you know how to do it; eg. don't "blindly experiment"). Hints: Samsung makes good low-power TFT monitors with good pictures. Philips does as well ... or should I say did ... A 22 ".. 24" 1920x1080 Samsung can easily be found, which uses about 16W. I've seen them using as little as 14W; most of these stay below 20W! My main desktop computer is a Raspberry Pi 4B/8GB and I'm using a Samsung S22C350 (the Power Supply for this is 25W, but the monitor itself uses about 16W). I also run my Raspberry Pi from a USB3-attached harddisk, so it boots fairly quickly. I use my Mac Pro (2009 model) about once a month now; it uses 200W, whereas the Raspberry Pi uses max 5W (that's 1/25 of the Mac; so I'm saving a lot of money on using the Raspi). LED-arrays are also a good way to get good light without using a lot of current. Edit: LiFePO4 batteries are safer than Li-Ion. I'd personally always recommend LiFePO4 (until we get safer even batteries of course). If anyone must use Li-Ion, make sure to use the 18650 cells; these are safer than pouch and prismatic cells. (I repair e-bike batteries for a living these days, and most damage I see is due to people not keeping their cells charged at around 80%, but also water damage). Good brands: Panasonic [Japan], Sanyo [Japan] (which is also Panasonic), Samsung [South Korea] and LG [China] (I usually don't recommend Chinese products, but if you must buy Chinese, get the LG cells). Many Chinese 18650 cells are filled with sand (so they weigh about the same as the other cells); they perform poorly and do not last long, so it will not pay purchasing "good deal unbranded cells" from China.

Sweet project, as usual! I'm not sure if you were joking about the AA one, but with the price and energy density of 18650s, AAs just don't make sense. Even if you're thinking of some sort of post-apocalyptic scenario, it would just not be worth the time or effort, even if one could assume that in this scenario, all of Starlink's ground stations remained operational, and the network somehow remained useful. AAs are dead tech for just about anything besides remote controls; and hopefully it won't be too much longer before those all follow suit.

It's crazy how with all these giant, inefficient power bricks in every home, there's been no attempt made to introduce centrally distributed DC. If I ever build my own off-grid home (outside the jurisdiction of electrical inspections), I will run wiring for 48V DC alongside the typical 120/240VAC -- beside each set of AC outlets will be a set of XT-90 sockets. And since decent DC-DC converters are becoming so inexpensive, I could even step that 48V down to 24V and/or 12V in select locations, and pair each voltage with its own respective connector (maybe XT-60 and XT-30?).

the front ports should be anderson powerpole and/or xt60 not a barrel plug. When I'm in the middle of nowhere I can fab those pretty easy and they carry a lot more amperage safely vs relying on amazon venders.

I dont even have starlink and i watched the video for the algorithm

Will never buy a nazi product, ftg, i vote w m $

Great video, I've been thinking the same thing and was planning on researching this if'n I ever got solar for my home, since I'm always hearing about vampire power draw from wall warts and the like. If'n I do that, I'm likely to even wire of DC lighting in the house since I think most AC LED bulbs do basically the same thing internally. The good news is that that NAS connector is available out there, because that's the cursed connector

I like your (2) 550watts panels you added on. You might already know this, but I will say it anyway. If you put a solar charge controller for each 550watt solar panel you might gain some efficiency as your shading is changing all the time for both panels on each side of your truck. Do you run separate charge controller for your fixed panels and then one for your slide out panels?

Today I just bought the signal wire to do this exact thing! Glad you mentioned the wire heating up I was wondering if I should worry about that. I scored some 1AWG (1/0 maybe will need to check)aluminum overhead power line wire and want to run it 60 ft. through my walls... it's not rated to go in walls. the voltage drop calculator says I'll be drawing 60 to 80% load capacity @ 48 volts. do you think this is unsafe? most of the run is not in an insulated space. I can't afford the right wire. it's use it or don't get a dump load. and I really want it. great info on your channel! so glad I found it :) on my boat I powered my laptop on DC and every thing I could. you solved my USB C 100watt laptop problem! Thanks PS I made a few very nech videos on my channel :)

Can't find the flat mount print files? They look awesome.. Interested in that!

I like it great job

The US should create a standard for low DC power within the walls of homes, maybe at 48 volts? It should be a supplement to the AC system, not a replacement. Charging the house battery locally and/or charged from the grid at night.

You got cut off there at 8:24. You said “Netflix and ch”. Netflix and what? 🧐

well done

Great idea. Maybe use a wide fitness power band that one could wrap around the antenna and cover the back of the batteries so they don't get bumped out?

Got the sled yesterday and I am extremely impressed by the design, documentation, and parts. The packaging of the project is in itself professional, down to the colors used, parts bags, and shrink wrapping ! He did an amazing job on the printing and sending them out. Thank you both so much !

Amazing job Jason! Just what I needed this trip. Do you have both starlink antena? Is it worthy to be paying 2 plans? Hope you and Kara are having a blast in Patagonia 🇦🇷🇨🇱