Happy new year for you and for all your family in peace , health , joy , security , happiness , blessing .

I am a beginner, your video is very interesting, and I would to built one exactly as yours, wuold its be possible for you to send me a rough drawing/schematic of your setup? Thank you in advance.

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You forgot to mention that some batteries have a low temp sensor that may turn the charging off.

Great video and I bought the Ox Sweat set up based on your review quick question, I thought the stove came with an OX Sweat carry bag for the stove which I thought I was looking at in your video my package just arrived and no bag for the stove included… OX Sweat says it does not come with a bag for the stove because of the carry handles built in so are you using an aftermarket bag when you carry the stove into the tent in the video? And if it is, can you direct me to the one that you bought? much appreciate your response and great channel!

Amazing! Another person like me who’s on a real life budget!

I thought lifepho4 is exploding. Thanks for clarifying

When we connect more than one battery do we need additional bms to control the final circuit?.

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Sir your video is very helpful. I had a 750 watt inverter the only thing I had plugged in to it was an extension cord. Plugged in to that was a trickle charger, fluorescent lights and a fan. When it got cold an alarm would sound and inverter would shut down. Have you had this problem?

I'm new to all of this and you explained this really well.

An MPPT CC will preserve your battery, and is more efficient. The one you're using claims to be an MPPT, but is actually a PWM. I sure would risk a cabin fire with this $30 CC! I didn't notice a fuse in the positive cable either.

I am READING, these 12 voot fridge only last a couple years. Thats A LOT of waist (lot of COST), for only a couple years. How about converting a SMALL chest freezer into a fridge? Like 1.5 or MAX 3.5 C.F. SIZE. those dont take much power, and will last 20 + years.

Are you still using the blue controller today? If so how is it? Being 2yrs later. Thank you

You can also use a long usb-c cable and attach it to another solar panel outside and "trickle" charge it while using it during the day. It won't drain it as fast during use...

I just want to take a quick moment to thank you. Thank you for sharing this informative video. That in my perspective, it has motivated me and help me with my solar set up and has saved me money for my tiny home.

The most economical thing is 3 layers of aluminum foil, + 4 magnets to hold everything, cover the oven by folding in 3 layers in INVERTED U for safe layers the oven = layer of air = better insulation of foil aluminum on the box, just the top and on each side left, right, not the door and bottom, At the bottom of the oven. 2 briquette-style bricks at a low price (With holes or full = longer, but more temperature stable) Enjoy your meal!

You are my guru when it comes to off grid but Brian Johnson came from down my street, so Im going to listen to some ACDC tomorrow night: just because you said AC & DC too many times within a few seconds. Cheers 🎉 Happy weekend up the cabin!

PEPPERMINT! Mice do not like the smell of peppermint. It's too strong of a scent for their olfactory system. I had mice getting into my old , truck so I bought some peppermint oil extract and put it on cotton balls and placed around the inside of the cab. Maybe plant some peppermint around your cabin. Please know this, members of the mint family can become invasive. use caution how you plant it. Good luck!

There is a one step solution. Great Stuff Pestblock is expanding foam with additives to prevent rodents chewing it. This worked wonders for my remote home. I have added Fresh Cab scented sachets and sonic repellers in kitchens as redundant layers and have not had a mouse since. (Prior to this, I battled them for years.)

thanks man simple simple. great video easy to fallow.

bounce sheets, they don't like the smell

I would make a couple of those inverted T-bait stations with those Black Cat bait nuggets. I used to get mice in my garage every year until I made one of those bait stations. I haven’t seen, smelled or heard a mouse in my garage in over two years.

They wont get into the ends of those ribbed pannels with the drip edge like that. I bet there just walking up the wall and into other holes. They will climb everything but vinyl or metal siding.

I adopted some cats. I got electric feeders -- with trashcans full of cat food rigged above for them -- when I'm gone for months. Haven't seen a mouse or snake in years.

I just went through this.i used cloth mesh everywhere there was a hole and at the bottom of the metal roof panels and when that wasn't enough they where still getting in at the ridge vent cap so I removed the ridge vent and cut 6 inch by 24 ft of mesh used some small roofing screws and covered up the gap.last week end was very quiet at night.good luck I know what your going through 👍

Sealing the cabin up for future infestations is nice. There are products that farmers use for mice and rats. One is called "Just One Bite" and others are similar. They are sticks flavored like honey and oats. They are a blood agent that takes 5 days to kill. The mice see it as a food source as it doesn't kill right away. They take it to the nests and feed the young with it. The whole colony is gone. I had this problem at my house in a small town. Put this stuff in the attic. Day 1 to 4, the bait moved. Day 5 and on, nothing moved. Same for the crawl space. Problem solved.

You could also try copper mesh.

Haven't personally tried this, but I've heard that mice and rats hate the strong smell of peppermint oil .. try sprinkling that in the places they frequent and see if it persuades them to leave?

Wouldn’t it be good to know they are out first?

Thank you 😊

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I love Ratchet Rake, too! The product quality and innovation is excellent.

Stop that horrible sound. Rather hear nothing.

I wonder if.you.drilled a couple.of small holes in the bottom if that would allow more heat.. I've ordered one for this winter to bake on my wood stove so I'll post a video if it works

Whoever said coyotes don't roam in packs clearly does not know what they're talking about

How do you manage batteries in freezing weather . My BMS switches battery off when everything it gets to -3°c.

This is a wonderful set up for your specific needs. Great job.

If you have a 12 volt system and you plan on just using 12 volt solar panels that are not going to have very long runs of wire - A PWM is a better choice - a 12 volt panel is going to generate 20 volts peak - The pwm will keep the voltage at 14.7 volts peak and reduce the current out put down to 25 milleamps per. 100 amps of battery once the battery is fully charged - With the 12 volt system were the solar panels are near the battery or batterys a PWM controller is a better choice - A good MPPT controller uses a transformer to step the voltage up or down from the solar panels - If you have five 100 watt panels that are 100 ft from the house its more efficient to hook them up in series to generate 100 volts - In that case a MPPT controller should be used - A PWM has almost no loss in power conversion compared to a MPPT controller - when used off 12 volt sollar panels to charge a battery of equal voltage - With a MPPT controler there will be up to 30% loss of energy when converting solar panel voltage to usable charging voltage to the battery or batterys - As ive said if the solar panels are at a distance say of more than 30ft from the battery a MPPT is a better choice - Also you should comnect the solar panels in series to supply a higher voltage to the MPPT controller - there will be a convertion loss from the higher voltage to a lower voltage - Also on Amazon there are PMW controllers sold as MPPT controlers for about $40 dollars - There not MPPT controlers there high end PWM controlers - you would need to look up on You Tube for a comparison of the two controlers - With a PWM any time you convert from a higher voltage to a lower voltage there can be a loss of 95% of the solar array out put - A PWM controler does not step down voltage through a transformation its a solid state switcher -

With any battery when there at the full capacity - a 100 AGM is rated from 12.8 volts to 0 volts so at the start of 12.8 to 0 volts the capacity is 100 amps - Most inverters and other devices cut off when a battery is half discharged - at 10.5 volts the battery is 50% disharged - a 100 amp battery thats under one yr old at full charge, only has 50 amps of usable capacity at full charge - if you do draw it down below 50% capacity or 10.5 volts - You will sharply decrease the life of the battery - In real life application a lead acid battery of any kind is cycled at 35% usable capacity these days - when used in off grid application - So that means at best a 100 amp battery will supply 35 amps of power daily - That would be 420 watts of power when cycled daily - Ideally you would charge the battey 4 hours a day at with a 10 amp charger daily - That would give you the 35 amps of operating capacity - most sail boats were people live on them away from docks - replace the 35% of the capacity of there batterys within 2 hrs a day - Each 100 amp battery is charged at 20 amps an hour - i live in the rural deep south US up till 1960 there was no grid power - Homes that had power had 6 volts or 32 volts DC - All the appliances in those homes were 6 or 32 volts DC - there were large banks of batterys that supplied the home power 5 to 6 days a week - Those house battery's were charged all day every Friday in winter and all day Friday and Monday in summer - Were I live at rural people started having farm light plants in the 1890s - You can look up farm light plants on the net to research rural living with power - In that case instead of using a acid of 1.275 strength - farm house battery's had a acid strength of 1.210 down here - battery with weak acid last a very. Long time - Exide farm house battery last for 50 to 70 yrs of cycling - To charge a battery 100% might take 24:hrs of generator run time - With lead acid batterys you do have to charge them 100% every 21 days so they don't sulfate - Because of. The humidity and cloud cover solar perform poorly down here -

Is this information still valid/current??? Watching from the Philippines.

You know, when I was about 6 years old I started playing in the forest and never had a single issue with bears and we live in one of the highest bear population areas of Canada never carried bear spray or anything but knowledge lol so at 6 years old I had it more together than every single person on KZbin lmao they never even made bear spray back then. Guess we were just built different

First - have no items that use more electricity than an LED light....

Nice

A general presentation at the cottage is possible?

Thanks for the review, very informative. Any insight on how you could protect this fridge from an EMP? (give it has electronics based panel)

I love your cabin. Where did you get it?

Great! Thx for sharing. Would love to see a 6-month follow-up on this portable fridge/freezer combo as it gets rather lackluster product and customer service reviews on Amazon.

Glad the fish are doing a good job on your pond algae!

Really informative!