Excellent man.

Hey Ed, Ian here, great video! I did the math for you, that was $3560 in components you saved, plus the fluid heater and its controller, whose prices you didn't mention. So glad some great use came out of this thing and it didn't end up in a landfill! Looking forward to the rest of the series here to see how implementation goes! Wondering though, why won't you need to run coolant during use? Is it just a matter of discharge speed? I can see for the house backup not needing it, but in a higher current situation (like the scooter I see in another video) wouldn't you want to run coolant just for life extension? Maybe that's answered there, but thought I'd ask. Speaking of discharge speed, I did a little more math. The average home here uses 900 kWh per month, which comes to about 1 kW. From observation, this is equivalent to driving a Spark EV at around 2km/h (just above idle speed)! It also means the battery backup of 6 kW would last about 12 hours of normal use (assuming that average consumption of ~30 kWh is done in the waking 16 hours of the day). It might not run your oven long, but it'd be a full-power substitute in the case of short term blackouts, and could keep ten 9W LED bulbs (60W equivalent) powered for just under 3 days!

Thanks for the video. Do you have a link for the lights? I have a flag pole set up I can use it on.

Would be nice to know how to avoid toll roads

Awesome job, Ed! I could see many uses for that thing! It'd also be nice to attract all the bugs up really high and away from a person while camping. I am surprised at how bright those lights are!

How do you charge the battery?

Is there any way to disable car location on Kona 2024? I believe we can via bluelink but I was wondering if I can do it from infotainment?

Will 2 inch pucks work ok for the h3?

Nice, we ride different for sure. I strap on so much stuff its silly. Great second life to the battery!

Hoes that holding up🤔

What happened to the clip on the inside joint? Did you have to replace that

Thanks so much for sharing this! Ok guys anybody have a better battery cell number for an upgrade in 2024 ?

I stopped at “I’m going to drill a hole…”

Crap led lights though. Got mine 2021..both sides have burnt out lights now. So here I am swapping them out. Going with smoked factory style housings and using led bulbs. Pretty sure you don't have to tape them. They insert into the housing and you turn them to lock the socket in place.

BAD ASS BRO!!! I would luv to share some ideas I have about some mods I wanna do to my H3 to captivate my 4 1/2 yr Son so that way when he gets in it looks like he would be the copilot in show AirWolf with actually interactive LED switches and buttons small monitors... Kinda like the ole arcade game SPY HUNTER... I have some what of an idea that goes on top similar to the bx Fram you fashioned for your dash.. is it expensive for you to make those items?? And do you maybe take ideas fine tune them for Hummer folks lol I'm in South TX Corpus Christi trying to get to Mississippi where the Seraget mother had him after 2 reports of a No-go sorry it didn't take.. So here I GO!!! Papa Bear Driving in with Eagle One OR DJ's Battle Wagon ?? To Fight for what I want to be Accountable for a Son of my own. So I wnat to Retrofit the hummer to the amazement of a 4-5 yr old with a key of his own that turns on the rear controls and gives his new vehicle a personality of its own. I'm a firm believer in taking extra steps to making things happen.. TMI-TMI-TMI LOL

What a great informative vid! Ive been dreading this but im gonna tackle it tomorrow. Thank for the vid!

Will this work the same for a 2019 Tucson. I replaced the fuse that was burn out. But now There’s no tail gift lift coming up under the door menu if front of the steering wheel. I suppose to look at the setup / menu vehicle

I just bought a used 2021 Hyundai Kona and I can’t connect my gps navigation to the car. Do I need blue link. When I first started the car there was a map and now it’s gone.

Nice! Battery hacker's heaven. Seems there are 15 series cells. If this block was to be used for a 48V application, it would require 13S (typical 54V) or 14S (Telecom going to 58V) for float. Once the weak cell is identified, it could be discharged manually to 0V, then shorted to leave the remaining good cells in the string functional and intact in their nice case. Could this be viable? Or would the 0V cell expand and create pressure on the adjacent cells?

great job!

where’s the part 4 😭 i need the part 4 🙏

How many miles are on the trooper and how bad was it to remove the driver side head

IIRC from my time as a battery researcher (15-20 years ago), compressing pouch cells also leads to slightly higher capacity than an unconstrained cell. It's also more convenient for packaging, so it's a win-win unless they go too far into the spicy pillow stage and damage the containment. Again, it's been a minute, so take that with a grain of (lithium) salt.

The cooling plates remind me of a old-school freezer wall with similar channels for the refrigerant.

THIS IS GREAT! Thanks for sharing. they built this battery well. A bit complex and stuffed full of stuff..... but well put together indeed.

Quick question can I replace the battery on my spark Chevy for a larger one to get a greater range since my car just barely goes over 60 miles if possible can it increase it to over 100 miles or will that be a fantasy I’ll have to live with, thank you

Glad to see the cell count conundrum was solved.

how did you remove the exhaust manifold nuts to the cat? i got the easy one off but i’m struggling with the other two. thanks

Definitely gonna swing back around to actually watch this! EDIT: I'm back, repairing EV batteries to be able to last for years after the repair is not quite possible, module replacements would need to be tailored to identical capacity which is not as simple as remove/replace. I wish it was. Really cool man. Tks for tearing this apart and showing it!

You can create a balancing board and use a bench supply to bring the cells up to a 'safer' storage level , somewhere around 3.7-3.8V each by using big Zener ciodes in a line across that connector, then use a variable bench supply to set the total voltage and a nice, low amperage. That'll at least prevent cathode degredation.

Maybe that bad module had a clog in the coolant hose or port? I'm not sure what the maintenance schedule is on these cars, but maybe the coolant is supposed to be flushed after a certain amount of time? It looked kind of brown when you emptied that one module.

Thank you so much!

How are Sonata has a error code that looks like an old windows window and we can’t use it any tips on that would be greatly appreciated thank you

Y question is how can I fold down the back set?

After watching this video - I'm going to start looking for my very own Hummer H3. Great job!! Looks like a great camping setup

Hey, I'm trying to install these lights but don't understand how to connect the white wire to the DRL. Do you have any insight?

Thanks for the video

Thanks for the video. What were the symptoms that caused the rebuild. Thanks

Very nice work, Ed! The platform system is sweet.

Thank You Ed, You are Awesome. I am Senior and watched few of your videos. You explained clearly and person at my age could follow and have peace of mind. Stay Blessed..

nice one, added on my to-do list!

I have watched many videos for 3 months to get my homelink and Ryobi garage door opener to sync with no success until i watched yours, thank you sir, this worked!😅

I will do it like that. My Hummer H3 the same Problem.

Why not put and glue the grummet into the new hole?

At one point you touched the screen and a red circle went on the screen for a moment. It comes on mine and doesn't go away. What is it used for and how do I get rid of it when it shows up?

This short clip was very useful, thanks Ed. Find the nearest <POI> Find an address in <state/province>, then say the address when prompted.

Thank you very helpful video

Navigation works with any coutry?

Navigation only works in America?

Time to make a trip to the junkyard find something