Building A Simple Solar Battery Box

[@JeffButera]

Nice work keeping it reachable for most novices out there.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@JeffButera Thank you! Feel free to research and expand. I know I will as opportunity allows 🤠👍

[@NowhereBoundAdventures]

Cool project Sam! There’s an easy way to figure out the run time for the appliances. The refrigerator is pulling 40 watts, and the battery capacity is about 1280 watt hours. So just divide 1280 by 40 and you get 32 hours of run time on a full battery. Also, your inverter might be a little beefy for that battery, but I would feel comfortable pulling up to 1000 watts continuously with that setup. So the cement mixer is no problem. Also would work great for cooking while camping, and a coffee pot! (For job sites too) I enjoyed this video! I like simple little projects like this. Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy New Year my friend!

[@samsdoinstuff]

@NowhereBoundAdventures Thank you so much for the watt hour calculation. Pretty simple. I really am most excited to use it for truck camping. 🤠👍

[@chriselliott2364]

That gives me a couple of ideas ! Thanks Sam!!

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@chriselliott2364 Thank you! There are seemingly endless possibilities for expanding on this. Especially if you have a trailer or more permanent place to build. 🤠👍

[@MJADoingStuff]

Great build Sam👍 I could use it to power my indoor stuff when the power goes out. The gas generator seems to stink up the living room 😂 Thanks for the video.😁👍🚜💨☀️

[@samsdoinstuff]

Haha! Yes, it certainly smells better than carbon monoxide 😂 👍

[@ewanstewart8011]

Great video and a lot of fantastic information in the comments section Sam 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@ewanstewart8011 Thank you! I agree. Viewers have been very helpful 🤠👍

[@jim78]

nice video. noco makes the best chargers and jumpstarters

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! I agree. I'm very impressed by their products and that wasn't part of the paid endorsement 🤠👍

[@alexanderreid465]

Good job Sam, well explained, as an electrician that system that you have is good for 12 volt lighting, 12 volt TV, small hand drills and small loads etc., and the fridge that you had it hooked up to but I would not be trying to run any heavy loads on it as you explained, too much current required, solar is good but it is is not the answer, Regards, Al

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@alexanderreid465 Thank you very much! Good to hear from an electrician 🤠👍

[@stuartkorte1642]

I really like my Noco charger. Suggest, get one of the many pack out rolling boxes with telescoping handle. If you need more room for electronics, you can stack the right size box on top. Easier to move around and the electronics are protected from shorts and the elements.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@stuartkorte1642 I really like the Noco products too. I wanted to start very simple. Im sure I will expand on this as opportunity allows. I like your idea of the rolling case 🤠👍

[@goodcitizen64]

Thanks 👍

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@goodcitizen64 You're welcome 🤠👍

[@outdoorsinthe608]

Power on the go! I like Sam👍👍

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thanks Jeremiah! I'm sure that's going to be more handy than I realize 🤠👍

[@ScrewdriverTUNING]

Love this.!! I have a few suggestions if you don’t mind. First, you can get another battery and run it in series for better output to your tools. Second. When attaching solar you should leave the controller turned off and attach the battery and panels last. Then power everything.!! Last I would highly recommenda waterproof container for everything. I built mine on one of those folding hand trucks with 3 batteries. I use standard boat batteries. I have lost a few inverters due to moisture. There are some solar controllers that have great displays with lots of info. PS. Mini water and wind turbines are getting good .!!!! Keep at it brutha. Happy holidays. 🎄⚡️❤️‍🔥

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@ScrewdriverTUNING Thank you very much for all of the advice and suggestions! I may have to add an on/off switch next 🤠👍

[@mikereimer4279]

Morning Sam Can you try running your furnace off the battery box? I'm wondering how long it will last.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@mikereimer4279 Good morning! I am certain it would run our furnace. But considering the size and power draw, I'm pretty sure it would last less than one hour (total run time) a gas generator is more ideal for that 🤠👍

[@jdh6000]

Having only a grid-dependant (vented) heat source, I'd like this too. I guess some math could help me get an idea.

[@roberthocking9138]

Nice job, what was the total weight of the device.?

[@samsdoinstuff]

Great question. I should have weighed it in the video. It's 40 lbs all together 🤠👍

[@solardiyhobbyandrevies8118]

The lead of a pencil will keep it from sparking when hooking up the inverter. Just hold the wire with the pencil in between for like 5 seconds then hook it up.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@solardiyhobbyandrevies8118 Very cool! Thank you. I suppose it acts like a capacitor in some way? 🤠👍

[@solardiyhobbyandrevies8118]

@ yes a resistor lets the energy pass through slower. You can also use an incandescent lightbulb.. or get a resistor.

[@wildbill23c]

Need a higher powered inverter for running those high demand motors like that chop saw, a circular saw would be the same way. the slower start up would have been a give away that you were pulling too many amps, surprised it didn't trip the inverter. You'd really want a 3,000 watt inverter or larger for those high demand devices. Yep, for just charging power tool batteries that 2,000 watt inverter is fine, but to run those high draw power tools you need a larger inverter and a larger AH battery overall. I've thought about something similar, but I'd just install some of those heavy duty quick connect cables to the truck battery and run them out the grill of the truck, and then wire an inverter to connect to those cables, much better solution than packing around that heavy battery LOL....now, if you maybe build that thing into one of the many wheeled tool boxes like the Packout box that has wheels and a carry handle that would be an awesome ideal solution, plus you could throw your power tool battery chargers on the box and be able to charge them too...with using something that size you could do dual batteries and give yourself more power to run a larger inverter too.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@wildbill23c Thank you! I like all of those ideas 💡 I know I'm going to expand on this. It's like I said... "a gateway", lol. I'm happy batteries have come as far as they have. I'll start with off grid camping and see where it goes 🤠👍

[@miwa4783]

100 Amp solar panel, that's a lot of power🙂Happy New Year folks🎆

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@miwa4783 I caught that after I posted. Watts, amps... whatever it takes 😂👍

[@miwa4783]

@@samsdoinstuff No problem, electric terms and definitions can be confusing, just thought it sounded funny, looking forward to the next video. Happy New Year Sam

[@buddyweiz]

Yup Li=Lithium Fe=Ferrum=Iron PO⁴= Phosphate Ion (also the ⁴ should be down not up)

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@buddyweiz 🤠👍

[@tomasisp]

Just put this inverter into your car and use car battery. Simple

[@samsdoinstuff]

@tomasisp That can definitely be done. I do like having a separate battery, though 🤠👍

[@silentepsilon888]

@@samsdoinstuff ... I agree, I would not want to run down the car battery by accident. Besides, not sure how big your front door is but I would have a hard time getting my car into the kitchen to run the coffee maker during a power outage. I think your solution is more portable.

[@gerard9128]

sam jerryhere i have the eflow 3 plus and carry it around and do my chores also can get the newer 3 plus that you can attache if you want and mnow you have 2 times the amoutnt of eletricity dont go any way with the 2 your testing i payed totl al 168 for the plus and the other giving me 600 plus toal power up to 2000 watts for you this will be great even if you want just one and you hav the soloar panel you could be out in field w/o worrrying all day if your interested ill give the ecoflow on amazon i got PS with what your showing its not what you be happy with your like me i use my sense to do whats more efficent and cheaper lol

[@samsdoinstuff]

@gerard9128 Thank you for the advice 🙏 There are several options out there. It's good batteries are improving and now they're a viable option for portable power 🤠👍

[@Cruzian]

Your inverter is high frequency, not meant for anything with an electric motor. Get a 2000 watt low frequency inverter. Itll handle that circular saw witg ease. The low frequency inverter will be heavy though.

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@Cruzian Thank you! Good to know 🤠👍