Building an 18650 MEGA Charger - The Big Friendly Charger

18650 Mountain - Part XV - The BFC - SUPER-SIZING CHARGING
The build of the BFC has finally started and so join me on another fun-filled yet entertaining episode at NERDVille bringing you into this world of creating the biggest tool to aid with the recovery process of my 18650 mountain series in an entertaining- fun filled way and lets learns some things together in this process.
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Music:
NetFlix - Stranger Things Theme
Star Wars - Found Luke
UberVICE - Staring into the abyss of eternity
Johan Börjesson - Spheres

[@RobinRastle]

Excellent design and construction skills not shown by many

[@jonathanellis3169]

Thank you for coming back and thanks for such a good build

[@Mike99561]

Very cool project, surely ton of work- keep going!

[@TheAnqueetas]

Extremely OTT. Wonderful production quality video. Nerdville is back! Yay.

[@Roamor1]

Unbelievable project; great to see your progress!

[@lexuslx450]

The Big Flipping Charger is a Masterpiece . Well Done !. Many of us lost the pool ;~\ thinking that you wouldn't never complete it . As simple as it looks .. I understand the work load on this project. Bravo!

[@neutronpcxt372]

Absolutely amazing! I never thought you would post a video again this soon :)

[@malikjunaid1]

Wow wow wow simply awesome.

[@MistaTerps]

Fill the copper pipe with water & freeze it before bending it. Awesome build btw.

[@janbernhardt2886]

Good to see you back! I kind of envy you for your engineering skills and your tools... That tape cutter killed it! ;)

[@HBPowerwall]

YEH! new vid!

[@peterdkay]

Awesome. I hope all the 4056's are reliable. Changing one would be a major effort!

[@unlost117]

I think he would simply unsolder its 4 wires, crack the hot glue beads and simply slide the 4056 from under the copper tube.

[@Griffelkiste]

Today is a good day :) Finally a new Nerdville video!

[@philgrant6552]

Great video .... been waiting for it for a while.

[@Andi-bn7rr]

Wow!!! Sehr gut geworden! Beide Daumen hoch! Respekt! Super Arbeit!

[@paulkennett]

That's a fine beast you've made. It's a monster! I'm keen to see part two and hear how the water cooling went.

[@frankchristensen5778]

Welcome back. Greetings from Perth, Western Australia.

[@mheerde1]

Wauw. This is awesome! Love your chanel

[@korishan]

He's ALIVE!!!! 😎👍

[@Woodyjims-shack]

That's a lot of work! Looks to have come out well 👍

[@pauldevey8628]

Very happy you are back. I hope all is well.

[@RodneySolarCircuits]

WOW!!!! Great job

[@pauldevey8628]

Auto tape dispenser?!?!? Man, you are a NERD!!!!! You are one of my people!

[@flodrio]

Great to see you again. I missed you..

[@oldtimeengineer26]

Fantastic build

[@MikesDIYTeslaPowerwall]

WOW, Just amazing. Well done.

[@dtec30]

cool wasn't sure it was ever going to happen but i guess there's lots of engineering in this project great to see your back

[@unlost117]

Great job, I was waiting for this video :)

[@DJJOAOMARTINS]

Very good work

[@tbbw]

Finally a video that contains electronics and batteries! :D

[@batterydiy7297]

Simply the best !!!

[@VinokDesign]

Very awesome ! Nice job!! Kepp them comming

[@Guust_Flater]

You're back!! 👍 Still think you should install a slip ring contact. That way it can rotate freely and no chance to damage the power cable.

[@AveRage_Joe]

WHOA!!!! Nice Big Fffffflippn Charger!!!😲🖒🖒🖒

[@JawadAhmadsahibzada]

big but not practical, i like the one you made, and i copied your idea 😜

[@bren106]

I was approaching suicidal doing a 10 cell board. *Sixty six!!* where's the nearest tall building to jump off?

[@cryalowicki]

One word. Epic.

[@thunderkat77]

Nice job! Is there a reason why you didn't connect all of the tp4056 together via paralleling each board as oppose to using a bus bar?

[@NERDVilleUK]

by the time the last one got connected the load being induced would have burnt out the probably 30 of these modules, the bus bar was a good way of distributing the draw current from each module and they can act independently

[@thunderkat77]

ok cool, i just see people doing that. Is this an all or none type of deal, i.e. when the unit is turned on, everything is on... its a great device if you have thousands of cells to process. It would be cool if you can integrate discharging into the system and leverage IoT for remote monitoring... again, just for fun and keep the brain active. I like the fact you didnt release this design early... so that others wouldn't copy it.

[@deangreenhough3479]

WoW 😀😀😀😀😀 nerdville is back👍

[@steve64464]

Damn thats gonna be one hell of a charger.

[@MiniMattTV]

Just WOW! 😮

[@korishan]

Man you've got a lot of neat tools!!

[@andykirby]

Bloody hell I thought I had it hard making a 2kWH High power ebike battery!

[@AdamWelchUK]

WOW!

[@brettwatty101]

Awesome mate been waiting for this video for a while now.

[@AndyShell]

Great video amazing design. I dont understand why so complicated for how small it is. I'll have to watch the original vids

[@FireballXL55]

Question why did you not use the cooling pipe as one of the power feeds/return.

[@NERDVilleUK]

Its a really good suggestion and I do practise designing components to have multiple use. But in this particular part I did give this some thought and felt the risk was too great in something shorting. Besides, this part is better when its removable in case I need to replace damaged or failed TP4056 modules Thanks for watching and commenting

[@ManInBlackz]

I am sorry to ask as I am sure you have mentioned it before or in another video but I am new here! What 3D printer are you using to print all your parts for this project and others as well? Thanks in advance!

[@Flfagundes1979]

Amazing !!!! Congratulations

[@StephenBoyd21]

WOW! You are back

[@andreaskrause]

Build a 32 18650 Charger and know the solder struggle :D

[@steffen1182]

Nice to see you again

[@yankey4]

WOW WOW!! LOVE IT BROTHER!!!!

[@matsinorge]

WOW!! So cool

[@Robcerati]

Totally awesome 😎!!!

[@dukenerd6320]

Really good job but I can't help thinking that you should had used the copper cooling piping to carry the negative/ground, then it would had served two purposes :)

[@stevejackson890]

what size copper wire are you using?

[@cheetahkid]

welcome back from hibernation :)

[@thattoolguy9432]

fantastic project.. would love to build my own power wall, but getting cells in the uk is a real pain ...

[@dtec30]

gday nerdville just checking in hoping you are ok missing your tech videos (as a closet engineer myself)

[@dtec30]

was thinking of making a fischer technik wire cutter for all those lengths of wire

[@MB-lh5kw]

If you put a piece of ribbon under all the batteries in a loop it will aid a faster removal

[@lmorrison17]

BAD ASS!!!

[@mobilesigngeek1693]

Ha! Awesome video!

[@robertpoynton9923]

Awesome video. But this is out of reach for most people I do t have a laser cutter as I would assume most people don’t. What would it take for me to buy the laser cut parts from someone and get it posted??

[@NERDVilleUK]

Yes its a fair comment but you can employ local services such as the place I buy my acrylic from they offer a cutting service and charge per size of pieces being cut and machine time and prices start from £2. Google a company online to you that also sells acrylic sheet, you'll be surprised how cost effective it can be.

[@robertpoynton9923]

NERDVille yes I think I’ll look into it and might even reach out to the diy powerwall fb group and get a bulk order done.

[@robertpoynton9923]

Do you have a link where we can download the cad file? Just thinking if we can get a bulk orders done everyone can save a bit of money and then we could donate the saving to your channel. Win win for everyone

[@viliuzk]

Automatic tape dispenser ? What else did i miss in XXI ?

[@legominimovieproductions]

But the electricity that goes in has to go out as well, so why do you need less ground wire than supply wire?

[@procactus9109]

Cool, can you charge a few batterys for me ?

[@newchannelization]

Wooooow

[@StephenBoyd21]

So what is the point of the big fliiiiipping charger? I’m sure you explained it in a previous video. Do you have a massive been for batteries?

[@NERDVilleUK]

Yep I have a stockpile of 18650s amassed close to 20,000 cells and looking for more, but the main point for putting the BFC is just interested in seeing if you can, as well as can it be automated for feeding this at a .v2 stage ;-)

[@StephenBoyd21]

NERDVille 18650? What are they used for?

[@NERDVilleUK]

Stephen Boyd nonplan as of yet. Powerwall? Ev? Ebike? Most likely powerwall.

[@10101110101011001]

Inspiring!

[@sarkybugger5009]

Impressive. ;o)

[@pauldevey8628]

You have a laser cutter?!

[@zanpekosak2383]

Now thats a Big Fucking Charger! Oh wait...

[@Avlec1000]

Omg u r back !!!

[@cvicracer]

Awesome

[@glenn0010]

While the heatsinking looks cool I think it is overly complex and "expensive" to manufacture. I would have gone with those small heatsinks which adhere using a thermal pad, you will also have no issues with regards to height

[@evilutionltd]

As you aren’t running any real pressure in the copper coolant pipe, you could have used 2 part epoxy instead of solder.

[@Hawk7886]

evilution soldering is quicker and easier. Only takes a minute to flux and sweat copper, much faster than messing with epoxy.

[@pratap3369]

thank god.. He's alive.......

[@SuperBrainAK]

hrm 6 volt input, now you are down to 62% nominal efficiency instead of 74% at 5v. hopefully it is 100% solar powered then it wont matter.

[@jenpau0269]

Now you will know how hard to solder, cutting, stripping the wire like i do to my CTC-Tesla Circle Charger/ BFC, the hardest Part is the Power Supply you gonna put in, but i already solved it, i will wait the part 2 Boss, you and i will build the CTC and BFC from good to best

[@markajoseph1980]

You do know kapton tape is heat resistant it'll never transfer heat into the pipe

[@lmorrison17]

I was thinking a bunch of those sticky thermal pads they put between heat sinks and mosfetts would have been perfet for this.

[@nicolaimedbo]

Finally a new vid!!

[@continental_drift]

Yeees! Epic!

[@laf0138]

Great Video!!! Great Project!! Ignore the "Tools" out there. When they spend 100+ hrs on a quality KZbin episode ...then they can whine.

[@GTrainRx7]

Any updates?

[@idnanwahid5044]

👍😎

[@trickyriky1]

Your all out doing me... mehhh i'm happy with my 30 cell charger...

[@thebeststooge]

Long time no see.

[@hernancoronel]

Hey Nerdville, are you doing well? You disappeared, what has happened to you ? I'd bet you got a job offer from a company to produce this stuff for them. Good luck and hope you are doing well!

[@rexizs6767]

water cooling is so useles you just use little aluminium block for each

[@idnanwahid5044]

Long time since a video

[@ultimatejosh4693]

There are quite a few things you need to improve. First: Why the turning design? A straight design would be way easier to build and later to work with. Second: The 1x 18650 Holders you bought are crap when it comes to taking out the cells. Either you hurt your hands after a few or you take a tool and damage the insulation of the cell. Try something 3d printed with a gab between cells. Third: As I found out tp4056 don't need that much of a cooling system... you will see!

[@korishan]

This build is more of a Wow factor, than practical application ;) He's already built a previous multiple charging station that has traveled the world helping out fellow DIY Lithium Reclamation Personel

[@alpertokcan9899]

Please dont do the effects on build montages. Its very unpleasant