DIY Portable Solar Generator in a Toolbox

We build portable solar power generators to meet all our off-grid and emergency electrical power needs. No more worries about having enough gas or propane for that old emergency power generator. You can use solar generators all year long to provide clean earth-friendly power to your home, workshop, shed, camper or off-grid cabin.
We will describe every component that we used in the solar generator, show you how we reconfigured a standard metal truck box, and demonstrate the operation of the system.
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The components used for our portable solar generator include:
• Suniva 340 W Monocrystalline Solar Panel from Sun Electronics sunelec.com/category/solar-pa...
• TEMCo 10 AWG/Gauge Solar Cable (red and black) amzn.to/3sfEiPn
• Solar connector set with tools amzn.to/3ORuCCa
• PV Solar Disconnect Switch amzn.to/45BywWM
• RICH Solar 40 amp charge controller amzn.to/3OHmvIy
• Ampper Battery Switch amzn.to/45AVUDD
• Krieger 1500 Watt 12V Pure Sine Inverter amzn.to/3PcNLPg
• SOK 12v Lithium Batteries www.us.sokbattery.com/?ref=%3...
• Renogy 500A Battery Monitor with Shunt amzn.to/3ZlASHs
• Vent Systems 4" Inch Black Soffit Vent Cover amzn.to/3PCYLGX
For a complete DIY guide on building solar power generators: amzn.to/3YLOoDJ

[@modwrath810]

Other than the way you parralled your batteries ,its an easy set up. The parallel wiring is wrong, works but wrong. You should of had a positive coming from one batter but the negative coming from opposite battery. They will not charge equally with that wired configuration you have there. you will kill the first battery a lot sooner.

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thanks for the tip that is really helpful!

[@negrinator0071]

Excelent..

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thanks for watching!

[@Dwaynelrs.x]

Nice

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thanks

[@k-sell4065]

What really great is that you are using a metal box. Any outside interference is blocked out like an EMP as long as you ground the box to earth ground. A modern day faraday cage

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thank you for watching!

[@majinvipergaming]

Are you for real? I was unaware that being in that metal box would do anything to deflect EMP damage. Very cool!

[@k-sell4065]

@@majinvipergaming yes sir. You can place all sensitive electronics in a metal box and it will block out any electrical interferences

[@thastinger345]

@@majinvipergaming it won't unless you tape all the seams with metal tape. There is a channel on here that does a nice scientific demo of cages.

[@majinvipergaming]

@@thastinger345 Metal tape like the stuff used in HVAC? I apologize for my lack of knowledge I'm a little late to the game.

[@MrTonminh]

Power by the Sun w/ gratitude

[@ecohabs4earth]

Right on!

[@Manjarow]

Putting the batterij in series would make it more efficiënt

[@lawrencedavidson6195]

Nice little solar setup. Greetings from Jamaica.

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thanks for watching

[@2004chrislo]

Good explanations and examples

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrTonminh]

I like the last slogan

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thank you Mr Tonminh!

[@SwedenLover090]

Nice video, thank you.

[@ecohabs4earth]

Glad you liked it!

[@kayashmore4296]

It would be nice to see a breakdown of the cost, to see if it would be something I could afford.

[@ecohabs4earth]

Check out the product links in the description where you can find out the cost. 😊

[@Electronzap]

Nice.

[@ecohabs4earth]

Thank you!

[@et2525]

DIY Portable Solar Generator in a Toolbox

[@juniorrashidkamara1821]

This is incredible wow!!! This is my first time to sse all this things and i have little ideal on a solar panel but I really want to learn more i don't know how i should get help

[@ecohabs4earth]

Get the Solar made easy book listed on our description!

[@davidceron8660]

It's not free. You have to buy the equipmet, hook it up and maintain it.

[@ecohabs4earth]

Yes but it is so empowering to have free electricity once you have the setup! Thank you for watching!

[@davidceron8660]

@@ecohabs4earth yes, it is; I have done it too; however, I still have to maintain the equipment and pay a bimonthly fee to CFE.

[@ecohabs4earth]

@@davidceron8660 as long as we move in the direction of freedom from slavery to the utility companies, we are making progress 😎

[@davidceron8660]

@@ecohabs4earth I agree. The new solar generators are a step forward towards that goal. I did a solar installation on a swimming pool with a swimming pool solar pump, 4 330W solar panels in series parallel and it doesn't need energy from the grid.

[@ecohabs4earth]

@@davidceron8660 oh cool. We a solar pump on our pool as well, panels attach right to a DC motor. Sun comes up, pump turns on. Sun goes down pump turns off! It’s the bestt!

[@firstlast-er9jq]

That inverter is a pos it’s a modified sine wave that can damage electronics. A cheap Amazon pure sine inverter is a far better option

[@ecohabs4earth]

Yes I have since swapped it out for a pure sine wave inverter, amzn.to/3WQosYQ