How I built - Solar charge station for my robot mower!

Hi everyone welcome back to my channel! ^^
Today's video - "How I built - Solar charge station for my robot mower!"
I will first go on amazon and list the products I purchased for this project while talking about their purpose, then we go to the back yard and show the finished built Charging station and the mower working fully charged on Solar.
As stated on this video I was a complete beginner going in, so any tips you have please share in the comments below, I would love to read them.
If you want to try this project out yourself I will provide Affiliate links below, please watch to the end of the video, to see what I would do differently after learning, so you may avoid some of the annoyances I went through.
How well does it charge? follow up video =
• Home made Solar charge...
Enjoy ^^
Worx Landroid Robot mower - amzn.to/3TzXrWh (Review coming in 2-3 months once I have more time with it so far works well)
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List of product for Project -
- 12v 100w Solar Panel - amzn.to/3TBcDCv (I suggest looking around for cheaper option, or consider and do research on used Solar panels)
- Solar Charge controller - amzn.to/3ITjqCJ
- 12v 12AH SLA Battery - amzn.to/3IYigFZ (Lithium is better)
- Low voltage Disconnect - amzn.to/3PIpOR3 (not required for lithium battery, only for SLA)
-12v 600w Inverter - amzn.to/3TVn4C8 (not as good as below)
- Set of lugs and heat shrinks - amzn.to/3VwE8zM
- Junction Bow - amzn.to/49kxyzs
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List of items I learned are better and I recommend are used instead.
12v 600w Pure Sine wave Inverter - amzn.to/3x7gwaD
I recommend this inverter instead of the one above I used.
-If going lithium battery - amzn.to/43JkRgn (Renogy Charge controller still cheap and it supports Lithium battery charging)
12v 12AH-20AH lithium Iron phosphate Battery from Ali Express links are too long and I don't really trust them to create a direct link. I will leave it to you to look around and buy at your own risk. how ever Lithium is way better then SLA so I do recommend trying to get one instead.
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That it Good luck, be safe.
I hope everyone can get a cheap solar charging station hehe xD

[@montageproductions]

Great video thanks. The charge controller might not have the correct charge profile for LiFe batteries. I have had a few of these though. Great for lead acid.

[@elfioo5252]

Thanks xD

[@RedJay]

Nice build, would be great to see a follow up after a full season - what worked, what didn't in the loop. Lithium battery you mentioned is a great idea for when that AGM battery eventually needs to be replaced especially as you have a decent waterproofing setup.

[@victorjoseph8948]

connect the battery to the controller before connecting the solar panels to the controller,IMPORTANT to note.

[@freeidaho-videos]

Okay, I listened to 25 minutes of rambling on and on and never once did you say how well this apparatus charged. Instead of saying the same thing over and over again, it would have been great to answer these questions. How much power is the solar panel actually putting out with that less-than-ideal orientation? How long does it take to charge the mower? How does it compare to charging the mower from grid power? How many hours of daylight do you need to charge the battery in the box? How many mower charges do you get from one charging of the battery in the box? What is the capacity of the battery in the mower? I see the solar panel on the roof of your shed is very dirty. Doesn't that affect the performance of your charger? This is a very low-efficiency system. There are significant losses in the solar charger, battery and inverter, so how well it performs would be good information to give.

[@elfioo5252]

I'm so sorry about my rambling >.< my worst trait. Thankyou for the Pointers I will try make a follow up video and address those points. I think you are right those point would be helpful.