Finalising the 45kWh battery shelf. Are we there yet?

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@wayne8113
@wayne8113 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andy
@MeineEnergiewende
@MeineEnergiewende 2 жыл бұрын
I love your style of videos and also the quite good content. You are doing a damn good tidied up work ! Like you setup very much. Waiting for the next video.
@excillisbank2611
@excillisbank2611 2 жыл бұрын
Super hâte de voir le démarrage ! 🔌🔋
@evil17
@evil17 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work Andy! Keep it up and the vids coming, luv ur stuff! The kit shelf you started with, didn’t seem too bad at the time, but Wow, what a transformation, Im sure there is nothing out there on a commercially professional standard, that comes close to the efforts you have put in here, Congratulations on such a great accomplishment. Cheers
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Evan. I've put a lot of time and effort in this, probably what a company would not do for a project.
@jamesdk5417
@jamesdk5417 2 жыл бұрын
Your dramatic pauses are legendary. 😝
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, great you picked up on that. I especially left them unedited. Creates suspense 😱
@FordPrefect57
@FordPrefect57 2 жыл бұрын
Good idea lifting the busbar up 🙂
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Many here suggested that and I thought the cables are a bit short for that but it just fits...
@PeaceChanel
@PeaceChanel 2 жыл бұрын
Thank You for All that you are doing for World Peace and for our Planet... Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. La Paz.. Namaste .. 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ ☮️ ❤️ 🕊
@MelonpanIslife
@MelonpanIslife 2 жыл бұрын
Go Andy!!! Can't wait to see some sparksss!!!!!
@rikdehaas6398
@rikdehaas6398 2 жыл бұрын
Calling this a powerwall is not correct. It is more a kind of educative piece of art Andy, so nice!
@vickipps6821
@vickipps6821 2 жыл бұрын
Gee it's looking great 👍
@habana7638
@habana7638 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks...
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
And thank you!
@kswis
@kswis 2 жыл бұрын
Looks great Andy well done
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@gumpster6
@gumpster6 2 жыл бұрын
Looking great Andy! I wish I was your neighbor... I'd come over and give you a hand.
@launacorp
@launacorp 2 жыл бұрын
yes yes yes, gimme the next video !! I want it and i want it NOW!
@robertdillon9989
@robertdillon9989 2 жыл бұрын
I love your music !
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Mixes it up a bit, ey?
@mdunbar04
@mdunbar04 2 жыл бұрын
@Off-Grid Garage I was watching a Asian Cooking show about how to make fried rice and they had they same music. Made me think of my Buddy Down Under. 🤣🤣
@edwardvanhazendonk
@edwardvanhazendonk 2 жыл бұрын
Nice progress, what we say in NL "met passen en meten wordt de meeste tijd verscheten" (trying to make everything aligned will cost you a sh*tload of time! Enjoy, also a very nice reference video for people wanting to do the same! Looking forward as always to your next video and progress.
@CollinBaillie
@CollinBaillie 2 жыл бұрын
I see an AC load and active inverting! Oh, and historical data for West roof is back!
@andrewradford3953
@andrewradford3953 2 жыл бұрын
I'll be getting up especially early tomorrow. This will be more exciting than when they switched on Hornsdale!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha, I should do a live stream for that event!
@batterynerd8779
@batterynerd8779 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Andy, nice Video. I love how you oversize everything! Your videos just give me my daily dose of Batteries :) I also built myself an Lifepo4 Battery (6kwh) for my ebike to charge everyday. I use an old Apc USV (Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung) as inverter. That works surprisingly well. You can have a pure sine wave 1000 watt unit for 50$ you replace the lead acid ones with your Battery Bank. You should mention in onw of your Videos. It would really help people, that are on a bugdet.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have several of these UPS sitting around. I removed all the dead batteries and wanted to replace them with AGMs again to sell them again. Mauby that's an interesting project to upgrade the UPS with LFP cells and use it as a small mobile battery solution, Bluetti on a Budget so to speak.
@batterynerd8779
@batterynerd8779 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia That would be great andy! The only problem i had was the big Transformator getting absurdly hot. That was solved with installing an 120mm Fan. They aren’t designed to run big loads for long, although in my test there’s no problem with that. Edit: And i tried charging my tesla with 5 a (240v) which surprisingly works. These UPS‘s have some kind of Neutral-Ground-Bond.
@danielardelian2
@danielardelian2 2 жыл бұрын
Just FYI: There are two independent and INCOMPATIBLE measurement systems for cable glands: There is the PG system (PG9, PG11, PG16, PG19, etc). And there is also the METRIC system (M12, M16, M20, M25, etc). It's very annoying that they are not compatible. PG25 has thread outer diameter of 30 mm, but M25 has thread outer diameter of 25 mm. Some of the PG sizes have very strange thread diameters (e.g. PG16 has 22.5 mm thread diameter).
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
That is strange indeed. The PG25 fits a 25mm, the PG20 a 20mm hole. At least it is sold as PG gland down here.
@dstevens7614
@dstevens7614 2 жыл бұрын
You have so much energy 👍. If you finish it Tomorrow, then what will you do??? I love this Journey , you answer many of my questions. Thanks for the tip on bending the acrylic , you are so smart!!!!!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Man, this is just the start! I have another 17346 projects lining up. And we will constantly upgrade this system so there is no shortage of ideas. DIY lives forever 💪
@marcobrian1619
@marcobrian1619 2 жыл бұрын
Looking great Andy, really can't wait to see your next clip. I can't wait to summer, of 480 Wats of solar I go a whopping 0.010kwh today......😭😭
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, wow, what a terrible solar day you had!
@opit30
@opit30 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Andy. You could mount the AiLi 500A shunt, the one with rectangle display in line with Victron shunt. You’ll then see all important informations at glance without need to use an app. I’ve this setup in our motorhome, both Victron and AiLi together with 600Ah LiFePo4 DIY pack.
@russkubes
@russkubes 2 жыл бұрын
With all the data connections coming into the battery, I wonder if it would be cleaner to have a USB hub on the wall and then only one USB cable feeding from that hub into the battery. You'd probably need to feed 5v power for the hub out from the battery as well - but that's just two cables (one USB and one power [if needed]). Rather than an individual USB run for each device. Just a thought.
@evil17
@evil17 2 жыл бұрын
I like ur idea Russ and I wonder how easily he can remove a faulty USB cable in the future if needed, I have heaps of dodgy ones, although they are not fixed and constantly plugged in and out of things compounding their shorter use by date. There are plenty of variations in USB Hubs nowadays that could suit well here, with 8-10 USB outlets or more for extra charging of phones, pads, etc, and a hub right at ur computer gear too could be handy. Good comment, & TA Andy for another entertaining vid, Cheers
@Labeeman
@Labeeman 2 жыл бұрын
Keep your data cables separate from your power whether they are AC or DC on the DC power cables you will have pulsating DC due to the inverters drawing from them. To confirm use an AC CT and measure the ac voltage while your inverter is powered up to a load.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Too late now ;)
@the78mole
@the78mole 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Andy, seperating AC and Data has less to do with noise on the data but more with the data cable isolation.
@christelting1359
@christelting1359 Жыл бұрын
I wish they designed inverters to play better together even across brands. All they really need to do is sync their waveforms just like with grid tie. Then you could run multiple inverters of different sizes and capacities. Have a controller that can switch them on and off. To boost amps or run your home solely from a more efficient small inverter when there is no real power demand.
@john_in_phoenix
@john_in_phoenix 2 жыл бұрын
My only comment would be to use class T fuses instead of mega fuses. Nice work. We had no problems running communications and DC power together. Burn in racks holding 128 motherboards with serial ports and power together (in 1981, but still).
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John. The mega fuses (with 58V capability) are recommended by Victron. And a bit cheaper than class T fuses but yeah, they would have worked as well in the same manner. I have a 250 circuit breaker before the fuses with a breaking capacity of 25kA so just in case of a case.
@john_in_phoenix
@john_in_phoenix 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia Yes, as you pointed out, I forgot you have some very capable circuit breakers. Much better than the Eaton Bussman brand that I use, although more expensive. No need to replace fuses even if you have a short.
@glencooke494
@glencooke494 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Andy, use a piece of M10 (compared to your finger) allthread longer than what you think with a nut either side of the purlin locked up then put another nut on approx the distance out from the wall, slide the battery shelf back, washer, nut. Secured!!!!! Still waiting on answer to the mystery 40 volts from the moon?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
A threaded rod was my first idea too until I found these amazing M10 bolts. And some metal pipe ;) The 40V moonshine... to be continued 😉
@Spunky.sparks
@Spunky.sparks 2 жыл бұрын
Look good A 👍 can't wait to see it in position. Have a look at the carlo gavazzi et112 for the 240V monitor. It's compatible with venus on the raspi 👍
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
That will be interesting when we connect to the grid. For now, the inverter is my grid and shows all the data.
@lexicase8805
@lexicase8805 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah i have one of those on my system because im not using a victron inverter yet. Everything else is victron except the inverter, which was a growatt 6000w LF transformer type i got for free.
@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading
@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading 11 ай бұрын
Heya, it's a big project but you are getting closer and closer until you want to do a new upgrade then you start again lol
@jamess1787
@jamess1787 2 жыл бұрын
What about your negatives!? Figured out under? Over? Lefty? Righty? New row of glands after your bunnings trip?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Coming...!
@jamess1787
@jamess1787 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia cheers from yesterday! And salute to my tomorrow dweller!
@letsdiymyhome
@letsdiymyhome 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Andy Great Job on your videos, Just curious if your still pleased with cells from Shenzhen Qishou Technology Co., Ltd... We are doing a test order of 12-280ah cells now then a very large system if we are please with the first batch of cells. thanks for your 2 cents
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I have ordered there several times now and received very good service and products so far.
@waardom
@waardom 2 жыл бұрын
You Andy, you are the ductmaster 💪
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, it's enough now with this ducting!
@igorkvachun3572
@igorkvachun3572 2 жыл бұрын
Yes👍☀⚡🔌💡🔋🏠
@pmacgowan
@pmacgowan 2 жыл бұрын
So close ... go and have a nap Andy
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
I finished it! 😴🍺
@pmacgowan
@pmacgowan 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia congrats, now I expect you to write a book ;-)
@NaughtyGoatFarm
@NaughtyGoatFarm 2 жыл бұрын
Hey mate. I have some 70mm2 lugs if you need some.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
All good, thanks. Blue Bar Industries sent them over within a day.
@jackoneil3933
@jackoneil3933 2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Australia won't catch on to California's brilliant plan to tax sunlight. As for signal cables with DC power cables in the same raceway and metallic conduit, we used to do that a lot in industrial power and control environments, not typically a problem if the insulation ratings of all conductors are above the maximum operating voltage of the highest operating voltage conductor. I've even seen up to 5KV AC power cables and 4-20ma control cabling specified and installed in the same cable tray, as long the control cables were internally shielded and separated by 6 inches. Alternatively, simply placing a metallic separator (grounded and bonded) as little as a thin aluminum shield plate between power conductors and low voltage signal cables was legal and effective.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
That's interesting, thanks for sharing.
@antoniodecrisci2369
@antoniodecrisci2369 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Andy, just realized something. Inside the battery box, how well do you think wireless communication (i.e Bluetooth) is going to work with the metal shielding? If I remember your bms is BT, plus other devices like raspberry pi (Wi-Fi or ethernet)? Just a thought.
@anggwapo7525
@anggwapo7525 2 жыл бұрын
In case you're planning to replace the smaller 3kva inverter with multi so they're both the same, you can sell it to me
@sharultvkids1053
@sharultvkids1053 2 жыл бұрын
Hai i am new subscriber....🙏
@awesomusmaximus3766
@awesomusmaximus3766 2 жыл бұрын
Wow 45 kwh I thought mine was big
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
That will be the end status for this shelve. But I already have some other ideas 😁
@awesomusmaximus3766
@awesomusmaximus3766 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia nice
@DG3ACM-Marc
@DG3ACM-Marc 2 жыл бұрын
Again nice video. But how big is the car/boat/house of your duct seller? The price is unbelieveable!!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
That's apparently a normal price here in Australia. They rip us off with pretty much everything down here! I signed up with two wholesalers for electrical equipment and they both had the ducting in the same price range. It's a bit cheaper online but I need to drive for 1h to get there...
@opless
@opless 2 жыл бұрын
38th!
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
It gets worse!
@opless
@opless 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia life. It gets in the way of what you want to do! Have you ensured the frame of your garage is properly earthed yet? 🤔
@NightcoreSM
@NightcoreSM 2 жыл бұрын
Aren't mega fuses only good to 32 volt?
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
These are for 58V, especially made for that purpose and recommended by Victron for the inverters.
@NightcoreSM
@NightcoreSM 2 жыл бұрын
@@OffGridGarageAustralia ok nice! I use mega fuses in cars a lot am mine always have 32 volt printed in them, good to know there are different types
@LeonGiafaglione
@LeonGiafaglione 2 жыл бұрын
I ordered 16 3.2 V cells from AliExpress on 12/05/21. I received tracking information saying they were in Long Beach almost 2 months ago. The notification said the post office was waiting for the item. I have communicated with the seller and all they can tell me is that their records show the batteries have been delivered to America. Is this normal, or should I be concerned? The batteries were purchased from YYY battery store. The store is still open & has 95% positive feedback.
@OffGridGarageAustralia
@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, to hear that Leon. I would not recommend buying such high value items from AliExpress unless the seller has good reviews and reputation. It's very hard to tell if they don't provide you with exact tracking information. If you paid with Paypal, you can make a claim with them to get your money back. 2 months seems a long time... Please use the links on my website the next time for reliable sellers for such batteries: off-grid-garage.com/batteries/
@christelting1359
@christelting1359 Жыл бұрын
I don't understand why your putting busbars in the rack rather than mounting them to the wall.
@Ge-Fat
@Ge-Fat 2 жыл бұрын
TELL ME ANDY, WHO THE FRIKK WANTS A SHORT VIDEO FROM YOU? this one is short as it is... need minimum 20++ min
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