This Lego Set Could Save the Planet...

[@NickLavic]

It is possible the battery inside the Energy Storage unit is dead, it is 14 years old after all. Also any Power Functions motor should be able to generate power if you crank it, it's not an exclusive feature of the E motor.

[@Ekipsogel]

The e motor is internally geared to generate more efficiently

[@coledavidson5630]

Yeah, the battery unit is definitely bad, the readout said 0 Joules of stored energy no matter how long he charged it. And it seemed like he was getting multiple Watts off the solar panel, so it should have been increasing by the second.

[@pfeldon10]

I doubt that... I have a 22-year-old GameBoy Advance SP and the battery still works better than my 2-year-old laptop

[@Ekipsogel]

@@pfeldon10 maybe Nintendo is better at making batteries than Lego, maybe this battery was stored badly, maybe lots of things. 14 years is a long time for things to go wrong that happened to not go wrong for you.

[@pfeldon10]

@@Ekipsogel I mean, it was out-of-use for like 18 of those years, so...

[@PlanetEleethal]

Those batteries are NiCad (Nickel Cadmium,) they require you to charge them on the wall to 100 % then discharge them to 0% BEFORE using renewable charging or else you destroy the cells and it won't hold a charge.

[@brickstudiosYT]

Oh shoot...

[@imcorn5925]

@@brickstudiosYT”that’s when the king felt true fear” moment 😂

[@Brickzeal]

Its actually so cool that LEGO has made sets like this, it almost opens a whole new world of possibilities with LEGO 😃 Also, great video man, informative and entertaining 👌👍

[@That_Guy_YanYan]

4 likes? let me change that

[@HydroWorldOutlookPrimary5769]

If only LEGO could make another set like this that is compatible with Spike Prime.

[@official_meelees]

any motor can also generate electricity

[@HydroWorldOutlookPrimary5769]

True, but some can do so more efficiently than others.

[@EnigmatycznyPL]

Yes, but this motor spins more freely than others

[@Thinginator]

Any motor can generate electricity, the E-motor was just designed to do so more efficiently than other LEGO motors. Unfortunately it's actually pretty crap as a motor, doesn't have good torque or speed or size, so it's a good thing it's better than any other motor at being a generator, it's otherwise pointless to use. As for the on switch, I'd try holding it down for a bit, kinda like how NXTs need a second to turn on. The orange dial probably controls polarity, and having it in the center is a "stop" position, which is probably why you couldn't get it to do anything.

[@englishforkids6109]

6:30 the big gear is a 40 tooth and the small is the 8 tooth so the ratio is 1:5 or one rotation of the 40 is 5 rotations of the 8

[@chamoischamois]

it's actually a 52 tooth

[@Bric_workshop]

​@@chamoischamois it's indeed 40 tooth

[@TrashPanda-kr2me]

At my old high school we had 6 of those sets and 6 pneumatic sets btw I was in the support unit that is why we don’t have many. The number in the middle of the screen is the charge percentage. And the pneumatic set you need to find that out on your own :) have fun.

[@Frank6000productions]

Great video! I have a small 20 watt solar panel with a charge controller I’m gonna make a little renewable energy generator.

[@Britishbricks]

This is awesome! Hopefully LEGO will do a re-release or something similar again in the future. Would love to attempt a solar train ☀️🚅

[@brickstudiosYT]

That would be cool!

[@raphaelslegoworkshop8616]

I have 3 of those sets lol. Did not even know they were so expensive.

[@Ssa13-ib8yn]

Make a part 2 please! And try to place the windmill on the car, and next time check so the gears work before you try the new stuff. Great video!

[@joshcaskey9485]

Honestly Lego should bring back these sets for younger generations and maybe or older ones to

[@GriffinSell]

At one point the motors will wear out though

[@leonvanderlinde5580]

You missed something. The battery is so old, it is uselessly dead. The battery is deceased. You need to replace it.

[@imaginitivity7853]

If you connect an old style square motor directly to another one it can turn the second motor as you turn the first one. My son made a crane control using this method.

[@Bk12393]

12:40 my innocence

[@Racist_Roomba]

Now you found a dinamo grate work

[@yuaninigoguamos6720]

Finally, a set with Power functions E motor

[@Dreamlication]

Every Lego motor is actually a E motor. Test it. Two lego motors connected. Works.

[@Boris.shlumbis]

5:53 that is the way i do it

[@ColtonAaron-g2k]

I say go steam ya go back to steam trains!!!😂

[@smolpparras]

Hey buddy. Where do ya think the heat for the water comes from?

[@ColtonAaron-g2k]

My butt that what

[@ColtonAaron-g2k]

The boiler no du

[@Redcrafter_]

In Germany it costs only 15 $

[@brickstudiosYT]

Dang

[@99maty]

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE OR SEND LINK PLEASE

[@SGW_YT]

Holy great lord above

[@SfsultamateGamer]

In Kuwait this would cost around 2 kd

[@daveantaya9204]

Give me now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheCookieOnPC]

always wanted this set when i was 8

[@Panakotta000]

All I can do is rather reccomend Fischertechnik, they even have Hydrogen storage using Fuel Cells.

[@shamalow1819]

I'm pretty sure any motor can technically make energy if spun

[@bozo_456]

Just discoverd this guy now one of my fav youtubers

[@brickstudiosYT]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you like the channel!

[@ohiosigmarizzler344]

i'm in middle school and we used to have these until a pipe had busted above were all the electrical Lego sets were and they were all destroyed (it was in 2015) now we have these wimpy Lego robots and in one of the missions it was supposed to lift a bar to release a energy unit but the robots were so weak that they couldn't lift the bar i can't find a correct photo online but i remember is is the Lego spike prime

[@SimplyMyBuilds]

Next thing you know, Lego releases Nuclear Power Plant sets that actually produce power lol. 😂

[@brickstudiosYT]

That would be a great kids toy 😂

[@suchy.chomik]

​@@brickstudiosYTdeadly amount of uranium inside. Not suitable for children under 6

[@RCoverlord7451]

You know what if you took the solar panel off and attached the windmill to the top of the car instead so if you were to push it to get the windmill spinning or spin the windmill with a little starter setup to get the windmill spinning the car would prob move faster therefore spinning the windmill faster. Faster the windmill = more energy generated faster and the faster the windmill goes the faster the car goes and the way to stop it could be to replicate a disk brake setup but on the windmill somewhere so when you need to stop some sort of lego rubber peice could be pressed up against a lego disk and then it would slowly slow it down until it stops moving This was just an idea i had i thought would be a cool video idea 😂

[@Yuhuhnuhuh]

9:50 I'm gonna ask completely unrelated question, what is the music in here?

[@brickstudiosYT]

This is the link to the song. I use a website called Uppbeat where you can use the music and then you have to put the links in the video description. Thanks for asking! uppbeat.io/track/paul-yudin/sax-on-the-beach?rt=uc-referral

[@JanHavel]

I did noticed the set few years back and it would be nice to have. Its shame lego does not do this anymore :/ ... Its also anoying they revised several times their power connections so mindstorms and power functions do not work interchangably/together + this is probably only one (or one of very few) sets where lego light exist :/

[@Bentley-sr6sn]

Part 2

[@siddubiddu2648]

My brother had one of these and i thought it woa sooooo cool🎉

[@yzrip]

Would like to see a video on the education pneumatic set

[@CybernetonPL]

17:07 it looks like a Mars Rover. Even the speed mqtched

[@AerianTelevision]

I need this set I never thought lego would actually do this snd it would fit with my houses or at least trying to make my own replica or interpretation of the 3td generation Toyota Prius

[@AerianTelevision]

You know what would be funny The Sisyphus contraption It's a fan powered by wind And it is all in one contraption

[@Unobanana]

Yoo this set is insane ! Lego made this masterpiece.Btw I subed w vid

[@brickstudiosYT]

Wow, thanks!

[@Haunted_Hunter]

Ayo what? Lego made a more efficient solar panel for kids than the hundred dollar solar panel phone battery chargers?

[@glowytheglowbug]

replace the batt if u can make a guide on it thanks for the contribution!

[@Cammed.escalade]

Give Africa and places with no power every Lego set and they’ll have a free renewable electricity grid

[@brickstudiosYT]

I mean that's one way to do it, but since it's Lego it's gonna cost more than a regular system would 😂

[@williamthamrin]

I actually have this set, i thought that i got ripped off because i couldnt figure out how to use it and i thought you had to have a NXT Brick. Btw it might be a little hard to charge.

[@Libertaro-i2u]

Maybe it could power some Lego light kits

[@ItzDisplayeee]

dang i rlly want this now

[@coledavidson5630]

So this is how I find out Lego Power Functions was discontinued years ago lol

[@brickstudiosYT]

Yeah it was discontinued quite a while ago which has resulted in every piece getting super expensive.

[@finniboy9670]

Buy more solarpanel and Sack then on The energypack

[@ProduccionesVAFY]

¿No hay ninguna manera de "actualizar" el sistema de los sets de energía renovable? Is there no way to "upgrade" the renewable energy sets system?

[@brickstudiosYT]

¿Qué quieres decir con "actualizar"?

[@frankyanish4833]

You know they’ve been making sets like this since the 90s right?

[@brickstudiosYT]

Yeah someone actually told me that there's another Lego solar panel from 1999! I might have to make a part 2!

[@notv3253]

You know, what if you change the crank for the motor and spin the gear a bit and see what happens.. its at 8:04

[@iMineGaming]

Bro thats so smart

[@jandy1551]

Maybe you didn’t rotate the orange direction of power on the box with the battery

[@DukeOfLasagna]

You should connect the crank to a motor and have the motor generate power to the crank that then powers the motor 🤣 Ya, I'm pretty sure that won't work

[@Ssa13-ib8yn]

It won’t because the generator generates less power than the motor comes out with. This is just a way to slowly use the power. Wish infinite power was a thing but it isn’t.

[@DukeOfLasagna]

@@Ssa13-ib8yn I know, I just thought it would be silly

[@politicallyinaccuratetoast4757]

4:01 literally every motor does that?

[@goodtheme-wl1he]

you should have done a gear ratio. 12:21

[@KeaganTheGamer-eh7hz]

Question. Can you charge the lego batteries renewably?

[@brickstudiosYT]

What Lego batteries?

[@yulianawijaya301]

Please ad a part 2

[@S.I.M.P]

Free feet 16:34

[@brickstudiosYT]

Yeah you get that in a lot of my videos 😂

[@cheekinkong6901]

I didn't see that Lego wind turbine on your site

[@brickstudiosYT]

Yeah because it's not really anything special. It's only really those propellers attached to a motor. Even the instructions that come with the set give you instructions to build a windmill like mine.

[@gsestream]

why do you need to save the planet, but that toolkit is useful for independent creations. ie off-the-grid type. dont depent on others for your stuff.

[@eshandatta8273]

The AC was at a very nice temperature 😂😂

[@brickstudiosYT]

Wow 😂

[@Mr-Fishi1606]

I have a amazing idea i need the E motor 3 times and then...

[@MOONLIGHT-x6z]

use a gear ratio on the windmill

[@brickstudiosYT]

Not sure if the wind is strong enough to spin that

[@Zephyrr-im7dh]

I have this set you need to press the green button after you take away from charging

[@Pr0toPoTaT0]

Its so sad seeing everybody say guys we could save the planet for the last 2 decades and it being THE SLOWEST PROCESS ON EARTH. What the actual EFFF. I hate politics, i hate so much of what we've created. You know how hot it is today? 94°. Real feel 105°. Climate cha cha cha changin.

[@Ben-rz4kb]

Dose it come with technic pins

[@brickstudiosYT]

Nope

[@Theunholycheese]

infinite power strat you use one motor to another one spins for electricity and other spins gears for the other to get electrisicy

[@oldhorn420]

Are you dumb or smth?

[@wanndanneisenbahn]

Cool

[@JoaoMiguelRodrigues-et5ko]

0:55

[@travismoore7849]

Why not modify a cheap solar usb battery to lego?

[@brickstudiosYT]

Not even sure if that's a thing

[@iO-Sci]

This is tranquil and has this wind science type electricity. 🤍☀🖱 이것은 고요하고 이 풍력 과학 유형의 전기를 가지고 있습니다.

[@darthgbc363]

40 tooth to 8 tooth is 5:1

[@brickstudiosYT]

Is that gear 40 tooth? I did my math with it being a 48 tooth.

[@killianbot11]

Now then you should improve your train

[@Bk12393]

12:58 sonic-o phone

[@Bk12393]

[::]

[@Bk12393]

14:59 he’s back…

[@BrickEngines]

how many amps, hello????

[@PrototypeMoxie]

I want this

[@Fzbrfanoffical]

Awsome

[@yenjaiandpattplayz6991]

I want itttttttttt!

[@TheLegoAnimator863]

nah bro this stuff is so easy to understand if you know how to do it. Or just figure it out…

[@therobloxkid33]

YOU ARE THE SIGMA KZbinR

[@brickstudiosYT]

YESSIR 🤫🧏

[@the_crew345]

How is the Lego city going

[@brickstudiosYT]

It's going great! We've finished filming part 2 and it's being edited right now...

[@MatthewAdler-c2d]

Like this comment if you saw " Nice dogs"

[@philfromcharlotte]

If you ever want to sell this? Please let me know.

[@RobertOchiana]

Next vid idea:how many Lego solar panels dose it take to charge a Tesla?

[@katespencer2751]

Hi

[@곤충왕원호]

좋아요😊😊

[@brickstudiosYT]

감사합니다!

[@dhlabsgaming1065]

Neat

[@charikasirisena4284]

Soo cool!g can you bring me that set please

[@MindSweep009]

555 likes and 123k subs?

[@Eli-paw]

i have one

[@joeupdateandstuff]

its a fricking solar panel. clickbait

[@brickstudiosYT]

What do you mean? Solar panels are renewable energy which can literally save the planet.

[@jake-hb4hd]

@@brickstudiosYTWhat about during winter when there isn’t any sun for a long period of time, reserves can only hold so much

[@NoelCarreon-t9y]

( oo) />🎉

[@ValentinVizant2013]

What about me

[@brannon1072]

I am the second person to watch this video🎉🎉🎉

[@TheNonFakeEgg]

I am the third person to watch this video

[@maarten2342]

early!!!!!!