WattCycle 12V-100ah Smart Bluetooth Battery Review

[@donnahurd4745]

I love this, i never knew anything about batteries and was afraid of them, always told they'd blow up if you didn't connected them right way, positive first or last stuff. Thank you so much ill watch review. Wonderful stuff

[@GBear]

@donnahurd4745 Don't be afraid of them until you get to the 48v systems. Those could give you a good shock. But 48v is best for off grid systems. When the time comes, I will be here to guide you on setting up your off grid power. It's not cheap to get started, but bet on 10-20 years of no electric bill in the mail, even if you fall asleep with the lights on.

[@able880]

Donna what you said about battery's blowing up is true when it comes to a standard car battery - or deep cycle battery's that are wet cell batterys - Those are the battery's that have caps to add water to - It's a safety issue - if you connect the battery charge before you plug it in it will not create a spark - After you connected the clamps on the battery and plug the charge in - you have eliminated the chance for it to create a spark - Battery's that have caps generate hydrogen gas while they are charging - today's modern smart charger monitor the charge rate of the charger so flooded or wet cell batterys don't creat huge amounts of hydrogen like they did with the old time battery chargers - With that said it's always safer to connect the battery charger to a battery first then plug in the charger - When the charger is finished charging unplug the battery charger and wait a few minutes then remove the clamps off the terminals - The battery he was demonstrating does not gas like car batterys when charging or in use - so you don't have to worry about hydrogen gas being generated as it's charged - or a spark causing it to explode - My grandfather worked on huge industrial battery's that were the size of a small car and larger - In 70 yrs of working on them in old power plants none ever exploded - I started working on battery's with him at 7 yrs old - I've messed with wet cell industrial battery's and worked with them for 62 yrs now and none have exploded on me - It's just taking the time to unplug a charger before removing the clamps after the battery is charged - If you ever get to were you feel you can charge say a dead car battery just follow the safety precautions and you will be safe - all chargers come with safety precautions in the instructions -

[@able880]

Its been interesting to watch these videos on those lithium batterys - Were i live in the deep south in a rural area - REA was still setting poles and running wires for grid power in 1960 - Those who had power ether had homes powered by three, huge two volt cells - making 6 volts we called then 6 volt house - 6 volt houses had fans, electric lights and of course a radio - Also many homes used the 32 volt system they had 16 large 2 volt cells to make 32 volts - those hiuses had a lot of appliances - like electric fridges, freezers, electric well pumps aling with ceiling fans ect - .all that was called farm light plants - they had a generator and the batterys were sized so they only needed to be charged once a week - Those batterys were wet cell lead acid batterys - a car battery or deep cycle boat battery uses a acid strength of 1.275 gravity - those deep cycle house battery acit strength in most cases down here were at a gravity of 1.195 - Those farm and rural home house batterys lasted fro 60 to 80 yrs - and in many cases just had to be desulfated - Im wondering how long those lithium battery will last compared to the old stationary Exide and Gould batterys that homes had befor REA sent power out here - You can look up on the net about say Exide house batterys in rural america on the net - Down here it never gets below 0° F so the weaker acid can be used - but there is a lot of capacity loss but there is no termanal corrosion and the battery last decades of daily use -

[@GBear]

Interesting information! I'll have to do some research on that. These LiFePO4 batteries are claimed to last 15-25 years.

[@daz.r1994]

Amazing test on the WattCycle bluetooth battery G Bear.

[@GBear]

@@daz.r1994 Thanks. And think about it, that's just ONE battery! Imagine 4 or more!

[@daz.r1994]

@@GBear WattCycle has 3 to 4 years to open in the UK. Then i can buy and do the change over from lead acid to WattCycle batteries.

[@GBear]

@daz.r1994 Yep, as I always say, "If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it."

[@daz.r1994]

@@GBearI will only change When my battery bank die. then if WattCycle are in the UK i can buy from them.

[@GBear]

@daz.r1994 They are a rapidly growing company with proven quality products at a good price, so I expect them to be worldwide soon.

[@IanYGath]

Extremely interesting G-Bear, I was unaware of this technology. Thanks. 🙂👍🏻👍🏻

[@GBear]

@IanYGath Yeah, unfortunately WattCycle doesn't currently ship to Canada. They are working on it though.

[@AverageJoe2023]

Can one charge new battery with solar versus using the charger?

[@GBear]

@@AverageJoe2023 Yes. It is recommended to use at least 200w of solar. The charger is better, as it will charge at 14.6v, 20A, and auto shut off at full capacity. You will need to monitor the charging through solar, but it works. Note: Either way, be sure the battery is fully charged, then wait 24 hours before adding a load to it, and charge one more time. This allows the individual cells to balance and increases the battery life.

[@poolsidedreamer]

Hello GBear I just received an email that WattCycle is having a black Friday Sale starting now Thought you or your viewers might be interested.

[@GBear]

@poolsidedreamer Thanks. Yes I received it too!

[@poolsidedreamer]

Thank you for an interesting test Great review

[@GBear]

@poolsidedreamer You're welcome! Wait until I do the followup video with it in the field.

[@heatseekerbus]

Good stuff 👏 👍🏻

[@GBear]

@@heatseekerbus Yep, if one tiny battery like that can run a 600w heater for 2 hours, imagine what you can run with a bank of them.

[@heatseekerbus]

@@GBear incredible

[@WattsinWattsout]

The cold winter has already appeared at my cabin. I caught snowflakes on my cams about 3:00am Friday. Mountains got snow.

[@GBear]

@WattsinWattsout Yep, saw that. Keep the snow up there, send rain.

[@billm5433]

G Bear, thanks for today’s lesson! How long did it take to charge back up to?

[@GBear]

@@billm5433 4 hours. 14.6v, 20A charger.

[@commonman7776]

Thumbs up

[@GBear]

@@commonman7776 Thanks for your constant support!

[@thestoicloner]

Different companies are selling 300ah batteries with the footprint or size of 100Ah batteries, and seen as its the same make up chemistry there is only one thing that makes sense. We have previously been sold bigger battery cells that have been depleted and repurposed . EG: 'Used EV , telco, and medical equipment. Which has been very obvious for some time to anyone who pays attention. So here we are with brand new cells ...........

[@GBear]

Yes, and WattCycle has a 300ah mini battery in the group 24 size. I am waiting to get one for testing. Welcome aboard!

[@thestoicloner]

@@GBear Looking forward to the review

[@GBear]

@thestoicloser Me too! I have a followup video to do on this mini Bluetooth battery first, but will contact WattCycle to see if I can get it for a Christmas Special Promo.

[@omegaroyal]

I pressed the notification and this was what I found. SMH

[@GBear]

@@omegaroyal Try pulling the notification.