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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Run a torch over the scuffed plastic at a good speed and remelt the plastic to get rid of the scratches. Don't go slow, go pretty fast. Better to go too fast at first and then slow down till you get the right speed.
Thanks much appreciated. I showed this video to a coworker who likes to fish and build things. I think you’ll have another new subscriber. Be cool ~ Rob from SoCal
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100amp fuze. Not 100 watt. Duh. ( It ain't Sin wave it's sign wave. ( As on an oscilascope)(
What part did you use to charge the battery using 120v house current? It's not listed on your Amazon parts list. Great video btw😁
I`m dirt poor for life in Louisiana. I never dreamed I`d have solar powered air conditioning but for decades I did dream OF having it. Well, I saved my stimulus money and in July 2022 I bought the parts...a 2000 watt inverter, 60 amp MPPT solar charge controller, 20 amp plug-in charger, cables, fuses, testers, and a 300ah Ampere Time battery. I already had a few solar panels and got one more 200w one. My relatives called me several names for "wasting" my money instead of buying a leather couch, but guess which "crazy" guy had air conditioning in his 5th wheel camper when we had FIVE power outages during the extreme heat emergency this summer? LOL!
😂😂😂😂 good job‼️ I bet they all came to your camper too, to cool off too‼️Lol ..to many too's😂
I bet your relatives wish they had kept they're big mouths shut too😂‼️
Enjoy hon..be safe... don't let them gaters eat ya😂‼️😎🤠🪶🦅🪶🦬🦬🦬🦬 Arizona USA
I'll bet you'd be stickin' to that leather couch during the power outtages, wishin' you had the AC!
I tell you what… that’s good
The only people who will call you dumb are the people who are not doing anything for themselves,enjoy that AC,and power when nobody else has any,good on you
I`m a musician. I would LOVE a Taylor acoustic guitar and a home recording studio, but I know what to expect from Louisiana weather. When I first became unable to work I lived for two years in a camper van with nothing. I sold possessions to buy some fuel for a lamp, two cheap dollar store LED lights, and batteries for them and a little radio. I ate berries and pecans and a food pantry brought me a tiny box of food each month. I walked to a park with jugs to get water. It`s a horrible feeling knowing they`re coming to turn off your water and electricity. Then in 2020 we were hit by two hurricanes. We`ll get hit by more. It usually happens every 5 years. @@fisherkieds6282
I work for Harbor Freight Tools. I appreciate all that you're doing. Positive or negative. I hate not knowing everything about our products.
You can get all the little connectors and stuff at HB? I never knew!
You got a good heart!Good to see that you care.🎯😎👊
I have to say a lot of stuff from harbor freight is hit or miss, I've had a heat gun, Bauer shop vac, clamps, sanding station last numerous years and other products break in a few days, Great place for little knickknacks I do think they are better stocked than home Depot on variety and unique tools
I use harbor freight for as much as possible. I tend to use my impact as a hammer..... so baur products get the job done.
Use to work for them. Absolutely hated when i didnt know about something a customer needed. Im one of those guys that goes crazy trying to figure out everything i possibly can fit inside my brain
Did an inverter on my son's van a while back... I was blown away by how fast this stuff adds up when you do it RIGHT. I'm a lifetime tradesman, and former stereo installer, but wasn't prepared for the cost of wire these days along with breakers, etc. Safety ain't cheap, and cheap ain't safe.
Welcome to Bidenomics
@@knerduno5942 Got that right.
@@knerduno5942 Go clean your room.
Excellent post,
So true…😊
Oooh… I like that safety not cheap stuff. I will definitely steal that one! I love to collect nuggets of wisdom ❤🇺🇸👍🫡
This video has really inspired me! I went out and got this same tool box and I am in the process of installing a 2000w inverter, three 100ah batteries, solar controller, various switches, fuses, fans and ventilation.. And it's still going to be weatherproof.. At least that's how it works out in my head.. It's exciting!
Nice!!!
That will be a lot of weight and space for one box especially if you are wheeling it through unpaved areas.
@@patporter481 it's finished now.. only the bare minimum was installed in the box. The solar controller and all related items will be mounted externally on the wall. It's actually worked out very nicely.
I just wanted to say thank you for the great video. The production and creative skills are outstanding. Excellent execution of building a portable power station.
Thank you Sir
Man, I could listen to you talk all day. You're a riot.
I just found you by accident, and Sir, you are the genuine article! Great stuff. Very interesting, and you are creative with your solutions. I subscribed immediately. Thank you!
Thank you very much
Excellent instructions. In ham radio, we often put together source-boxes for power supply's and this one is a really good example of a way to obtain alternate power sources.
Great build. You inspired me to start building mine. You definitely went a bit overkill on the fuses, but you can't be too safe
Ever see how many fuse panels are in most modern vehicles and how 'bout them EV's? My old '06 Honda Odyssey has three panels (two behind the kick panels on the floor and the larger under the hood). The only thing you need to avoid when fusing is over amperage (using a 25 amp when only a 10 is required).
Great idea! A heat gun should take care of the scratches that you made on the box. Also, try using elevator bolts for the exterior, they sit flush with the surface!
I finally finished building this power station. I used a 700 watt pure sine power inverter. I also bought the lithium battery with the discount. The only problem I ran into was waiting for all the component to arrive!
It's cool 😎 ain't it lol . Did you watch my last video . It was very awesome . Made me happy lol
What did the total run you?
@@Arturius66 Total cost for all the components were $526.35
This is definitely going to be my next favorite project! I've always wanted something like this in case of power outtages, for camping or simply for the job site.
I really like it
Very cool. A few things, I'd caulk all penetrations in the box, I'd add a fan to the top, and I'd make sure that the fans were feeding each other air - i.e, one is pulling in while the other is pushing the air out.
Well done, Keith . The bigger power from that battery would be great camping, bank fishin. Don't know that I'd put on the boat, but it would give access to 110 volt.
And I'm guessing that the Harbor Freight box is strong enough you could use it as a stool to set on. Either way, it ought to give you lots of options.
I didn't see much there on the install that I'd do different, 👍👍
Thank you for all the report you go to to bring us these videos.
God bless ya'll, and have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
It's sine pronounced like sign. For sin inversion, please talk with Jesus. Have a blessed day.
Hahaha
Amen! Preach it!
I am an a Telecomm Engineer and I ran across this video and this man made me laugh and now I am inspired to go build some stuff of my own.
I have been thinking of building a battery plant for my house for a while but didn't have the inspiration to go out and actually do it.
Now I am going to do it.
If your a telecommunications engineer your way smarter than me about this subject. You should make a video about it. I'd watch it , I think it'd be awesome
@@FishinNStuff not necessarily smarter but you sir are very clever.
Looks like a lot of fun. You did a good job on your power / tackle box. I started to build one about five years ago. But I wound up building a bigger system. I decided to go with 24 volts. Last year I added a wind generator.
24 , 36 and 48 volts is definitely the way to go . But 12v is good for learning how and getting started
Reminds me of my granddad having all his good tools in pink, when I asked him why they were all pink, he said it's so people would stop asking to borrow his good tools lol.
Lol 😁 your grandpa was a genius
Great video, thanks for making it!
The purple jack; "I like purple"... that's someone who's secure and confident in themselves. Right on! 😁
You done good on your video ! I understood everything you instructed us to do. Onlyest thing you didn’t cover in enough detail, in my humble opinion, was the solar panel itself. Could you do a follow-up with more details about it. Does it fit in the same toolbox or do you need another box ? Is it one of those foldables ? Thanks I enjoyed the video. Subscribed.
I left it off because the video got so long , even after editing it fitec as much as possible . I was going to use a portable panel I already have for it that folds up . But I am doing another solar system video soon and I'll talk more about solar panels on it
@@FishinNStuff I’ll watch with interest. I have very little knowledge of such things but I’m trying to learn.
@louiswarmoth7354 I totally understand I'm still learning about solar myself
this is a great video. What's nice about this DIY build is that you can repair/replace/upgrade any part of it. You can't do that with power stations that you buy....
Handy for boatin' or campin'
Bro I love your content, Get an idea, let the ideas flow, fill the amazon cart and turn your vision into reality. AWESOME WORK!
Thank you very much
Just watched this today, and now I am taking all the parts out of my van to put into a portable tool box!! I'll keep the wiring from the van battery so I can charge the 'tool box' from the alternator still. I'll probably use another connector so I can unplug the solar cable and plug in the alternator cable.
I have a dual set up in the van and can run all the 'camper' lights and fan off a Ryobi battery if something happens to my lithium battery.
How could you not want to build something like this! pop in the back of your truck or roll around a campsite. Great job!
So freaking cool! The way you showed how to do it made it so easy to keep up with when you know nothing about this type of atuff
Thank you
Damn good idea. Insyruction and construction are clear and concise. Straight to the point and variable. Always enjoy watching your videos.
Thank you Sir
I built a Ham Radio Go box that is similar to this just smaller form factor because my radio runs off of 12v so I didn't need the inverter. Used the Harbor Freight Apache 5800. The plywood thing on the back is very smart. That way you can move stuff around and make sure it fits into the box with out making more holes into the box than you need.
Listening to this video is perfect for working on my southern/country accent…
Wow! What a great idea and build! 6:38 I'll tell you what's missing and it looks like you have room for it.. A marine stereo and two speakers! And maybe some led flood lights. Great job!
Been a tech for years building circuit board test equipment. Nice job, if a little overkill on wire sizing.
I've built something similar for the inside of my truck ruinning a refrigerator etc.
Some suggestions : put on a seperate toggle switch for the volt meter so you can turn it off but keep everything else turned on.
Wire the kill switch to the negative instead of the positive.
put the intake holes for the air on the opposite side of the box than the exhaust so it pulls the air over all of the components.
wire all the main positives and negatives to the terminal posts , and then all the components to the fuse box so you can fuse everything off the fuse box alone - makes for a cleaner more centralized install.
Use 00 guage wire for the battery and charger , you always want to run a much bigger wire than you actually need for saftey / heat concerns. Running a larger copper wire will help keep down temps during a really hot day.
Silicone all of the outside around the drilled in components to better waterproof the box. It wont always be 100% waterproof but it'll help.
Determine how many amps / Watt hours each device you're using because the setup the guy created in the video is not sufficient for a coffee maker - they pull alot of power.
Those are great tips . I didn't see the need to water proof it with a fan installed
Awsome. I might try this. I will probably mount a spare fuse compartment in it as well. That way if one blows just grab another and not lose them.
I was going to buy since I used a fuse block with 10 fuses . I automatically have extra fuses to use
This video is eaqually awesome, educational, & entertaining. Well done!
@normantiedemannii5236 thank you very much
Hell Yeah! Great accent, too!
Very cool. Honestly, i'd do a second fan for proper ventilation, one blowing in and one blowing out. Probably opposite sides.
I made one last fall used it elk hunting bought a 1000 watt solar thunderbolt panel and a inverter change controller 400 watt inverter harbor freight and used a older deep cycle battery. The battery did not hold up for the whole hunt I would change to two batteries you used Lipo next time and a larger inverter .Good video
Jeremy thank you for your energy! You opened my eyes to a lot of knowledge.God Blessed you. I like to learn mechanical ,and physics! Teach me.I need more power
Tip, put the bolt heads with a fender washer on the bottom going up. Skinner and no grinding.
Love the Dodge. I used to have a '70 3/4T.
cool video. i was doing a leg amputation as a medical student with a trauma surgeon, and when they pulled the bone saw out i just about died laughing. it was basically an all metal version of the multi tool. the entire time im chopping through this lady's tibia im thinking, man this would be great to cut out some outlet squares from a sheet of drywall for a 15a receptacle.
You might switch your fan to a usb plug run off your battery/fuse panel so you can turn your inverter off and keep the fan running while you charge off solar. good project. been thinking of doing this myself for charging stuff while I'm working off grid on my homestead.
Ive got the pwm solar controller.... Definitely gonna get the mppt on the next system. I have two 400 watt systems. Been doing solar since 2012. Best decision ever. In Michigan... Winter gotta run a generator when there not much sun. Probably like 2 months of the season.
I may upgrade the inverter
That's chare controller I believe has that light feature.... I use it for 2 hours after sunset. It's definitely a good controller because of that feature.
If you go with a bigger inverter you might need more batteries to keep up with the amperage output.
I don't know how I found this channel, but I'm glad I'm here! ❤🎉 nice DYI friend!
Make sure you put a fuse on the solar panels too. Lol. Great video sir!
Very cool. I'd put the air holes on the opposite side from the fan.
I think you should put a vent on the other side of the toolbox opposite of the fan. You have a way to pull in cool air but no way to exhaust the heat. You could put a louvered vent over the hole.
If his fan is pushing air out, the vent holes he drilled around the box will allow for cool air to flow in and adequately cool i would think.
Amazing idea I'm going to do it great timing will watch more of your videos Thanks.
Love this! I'm a HUGE diy guy, I work on everything, make things out of necessity, basically if I can do it myself and save some money as well as being able to say I did it myself, Ima do it. That being said, this was an amazing build bro, you got me ready to build one of these now😆
I love stuff like this and I really like the real, just down to earth and funny vibe of this video outstanding job my friend, I liked this one, I'll check out others and you just gained a subscriber. Thanx for the great content, keep doing what you do fam✊️💯❤️✌️
@@JohnEBlaze-ow5tp thanks for watching
That is epic. Also instead of tape use a few drops of Loctite which only costs $4 and drives in a few minutes.
Yea bubba that's good, Love your work not to mention the accent. Your a good man Charlie Brown. Thank You.
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Man that really turn out Awesome, thanks for sharing.
They make stick back zip tie mounts for cable management. I use them in panels all the time
Damn Man!!! This video was so good. I watched it twice!!!
Thank you
If you want to get rid of those cut marks, it’s very easy take a blowtorch and go over it real quick to melt the plastic down and you’ll never see your scratches
For crimping lugs on the thick Guage wire I use a motorcycle chainbreaker, I bought from harbor freight, when I upgraded my vehicles charging system.
That's a great tip
Just a heads up, with Lithium, it will run the 12.8 volts right up till it dies, unlike the old lead acid batteries so the volt meter is sorta useless. Look up a bluetooth shunt. That will give you a better indication of battery input/output/charge status.
Good stuff right thar anyhoo.
Glad we found you...we need this info!
I don't fish but do camp and this would tow behind my bicycle trailer easy.❤😅
Loved the video. You did have just enough room for a jbl charge 5 for music.
He'll of a job my friend.
@@Landlordsplace thank you
quadruple fuse safety seems like overkill, but its probably the safest power station out there 😂
Very cool project. Just a small suggestion, you could have added a low voltage disconnect in line with the battery set to disconnect @ 12.3v to protect the battery from over discharge.👍
That's a great idea , but I was wrong . For some reason I was thinking about lead acid battles when I said that . Lithium can be drained completely down
Inside the lithium battery is a battery management system that shuts the battery off automatically when it reaches it's lowest discharge voltage, unlike a lead acid battery that you can actually drain down completely.@@FishinNStuff
I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one that uses the battery pack on my drill as a hammer 😂
Lol
Planning on making something nearly identical to this for my SHTF rig. Gonne get a bit bigger of a heavy duty tote (similar price, if not cheaper) and put two 200ah batteries in series. A 3000 watt inverter and everything else will pretty much be the same except for one small detail.
It’s gonna live in the rig so I’ll run a wire and switch so while I’m driving or idling, I can charge the battery from the alternator. 12v 5.9 for the win 😂
I may upgrade my inverter . I think that's the smart thing to do . I was just trying to keep the cost down for people watching
Ok, first let me say I loved your video and almost all of your other videos. I think the project was a worthwhile one. My ONLY questions are 2.
1. Total cost?
2. Total time to completion?
Thanks and keep them coming 🤔
I can't answer the time question, because I could do this stuff Sooo much faster if I want filming it . And the way prices change I won't try and answer it either . But there's a link in the description box under the video and you can look at all the parts used and see what the current price is
I did this with a different brand toolbox to run my husband's cpap for when we go camping or during power outages. Only I didn't use an inverter I was able to find a 12 volt adapter for his cpap and I run directly from the battery (with a fuse inline of course) It uses a lot less power that way and I was able to keep his cpap running for 2 nights when a wind storm took out our power and we had clouds and I couldn't recharge the battery. I still have the lead acid battery in this one and the wheels make all the difference. the LiFePO4 is on the camper I built and the inverter is in that.
But I've learn a few tricks from you. I'm going to be redoing it with a battery tray and fan in the box. I need to get one of those tool you used to cut of the ribs. that things cool. And where's you get the power meter? It's fancy, mine's not nearly a colorful.
I have another solar video and the battery on it is a much better deal
Great video, thank you for sharing, that power station is awesome 😅
Lol...after doing car audio and video for decades, it's kind of comical watching the layout struggle😂I remember doing the same kind of stuff designing custom boxes and installs!!💯😂🤣After a few years it just comes naturally...but hey, a guy's gotta start somewhere!!
“Deceased” that shit got me lol 😂 also words of the wise…. Don’t tease a man about his jack 🙂↕️😏
Recently bought a 100ah lifep04 Li Time battery for $150. I want to do this !. I have a 300 Watt Solar panel. Should work great !
300 watts will change that battery pretty fast
I'm glad to see I'm not the only person that had to reconfigure the control board three times! Made me laugh!
Such a descriptive video. Thank you so much 😊
Awesome build!
Hurricane Beryl brought me here. 😂
I hope your ok and safe . That's what got me to do this video actually . My daughter was in a hurricane in Louisiana and lost power for 6 weeks . After 3 weeks it was hard for them to find gas for their generator
@@FishinNStuff yes we made it through with minor damage. Our lights came back on last night.
I’ll be better prepared next time and there will be a next time!
Thanks!
And you can hook up a car battery with or without an inverter going to your solar input and the solar charge controller will use that energy to charge the lifepo4 battery.
Take note...always buy the pure sinewave inverters. Modified sine wave inverters may be cheaper, but they don't work well with motors, and some electronic devices...like my favorite device my TV. LOL
On cutting holes in those boxes, I’ve had good luck running a simple de-burring tool (pen scraper, swivel scraper, what-you-call-it) inside cuts on these kinds of plastic tubs (rigid ABS, etc, too) and sanding sponge for finer finish - fast and clean, doesn’t chew as much as the vibe-tool blade or scraper, better than a break-blade. $5 (down to free on a giveaway) at HF.
Sine wave is pronounced like "sign wave" and pwm is "pulse width modulation" it's just a form of pulsed regulation. High frequency switching. On n off. Good stuff man I enjoy your videos
Thank you very much for the compliment and the lesson lol 😆
I suppose it could've been satire and I am just slow lol
Thanks for showing us running on solar
Well the video was 32 minutes long . You can use any portable panel you like
@@FishinNStuff you can tell me to fuck off. I like that you actually replied. Not sarcasm.
Buy yourself a small panel themastat to control the fan good job
That's not a fuse, it's a circuit breaker, lol. Also, ripped you off at $300 wow!@! It's easy to learn, even a woman can do it 😮😂❤❤
Have the social worker who types and wipes for you explain why he didn't get ripped off. Also, don't let anyone tell yout hat you aren't as good as anyone else just because you're an inbred methbaby.
Your personality makes this.
thank you.
I have the same issue with my battery crimper. I always drop down a size then i rotate the lug and crimp it a 2ed time.
I built a Bluetooth speaker system and phone charger into my gun range box for when I'm shooting alone that's powered by a drill battery. This makes me want to add a solar charger incase i grab a dead battery on my way out the door!
Thank you brother very well indept yes iam.building 1 myself. Thank you soo much have a great day brother
When you are shopping for an inverter, it is very important to spend a little extra money and get a pure sine wave inverter like he used here and not the cheaper regular square wave one.
The reason is the cheaper square wave ones do not have a clean electrical signal and it is not good for a lot of things that we use like charging cell phones. The sine wave inverter perfectly mimics the electricity that comes from your regular house outlets. The cheap ones don't and they put out a dirty electrical current which is not good for a lot of electrical devices.
The sine wave inverter is also more efficient so you don't have as much power loss from the conversion. They have usually about 90% to 95% efficiency vs about 75% to 85% efficiency with a square wave inverter. You don't want to mess up a battery on an expensive cell phone to save a little bit on the inverter.
Cool tackle box
Any thing BullDawg color's is gonna be Kewl🎉
Man! That was fun to watch and I learned how easy it is to make, eventho I ain't a lectrihun or carpenter. Thank man you are awesome. You kept it simple yet thorough. I like the KISS way (Keep it simple, stupid)
Me too
What an awesome tutorial brother! Thank you!
Perfect and professional
Or WMD.. 😂Kidding ... man I enjoyed this a lot.. there's a lot to be said building something like this yourself rather than buying it off the shelf Once Upon 2 you learn a lot by fabricating it yourself something goes sideways with the unit it is easily repairable I noticed you haven't use any sealant yet anywhere but only halfway through the video
I like this guy. Good job.
Thank you
6ga is used for a electric car charger so 2ga seems pretty wild for a solar/batter box.
put a plastic ziplock bag with some extra fuzes.. so in case of any over power or the fuzes get burnt.. you have extras. and keep on charging.
Great idea
You need a 3500 inverter or 2 of they hooked up! With a 100 solar charger for each battery!
This is sweet. Might be better painted white to not draw more heat from direct sun which can overheat or kill battery faster…. But just my opinion.
If leaving it out in the sun . That's actually a great idea
Have no idea what is what, but very interesting to watch
Great build!!! Thankx very much!!
Great video, I would love to make a similar version.
Thank you
Awesome truck!