Most videos on lithium battery's show what there capacity is or there DOD befor needing a charge - I do like the fact that they will maintain 12.8 volts till there almost fully discharged - For those who are knowledgeable of the old rural light plants that were used to power farm and rural homes from about 1880 till up to 1970 will know what im talking about here - I live in the deep south US - in 1960 REA was still installing power poles running grid wires so rural homes could have 120 volts AC - Were i live homes that has power had a home that had 6 large 2 volt cells to make a 6 volt battery or a set of 16 cells that made a 32 volt battery bank - The homes with 6 volts the batterys had a usable capacity of around 7000 watts and the 32 volt homes the batterys had a capacity of about 28000 watts of usable battery capacity - Homes with the 32 vollt rural home light plants had all the appliances used in homes in citys with 120/240 volts - except all rural homes appliances were 32 volts DC - with those large wet cell stationary batterys - instead of using the strong sulphuric acid as used in batterys today of a concentration of 1.275 acid strength - rural home house batterys used a acid strength were im at of 1.195 - that is a weak acid solution compared to modern deep cycle batterys - Todays deep cycle lead acid batterys are only good for about 3 to 7 yrs of cycle service - Were as the old Exide or Gould battery banks with the 1.195 acid strength had a service life of 60 to 80 yrs or longer in some cases - Farm homes ran there homes off the batterys for 6 days and charged the house batterys all day once a week - When i was a kid were i live at even those with very little money at least had 6 volts DC in there home to run fans, lights and a radio - Were i live ive been through 20 huricanes and about 3 ice storms were i live - ive had power knocked out nearly a yr at times - So i have a large 12 volt bank of batterys with 1.220 acid strength - so when im dead and gone those batterys will still be good - Ive been wondering what will be the longevity of those lithium batteries - With lead acid batterys they are heavy and once a month when im cycling them i have to add water to them - but there very reliable and have been in use for 165 yrs -
Most in depth battery review ever...congrats Adam😊 That Amazon tester gizmo was very interesting. I do voltage testing and load testing, but have never done actual use amp hour testing.
Hey Adam. Since you seem to like new ideas. Id be interested in knowing if you’ve heard of Edison Motors in BC Canada. Getting into the heavy truck conversion business. Replacing the drivetrain with electric axles and batteries & installing a big diesel generator under the hood to keep them topped up. I find it interesting Should be huge power that can regenerate on downhills and braking and sustain itself on the flats with the generator running at a constant speed and supposedly less fuel than a conventional truck. Take a look if you ever get a spare minute Apparently doing the same with pickups
Is there a web site that you go to and find all the Motorycycle events? or have you been doing it so long its just second nature. I would love to get in next season and sell food.
We have a set schedule. So I only work certain events anymore. But you can download the biker info USA app, it’s free and it will have a list of a lot of the rallies also Cycle fish.
@@amsoiladam Thats awesome thank you for the information. If i was able to put my tent anywhere it would be close to your setup. Get your bike fixed and eat some food. Thank You for the info.
Interesting you should ask, I had not used it since we did the testing in Laconia, but yesterday I hooked it up to my spray rig on the back of my four wheeler to power the 12 V pump as I drove around, spraying all the weeds at the three different properties. And it did a fantastic job.
Are you sure 13.4v is 50% for this battery? I just got mine and charged it to full. I then disconnected it from charge and let it sit. Within a few hours it was at 13.51v. After 24 hours of just sitting there it was at 13.31v. No load ever on it during this time. So, according to that 13.31v would be 100% wouldn't it? Or do I have a bad battery you think? EDIT: I may have misunderstood what you were saying. I watched the rest of the video and your test started out at 13.3v. So, that must be 100% then after all... right? If so, not sure what you meant by the 13.4v being 50%. Did you mean 12.4?
@@amsoiladam You may have just been thinking of the charge it was at not long after coming off the charger. Or maybe they sent you a fully charged one. I doubt most people will care though... I only did because I just bought one and was worried my battery might be only taking a 50% charge. However, if you think 13.3 to 13.4 is a good voltage after being charged and sitting for about 24 hours then I think I'm good. Does that sound like a reasonable voltage?
Most videos on lithium battery's show what there capacity is or there DOD befor needing a charge -
I do like the fact that they will maintain 12.8 volts till there almost fully discharged -
For those who are knowledgeable of the old rural light plants that were used to power farm and rural homes from about 1880 till up to 1970 will know what im talking about here -
I live in the deep south US - in 1960 REA was still installing power poles running grid wires so rural homes could have 120 volts AC -
Were i live homes that has power had a home that had 6 large 2 volt cells to make a 6 volt battery or a set of 16 cells that made a 32 volt battery bank -
The homes with 6 volts the batterys had a usable capacity of around 7000 watts and the 32 volt homes the batterys had a capacity of about 28000 watts of usable battery capacity -
Homes with the 32 vollt rural home light plants had all the appliances used in homes in citys with 120/240 volts - except all rural homes appliances were 32 volts DC - with those large wet cell stationary batterys - instead of using the strong sulphuric acid as used in batterys today of a concentration of 1.275 acid strength - rural home house batterys used a acid strength were im at of 1.195 - that is a weak acid solution compared to modern deep cycle batterys -
Todays deep cycle lead acid batterys are only good for about 3 to 7 yrs of cycle service -
Were as the old Exide or Gould battery banks with the 1.195 acid strength had a service life of 60 to 80 yrs or longer in some cases -
Farm homes ran there homes off the batterys for 6 days and charged the house batterys all day once a week -
When i was a kid were i live at even those with very little money at least had 6 volts DC in there home to run fans, lights and a radio -
Were i live ive been through 20 huricanes and about 3 ice storms were i live - ive had power knocked out nearly a yr at times -
So i have a large 12 volt bank of batterys with 1.220 acid strength - so when im dead and gone those batterys will still be good -
Ive been wondering what will be the longevity of those lithium batteries -
With lead acid batterys they are heavy and once a month when im cycling them i have to add water to them - but there very reliable and have been in use for 165 yrs -
Most in depth battery review ever...congrats Adam😊 That Amazon tester gizmo was very interesting. I do voltage testing and load testing, but have never done actual use amp hour testing.
Yeah, I thought it was a pretty interesting find and I think it worked out well
Adam you really get into your work lol! Nice review, you did a great job. 👍👍
Thanks 👍
Great video Adam thanks for sharing your review of this Battery. Looking forward to your next video stay safe Adam.
Thanks 👍
Awesome job Adam you do such a great review i see a lot of companies sending you stuff to check out.
I appreciate that!
It would be nice if you can check the balance cell voltage
A great review as usual, well done!
Thank you, Roy, I had fun doing it
Good tests. They sent me one also and it seems to be a winner.
Yeah, I was happy to see that it passed all of the testing
Now that is recycling.
Test it. Break it open. Test it some more. Reconstruct it.
Then use it. 😎
Yeah, I was trying to be really careful not to damage anything as I took it apart so that I could keep it completely functional
Very interesting. I am always ready to learn something new. Thanks.
Me too, I’m always curious about how things work
Thanks for sharing Adam
My pleasure!!
Very interesting video nice to see how things work thanks 👍👍
So nice of you
Hey Adam. Since you seem to like new ideas. Id be interested in knowing if you’ve heard of Edison Motors in BC Canada. Getting into the heavy truck conversion business. Replacing the drivetrain with electric axles and batteries & installing a big diesel generator under the hood to keep them topped up. I find it interesting Should be huge power that can regenerate on downhills and braking and sustain itself on the flats with the generator running at a constant speed and supposedly less fuel than a conventional truck. Take a look if you ever get a spare minute Apparently doing the same with pickups
I am somewhat familiar with them. I’ve seen a couple interviews in a couple of UA-cam videos, and the trucks are quite interesting to say the least.
@@amsoiladam the actual one they built is a bit on the ugly side. But i like the conversions. Be neat to see how it all works out
Does the battery come with a Flux capacitor or quivalator bar? Just kidding. They come with a Japanese battery.
Great video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it JON
good review
Thanks!
Is there a web site that you go to and find all the Motorycycle events? or have you been doing it so long its just second nature. I would love to get in next season and sell food.
We have a set schedule. So I only work certain events anymore. But you can download the biker info USA app, it’s free and it will have a list of a lot of the rallies also Cycle fish.
@@amsoiladam Thats awesome thank you for the information. If i was able to put my tent anywhere it would be close to your setup. Get your bike fixed and eat some food. Thank You for the info.
Your clock needs a battery.. Lol
No, not really, it’s correct twice a day
@@amsoiladam lol.. Good one..
Great video!
Adam, how is the Watt Cycle battery holding up.
Interesting you should ask, I had not used it since we did the testing in Laconia, but yesterday I hooked it up to my spray rig on the back of my four wheeler to power the 12 V pump as I drove around, spraying all the weeds at the three different properties. And it did a fantastic job.
Why was the 40A charger too big? Is it dangerous to connect it to a 40A charger?
Are you sure 13.4v is 50% for this battery? I just got mine and charged it to full. I then disconnected it from charge and let it sit. Within a few hours it was at 13.51v. After 24 hours of just sitting there it was at 13.31v. No load ever on it during this time. So, according to that 13.31v would be 100% wouldn't it? Or do I have a bad battery you think?
EDIT: I may have misunderstood what you were saying. I watched the rest of the video and your test started out at 13.3v. So, that must be 100% then after all... right? If so, not sure what you meant by the 13.4v being 50%. Did you mean 12.4?
I may have to go back and review the video, maybe I made a mistake
@@amsoiladam You may have just been thinking of the charge it was at not long after coming off the charger. Or maybe they sent you a fully charged one. I doubt most people will care though... I only did because I just bought one and was worried my battery might be only taking a 50% charge. However, if you think 13.3 to 13.4 is a good voltage after being charged and sitting for about 24 hours then I think I'm good. Does that sound like a reasonable voltage?
Is this a paid for review?