I gotta say, I'm a bit confused. you're charging your Bluetti battery with another battery which you charge from your home AC. Can't you charge your Bluetti the same way? And you say you don't need an inverter and all that stuff ... but isn't the Bluetti and inverter also - as well as onboard monitoring? And.. the price increase to get a BT battery is cheaper that a 30$ monitor?
the extra battery extends my power in the bush, i already had the bluetti, the litimes just allows longer usage. They all get charged at home or when I'm driving or solar.
Good stuff Moose, looking at and considering the bluetti 180 myself and a single 100ah lfp. . I like that new Pecron car charger , check it out if you have not. While car camping watch for that gay pm Trudy peeking in your windows eh!. I enjoy the vids. Stay loose...
Great one. I have been considering setting up one for my road trip (seasonal travelers). I have been searching for cost effective power station for years and I am glad to see this solution. Rather than getting a power station for high costs, is it possible just use this battery as a power station instead? You can charge up over night at home and use it for a weekend trip or so? Instead of using the cigarette lighter plug, can I use a power extension cord or / and power bar for multiple plugs and USB plugs for my stove and heaters etc? I see that the power output is 1280 w. Maybe there is larger output battery? Perhaps I can just buy a larger Watt for my instant pot and stove, etc? I need this for my emergency disaster backup as well as I live in earthquake zone. I find this attractive as it is easy to carry around, simple and easy to setup for emergency disaster backup and seasonal road trip. Please advice. Thanks.
The way he has it now the Li Time batteries output 12v. In the configuration shown with just the two batteries he is using them as his 12v source (cigarette adapter). In order to use anything with a normal household plug that 12v battery power is plugged into his ecoflow/jackery/etc which charges the onboard 12v battery which is then connected to onboard inverters to output 120v. Quite clever albeit a bit labour intensive. Like he says, it is a very simple way to do it if you don’t mind swapping cords. I didn’t notice if the 2 batteries were in parallel but that would be a very easy way for the second Bluetooth enabled battery to monitor the total voltage output of both batteries.
@@garychiang2568 I see. I find these power stations very expensive given that it is for emergency backup and seasonal road trip. So, I was planning to set up the simple system with the inverter and try to create my own power station. I thought this li time batteries can do the job similar to the ecoflow or bluetti or jackery. I was thinking of getting the 2000 W inverter and have the necessary parts for the setup. This li time battery is great with bluetooth and app for monitor. This would save me from buying one less item. As the technology advances, I am hoping that something similar to ecoflow and other power stations are to be invented to lower the price. Thanks for the note. Very helpful.
@@IdRatherBeHiking to put them in parallel connect the red of the first battery to the red of the second battery. Connect the black/neutral of the first battery to the black/neutral of the second battery. Voila now they are in parallel and essentially the combined output is still 12v but at twice the power output (assuming the batteries amphour are identical). Both batteries will now be depleted simultaneously. With the Bluetooth on the second one you can now essentially monitor the voltage of both batteries. To use the batteries which are now connected in parallel you just need to connect to one of them to utilize both of them instead of swapping them out all the time. Hope that helps.
I gotta say, I'm a bit confused. you're charging your Bluetti battery with another battery which you charge from your home AC. Can't you charge your Bluetti the same way? And you say you don't need an inverter and all that stuff ... but isn't the Bluetti and inverter also - as well as onboard monitoring? And.. the price increase to get a BT battery is cheaper that a 30$ monitor?
the extra battery extends my power in the bush, i already had the bluetti, the litimes just allows longer usage. They all get charged at home or when I'm driving or solar.
Good stuff Moose, looking at and considering the bluetti 180 myself and a single 100ah lfp. . I like that new Pecron car charger , check it out if you have not. While car camping watch for that gay pm Trudy peeking in your windows eh!. I enjoy the vids. Stay loose...
Great one. I have been considering setting up one for my road trip (seasonal travelers). I have been searching for cost effective power station for years and I am glad to see this solution. Rather than getting a power station for high costs, is it possible just use this battery as a power station instead? You can charge up over night at home and use it for a weekend trip or so? Instead of using the cigarette lighter plug, can I use a power extension cord or / and power bar for multiple plugs and USB plugs for my stove and heaters etc? I see that the power output is 1280 w. Maybe there is larger output battery? Perhaps I can just buy a larger Watt for my instant pot and stove, etc? I need this for my emergency disaster backup as well as I live in earthquake zone. I find this attractive as it is easy to carry around, simple and easy to setup for emergency disaster backup and seasonal road trip.
Please advice.
Thanks.
The way he has it now the Li Time batteries output 12v. In the configuration shown with just the two batteries he is using them as his 12v source (cigarette adapter). In order to use anything with a normal household plug that 12v battery power is plugged into his ecoflow/jackery/etc which charges the onboard 12v battery which is then connected to onboard inverters to output 120v. Quite clever albeit a bit labour intensive. Like he says, it is a very simple way to do it if you don’t mind swapping cords. I didn’t notice if the 2 batteries were in parallel but that would be a very easy way for the second Bluetooth enabled battery to monitor the total voltage output of both batteries.
@@garychiang2568 I see. I find these power stations very expensive given that it is for emergency backup and seasonal road trip. So, I was planning to set up the simple system with the inverter and try to create my own power station. I thought this li time batteries can do the job similar to the ecoflow or bluetti or jackery. I was thinking of getting the 2000 W inverter and have the necessary parts for the setup. This li time battery is great with bluetooth and app for monitor. This would save me from buying one less item. As the technology advances, I am hoping that something similar to ecoflow and other power stations are to be invented to lower the price. Thanks for the note. Very helpful.
they aren't connected together just 2 individual batteries because I don't know anything about electrical systems
@@IdRatherBeHiking to put them in parallel connect the red of the first battery to the red of the second battery. Connect the black/neutral of the first battery to the black/neutral of the second battery. Voila now they are in parallel and essentially the combined output is still 12v but at twice the power output (assuming the batteries amphour are identical). Both batteries will now be depleted simultaneously. With the Bluetooth on the second one you can now essentially monitor the voltage of both batteries. To use the batteries which are now connected in parallel you just need to connect to one of them to utilize both of them instead of swapping them out all the time. Hope that helps.