15:47 "Pretty weird, I give you that... But that's just the way I like it". Great channel and videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge and time with us. I'm constantly learning from you and other who link to you.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Links from discription: "My video about the Buck Conveter:" and "My video about Linear Regulators:" don't work for me. Error during verification, video doesn't exist.
Next steps: Buy a 1982 Trans Am, install artificial intelligence, make the chassis indestructible, install turbo boost and super pursuit mode, go to Berlin and sing "I've been looking for freedom." :D
Hope you are reading comments, even on your old videos. You are inspiring so many of us. Quick comment about your car keyring with all the keys (and other stuff). Reduce the weight as much as possible. The weight will abnormally wear out the key mechanism (the switch) and you'll have intermitted and/or no starts. Anyway, keep making videos about reuse and adapting tools. Thanks!
It is an amazing video, man. Before that, my only experience of using power inverter is to connect Bestek 400w power inverter with cigarette lighter charger outlet, then I can charge laptop and iPhone on car. Especially when we are camping outside.
Excellent project! I'm not very knowledgeable about electronics but I enjoy your videos very much. I've learned a lot from your detailed explanations. About this particular project, I love the aesthetics of the bare aluminium and LEDs. Don't change a thing!
You can just use a sepic converter with multiposition switch to set voltages for all your devices instead of inverter to make 230V and wastefully convert them down back to small voltages. You wouldnt need all those adapters while charging in the car and it would be more efficient and safer. BTW I am really happy that you are back making awesome videos. Thanks.
It is true, that you don't really need an inverter like this to charge bateries. But this is about versatility. It ensures, that any laptop, phone, camera or who knows what, whether it is mine, or a friends can simply be charged in the car without the need for preparation. The original chargers will not have to be modified.
It is good to see someone else as OCD about cleaning things during a project as I am. You should take some of your patreon money and buy a set of Greenlee Ultra Cutter bits for the big metal holes. They may be branded Textron or Klauke there in Germany.
Very interesting! Not something i would do to my car since its rather recent model, at least to that extend. Although i am planning to do something similar in my bike. I d love to add a voltmeter for the battery, a usb charger and a "call indicator LED" as well as a connector to which a solar panel will attach and the battery will charge when its parked in my open type garage! Your projects are amazing mainly for the reason that they are simple, useful and robust (or at least you make them seem simple!) Keep it up! Good to have the channel going again!
My Paypal donation links in the video descriptions somehow don't work anymore. I think it's YT's fault. I guess they must have "improved" something in the video descriptions that messes with all kinds of links lately. But if you want to make a donation, you can simply use my business-email-address to find me on Paypal: inventordonations@gmail.com
Little tip for that hole. instead of hand filing a dremel works wounder to round out after the drilling operation. New subscriber so far very much enjoying the vids. found you via a link in AVE's vids.
+Proyectos LED Hey there :) Charging the battery directly from the 12V source by means of a switching converter would be more efficient. But that approach would also mean, that the system would be much less versatile. The good thing about having a 230V outlet is, that the charger of any phone, camera, laptop etc. can be plugged in without the need of any further preparation. Let's say a friend is with me in the car: He brought his laptop and wants to charge it: There will be no time to first build a custom charger for that battery :) Also: All of those cameras and phones use batteries with different weirdly shaped form factors, which would require me to custom build battery holders for each of those devices, some of which I might not even use anymore in a few months time. The result would be, that I would have a rather large device taking up space with battery holders that will not be required anymore. The efficiency of the charging process is also not really important, since the overall power needed is very low. Long story short: In this case, versatility is more important for me than efficiency.
Wesley Hand if you think about it that's what we all do all the time energy has to be converted to make it useful. Why burn coal just to convert it to electricity so you can heat your house with an electric coil? The answers so you can get the energy from one place to another and in this case only few centimetres.
Is that what's happening here? My understanding is that 12VDC comes from the car and splits: one 12VDC line to the AC inverter, one 12 VDC line to one set of posts, and one 12VDC line to the buck converter that puts out 5VDC for the second set of posts and the USB outlets. Am I mistaken?
Nice idea and thorugh exploration of the basics :) Be careful with connectors and cables shaking loose in the rough environment, if the wrong cable shorts to the front panel some bad s-t could go down..selastics and some shrink tubing would be a good idea?
Awesome job! I find the inverter a rather inefficient way to charge those batteries, and I would hack them and find the voltage it supplies to the charge controller, and work that way up into adapting the 12v to the voltage that the charger requires. typically those batteries are just 3.7v so you might get off by supplying 5v to the charger/adapter
+XanderZ Installing the inverter is more about versatility than efficiency. The good thing is, that all kinds of chargers can be used spontaneously. For example when friends are in the car and they bring there laptop. Or when I use equipment that I don't have with me every day. Modding all those chargers beforehand or building a charger for the form factors of all those different battery types (which I might not be using anymore in a few months) would not be worth the effort. Efficiency is also much less important if the overall power needed (like with the camera batteries) is very low.
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Sure, with Switch mode power supplies everything should be fine..But with inductive loads, it is quite useless..Afterall, it is quite useful indeed..
Another great video. I love your hack videos. I like when the electronics are just beyond my comprehension, as is the case in this video. I feel like I'm learning, bit not totally lost. I'll get there one day. I also like the style of your builds.
If my memory serves me well I've never seen that drill press in your earlier videos, I would really enjoy a separate video on it. It looks like it's an old but skookum choocher :D
+𝖘 𝖍 𝖎 𝖗 𝖔 I actually bought it years ago and I used in many of my videos. But it has been a while since it was so present in one of my videos :D And yes it is indeed a skookum choocer. I bought it 5 years ago and it looked very bad at the time, but I gave it a good overhaul and it works like on day one. It's an industrial grade German made AEG drill press build around the 1960s. It is super rugged and nearly indestructible. I absolutely love it and I use it every day.
Nice! I can't wait to have my own shop one day (I have to share with my dad and brothers right now) You can bet I'll stash it full of old, restored tools XD Thanks for replying and have a nice day!
+𝖘 𝖍 𝖎 𝖗 𝖔 Most people these days have no "eye" for good quality. They buy new scrap from home improvement shops all the time and wonder that it's all broken after 2 years. I buy "oldies but goodies" and I take care of my tools, because I love them :D. In my opinion it's a much better strategy for many things.
I like to think that I have a good eye for quality, mainly because I love to make things myself. Like blacksmithing, wood- and metalworking, I just love doing those things. Speaking of which, there are way too many things that I love to do. Being it with computers, knifemaking or sports, damn, don't get me started on sports. Parkour is pretty much my life hehe. Oops sorry, back to my point: I have found quality new tools that don't cost a fortune but I see those about once every year which makes them quite rare. But with machinery like a drill press or a lathe, old&restored is the way to go.
Thats great! Love the old industrial components you use....but where’s the old school oscilloscope/radar? At least a panel meter would be nice tho.... Oh and of coarse the rocket launchers you said you'd get to later ;) Nice work man, love your stuff!
LOL i did like the revolving number plate and missiles, his name is Bond... Inventor Bond, licensed to fondle power devices :-D. Im glad you fitted a power switch to the inverter, they can be noisey, much like the down converting pwm power chopping switchmodes, also you dont want it consuming power when its doing nothing.:-( Smashing job, every thing in one place :-D
echt gutes Video. Sowohl von den Erklärungen als auch fachlich. Auch der Umbau gefällt mir gut. Auch wenn es nicht gerade ein augenschmaus ist. Aber das weisst du ja selbst ;)
I like your videos, keep up the good job! Just a piece of advice you should separate your car keys from your house keys and the other things you have there on the key chain. that will prolong your ignition cylinder and key life. (I know you don't care about the whole car, but I love cars and I couldn't say nothing about it 😁)
Automotive electric system is a most severe environment: HV induced into the circuit, huge load spikes (starter motor). Interested to see how it survives.
Hey, das ist wirklich eine geniale Idee! Die Elektronik hast du auch super gelöst! Aber hast du mal darüber nachgedacht die AluWinkel nach innen zu setzen und dann von außen zu nieten? Das gäbe dem ganzen vielleicht einen viel cooleren look, zumal du die Hitze der Spannungswandler durch die Aluminium Platte abgeben könntest und keinerlei Probleme mit Hitze hättest
Nice. I think when your inverter circuit stays on zero for a bit when moving between + and - it's what they call (in the language of marketing bull) modified sine wave.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor I was going to say sell that scope to the local museum and use the funds for a new one haha. It does work though and it is probably better with high voltages than a lot of new ones.
Very interesting, great in function, not so much in form, would like to see something that looked like it belonged in the vehicle, perhaps an overhead/passenger USB ports for dashcams and passengers tech charging needs?
on that 555 circuit you showed, and really on all of your protozoa rd circuits how do you get your jumper wires to lay down on the board so well, instead to sticking up all over the place
Greats stuff! Will be interesting to see how the alternator handles the extra load. I have to watch the voltage on my motorbike if I am using the heated grips and not riding fairly regularly.
Is it a good idea to use the Car starter battery with an inverter? Wouldn't it be good to sacrifice one of those battery chargers to modify it for using with car because I'm pretty sure inside of that charger the 220V AC is stepped down to smaller amount first! & I believe there are some small chips or something that can make it possible to convert the USB to kinda auto negotiation type and can deliver higher current to suitable device. I once kept D+ and D- floating, and the phone won't consume more than 1A although my circuit could provide up to 3A and the original charger for that phone delivered 2A.
You powered all of that with the leads from the factory cigarette lighter? Most cars that I've seen use dinky 18 or 16 gauge wires for that... I'd think if you are running the inverter and the buck converter at the same time, you might draw too much current and blow the fuse, no? Or worse, cause a fire by melting the lines? I've done a ton of emergency vehicle wiring, and generally we'd run dedicated 12 or 10 gauge wires minimum from the battery -- most cars have a knock-out in the firewall for aftermarket mods. Just a thought -- else you might be getting a new car sooner than you thought!
The fuses of the car are actually supposed to prevent fire. They are sized in such a way, that the wire is not burdened with currents larger than the rated value. Furthermore: I guess I will never draw more than 50W from both devices combined. It's really just about charging small apliances.
Should have put a computer fan in it to cool things off, it's going to get hot. Vent holes in one side of the aluminum sides with a fan on the other side. Otherwise, Nice Build!
Well. I passed the biannual inspection just a couple of weeks ago and I guesd that was the last time I will take this car there. And even if I would: It's four screws and one connector to remove it again.
Question: For somebody that is so much busy with salvaging and ald stuff -how do you manage to keep your hands and nails so clean? those of mine are always dirty (schmuzieg)
+OR-Khan The good thing is that I passed HU just a couple of weeks ago. So I won't need to go there anytime soon. Should I really go there again in two years( which I don't think with this car), then it is just about unscrewing 4 screws and unplugging one plug and that's it.
why aren't they smoothing the chunky output of the inverter? wouldn't it be just a matter of adding a capacitor for lowpass filtering? what am i missing?
Nice job as usual, however are you aware that by adding the inverter you may be invalidating your insurance? I heard about this on a UK consumer radio program, where a man had his car insurance cancelled after he'd had an accident because his bumper and wing mirror were non standard VW fitted. You know what insurance companies are like when they have to pay you money. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
I'm pretty sure, that the ensurance companies will look for every possible way, not to pay. However: There are many parts on my car already that are not standard Opel equipment, because these parts are not even produced anymore. And were are talking about components, that are actually relevant for the car's safety. But your concern is still valid and I will try to inform myself, if there are clear rules in place for this type of modification.
you have to add a 'fire nuke/destroy world' red button under clear cube protector so nobody accidentally hits it. thatd be a good way to fire the missiles you talked about.
15:47 "Pretty weird, I give you that... But that's just the way I like it". Great channel and videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge and time with us. I'm constantly learning from you and other who link to you.
Very cool. Suits you perfectly!
Yeah! TPAI is back in the game!
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Links from discription: "My video about the Buck Conveter:" and "My video about Linear Regulators:" don't work for me. Error during verification, video doesn't exist.
+kfh13 I have replaced all links now and it works for me now. Can you please try it again. Thank you very much for telling me this!
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor They are working for me
+Jarrod P Thanks. Good that that has been taken car of.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Great project, as always! Do you consider spray painting this panel in mat black ? It could help it be more discrete.
Next steps: Buy a 1982 Trans Am, install artificial intelligence, make the chassis indestructible, install turbo boost and super pursuit mode, go to Berlin and sing "I've been looking for freedom." :D
German Knght Rider?
Hope you are reading comments, even on your old videos. You are inspiring so many of us. Quick comment about your car keyring with all the keys (and other stuff). Reduce the weight as much as possible. The weight will abnormally wear out the key mechanism (the switch) and you'll have intermitted and/or no starts. Anyway, keep making videos about reuse and adapting tools. Thanks!
If the cops pull you over, they'll think you're some KGB soviet-era Russian spy who got lost.
+zdrux I will speak with a Russian accent next time they pull me over. Let's see where they take me...
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor
"Interpol and Deutsche Bank, FBI and Scotland Yard" - Kraftwerk
in 96' Corsa B xd
I just started watching your videos. Your work ethic is stunning. Keep up the good work
It is an amazing video, man. Before that, my only experience of using power inverter is to connect Bestek 400w power inverter with cigarette lighter charger outlet, then I can charge laptop and iPhone on car. Especially when we are camping outside.
Excellent project! I'm not very knowledgeable about electronics but I enjoy your videos very much. I've learned a lot from your detailed explanations. About this particular project, I love the aesthetics of the bare aluminium and LEDs. Don't change a thing!
Great to see another one of these videos from you! Thank you!
You can just use a sepic converter with multiposition switch to set voltages for all your devices instead of inverter to make 230V and wastefully convert them down back to small voltages. You wouldnt need all those adapters while charging in the car and it would be more efficient and safer. BTW I am really happy that you are back making awesome videos. Thanks.
It is true, that you don't really need an inverter like this to charge bateries. But this is about versatility. It ensures, that any laptop, phone, camera or who knows what, whether it is mine, or a friends can simply be charged in the car without the need for preparation. The original chargers will not have to be modified.
It is good to see someone else as OCD about cleaning things during a project as I am.
You should take some of your patreon money and buy a set of Greenlee Ultra Cutter bits for the big metal holes. They may be branded Textron or Klauke there in Germany.
I'm glad you are still at it. Thank you for your insightful presentations.
Got the link dropped from AvE, wow is this a pretty good starter. Thanks!
TPAI - great video! I used to get funny looks doing stuff like this to my vehicle(s). Glad to see I'm not the only one!
Good to see you back on the track!
Very interesting! Not something i would do to my car since its rather recent model, at least to that extend. Although i am planning to do something similar in my bike. I d love to add a voltmeter for the battery, a usb charger and a "call indicator LED" as well as a connector to which a solar panel will attach and the battery will charge when its parked in my open type garage!
Your projects are amazing mainly for the reason that they are simple, useful and robust (or at least you make them seem simple!) Keep it up! Good to have the channel going again!
Me ha gustado ese aspecto "REGRESO AL FUTURO" que le has dado, felicitaciones
My Paypal donation links in the video descriptions somehow don't work anymore. I think it's YT's fault. I guess they must have "improved" something in the video descriptions that messes with all kinds of links lately. But if you want to make a donation, you can simply use my business-email-address to find me on Paypal:
inventordonations@gmail.com
A power supply in your car is pretty cool period, but especially since it's so functional. Art. :)
Awesome man, your videos are very informative and I like the way you describe things. Really cool stuff.
I love your Corsa, I had two myself and still in production here in Argentina (re-badged), it's such a reliable car. Cool hack BTW!!!.
Little tip for that hole. instead of hand filing a dremel works wounder to round out after the drilling operation. New subscriber so far very much enjoying the vids. found you via a link in AVE's vids.
Awesome video. I love it when you do stuff like this.
well done, looks like the bttf delorean xD do you really need that inverter? could not use a simple tp4056 to charge battery? adios amigo
+Proyectos LED Hey there :) Charging the battery directly from the 12V source by means of a switching converter would be more efficient. But that approach would also mean, that the system would be much less versatile. The good thing about having a 230V outlet is, that the charger of any phone, camera, laptop etc. can be plugged in without the need of any further preparation. Let's say a friend is with me in the car: He brought his laptop and wants to charge it: There will be no time to first build a custom charger for that battery :)
Also: All of those cameras and phones use batteries with different weirdly shaped form factors, which would require me to custom build battery holders for each of those devices, some of which I might not even use anymore in a few months time. The result would be, that I would have a rather large device taking up space with battery holders that will not be required anymore. The efficiency of the charging process is also not really important, since the overall power needed is very low.
Long story short: In this case, versatility is more important for me than efficiency.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor You are right, thanks
why would you convert from 12VDC to AC just to have to convert it back to 5VDC to charge your camera battery?
Wesley Hand if you think about it that's what we all do all the time energy has to be converted to make it useful. Why burn coal just to convert it to electricity so you can heat your house with an electric coil? The answers so you can get the energy from one place to another and in this case only few centimetres.
alyosha pearce ok I get that but why not just reduce the 12VDC to 5VDC and save the trouble and wasted energy
it gives him the option to use the ps for other electronics in the future
Is that what's happening here? My understanding is that 12VDC comes from the car and splits: one 12VDC line to the AC inverter, one 12 VDC line to one set of posts, and one 12VDC line to the buck converter that puts out 5VDC for the second set of posts and the USB outlets. Am I mistaken?
Thanks for sharing. I think the "bucket" is an ashtray and you can rename your car "Back to the future"
+Jeff Harmed Yes I know it's an astray, but I didn't really mean "the bucket", but the piece that is holding it in place. The one with the hinges.
Great job mate, every car should have those features. I hope your cigarette lighter cable is up for the job.
Another circuit I have never seen with a 555 timer. I will be storing that one in my archives for future use. Thanx.
Duuuude, I had corsa B too :) 1.0 12V from 1999, brought from germany years ago by my excoleauge. she gave corsa to me. it was amazing car
Just from reading your channel name and watching your intro, you've earned a sub lol
Mighty car mods is changing their style I see
Nice idea and thorugh exploration of the basics :) Be careful with connectors and cables shaking loose in the rough environment, if the wrong cable shorts to the front panel some bad s-t could go down..selastics and some shrink tubing would be a good idea?
Try using hole saws. They come in all sorts of sizes and are great for cutting perfect holes in metal/wood
Awesome job! I find the inverter a rather inefficient way to charge those batteries, and I would hack them and find the voltage it supplies to the charge controller, and work that way up into adapting the 12v to the voltage that the charger requires. typically those batteries are just 3.7v so you might get off by supplying 5v to the charger/adapter
+XanderZ Installing the inverter is more about versatility than efficiency. The good thing is, that all kinds of chargers can be used spontaneously. For example when friends are in the car and they bring there laptop. Or when I use equipment that I don't have with me every day. Modding all those chargers beforehand or building a charger for the form factors of all those different battery types (which I might not be using anymore in a few months) would not be worth the effort. Efficiency is also much less important if the overall power needed (like with the camera batteries) is very low.
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Sure, with Switch mode power supplies everything should be fine..But with inductive loads, it is quite useless..Afterall, it is quite useful indeed..
Another great video. I love your hack videos. I like when the electronics are just beyond my comprehension, as is the case in this video. I feel like I'm learning, bit not totally lost. I'll get there one day. I also like the style of your builds.
If my memory serves me well I've never seen that drill press in your earlier videos, I would really enjoy a separate video on it. It looks like it's an old but skookum choocher :D
+𝖘 𝖍 𝖎 𝖗 𝖔 I actually bought it years ago and I used in many of my videos. But it has been a while since it was so present in one of my videos :D And yes it is indeed a skookum choocer. I bought it 5 years ago and it looked very bad at the time, but I gave it a good overhaul and it works like on day one. It's an industrial grade German made AEG drill press build around the 1960s. It is super rugged and nearly indestructible. I absolutely love it and I use it every day.
Nice! I can't wait to have my own shop one day (I have to share with my dad and brothers right now)
You can bet I'll stash it full of old, restored tools XD
Thanks for replying and have a nice day!
+𝖘 𝖍 𝖎 𝖗 𝖔 Most people these days have no "eye" for good quality. They buy new scrap from home improvement shops all the time and wonder that it's all broken after 2 years. I buy "oldies but goodies" and I take care of my tools, because I love them :D. In my opinion it's a much better strategy for many things.
I like to think that I have a good eye for quality, mainly because I love to make things myself. Like blacksmithing, wood- and metalworking, I just love doing those things.
Speaking of which, there are way too many things that I love to do. Being it with computers, knifemaking or sports, damn, don't get me started on sports. Parkour is pretty much my life hehe.
Oops sorry, back to my point: I have found quality new tools that don't cost a fortune but I see those about once every year which makes them quite rare. But with machinery like a drill press or a lathe, old&restored is the way to go.
TPAI is back in the game!
Thats great! Love the old industrial components you use....but where’s the old school oscilloscope/radar? At least a panel meter would be nice tho.... Oh and of coarse the rocket launchers you said you'd get to later ;) Nice work man, love your stuff!
all great videos.i am from mauritius and i specially like the powertools repairs videos.keep it up.
LOL i did like the revolving number plate and missiles, his name is Bond... Inventor Bond, licensed to fondle power devices :-D.
Im glad you fitted a power switch to the inverter, they can be noisey, much like the down converting pwm power chopping switchmodes, also you dont want it consuming power when its doing nothing.:-(
Smashing job, every thing in one place :-D
Absolutely amazing mate!! Love your work.
echt gutes Video. Sowohl von den Erklärungen als auch fachlich. Auch der Umbau gefällt mir gut. Auch wenn es nicht gerade ein augenschmaus ist. Aber das weisst du ja selbst ;)
I love the lime green button for the lime green car!
yeah I like your car mods it's never been done before keep it up with sweet ideas
Awesome mod my friend.
I like your videos, keep up the good job! Just a piece of advice you should separate your car keys from your house keys and the other things you have there on the key chain. that will prolong your ignition cylinder and key life. (I know you don't care about the whole car, but I love cars and I couldn't say nothing about it 😁)
Once again, brilliant and artful. Btw did you bend those aluminum joints with a special tool or by hand?
+satchel frost I didn't have to bend them. You can buy them as ready made angle plates.
Automotive electric system is a most severe environment: HV induced into the circuit, huge load spikes (starter motor). Interested to see how it survives.
Hey, das ist wirklich eine geniale Idee!
Die Elektronik hast du auch super gelöst!
Aber hast du mal darüber nachgedacht die AluWinkel nach innen zu setzen und dann von außen zu nieten? Das gäbe dem ganzen vielleicht einen viel cooleren look, zumal du die Hitze der Spannungswandler durch die Aluminium Platte abgeben könntest und keinerlei Probleme mit Hitze hättest
I think you should make a video about your keychain. Thanks for all the great videos.
You are just great with you're projects
Nice. I think when your inverter circuit stays on zero for a bit when moving between + and - it's what they call (in the language of marketing bull) modified sine wave.
freaking awesome how about an amp rating label on the USB charging holes so you can always pick the fastest
If your camera supports it, turning down your shutter speed might help with the flicker and aliasing on your 'scope
+Rob Mckennie I'm sorry for that, but I'm just using a camcorder. It doesn't allow me to make adjustments like that.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor I was going to say sell that scope to the local museum and use the funds for a new one haha. It does work though and it is probably better with high voltages than a lot of new ones.
Great video. The key chain at 15:57 is the money shot. What is the skeleton key for?
Very interesting, great in function, not so much in form, would like to see something that looked like it belonged in the vehicle, perhaps an overhead/passenger USB ports for dashcams and passengers tech charging needs?
on that 555 circuit you showed, and really on all of your protozoa rd circuits how do you get your jumper wires to lay down on the board so well, instead to sticking up all over the place
Greats stuff! Will be interesting to see how the alternator handles the extra load. I have to watch the voltage on my motorbike if I am using the heated grips and not riding fairly regularly.
Awesome! Love your sense of humor.
Stay tuned for the next video where he installs a homemade quantum computer next to his car phone. Hahaha
Opel ( The gear lever reverse ) Welcome to the club ;)
I enjoyed watching this video and hope to learn from you aux. audio and Bluetooth add on. Thank you and I subscribed. Also; your English is very good.
I will use this idea to make one for my Land Rover... Great job.
Cool, fehlt nur noch'n Fluxkompensator :D
Every car should have this.
Is it a good idea to use the Car starter battery with an inverter? Wouldn't it be good to sacrifice one of those battery chargers to modify it for using with car because I'm pretty sure inside of that charger the 220V AC is stepped down to smaller amount first!
& I believe there are some small chips or something that can make it possible to convert the USB to kinda auto negotiation type and can deliver higher current to suitable device. I once kept D+ and D- floating, and the phone won't consume more than 1A although my circuit could provide up to 3A and the original charger for that phone delivered 2A.
Great video man!
making the big hole looks hard work...Why don't you use a holesaw ?
You powered all of that with the leads from the factory cigarette lighter? Most cars that I've seen use dinky 18 or 16 gauge wires for that... I'd think if you are running the inverter and the buck converter at the same time, you might draw too much current and blow the fuse, no? Or worse, cause a fire by melting the lines? I've done a ton of emergency vehicle wiring, and generally we'd run dedicated 12 or 10 gauge wires minimum from the battery -- most cars have a knock-out in the firewall for aftermarket mods. Just a thought -- else you might be getting a new car sooner than you thought!
The fuses of the car are actually supposed to prevent fire. They are sized in such a way, that the wire is not burdened with currents larger than the rated value. Furthermore: I guess I will never draw more than 50W from both devices combined. It's really just about charging small apliances.
Should have put a computer fan in it to cool things off, it's going to get hot. Vent holes in one side of the aluminum sides with a fan on the other side. Otherwise, Nice Build!
Great project
Cool, but you should have sprayed the front panel black. That way it would be more in line with the rest of your car and would look more "pro".
Newbie question incoming: In the toggle switch circuit diagram, shouldn't the bottom 10k resistor be a capacitor?
Nicely done but what does the TÜV says about this?
Well. I passed the biannual inspection just a couple of weeks ago and I guesd that was the last time I will take this car there. And even if I would: It's four screws and one connector to remove it again.
+The Post Apocalyptic Inventor Would TUV be concerned about such a change?
This is absolutely brilliant! But I do hope you have enough fuel to power it all.
Question: For somebody that is so much busy with salvaging and ald stuff -how do you manage to keep your hands and nails so clean? those of mine are always dirty (schmuzieg)
I believe you call it an aschenbecker? In the US it's an ash tray. I've heard it called both an ash tray and ash pot by a person from the UK.
Simply incredible.
Amazing job love your wideos ☺️
Great video! I bet you will convert this car to electric some time.
+Wasserverschmutzung Oh I guess I will do that indeed. I will have to keep my eyes open for a place that I could use for test runs though.
Could you post a video of an extremely detailed tutorial of how you did this?
One day I would like to apply the same technology and life hacks to my future car.
That will look soooo stylish in my Ferrari 488 GTB!
Enjoyable video. Wonder how you will pass HU with this modification :)
+OR-Khan The good thing is that I passed HU just a couple of weeks ago. So I won't need to go there anytime soon. Should I really go there again in two years( which I don't think with this car), then it is just about unscrewing 4 screws and unplugging one plug and that's it.
hey, look into pure sinewave vs modified sinewave and charging batteries. please also do a video on this subject.
especially lithium batteries and why it's said to be bad
why aren't they smoothing the chunky output of the inverter? wouldn't it be just a matter of adding a capacitor for lowpass filtering? what am i missing?
Nice job as usual, however are you aware that by adding the inverter you may be invalidating your insurance? I heard about this on a UK consumer radio program, where a man had his car insurance cancelled after he'd had an accident because his bumper and wing mirror were non standard VW fitted. You know what insurance companies are like when they have to pay you money. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
I'm pretty sure, that the ensurance companies will look for every possible way, not to pay. However: There are many parts on my car already that are not standard Opel equipment, because these parts are not even produced anymore. And were are talking about components, that are actually relevant for the car's safety. But your concern is still valid and I will try to inform myself, if there are clear rules in place for this type of modification.
Great look, very Doc Brown.
hi great videos, a question, why did you use a MOSFET switch instead of the relay circuit? thanks, continue with such a great job!
Excellent channel, true hobbyist :)
This is ingenious!
Excellent video. Thank you!
you have to add a 'fire nuke/destroy world' red button under clear cube protector so nobody accidentally hits it. thatd be a good way to fire the missiles you talked about.
If (i don't doubt about your great skill) but if your car burns down, will insurance cover this modification?
Super informative video.
I need to do a project like this in my car. I more need the 240V power, would be great for running laptops.
@TPAI i love your videos! Could you make on about making a low cost diy laboratory power supply?
Brilliant :) I will go chop my car up now and install something similar :D
instant like, though I'm looking for more SMPS
Great job man.
You have too much load on your car ignition key and that may break your lock.