Great video. I recommended your “no screws solar panels” video to another builder. He said the problem is how dependent the hold is on the strength of the paint. New builds usually include new paint jobs. Factory paint is strong commercial paint and most rebuilds are not using it. Wind shear driving on the freeway could rip the panels off
I have 2 bluetti EB-70S's and I just wired my diesel heater to a 12v cigarette lighter plug, the male end. Well the cigarette plug had a 10v glass tube fuse in it and it blew when I fired up the heater. So I had to run down to the auto store to pick up some fuses. I could barely read the fuse and I bought 10v and 15v fuses. Replaced it first with a 10 and it blew. And than a 15v and it works. I checked for heat or smoke from the cigarette plug and all seems well. The EB-70S read up to 120 volts? On startup and on its highest setting, 45v....it's a 5kw diesel heater. The battery life did not drop not even 1 bar during my hour long test run. So yes, my EB-70S' can run my diesel heater.
Here in the PNW, I live under a forest canopy, think Hoh rainforest type situation. And we know solar panels are only viable in the summer months up here and in my case, a limited number of hours of direct sunlight. So having the dc to dc charger makes the most sense for me even if I have to idle run my vehicle engine to recharge my powerbanks. As a result, my overall energy consumption is less or limited but I am still able to relatively quickly recharge my powerbanks.
I own 2 AC200 Max's with the add-on batteries for mt RV. It's serious power with 600 watts of solar on the roof. The 120v charger with the fan is crazy loud and almost started a fire when it mented the plug a few weeks ago. Bluetti's support is terrible, so as good as it is, I think I'll try Jackery next time.
If a person is not going to get to powerstation, they have to learn and educate and often times guess what components they need to buy to build a basic powerbank. The analogy I will use is buying a complete desktop pc versus buying all the individual parts of a pc and than learning how to put all those parts together and making the settings correct and than installing the OS. That is a lot for most people including me. I know I could learn it but am I going to fry a component or 2 or is the build going to run optimally, etc. There is a big gap and need for basic individual kits for battery banks that can be upgraded or expanded upon with my storage or additional charging capacity. That's what consumers need.
I agree with you. I am currently working on putting together vehicle specific kits that are upgradable and include detailed instructions with phone support form me personally. they will be available on my website. Im happy to put one together for you before they go live in my website. email me if you are interested: NomadBrad503@gmail.com
The dates on the Schoolie Palooza are not clear, some people and on line dates talk about the January event west of Quartzsite, But then the “Schoolie Ungathering” is mentioned, being in the same place starting on February 7th and also mentioned according to nomad link, the January date is not correct! SO WHEN IS IT?????
Schooliepalooza is in the same place at the same time every year. Last 2 weeks of January in ehrenberg Arizona. I know it’s confusing because someone I trying to make it a paid event and change the location.
We really enjoyed your live stream today Brad! Learned alot!!!
thank you robin!
Great video. I recommended your “no screws solar panels” video to another builder. He said the problem is how dependent the hold is on the strength of the paint. New builds usually include new paint jobs. Factory paint is strong commercial paint and most rebuilds are not using it.
Wind shear driving on the freeway could rip the panels off
I have 2 bluetti EB-70S's and I just wired my diesel heater to a 12v cigarette lighter plug, the male end. Well the cigarette plug had a 10v glass tube fuse in it and it blew when I fired up the heater. So I had to run down to the auto store to pick up some fuses. I could barely read the fuse and I bought 10v and 15v fuses. Replaced it first with a 10 and it blew. And than a 15v and it works. I checked for heat or smoke from the cigarette plug and all seems well.
The EB-70S read up to 120 volts? On startup and on its highest setting, 45v....it's a 5kw diesel heater.
The battery life did not drop not even 1 bar during my hour long test run.
So yes, my EB-70S' can run my diesel heater.
Here in the PNW, I live under a forest canopy, think Hoh rainforest type situation. And we know solar panels are only viable in the summer months up here and in my case, a limited number of hours of direct sunlight. So having the dc to dc charger makes the most sense for me even if I have to idle run my vehicle engine to recharge my powerbanks.
As a result, my overall energy consumption is less or limited but I am still able to relatively quickly recharge my powerbanks.
you explain very well ... thank you very much
I own 2 AC200 Max's with the add-on batteries for mt RV. It's serious power with 600 watts of solar on the roof.
The 120v charger with the fan is crazy loud and almost started a fire when it mented the plug a few weeks ago. Bluetti's support is terrible, so as good as it is, I think I'll try Jackery next time.
Thank You 🌞
If a person is not going to get to powerstation, they have to learn and educate and often times guess what components they need to buy to build a basic powerbank.
The analogy I will use is buying a complete desktop pc versus buying all the individual parts of a pc and than learning how to put all those parts together and making the settings correct and than installing the OS.
That is a lot for most people including me. I know I could learn it but am I going to fry a component or 2 or is the build going to run optimally, etc.
There is a big gap and need for basic individual kits for battery banks that can be upgraded or expanded upon with my storage or additional charging capacity.
That's what consumers need.
I agree with you. I am currently working on putting together vehicle specific kits that are upgradable and include detailed instructions with phone support form me personally. they will be available on my website. Im happy to put one together for you before they go live in my website. email me if you are interested: NomadBrad503@gmail.com
The dates on the Schoolie Palooza are not clear, some people and on line dates talk about the January event west of Quartzsite, But then the “Schoolie Ungathering” is mentioned, being in the same place starting on February 7th and also mentioned according to nomad link, the January date is not correct! SO WHEN IS IT?????
Schooliepalooza is in the same place at the same time every year. Last 2 weeks of January in ehrenberg Arizona. I know it’s confusing because someone I trying to make it a paid event and change the location.
Do you watch this fellow-also on UA-cam? DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse