I Wasted Money on Bad Batteries for a Bad Car
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2023
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"I know you all skip these immediately."
Ya got me.
i love people wasting their money for our entertainment. Thanks Robert :)
Dude... those plates you eat off were made with lead.
You are the only UA-camr whose ads I actually watch!
Sadly this product is not available in Germany (yet…)
"It's delicious, you won't regret it... Et. Ce. Ter. Ra."
I _don't_ skip your ads.
The hardest part of working on blurry things is that none of your metric or imperial wrenches will fit. You need to buy blurry tools
I've found that I can adjust my squint to match the blurriness of whatever I'm working. In fact, one of the benefits of aging eyes is that anything close enough to work on stats to blur all by itself.
@@johnfinkbiner3599 I've only ever used my squint as a safety device, not as an adaptor. That's genius I will have to try that. This is going to save me so much money.
just don't get the search term wrong or you'll be trying to install them with a blu-ray drive
@@RoamingAdhocrat Or a Puddle of Mudd
You need to be a bit of a quantum mechanic
If those batteries were being used at a gold mine, they were almost certainly being used as bare batteries stacked up to about 12v without any discharge protection to power water pumps. They'll have been deep cycled until their chargers wouldn't touch them anymore.
The fact that someone conditioned them back up to "good" voltage and sold them is bad faith on their part - there's no way they didn't know they were passing off destroyed batteries as "untested"
Yeah, I don't trust many of these bidding LFP packs since they don't really test them out. Quote from BH: "They are not capacity tested."
I never trust packs that aren't even tested for capacity.
@@neutronpcxt372 pretty much the rule on most things on ebay too. any camera listed as "untested" means "it's broken and we know it but we don't want to tell you that. also NO RETURNS!"
@@johnhufnagel Indeed. I buy plenty of things from Battery Hookup.
Untested packs aren't one of them :P
I have a friend who works in a precious metals mine in Canada for IT stuff. I'm going to show him this video when he's off his 2 week schedule to see if he ever saw those kind of cells.
I'm aware of a few mines here in Ontario that are using battery electric and trolley line electric vehicles in deep underground mines, apparently it does wonders for the air quality down there.
Still waiting for you to announce that you're going to use the Wheego motor to make the world's fastest garage door opener.
This is stupid and dangerous. Get on it!
@@SirFloofy001 It'll be the first garage door opener to eject the entire door through the back wall of the garage!
It'd be the first garage opener, just lift the building away from the door.
That would probably end up with the door mechanism lifting the garage... a novel, if somewhat unconventional and potentially very expensive project. 😂
😂😂😂😂 please do this.
We need to talk about the cleanliness of that microwave, Robert.
Dang, I didn't see that the first time. Thanks for making me skip back to the ad after watching the whole video. Lol
The cleanliness of the microwave?? How about the cleanliness of the knife he was using??
@@Wizza2418 The cleanliness of the knife?? How about the cleanliness of the clean he was cleansing??
That would be a great collab 🫧🧼🪣
This is why i'm annoyed battery hookup started doing the auctions to make more money off dead batteries. They are auctioning the batteries that they know are too bad to sell as tested.
They're not too bad to sell, that's the most annoying part. Reduced capacity and even internal resistance is very acceptable for plenty of other applications, it's just not as profitable to sell them with their honest specs.
"Untested" means tested bad.
@@larryscarr3897exactly, in every scenario untested almost always means non working
@@larryscarr3897 or "we know these are cooked so we won't bother checking how cooked"
unless you have a specific need or is in a project that will settle for "anything", one should stay away from second hand tech sold as "untested"
@@larryscarr3897 Yeah, like buying "untested" computer parts from eBay. Once bought a cheap CPU and pretty much immediately understood how that game works.
My main problem with Factor is the fact that it's a subscription and i can't just order a few to try. Which is their game.
When Robert gets a woman, he won't need them anymore! 😂
Edit: Some of the replies 😄. 'When robert gets a real woman. Not a karen with 15 cats.'
@@my_channel_44 -he is married.-
@@SuperUltimateLP formerly engaged, i believe.
@@my_channel_44 i have a woman, and we're too busy to cook usually haha
@@my_channel_44he can cook himself, he could get a roommate/boyfriend to cook, you don't need to be sexist about it
I really appreciate how you properly export your videos for UA-cam. The volume of your videos is nearly spot-on, which saves me the hassle of having to blast the volume in order to hear what you're saying. This comment might seem like an odd one, but it's stunning how few people who make UA-cam videos know how to properly export so that the volume is loud enough. The fact you don't put us through that pain is fantastic. Thank you for the excellent videos!
Absolutely agree, I often listen to such videos in public spaces using bone conduction headphones so I can still hear my surroundings. However, they don't go very loud and some videos just can't be heard through them. Robert's audio is loud and clear.
I really enjoy your videos Robert. I actually don't skip your ads when you do the little skits because they're usually entertaining. I do skip ads that are just ads, and I appreciate you putting the progress bar. I also appreciate you featuring Technology Connections a while back. Alec's videos are great too. Keep up the great work
I skip the ads when they're not even slightly relevant to the subject of the video, like showing food on a car channel. If it was tools I might sit and watch.
I also skip out entirely on Technology Connections because not only is he extremely opinionated and a well known flame commenter who deletes comments that he doesn't agree with, he's also often poorly researched and on many occasions blatantly lies in his videos.
pretty sure, TC featured him first in the Brown video.
I also completely disagree. with the above. He says if it is an opinion and otherwise explains his reasons and sources. While you make just wild claims. Which one triggered you so badly?
Most of the TC videos are simply not meant or written in a way or about topics serious enough for such a rant.
Rants like this are usually coming from political things, woke stuff, climate change or plain old politics. I try to think of a video that could have done that for you. Your censorship claim fits right in. He doesn't seem to shy away from discussions on comments.
Btw youtube does that often enough itself without telling you. You notice when editing a comment that suddenly you can't save it anymore. WAY sooner than any creator could do that manually.. And especially on topics like the above.
@@AiOinc1 ads are ment to change subject to grab attention. The fact we all eat makes this ad suitable for any video made. Hope this helps. I respect your choices
I heard somewhere that he is Alec's brother, that why they had no issues sharing a hotel room when they did the road trip a year ago one would assume. Would explain why they both obsessed with Saving money and doing everything themselves if they were raised at the same household
@@LillyP-xs5qe The man that runs TC is named Alec, not Alex, and I'm fairly certain they're not related lol. I could be wrong, but I highly doubt it.
The blacked out vehicle is gotta be a Twike. I recognize the slight parts of it in the corner of this video. He also sat in it for a factor ad a while ago in the bus dungeon. It also explains the door opening, smallness of the black out, and hardness to move it.
Could be this yes! 1990's model that is. 🤓
But I was hoping for an Acabion GT
Of all the sugestions I've seen, this is the only one that fits what's visible at 8:24, with the blinker very close to the lights.
Seems to be a match indeed.
What an interesting looking... Thing?
Wrong. It's an electrek
6:55 Robert the batteries could have come from an underground Volvo mining machine used to cut the rock face or the dump truck that built on the same frame/body
Same frame/body as a weego? 🤔😲
@@TheStuartstardustno, the cutter and the dump truck share the same drivetrain/batteries as the weego.
I don't skip the ad-read, you always do or say something to make them entertaining.
etcetAIRah
Robert, you are one of my favorite UA-camrs. Your content always brightens my day. Even when you try to fix garabge like this.
I found out that it's risky to buy used stuff from Battery Hookup. I ordered one of these - HP 43.2V Module with 24x 30a 18650 Power Cells - $77/kWh and, when I got them, they were all dead. I emailed them and they sent out another one, which were also DOA. I finally called them and informed them about it and ended up changing to 10 lbs. of used power tool packs. Most of them were dead too but I did end up with about 20 that were usable. I will only buy new uncycled cells or packs if I ever buy from them again.
Or buy ones that are capacity tested 🤓
im guessing the black blob is an Autozam AZ-1
They seem like gullwing doors, he had a hard time fitting in, one that doesn't work would be much cheaper and a great candidate for an electric swap.....
Oh man I'm excited!
@@gamemeister27 def it checks all the boxes
Wouldn't match the white car in the corner of the frame at around 8:24 though (which I'd guess is the hidden car), which looks distinctly more 1980s.
Only other thought is maybe a Toyota Sera.
Don't think it's either of those two things, I believe yes it is the white car in the bottom left, using AI to image search and not been able to find anything at the moment that matches the image, going to keep looking.
I don't skip your ads.
... This is a ringing testimonial for how you present them. You are the only UA-camr whose ads I don't skip. For all those others, there's no question about it. As soon as they start, I'm gone. You manage to make it entertaining even though it's an ad .
Well done 😘
I concur. And as I'm on the other side of the world, I can't get Factor meals anyway, but still enjoy the 'ad'. :)
I too don’t skip his ads. Others. Hell yes. I can’t afford Factor. But they sound good.
'Wheego nowhere' apparently...
The wheego is the only EV I find mildly interesting because unlike many others, it's level of unacceptably poor quality design and construction is entertaining instead of just sad.
It would be like if DeLorean used a Porsche 911 turbo engine and a tube frame chassis. Aka a hilarious mix of bad quality and terrible discussions.
Seeing a vehicle just sitting around for years being modded in an attempt to make it work even slightly as it should, to only critically break down the moment it's switched on again, to sit around doing nothing but get prodded at for another few years isn't really 'entertaining' - it's utter torture.
@@GlamTelevision That's the definition of a project car.
Its honestly why I like bad movies. When you get a movie that markets itself as some high end film and ends up being subpar you are disappointed. But if you get a movie that is purely there because the people said "yeah why not" and it ends up being awful in quality, it becomes special.
Being that they came from a gold mine, they were absolutely beaten on when they were in use. If it was an underground mine, it's likely that they were used in what's known as a mantrip, which is a neat little machine for moving the miners around. It might also be used in other equipment, but that is less likely as other electric equipment is often attached to the mine's power newtwork.
I really appreciate how you are open and honest, and just keep us updated even if the update is "Not much". Don't let UA-cam pressure you into moving faster than you are comfortable with
I think you might have slipped up a bit with your "blurry" project ;) around the 8:30 mark you can see in the bottom left corner what looks like a Citi Car headlight. I think I know your next project Robert!!! Love your videos as always!
It's a late 90's Twike
I don’t think I have ever felt this impatient but the content is just too good
Reminds me of the old saying "There's no fool, like an EV fool"
Ouch! I’d be calling my bank to reverse the charge! That seller was clearly ripping ppl off!
I’ve always like your Factor advert sections. I watch them on purpose.
I even tried Factor for a bit because of AgingWheels.
The outdoor / wild microwave one was hysterical!! I even showed my teenagers and they were laughing.
Keep it up!
We've been blessed!!
Seriously, I ALWAYS look forward to each video and they're so good every time. Your humor, editing style and overall vibe are what keep me coming back. Literally first priority in a sea of upload notifications. Thank you.
He was the first video I clicked on today as well. Just Quality content with no fluff.
I couldn't agree more.
Hi there! Huge fan from Canada and I totally relate to your latest video. Like you, I recently purchased used Winston cells from Battery Hook up for 3K$, although I only got 32 units for that price cuz you know, our dollar is so weak... Anyways, I wanted to tell you two important things. I was also very disapointed with my first testing as I got less than 30-40% capacity on a couple of them at only 20 amps loads. Doing my research however, I noticed that most websites about these cells mention specs of low-high voltage being 2.8-3.8 V range instead of the usual 2.5-3.65V for LiFePO4 that we're all familiar with. At first I didn't bother as I told myself this makes no sense, being LiFEPO4, I will certainly damage them by going over 3.65V, but then founding that they looked shot, I decided oh what the heck. Well, to my surprise, these cells have a huge capacity still left between 3-6 and 3.8V, like 150 Ah more sometimes! Cycling them 2.8-3.8V allowed me to get 95% of original specs on most of them afterall. So, I wanted to tell you to not give up and persevere by charging them as a backburner project and see what's what, you might have just enough to do your original project after all. Also, please don't throw them away, they have value for solar storage still and I would definetly be interested of buying them back if you still want to get rid of them, Cheers!
Robert, any information you give us is needed, in my books.
A day when Aging Wheels uploads is a good day.
admittedly I was gonna skip the ad read but you told me not to so I didn't.
Love this guy, would happily listen to him talk about anything, you know when someone is just naturally funny and they allow their personality to come through the camera. Quality, hope you go from strength to strength.
_(Opens door)_ ...Hmmm, blur gets taller ...so the doors go up, do they? A barn find Delorean ...or a 'Lambo kit car! Wait you can move it with your feet... could be another Chinese something or other. Also, I take it the E-scape isn't making it to SEMA this year.
Thanks so much Robert for keeping us entertained while doing extensive research on battery technology. Love your channel and your nonstop wit.
I like that ad format
@@weekendwarrior7080 So you use the addon, but still checked what it was. How inefficient!
I'm guessing a DeLorean as the mystery project. Also, when you were talking about battery makers I though Et-Cetera was a brand.
"This is a... you know what this is and if you don't know what this is get outta here."
"The tomatoes are sun dried, not the chicken"
🤣🤣🤣A+ comedy one liners dude!
Bus is looking like a solid candidate as an actor in a Mad Max film. You got to get moving on that poor thing. 🙂
I don't skip your ads, you actually make them fun to watch compared to other sponsored UA-camrs. I'd hope the chicken isn't sundried! 😂
The blurry thing is a Delorean DMC 12, Gull wing doors, hard to get in, the k thunk sound
to expencive i think... i guess a Autozam AZ-1
Nah, its a Bond Bug
@@ToTheGAMES holt shit, that's hideous... that means it's probably the right answer :D
Your videos always brighten my day! Thank you!
You are one of the channels I like so I try to watch the ad spots most of the time in the hope that it will help you.
good to see your still trying to save the wheego,
stay safe an stay saine out there buddy
With the bus, you may want to reach out to Edison Motors (in CA, have a YT channel as well). They are building a range extended hybrid, and in previous videos, mentioned that they are sourcing their own e-axels, which could potentially make many parts of the electrification much simpler.
4:51 oh noooo!!!! God that stung to hear how much he spent
Oddly I was just watching a giant wasp monster movie.
I'm really excited about your future projects. I've been watching since high school and it has been amazing watching your channel. Even when you 'do disappoint' when something goes wrong, I'm still satisfied.
Man i just love your comedic delivery! You're a hoot man.
My guess is the blurry thing is one of those old yellow wedge-shaped electric thingies on bicycle tires that also have pedals
(I was obsessed with those as a kid)
I'm thinking it is a Delorian.
Its a Twike.
@@adamt195 that's what they're called??? :0
@@AKSoapy29 Must be in 1:2 scale then. 😁
Sinclair C5?
Gotta be one of those feet-powered flintstones cars the way he's struggling at the end
personally i never skip the factor segments,i like seeing which on you have this time.
also the random rv door leaning against the wall kept drawing my eye.
Thanks for the bus update!
I appreciate you putting this on YT. I'm still a relatively new subscriber to your channel (and Under Dunn😉) but I am greatly enjoying your style!
edit: Can't wait to see what's under the blob.
Actually, I don't skip your Factor ads because you at least make them entertaining
I love the Bob noises coming from the blurred black void.
Looking forward to it all! Even the blurrry thing - which I have a pretty good idea what it is from previous vids..
is it a battery powered fiero? I saw some white 80s body styling in the corner that gave a clue. haha can't wait to see what you've got cooking!
I am thinking Pantera. If it was a DeLorean, the giddiness would be too high for him.
@@SimonTekConley I feel like the pantera would be much larger/harder to cover. Probably a Fiero but we can all hope for the DeLorean
Headlight looks like a City Car. That's going to be my guess.
It’s 100% a 1990’s Twike.
I'm aware you've got a lot on your plate, in both UA-cam projects, due to their complexity and cost and, i'm sure, real life things. So this is in no way a complaint or me telling you to hurry up etc… I very much enjoy any and every video you put out, whenever they get put out. But i'd be really curious in an update video, just to remind us of all the current cars/vehicles you own and their current states/plans for them. It was just as you mentioned the bus that i was thinking we hadn't seen it in a while and was curious what was going on with it.
I watch your Factor ad spots! They're delivered in an entertaining way, and though Factor isn't what I need right now, there have been times it would have been a godsend, and may be again! The meals do look good.
Yay! Another aging wheels video! Thank you.
This makes me feel better for buying the wrong disc brakes for my project car and not returning them.
Same for me buying the wrong PC fan. I still have it just in case I decide to upgrade later
You should buy a Datsun 100a
Same about the batteries. Love your channel keep doing what you are 😁👍
You are a genius! I always laugh and enjoy your videos, the things you do and the little jokes you slip once in a while while being totally sarcastic! My best Subscription so far!
The blurry thing must be a Twike.
We already know he has a twike. Could be that.
8:24 the headlights match
@@erezra Wow, you're right.
To add to that. He used "ride" instead of "drive". The thing can apparently be moved without power with the doors closed. Something you cannot do with the AZ-1 (currently the most popular guess). We know that the Twike he has needs new batteries.
@@tomhsia4354 and you open up the top like he did. It's 100 % a Twike.
XD. I like it how you make the sponsored ads entertaining and brief to the point. XD. UNLIKE UA-cam.
I can’t thank the YT algorithm enough for bring in funny entertaining YT car project channels like Aging Wheels and Super Fast Matt to my feed. Learn so much and have a great time. Bravo! Thanks for the awesome content!
I ALWAYS watch your ads. Absolutely brilliant pieces of video
blud is NOT throwing away that piece of shit 😭🙏
That's kinda the whole gimmick of the channel, God awful cars with quirky character and dubious function and reliability that are oddly endearing.
@@MrJavier1223baby, i know...
Theres a select few youtubers whos ad reads i refuse to skip. You are one of them. Also the rest of your content is tip top notch!
Almost 1k comments in a day! Great job, love seeing the channel grow!
I don't skip your sponsors because they're funny!
Well I don't skip them all the time. Most of the time I watch at least half of it.
Usually I skip past ads in videos but you make yours interesting enough to watch regardless of how uninterested I am in the product. Athletic Greens being a primary one.
This is probably the best channel on UA-cam. Lomger or shorter videos. All great entertainment. Keep up the good work
I was operating ‘wasp cam’. Got the info I needed. Thanks.
Aging wheels is the only channel i don't fast forward the commercial read....it is actually just as entertaining as the rest of the video.
My guess based on the headlight/white car shot in the corner is the 1970s CitiCar
Dude more wood working vids! I love your sense of humor esp about wood working. So funny. Miss you making vids on your other channel.
I actually never skip your ad reads because you make them so entertaining!
@2:00 I think yours and Ryan George's "Pitch Meetings" are the only in vid spots that I don't skip because they are amusing enough that they count as content. SO, HA! THERE! I showed you!
I love that you browse battery hookup like it’s Amazon (I do that too)
You are one of the best channels on UA-cam and always make me look at tragically broken cars to buy
i look forward to the ford youre working on converting. I'd love to see that.
7:00 Looking forward to hearing about Aging Solar.
Yay, new video! I can't wait to see what the new project is!
I mean... at least he mentioned the bus!
This type of humor you have is very difficult for someone who doesn't have talent, and it's the most perfect of all, it makes me laugh out loud.
You got me with that factor ad
I never skip the video sponsor ads for 2 reasons if I like the content i know you get paid by that so I'll watch and 2 I can't miss the humor of what you put in the ads
Great video as always, Robert. I never skip the ads on your channel, because it seems like awesome stuff, and people should buy what you're shilling. The Wheego is a nonstop source of humor for this channel, and I appreciate it. Too bad those batteries were terrible!
Underground mining equipment may be electric for making their emmisions total underground lower.
You have a Lada Signet! I sold them new in Canada, 1500cc with a manual 5 speed. Our biggest problem with them was no AC and no automatic. Common faults, rear wheel cylinders, upper and lower ball joints, sometimes front calipers. Very tough car.
I'm so happy you're back doing wheego stuff
Youd need a massive fly swatter for the blurred thing, it is a bug after all 😂
I don't skip the advertising, it's fun to watch.
I sure do wish I understood what you were saying here because it sounded fascinating to me! Love your videos and I can’t wait to see the Escape under its own power 😊
tbh most creators I skip the sponsor spot but you and Mista GG almost always have the best skits or reads. Keep being awesome.
Your promo parts are by far the funniest ones I've seen :)
Can't believe I'm excited for more wheego videos.
TBT (That Blurry Thing) looks awesome.
That's a sneaky Twike you got hiding in plain sight there Robert ;)