I'm glad I found your channel Brian. This is exactly the kind of content I'm researching. I counsel the homeless and unlike most who counsel the homeless I look for methods and systems to make their lives more bearable during their time spent living on the streets. I've designed an inexpensive off the ground camping unit that I can put together for approximately $500.00. I want to add an inexpensive power source that they can use to cook and heat their poertable sleeping units in inclement weather. Being cold on a winter night sucks I'm sure. Having an inexpensive way of being able to cook a hot meal and wash up with hot water is my goal, not forgetting having a way to charge their cell phones and tablets. What you are talking about in this video got my attention. Please do show what you use and how we can use your products to obtain our objectives. Thank you so muck brother. God bless you Brian.
Cooking and heating with 12 v / 24 v battery set ups can get expensive. Maybe a small 12 kettle could work but takes around 20 mins to 40 mins depending on size. Would work hot water in a hot water bottle.
What an amazing project, I’d like to help anyway I can! One thing to look into, is heated pads that run on 12 V. It’s far more cost-effective to sleep on a heated pad, than it is to try to heat the air with batteries. Keep me in the loop!
Brian, I cannot thank you enough for this valuable content. You are a born teacher and make otherwise intimidating content easily understood. I appreciate the fact that you also approach this from the perspective of someone not knowing anything about these topics because while I understand some of it, I am certainly a “beginner”. Not only am I looking at this type of a set up for camping and outdoor purposes but I am also looking at it from an emergency preparedness perspective so if you can incorporate some of that knowledge into content to help us decide what battery sizes would be good for which applications both in the home and at the campsite that would be extremely helpful!
@@DIYOutdoorLife Love your channel and was so happy to know you are from NY! I am located in Upstate NY, so the 'Dacks are my favorite place to spend time. I have spent almost every summer in those mountains for the better part of my life.
@ in The Rochester/Finger Lakes area. 30 Minutes from Letchworth! Would love to know if you’re ever going to be in that area or hosting a camping event there.
Great content for beginners, glad you did this. You could also connect the 12V batteries in series to double, triple, or quadruple the charging time of a portable power bank according to the voltage limitations of the solar input of the unit. Great job.
I might get into this in a future video, because it’s a little bit more complicated. EcoFlow uses an XT 60 as well as an XT 60i. You have to trigger the solar charger with an XT 60i wired correctly to get best results, but they definitely like the higher voltage charging. Thank you for watching and commenting, I will do a video on this eventually .
Dude, this was such a great video. I’ve been watching a ton of portable power bank videos and you shed some light on a lot I didn’t know still. Just subscribed.
This type of setup makes a lot of sense for our family to run our 12 volt refrigerator while camping. We never use the 110 inverter. Thank for the tips.
Great video with a lot of good info. We speak the same language. Exactly why we power our camper with a 12v power station versus a big fancy power station running a higher voltage battery. That is a great price for a 100 amh 12 lipo battery with bluetooth and built in heater! I won't buy a lipo battery anymore without built in blue tooth monitoring. A bluetooth shunt is great but its a hard sell getting customers to spend the money for a shunt. Getting a battery with the bluetooth built in is much cheaper option and gives the owner much needed information.
I finally made the move and went full blast battery: bought a Silverado EV and running the camping trailer from it. No need for inverters or batteries now, got them in the car. Wish I could charge solar though (maybe with a tonneau cover or something?) but haven't found nice products yet. Love your videos!
@DIYOutdoorLife Thanks ! Problem is that you can't charge DC unless it's from fast chargers so charging solar means going from DC to AC and then back to DC in the car battery so there's lotsa waste. I saw a prototype super expensive charger from Europe but that's not in the cards for me. The truck was expensive enough 😅.
Your content is always so relevant, and I am really interested to learn more about the inverter use with a battery. I can see a world of possibilities!
Hey! Great content. I got some great info from you about solar for my RV and we did off grid camping for the first time. Thank you! I'd love to see both the inverter and alternator charger be reviewed.
I like the pecron car charger because it strikes a happy medium. It will charge your power station from that battery at 500 watts. Granted it is less then ecoflows 800 watts but its only 150 bucks compared to 600 bucks. You can use it with any power station brand it doesn't have to be a pecron. Great video as always!
We’ll have a video coming out soon. I’m 100% with you, the pecron is amazing for the price. What surprised me is the amount of extra features on the EF. It’s not just faster, it’s bidirectional and can do all sorts of other things. If you are just looking for alternator charge, pecron is a value. if you want to do battery to battery charging, and even use your power station to wall or solar charge the stand alone battery, the EF is the only game in town.
@@DIYOutdoorLife Eco flow is the Cadilac of this industry no doubt about it. As far as bang for your buck Pecron makes solar affordable for middle class people like me while still getting a good product. They are not the best power stations but they are well built and get the job done.
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This is great. I had been wondering if it would be safe to do this with the car plugs to increase capacity on my Jackery Explorer 1000v2. Please do another one about how to add an inverter to speed up charging. Lots of the other videos about this involve soldering, or they pass over quickly on exactly what cables to get and/or how to connect them. You explained it clearly and found a really easy way for us to do this. Thanks.
If you get a couple xt60i cables, fuse the positive, you can use that to bypass 8a limit, and dual input to the delta 2 max for around 385-400w input from the external battery. Also good for alternator charging, although gotta be careful not to stress alternator too much, so you could add a relay for a switch, or just use 1 xt60i cables for ~200w, which should work fine with most alternators.
Bingo! I have a nice set up to run with XT60i. I will probably get into it with the future video, I didn’t wanna overwhelm. Since they prefer voltage over current on these EcoFlows, using a 24 V battery or two in series is a nice upgrade.
The ecoflow price has come way down. Use 100ah 12 volt with river 2 pro. Love it. Also use with 2000 watt inverter, Mppt controller and a 20 Amp dctodc charger in the car to keep the lifepo4 battery charged.
This would be a great video! Show how to recharge a EcoFlow power station. Contact EcoFlow and ask them to send you their new 100AH stand alone battery. If I’m remembering correctly, their stand alone battery is priced about the same.
Terrific video - thanks. I love how simple it is to get DC power this way. Don't pay $150 for that lousy Anker Solix C300 unit when you can do this! Here's my video request list. 1. Can you create something similar that can draw 30-50 amps of DC power? 2. Where do you think the tipping point is between adding an inverter and solar charging as compared to an AIO unit? 3. Many content creators do a DC capacity test, where they tell you that the DC capacity of a PPS is XX% of its rated capacity. I think this is the common way they explain how the regulated aspect of a PPS draws excess power. 4. I would love to get your take on the so-called "handtruck" power stations popularized by Will Prowse and Lithium Solar. I assume they are not very portable, but by using a server rack battery and an EG4 inverter/charger they offer a lot of power in a small package. 4. How about a video demonstrating how you can run a teardrop completely on DC power - no AC required. I'd love to see that! I've now completely occupied your entire winter! 😂
#1 isn't hard. The reason it's hard to get that many amps out of a commercial unit is because they run a 48V battery to run the inverter, and the DC loads are an afterthought because most people need the AC not the DC. To get 30-50 amps DC, you have to connect directly to the battery and not through a DC-DC converter. I've done it many times to run large 12VDC loads with various combinations of powerpole connectors from the typical 15/30/45 connectors, to SB50, and up to SB120. You can find powerpole blocks and bulkhead connectors. You can also find 100W USB PD chargers that will run off 12VDC from places like Cool Gear. I basically dump a battery into a pelican-style case (Harbor Freight has cheaper weather-proof pelican cases) with a solar charge controller and powerpole block. #3. I think Will means portable in the sense that you can tuck it away in the corner of your garage when you don't need it. I wouldn't consider a hand truck to be portable like taking it camping. #4. If he doesn't care (I'm not monetized and don't plan to be), I'll mention my other persona / channel where I do just that for the most part (you can also see my battery box video with 100A+ 12VDC output). I have a video of me doing it to my F150 where I'm running things like amateur radios, refrigerated coolers, USB PD chargers, etc off a 12V auxiliary battery system with solar charge capability. I'm also a few hours to a day away from posting something similar I did to my Hiker camper but also added reading lights and a 12V fan near the head of the bed. I did add an inverter, though, as a concession to my wife for some of her creature comforts.
good day........ at timestamp 17:45 I would love to see more videos of you setting up systems using inverters and solar and all kinds of charging and storing power set ups
This is a good question, I’ll have to look more into that. I shut off the Bluetooth receiving and on the phone, and I haven’t noticed any phantom draw. If the battery is turned on, but you don’t want to use Bluetooth, I’ll look into seeing if there’s a way to shut that off.
A lead acid starting battery might run out of charge trying to run these things. Run the furnace all night and the truck might not start in the morning. A 100 amp hour deep cycle lead acid battery can be directly replaced with a small lightweight 50 amp hour lithium battery. Lithium batteries have some downsides, too. Can't charge them below freezing or you instantly destroy it. Change camper lights to LED bulbs and they need about 1/10th the amps as a tungsten fillament light bulb.
Although you can do that, you run the risk of really running down your truck battery and possibly damaging it. It’s a far superior system to install a separate battery in the camper section of the truck. I would definitely go with the lithium. As the other comment her suggested, you want to select the right one. If you go with cold temperature protection, you won’t damage anything. If you need to charge and cold temperatures, go with one of the heated options that are cheaper than ever.
One more question,( if you do an alternator charger review). Will you please show how to charge the 100AH battery. The charger has the cable connected to the vehicle on one end and an ecoflow battery on the other. So how does one charge a 100AH battery (not the vehicle battery) using the charger?
I will show that. With that device, you just remove it from your tow vehicle battery and place it on the battery you want to charge. There’s a number of different different ways to install it, I’m looking forward to showing some tricks as well
@@DIYOutdoorLife I’ll look forward to the video. I’m having a mechanic install the cable from the vehicle battery through the firewall to inside my van. It would be nice if there were a way to charge a 100AH LiFepo4 battery without having to disconnect the cable from the car battery. If Ecoflow sold an extra cable the problem would be solved. Thanks for keeping it simple and detailed. I’m just learning, and you can’t dumb it down enough for me.
Great video! I realize I am about to ask the potential "will it run my ac all weekend" question, and may require further details. But i am gonna ask anyhow... I'm looking to do a solar setup/battery bank on the tiny house at camp. We tend to lose power often and would like to keep our well pump running along with full size refrigerator and lights. Would you recommend this brand of battery for that sort of setup?
This would be perfect. as you suggested, there’s a little bit more complexity and adding up your loads to accurately size your gear. I’m happy to do it with you anytime you want, reach out and we’ll do sizing together.
Any pointers on how to charge the standalone battery back up while traveling? I love the idea of adding capacity to my power station, but I’m curious about the recommended/best ways to charge it back up as quickly as possible. Since EcoFlow released their own 12v battery, I was wondering if they might ever release a parallel plug for their proprietary port on the side of the Delta series that would basically allow you to manage charging and discharging through the power station and have that affordable option for increasing capacity.
There are a ton of options, but EcoFlow actually released the exact product that you’re talking about, video coming soon. You can attach a solar charge controller, and charge your battery with solar . You can use the standalone charger when you have shore power, like I discussed in this video . I will do a video very shortly on the alternator charger. amzn.to/3O5dWr0 This will allow you to charge the standalone battery from your power station . You can use solar, your tow vehicle or a wall charge to charge up your power station and transfer to the standalone battery… total game changer!
@ thanks! I was hoping for another way of doing it besides paying $600 for that Ecflow alternator charger…maybe one day they’ll make a cable that goes from the proprietary dc port to battery terminals and let us get a little more creative with our setups now that they’re making 12v batteries! Fingers crossed!
If i put 4 12vdc batteries in series, 48vdc, I could charge my bluetti 180 ac much faster, then get a 48 volt dc battery charger to recharge the battery whilst on shore power? For my boat.
Brian this is awesome stuff! I'm new to the solar/ off grid power idea. I have a Hiker Trailer that I've had for 2 years now gotten used. It came with a Lead Acid battery and would someday like to upgraded it someday soon. Could you show what you would add to something like this? mostly we just use D.C. power, I have a 600 watt inverter, renogy solar controller, and it came with a zamp suitcase, and a 90watt glass panel on top off 2021 build. maybe upgrade to MPPT and will my Noco battery charger work or do I need a new one? this video was very helpful if I didn't get that out. Thanks Again. Mark
Upgrading to a lithium battery on your Hiker is a great idea. It’s always best to use an MPPT when you can. The NOCO can charge lithium batteries, but I’ve never been very happy with it. On my Hiker, I went with the Victron wall charger and couldn’t recommend it any more. Thanks for watching!
Great explanation! A EcoFlow Delta 2 is the equivalent to your small 100 AH battery. Both are 100AH. EcoFlow is offering great deals and will be discounted for Black Friday. Like you explained, the EF stations already have the various output connections, inverter, and battery charger installed. The stand alone battery, requires you to purchase 12v connectors cable, battery charger and inverter, which are not cheap. When you buy all those extra parts for the stand alone battery, the price is going to be comparable to a discounted EF Delta 2 which charges fully in 1 hour from a wall outlet. Could you do a cost comparison between a EF Delta 2 and what it costs to duplicate that with the 100AH battery plus all the separate parts? It is worth noting, that once you buy a separate battery charger and inverter, you could use them on other stand alone batteries. So there is some savings there.
These are great points and I definitely do a lot of videos on the EF power stations, it’s hard to go wrong there. Your numbers, however, are a little bit off. The Delta two is just over 1000 W hours, this is 1300 . On the DC side, you’re just over 80% efficient, you’re going to get just over 800 W hours - with this you get 1280. This video focuses on DC set ups, for the reasons we talked about . Although you’re not going to beat the all-in-one systems for ease of use, for the standalone batteries on 12 V use, you’re getting considerably more for your money. I have a EcoFlow Delta 3+ video coming out very soon, will discuss some of the breakdown . Both options are incredible, it’ll come down to preference.
There’s a huge spectrum of price and quality. These batteries of the cheapest quality batteries on the market that I’ve worked with, there’s a few other contenders.
@ there is one for $169, I actually got it on sale a few months ago for $149. As long as we get grade A cells and don’t abuse it, it should be performing for years.
👍 it’s almost always a BMS over the cells too. 90% of the failures in the first five years. It’s really nice to see the price coming down, good warranties, etc..
I'm glad I found your channel Brian. This is exactly the kind of content I'm researching. I counsel the homeless and unlike most who counsel the homeless I look for methods and systems to make their lives more bearable during their time spent living on the streets. I've designed an inexpensive off the ground camping unit that I can put together for approximately $500.00. I want to add an inexpensive power source that they can use to cook and heat their poertable sleeping units in inclement weather. Being cold on a winter night sucks I'm sure. Having an inexpensive way of being able to cook a hot meal and wash up with hot water is my goal, not forgetting having a way to charge their cell phones and tablets. What you are talking about in this video got my attention. Please do show what you use and how we can use your products to obtain our objectives. Thank you so muck brother. God bless you Brian.
Cooking and heating with 12 v / 24 v battery set ups can get expensive. Maybe a small 12 kettle could work but takes around 20 mins to 40 mins depending on size. Would work hot water in a hot water bottle.
What an amazing project, I’d like to help anyway I can! One thing to look into, is heated pads that run on 12 V. It’s far more cost-effective to sleep on a heated pad, than it is to try to heat the air with batteries. Keep me in the loop!
Brian, I cannot thank you enough for this valuable content. You are a born teacher and make otherwise intimidating content easily understood. I appreciate the fact that you also approach this from the perspective of someone not knowing anything about these topics because while I understand some of it, I am certainly a “beginner”. Not only am I looking at this type of a set up for camping and outdoor purposes but I am also looking at it from an emergency preparedness perspective so if you can incorporate some of that knowledge into content to help us decide what battery sizes would be good for which applications both in the home and at the campsite that would be extremely helpful!
You got it, that’s a very important topic. I appreciate you watching the channel, lots more content like this to come.
@@DIYOutdoorLife Love your channel and was so happy to know you are from NY! I am located in Upstate NY, so the 'Dacks are my favorite place to spend time. I have spent almost every summer in those mountains for the better part of my life.
@@angelabrodie2483nice! What general area of the state are you in?
@ in The Rochester/Finger Lakes area. 30 Minutes from Letchworth! Would love to know if you’re ever going to be in that area or hosting a camping event there.
@@angelabrodie2483 I lived in Brockport for four years!
Do a video on the other setups please!! Particularly with the alternator charger and inverter.
You got it, coming soon!
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Please include a pricing compassion as well.
Great content for beginners, glad you did this. You could also connect the 12V batteries in series to double, triple, or quadruple the charging time of a portable power bank according to the voltage limitations of the solar input of the unit. Great job.
I might get into this in a future video, because it’s a little bit more complicated. EcoFlow uses an XT 60 as well as an XT 60i. You have to trigger the solar charger with an XT 60i wired correctly to get best results, but they definitely like the higher voltage charging.
Thank you for watching and commenting, I will do a video on this eventually .
Dude, this was such a great video. I’ve been watching a ton of portable power bank videos and you shed some light on a lot I didn’t know still. Just subscribed.
Welcome aboard! Thank you for watching the channel, we have dozens of portable power videos to check out.
Yes, alternator charger and inverter. Great simple explanation, one of the best!
Coming soon, thank you for watching!
This type of setup makes a lot of sense for our family to run our 12 volt refrigerator while camping. We never use the 110 inverter. Thank for the tips.
12 V is the way to go for value and run time!
Another banger video. I wish more manufacturers would focus more on DC only solutions.
I agree, maybe we can move the needle if we keep talking about it!
Great video with a lot of good info. We speak the same language. Exactly why we power our camper with a 12v power station versus a big fancy power station running a higher voltage battery.
That is a great price for a 100 amh 12 lipo battery with bluetooth and built in heater! I won't buy a lipo battery anymore without built in blue tooth monitoring. A bluetooth shunt is great but its a hard sell getting customers to spend the money for a shunt. Getting a battery with the bluetooth built in is much cheaper option and gives the owner much needed information.
I’m with you in 100%. a lot of us thought that Bluetooth and apps and batteries was unnecessary, it’s now an essential part of the system!
Was absolutely fantastic content, delivery, and planning of how you deliver the content. Subscribed
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much for subscribing to the channel.
I finally made the move and went full blast battery: bought a Silverado EV and running the camping trailer from it. No need for inverters or batteries now, got them in the car. Wish I could charge solar though (maybe with a tonneau cover or something?) but haven't found nice products yet. Love your videos!
That’s awesome, seems like a great set up! I hope they start coming out with some cool solar options for EVs.
@DIYOutdoorLife Thanks ! Problem is that you can't charge DC unless it's from fast chargers so charging solar means going from DC to AC and then back to DC in the car battery so there's lotsa waste. I saw a prototype super expensive charger from Europe but that's not in the cards for me. The truck was expensive enough 😅.
@@nixquev exactly, but the future comes soon!
Your content is always so relevant, and I am really interested to learn more about the inverter use with a battery. I can see a world of possibilities!
Thank you Julie, I have a video all about inverters coming soon!
I actually live full-time and a bushwacker HD 10 I would love to attend one of the bushwacker camping trips that you attended
I will keep putting it out there when they’re coming up, would love to see you there!
Hey! Great content. I got some great info from you about solar for my RV and we did off grid camping for the first time. Thank you! I'd love to see both the inverter and alternator charger be reviewed.
Thank you for watching the channel, those videos are coming soon!
My favorite way to use these batteries!!
Definitely a great value, your set up rocks!
I like the pecron car charger because it strikes a happy medium. It will charge your power station from that battery at 500 watts. Granted it is less then ecoflows 800 watts but its only 150 bucks compared to 600 bucks. You can use it with any power station brand it doesn't have to be a pecron. Great video as always!
We’ll have a video coming out soon. I’m 100% with you, the pecron is amazing for the price. What surprised me is the amount of extra features on the EF. It’s not just faster, it’s bidirectional and can do all sorts of other things. If you are just looking for alternator charge, pecron is a value. if you want to do battery to battery charging, and even use your power station to wall or solar charge the stand alone battery, the EF is the only game in town.
@@DIYOutdoorLife Eco flow is the Cadilac of this industry no doubt about it. As far as bang for your buck Pecron makes solar affordable for middle class people like me while still getting a good product. They are not the best power stations but they are well built and get the job done.
@@johnmal5975I’ll try to show more of their stuff on the channel, I think you’re right
Great tips. Great way to rethink power supply
Thank you, I appreciate you watching the videos!
Nice vid. A good overview of this battery manufacturer.
Thank you, I think it’s a great bang for the buck!
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Thank you so much, I really appreciate you watching the videos on the channel 🙏
Great information! Keep this type of content coming!
Thank you, will do!
That was an awesome video. Thank you for making it. Yes I want to hear what you were suggesting.
Stay tuned, will have some new videos coming out on the topic soon!
Great stuff Brian, keep it coming!
Appreciate it! Thank you for watching the videos.
Awesome video, love the instructional stuff when I learn something!
Thank you, I appreciate you watching!
This is great. I had been wondering if it would be safe to do this with the car plugs to increase capacity on my Jackery Explorer 1000v2. Please do another one about how to add an inverter to speed up charging. Lots of the other videos about this involve soldering, or they pass over quickly on exactly what cables to get and/or how to connect them. You explained it clearly and found a really easy way for us to do this. Thanks.
You got it! Thank you so much for watching, lots more content coming.
If you get a couple xt60i cables, fuse the positive, you can use that to bypass 8a limit, and dual input to the delta 2 max for around 385-400w input from the external battery. Also good for alternator charging, although gotta be careful not to stress alternator too much, so you could add a relay for a switch, or just use 1 xt60i cables for ~200w, which should work fine with most alternators.
Bingo! I have a nice set up to run with XT60i. I will probably get into it with the future video, I didn’t wanna overwhelm. Since they prefer voltage over current on these EcoFlows, using a 24 V battery or two in series is a nice upgrade.
Short the middle data pin to the negative side to get a faster charge. Data pin to positive will limit the charge rate to 8 amps.
The ecoflow price has come way down. Use 100ah 12 volt with river 2 pro. Love it. Also use with 2000 watt inverter, Mppt controller and a 20 Amp dctodc charger in the car to keep the lifepo4 battery charged.
That’s a great system, even the new EcoFlow power stations are being offered at excellent prices!
This would be a great video! Show how to recharge a EcoFlow power station. Contact EcoFlow and ask them to send you their new 100AH stand alone battery. If I’m remembering correctly, their stand alone battery is priced about the same.
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You just made the large battery I decided not to use in my camper useful again. Thanks.
That’s great to hear. Keep me in the loop!
Terrific video - thanks. I love how simple it is to get DC power this way. Don't pay $150 for that lousy Anker Solix C300 unit when you can do this! Here's my video request list. 1. Can you create something similar that can draw 30-50 amps of DC power? 2. Where do you think the tipping point is between adding an inverter and solar charging as compared to an AIO unit? 3. Many content creators do a DC capacity test, where they tell you that the DC capacity of a PPS is XX% of its rated capacity. I think this is the common way they explain how the regulated aspect of a PPS draws excess power. 4. I would love to get your take on the so-called "handtruck" power stations popularized by Will Prowse and Lithium Solar. I assume they are not very portable, but by using a server rack battery and an EG4 inverter/charger they offer a lot of power in a small package. 4. How about a video demonstrating how you can run a teardrop completely on DC power - no AC required. I'd love to see that! I've now completely occupied your entire winter! 😂
#1 isn't hard. The reason it's hard to get that many amps out of a commercial unit is because they run a 48V battery to run the inverter, and the DC loads are an afterthought because most people need the AC not the DC. To get 30-50 amps DC, you have to connect directly to the battery and not through a DC-DC converter. I've done it many times to run large 12VDC loads with various combinations of powerpole connectors from the typical 15/30/45 connectors, to SB50, and up to SB120. You can find powerpole blocks and bulkhead connectors. You can also find 100W USB PD chargers that will run off 12VDC from places like Cool Gear. I basically dump a battery into a pelican-style case (Harbor Freight has cheaper weather-proof pelican cases) with a solar charge controller and powerpole block.
#3. I think Will means portable in the sense that you can tuck it away in the corner of your garage when you don't need it. I wouldn't consider a hand truck to be portable like taking it camping.
#4. If he doesn't care (I'm not monetized and don't plan to be), I'll mention my other persona / channel where I do just that for the most part (you can also see my battery box video with 100A+ 12VDC output). I have a video of me doing it to my F150 where I'm running things like amateur radios, refrigerated coolers, USB PD chargers, etc off a 12V auxiliary battery system with solar charge capability. I'm also a few hours to a day away from posting something similar I did to my Hiker camper but also added reading lights and a 12V fan near the head of the bed. I did add an inverter, though, as a concession to my wife for some of her creature comforts.
@@major__kong Thanks Major. I don't see a link to your "other persona," only to the site for your major_kong location. Did I miss something?
@@twloughlin it might not let him link, here it is-
youtube.com/@littlemiamifab?feature=shared
@@DIYOutdoorLife Sorry, I'm just catching up. That's looks correct.
Please more Brian !!!!!!!
You got it, I appreciate you watching the videos! More to come…
Could you solar charge the battery (with a solar charge controller) and simultaneously run power to the EcoFlow from the battery?
Yes, no problem
Great class!
Thank you so much for watching!
good day........ at timestamp 17:45 I would love to see more videos of you setting up systems using inverters and solar and all kinds of charging and storing power set ups
You got it, more videos to come!
@DIYOutdoorLife kool
can i do this same setup with the smaller eco river 2? and use and charge from the alternator?
Yes, you can charge the EcoFlow from the car charger that comes with it, and you can also hook it to these batteries to do the same thing.
Nice video. Are you able to turn off Bluetooth from the interface on the Temgot Battery? looks like there's only a pwr button.
This is a good question, I’ll have to look more into that. I shut off the Bluetooth receiving and on the phone, and I haven’t noticed any phantom draw. If the battery is turned on, but you don’t want to use Bluetooth, I’ll look into seeing if there’s a way to shut that off.
@@DIYOutdoorLife Awesome. Look forward to what you find.Thank you for responding.
Can you run from the eco flow while backing up from the temkot?
Yes, I use and charge simultaneously frequently
Thanks for the video and good info
Can you just direct wire into the fuse box of a truck camper to run the 12V things in the camper? Lights, furnace, and fridge on propane?
A lead acid starting battery might run out of charge trying to run these things. Run the furnace all night and the truck might not start in the morning. A 100 amp hour deep cycle lead acid battery can be directly replaced with a small lightweight 50 amp hour lithium battery.
Lithium batteries have some downsides, too. Can't charge them below freezing or you instantly destroy it. Change camper lights to LED bulbs and they need about 1/10th the amps as a tungsten fillament light bulb.
Although you can do that, you run the risk of really running down your truck battery and possibly damaging it. It’s a far superior system to install a separate battery in the camper section of the truck. I would definitely go with the lithium.
As the other comment her suggested, you want to select the right one. If you go with cold temperature protection, you won’t damage anything. If you need to charge and cold temperatures, go with one of the heated options that are cheaper than ever.
One more question,( if you do an alternator charger review). Will you please show how to charge the 100AH battery. The charger has the cable connected to the vehicle on one end and an ecoflow battery on the other. So how does one charge a 100AH battery (not the vehicle battery) using the charger?
I will show that. With that device, you just remove it from your tow vehicle battery and place it on the battery you want to charge. There’s a number of different different ways to install it, I’m looking forward to showing some tricks as well
@@DIYOutdoorLife I’ll look forward to the video. I’m having a mechanic install the cable from the vehicle battery through the firewall to inside my van. It would be nice if there were a way to charge a 100AH LiFepo4 battery without having to disconnect the cable from the car battery. If Ecoflow sold an extra cable the problem would be solved. Thanks for keeping it simple and detailed. I’m just learning, and you can’t dumb it down enough for me.
Great video!
I realize I am about to ask the potential "will it run my ac all weekend" question, and may require further details. But i am gonna ask anyhow...
I'm looking to do a solar setup/battery bank on the tiny house at camp. We tend to lose power often and would like to keep our well pump running along with full size refrigerator and lights. Would you recommend this brand of battery for that sort of setup?
This would be perfect. as you suggested, there’s a little bit more complexity and adding up your loads to accurately size your gear. I’m happy to do it with you anytime you want, reach out and we’ll do sizing together.
@@DIYOutdoorLife thanks Brian!!
Any pointers on how to charge the standalone battery back up while traveling? I love the idea of adding capacity to my power station, but I’m curious about the recommended/best ways to charge it back up as quickly as possible. Since EcoFlow released their own 12v battery, I was wondering if they might ever release a parallel plug for their proprietary port on the side of the Delta series that would basically allow you to manage charging and discharging through the power station and have that affordable option for increasing capacity.
There are a ton of options, but EcoFlow actually released the exact product that you’re talking about, video coming soon.
You can attach a solar charge controller, and charge your battery with solar .
You can use the standalone charger when you have shore power, like I discussed in this video .
I will do a video very shortly on the alternator charger.
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This will allow you to charge the standalone battery from your power station . You can use solar, your tow vehicle or a wall charge to charge up your power station and transfer to the standalone battery… total game changer!
@ thanks! I was hoping for another way of doing it besides paying $600 for that Ecflow alternator charger…maybe one day they’ll make a cable that goes from the proprietary dc port to battery terminals and let us get a little more creative with our setups now that they’re making 12v batteries! Fingers crossed!
If i put 4 12vdc batteries in series, 48vdc, I could charge my bluetti 180 ac much faster, then get a 48 volt dc battery charger to recharge the battery whilst on shore power? For my boat.
Those higher voltage systems are great for charging power stations. I use that trick on almost all of my other systems.
Brian this is awesome stuff! I'm new to the solar/ off grid power idea. I have a Hiker Trailer that I've had for 2 years now gotten used. It came with a Lead Acid battery and would someday like to upgraded it someday soon. Could you show what you would add to something like this? mostly we just use D.C. power, I have a 600 watt inverter, renogy solar controller, and it came with a zamp suitcase, and a 90watt glass panel on top off 2021 build. maybe upgrade to MPPT and will my Noco battery charger work or do I need a new one? this video was very helpful if I didn't get that out. Thanks Again. Mark
Upgrading to a lithium battery on your Hiker is a great idea. It’s always best to use an MPPT when you can. The NOCO can charge lithium batteries, but I’ve never been very happy with it. On my Hiker, I went with the Victron wall charger and couldn’t recommend it any more.
Thanks for watching!
If this was food for thought, I am STUFFED. Great meal for my 🧠
Thank you, I appreciate you watching!
Great explanation! A EcoFlow Delta 2 is the equivalent to your small 100 AH battery. Both are 100AH. EcoFlow is offering great deals and will be discounted for Black Friday. Like you explained, the EF stations already have the various output connections, inverter, and battery charger installed.
The stand alone battery, requires you to purchase 12v connectors cable, battery charger and inverter, which are not cheap. When you buy all those extra parts for the stand alone battery, the price is going to be comparable to a discounted EF Delta 2 which charges fully in 1 hour from a wall outlet.
Could you do a cost comparison between a EF Delta 2 and what it costs to duplicate that with the 100AH battery plus all the separate parts?
It is worth noting, that once you buy a separate battery charger and inverter, you could use them on other stand alone batteries. So there is some savings there.
These are great points and I definitely do a lot of videos on the EF power stations, it’s hard to go wrong there. Your numbers, however, are a little bit off.
The Delta two is just over 1000 W hours, this is 1300 .
On the DC side, you’re just over 80% efficient, you’re going to get just over 800 W hours - with this you get 1280.
This video focuses on DC set ups, for the reasons we talked about . Although you’re not going to beat the all-in-one systems for ease of use, for the standalone batteries on 12 V use, you’re getting considerably more for your money.
I have a EcoFlow Delta 3+ video coming out very soon, will discuss some of the breakdown . Both options are incredible, it’ll come down to preference.
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If anyone is interested in doing this type of setup, Black Friday sales are coming soon! It’s the best time to save money.
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I couldn’t find the 120v plug in charger in your list
Woops - thank you for the heads up!
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Can you show how to charge the battery with solar an inverter. This way you can charge without grid power
Yes, will do. That’s for watching!
Great 😊
Thank you, I appreciate you tuning into the channel!
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Wow, you’re usually faster than this! 😆
The terms cheaper and bottom of the the barrel did not do these batteries justice.
There’s a huge spectrum of price and quality. These batteries of the cheapest quality batteries on the market that I’ve worked with, there’s a few other contenders.
Too expensive at $299
They have a $200 option and my coupon works on these. it’s neck and neck as the cheapest battery on the market with these options 🤷♂️
@ there is one for $169, I actually got it on sale a few months ago for $149. As long as we get grade A cells and don’t abuse it, it should be performing for years.
👍 it’s almost always a BMS over the cells too. 90% of the failures in the first five years. It’s really nice to see the price coming down, good warranties, etc..
@ yes, love the current prices. Wanna bet in 5 years it’s $75 for a 100ah/12v battery ?