"We will sleep with the lights on, why not?" Mosquitos... Mosquitos is why not!

This chapter was really satisfying to watch I love seeing people crafting stuff

This panel can put out close to 100 watts kzfaq.infoUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.

For welding outside a stick welder is the better choice anyways. Since with TIG welding you could face the problem that the wind carries the inert gas away and mess up the weld.

Really love to see this building process! :D Thing are reeaalllyy coming together! So excited! GREAT JOB as always!

When your system is fully charged run the power over to a water heater.

Another great video and fun to watch! Your solar setup is amazing. And you seem to be a jack of all trades.....very handy! Funny to see the Mrs do the heavy lifting. You and her go very well together.

Great series of videos on your journey. Have you considered adding a small wind turbine and hydro generator to your system. they would help to keep your batteries charging 24 hours a day and on rainy days when the sunlight is reduced. A small 'overshot' waterwheel would be a nice feature in place of the waterfall that you created. It would give you the sound of running water that you want and also generate power. Great to see that you have your priorities right, 'A great place for a break and a cup holder'.

Hi Dave, really nice system you have there! If the breaker of the generator trips when you're using your mig welder, put all the extension cords that you have between the generator and the mig welder. It serves as a "dampener" for the power peaks that the welder draws. I have the same problem at home, but with a 50 meter powercord between the welder and the wall socket, that problem is gone, and works great :) (i actualy use a "haspel" which is still wound up, so it acts like a coil. Overheating of the "haspel" is apparently not an isue, because the built in thermal breaker has never kicked in). You can atleast give it a try, else your welder is useless :(

Excellent progress! Starting with a small solar power system & generator creates a practical need to monitor & conserve power, while starting with grid power tends to promote excessive consumption because electric utility power rates are so cheap. A more sustainable community needs to be based upon universal acceptance of the need to monitor & conserve power, water, and other vital resources by the entire community. (Mainstream societies are not sustainable precisely because most citizens do not accept the need to reduce their resource demand footprint, and modern economies are structured to incentivize more consumption, not less. Which will become a fatal flaw during a century of rapidly developing global climate change.) Your use of 20ft shipping containers looks more & more brilliant with each passing week. With core community services rapidly deployable from two totally portable shipping containers, a small community or homestead can get operational & down to business in a big hurry. Plug & Play makes a whole lot of sense, and I hope others who are thinking about making the move to a more sustainable lifestyle will see what you've created and follow suit. (Incorporating a potable water system into the core utilities containers is another must have feature, and some sort of humanure septic system is also critical - perhaps one that extracts biogas and produces safe, usable organic fertilizer as well.) Much love from your fans in the US.

enjoying the development of the Kamp, thanks for posting these vids!

Amazing! Love the way you are filming and really making us a part of your building experience :)

lovely off grid timelapse story !

Big step in setting up the place! Just compare it too first videos and the difference is clear! It would be great to have a list of skills one needs to acquire to embark on a project like that, for example welding and other metal workshop skills and all that.

I am happy to see, that step by step your project is improving

Very beautiful the progress you make in Portugal. 👍

Cant wait to arrive to the current year of the project!! It's looking epic by far !

Congratulations guys, what a massive step this will be!

Wow! Just mesmerized with what a couple can do on their own. You have very wide set of skill set. Good luck!

Good busy guys! Great to see the progress :) Well done!

WOOOOW! I'm literally amazed by your work! Go Dave goooooo!

Such an improvement… can’t wait to see what’s coming … 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great job. Good editing too. One of my favorite KZfaq channels

I like the little challenges you have, Dave. And also, how you overcome them. I would probably put red piece of cloth on both ends of the beams when transporting them. Keep up the good work!

You may think about adding more battery's , That way when your battery bank is full can store more power then blocking .And the winter is coming with its shorter days. Thanks for the videos.al

Watching from Los Angeles. Loving your series!

I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I am so surprised. That somebody lives the life as you do! You are a very smart guy and also Rita. She is a convenient, nice woman!! I am your big fan of the CZE. Please keep doing these things on this project. I think life is about these things, nature, self-sufficiency, overall joy, satisfaction and building something with the idea. I'll support you that I can, Good luck!

Your're a pretty smart dude. I like your vlogs they are very informative.

Nice one. Full power to you two .

Well done great video, its all coming together look forward to the next one..

I don't know about Portugal, but here in Japan if you make friends with concrete companies, they will bring leftovers to you to "dump." If you arrange to have them "dump" it on your terrible eroding road, you could pave it. I don't particularly like concrete, but it is a way of making use of an otherwise waste product. You could also have them dump it into paver sized forms and brick your road if you don't want just concrete.

Important milestone. Congrats!

Thank you. Very inspiring video. I am from Sint Maarten, French and Dutch Island. And conaidering offgrid living. And a more wholistic approach to life. I have looked at a couple of your videos. Thr images are well put together of your and your team. Thank you.

Congrats on the power!! ⚡

You should put one more support in the middle so it won’t bow in winter

Consider using lock washers (split washers) to prevent bolts from loosening. Nice job. Panels add shade to container is a plus. Thanks for sharing.

Well, for a first time stick welder, that's a good job Dave!

Wow.....very smart man...and....she is very happy😁😁!! Great job!! Well done!!

Great music this episode

Gefeliciteerd! Een belangrijke mijlpaal.

You are a very intelligent man! Nice job!

you two work so hard it makes me tired just watching. Also very cute at the end lol

Fantastic! Subscribed! My wife and I will be doing the same thing with a 40' sea container in Northern Nevada USA and a small modified Earthship style home. I look forward to seeing your progress!

Yes! Power! Congrats... now I'd you need water treatment for the camp's drinking water, you're all set!

Wonderful work and video ☺

Great Job! ❤👍

Great work!👍🏻

greetings from Ireland WOW Well done that solar setup looks great well done

Great construction job!

Be sure to remove all the metal dust/shavings of the roof. It will start rusting in a day and burn holes in the roof

End result is great. Let it shine.

UNLIMITED POOWWAAHHHH!!! Glad to see the basekamp is finally got the juice!

Great! Nice work!

Nice work.

Incredible job , I am very impressed. Garden looks a bit dry though.

17:51 😅 Great set up! I hope the electronics are safe enough in that black box! 🤞

During winter early morning 9am to 11am you will get 3 times more power with tilting, 2 times more power between 11am and 1pm. Excess power in summer can heat water storage. Great watching.

Looking good

Another's Great Video👍.

Awesome channel. Keep it up! That access road needs a few ditches crossing the track diagonally on the steep part, or normal cars will have trouble there

Nice jacket! Nice work!

Love the humor... all these comments are so serious... is it because I'm Dutch aswell lol?

OMG your road is a killer! What an incredible adventure. I’m so happy to be an observer and supporter from Hestand, Kentucky 🇺🇸

so proud of you :)

Great job bro👏🇲🇾

Excellent

When you turned on the blender I couldn’t stop laughing but I’m so glad you guys have electricity

Discovered your channel yesterday, binged watched all 21 episodes till 1am (Australia) woke up to find episode 22 ☺️ 23 tomorrow?? 😂

Really good job free engery fantastic xx Australia

17:48 ITS ALIIIIVE!!!

For a portable easy welder without generator issues you can attach 3 car batteries in series to use with a stick welder

Can't wait for an update on the solar. Hope you are all cool 👊🏻

With one more setting between summer and winter you could have optimal solar capture in spring and fall. Seems like a big jump between summer and winter.

Wow... Awesome solar guys 😃👍 New subscriber... :D

nice job

FYI, the 70-80w of “Charging” while the batter is full is what the inverter is using. It reads as charging because it runs via DC, and the AC load is measured after the power is in AC.

Good afternoon. Enjoyed your video. Kindly share a more details drawing for your hinges to move the panels up and down

Amazing effort, professional job, great result. I think you are almost done when you solve the drinking water issue. I am wondering that how will you figure out the welding machine high amp needs. You might need profssional welding machines in the future projects.

I like the fuse.. Hager is a Good Choice 😉👍 I work by a electronic dealer,best products..

Nice! now you can start testing your power usage and make it a sport to avoid using the gen. Check the rig during a windy day.

Panel angle: What I did was to take summer and winter angle...divide the difference into 3 and set the panels onto the winter angle minus 1/3rd of the difference. That way you don't need to adjust the angle at all and you have a predictable solar efficiency all year.

Could you make a video explaining how you got all the things preped? Like the containers for ex and what the full project is and how it came to be. I havent seen any of your videos explaining those topics. Would be interesting to know!

Dont forget to that you need a ground rod for the Generator. Safty Purposes

Je kan over het gat een dikke rubberen lap kunnen hangen en eventueel en hele sleuf maken! Super fan van jullie project!

Nice video. I think had a good opportunity for using bifacial panels though.

You should put two more supports in the fronte and back so it won’t bow in winter with the wind is a big area exposed to the wind, lately we have reportes of mini tornados and gusty winds in Portugal.

I like your vehicle.

Hello, great job! Well done! An idea from me, if you have the opportunity, put grounding on both containers and the electrical network. You can also put cathodic arresters on the panels. Good luck and just ahead! Regards :)

@15:53 that weld bead. MIG has been soiling you :p

You should put 4 wheels under the container. So you can turn it always towards the sun and double the effekt.

a One army patch would match your army jacket ;)

they could build a water wheel and use it to produce energy, so they always had energy in the months with less sunlight.

Congratulation

I see myself in parallel reality. Just a bit more money)

so great your project🍀💚 greatings from jenni.swiss

I wonder how easy it is to assemble a simple ISO shipping container from parts .. & maybe even back to manual sheet metal work?! They sell really well when renovated nicely! You could collect random double/triple glaze windows/doors on your adventures/trips lol there always seems to loads around ...in free ads etc.. since you can easily grind out the sizes as required! & maybe some random insulation them things can get cold!

Cool setup, things look like they are really coming together. Has the irrigation stream dried up, it looked like it on the drone shot at the end?

Miss you

It's a litle bow in the middle right? The weight and the hot temperature only tends to get worst the bow. Maybe another bracket in the middle or some top cross bracing or some wood will do the trick ;) Great Job

What books do you have, what books did you read, What are your favourite books? Please Share 😊 Dave.