Thanks! Yes, that impressed me as well.

I have been looking at these or other brands recently. One u-tuber said that in his experience, this was the best brand. That it would operate a welder is a definite selling point. Thank you for the demonstration.

I met some guy a few years ago that had welding a job in a ski station with no power, they used some kind of battery powered stick welders

I agree. Being from humanity's future, I recall clearly that at the moment of apocalypse, everyone screamed for the welders to save us. I don't recall why exactly, but it had something to with welding something to something else that would have saved everyone but there was no electricity. Alas, that was but one possible future which can now be averted with this technology. I suspect, however, that calamity in the form of either welding rods made of peanut butter or pipe made out of beryllium phosphate will do us in this next time around. But I like the idea of these power cells nonetheless, to power the stills and brewing apparatus. Makes the apocalypse bearable if nothing else.

why does he wear a respirator?

Ha ha, thank you!

Expensive for sure as most Li-Ion batteries are, but could be worth the investment for some! Thanks

Thanks 👍

Generac is instant power, and doesn't require solar power to charge it. I'm assuming you suffered through the polar vortex situation, and the Biden fossil fuels cancellation, which his energy secretary dictated for all natural gas pipelines to be shutdown also, which froze the valves shut, rendering the emergency critical, and people froze to death, and tens of thousands suffered immense property damage also. Fossil fuels are still FAR more reliable, but that battery pack is impressive don't get me wrong, the world just is DECADES away from canceling all fossil fuel energy.

Honestly if we were to stop using fossil immediately, I don't think it would take that long to figure out new solutions.

@@torbjornahman well, when it costs 22 thousand dollars to replace a battery in an electric vehicle, solar panels drastically lose efficiency in winter weather and constantly need cleaning to provide their 47% efficiency of hydroelectric, and fossil fuels, and windmills have a 10 year service life, and also require fossil fuels in the form of oil and grease to operate, it would be CATASTROPHIC to stop all coal, gas, and oil generated electricity. Plus, there's not heavy equipment powered SOLELY by electricity to mine the LITHIUM to make the batteries anyway, and lithium is getting more scarce by the year. America has the largest oilfields on earth, but a RETARDED corrupt 50 year FAILURE in government and life was RAILROADED in to keep certain world criminals in power, or we wouldn't be seeing the INFLATION rate of historic levels. I don't know the answers, but something more reliable and replaceable the battery powered systems is needed to convince people to convert. 🤷🏿‍♂️

@@torbjornahman how would you forge without coal? Not to mention these power sources are just batteries. They all take tremendous amounts of fossil fuels and tons of mined minerals to manufacture. If the world stopped fossil fuels all at once people would freak out with no phones or KZfaq. Wind and solar can’t come close to the load that humans require.

@@gregdazer8395 For a forge I can use charcoal with no problem, it just more practical with coal as it lasts much longer. Indeed there would be panic, but with panic people will find new solutions :) I'm pretty sure we already have alternatives more or less, it's just a matter of people investing in new tech but very limited amounts of money are actually spent on research like this or on implementation. It's so much easier to keep burning fossil.

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Definitely. They are not cheap, but probably worth the money in situations/areas like that.

Thank you very much!

Cool!

Well, I can't run any 3-phase machines, but the basic things will work fine!

@@torbjornahman And if you use a frequency inverter? It has a single-phase input and three-phase output plus you can vary the frequency according to your requirements.

@@ivanlarin86 Yes, and no... Single phase converters usually does not step up the voltage so I would get 230V 3 phase, which would require a re-wiring of the motor to D-drive instead of Y. Since they are all wired for 400V. I could run my wood lathe which is already wired like this.

@@torbjornahman Sounds reasonable!

Yes it lasts a long time for things like that. Each of those panels are 160W, and with full sunlight they provide about 315W. However you can charge with 800W solar if you have that available.

Thank you! Cheers!

Well, the mig is 3-phase...as most of my machines.

@@torbjornahman well that makes sense. Had no idea it was 3 phase. Mine are all single phase 240v so it made me curious.

@@erikcourtney1834 We use almost exclusively 400V 3 phase for heavier machines. Here every household has 3 phase.

@@torbjornahman that’s pretty smart that it was set up that way. Less current needed at higher voltages.

Yes, and you can charge it with 800W solar which will charge it fast!

I think you can weld most rebar, no? Perhaps not great but still.

@@torbjornahman I thought you had to use type B? Maybe not?

For actual structural integrity I have no idea, but for something like this it just needs to "stick together". :)

@@torbjornahman Good to hear. I was thinking about building a log rack but decided to use treated lumber Instead. I tried to weld two pieces together but it didn't hold. I'm not much of a welder though. Have a great day!!

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It's called a swage block!

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Thanks. His name is "Tusse" :)

@@torbjornahman Lol,,

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Don't know about continuous welding, but for smaller projects it would work fine it seems. With the panels I got it charge with about 300W, so that would mean a full charge in about 6h.

:) Thanks!

:) Jobbat med 3d grafik/animation i 20 år typ... men alltid gillat att göra saker handgripligen.

@@torbjornahman ok otippat 🤣👍 sjukt duktig är du