The 44kWh Battery2.0 is finally DONE! What a community project...

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Over the weekend, I was working on the Battery 2.0. The weather was rainy and this finally gave me the time to finish up the battery shelf.
I really wanted to re-align the battery cells to satisfy my OCD. For this I had to make custom bus bars. A difficult decision had to be made on how to close the shelves if either with aluminium sheets or the clear PVC plastic... It wasn't a hard decision and the result looks stunning!
We have discussed so much while building this battery shelf for almost a year, have learned a lot and most of all, we had a lot of fun. Look at this result. AMAZING!
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@waynescheepers145 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to all your videos, Ive bought the 60v bench power supply Jk bms 20amp capacity tester The red clamp/volt meter Active balancer And soon the large buck converter, 😋 I've sanded down all 96 bus bars I've re threaded stripped cell screw holes Capacity tested all 96 cells to match them nicely in the same banks (took a month non stop to do) Your my#1 watched channel

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, wow. You must have the same setup with all the tools by now 😉 Thanks a lot for being here!

@fldutch 2 жыл бұрын

You need some led-strips in your battery compartments - color linked to eg. state of charge on the bms :).

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, you didn't watch until the end 😔

@onthelake9554 2 жыл бұрын

Busted lol .

@jamess1787 2 жыл бұрын

'Brigher your home'

@fldutch 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia I commented just before the end 🙄 - and thought 46%#:5(… But did not want to change that comment because it was late and i was already preparing to get home from office 🤷🏻. Anyway: any ideas on linking color or brightness to state of charge, power input, whatever?

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

@@fldutch you're excused 😌 I've no idea how to tap into the Bluetooth receiver of these LED stripes.

@BeeBeorn 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. No LED-strips. My 1/8-German part protests wildly. Whole of me bows to the wonderful and awsome batteryshelf. Sehr gut!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bjoern. What about a working light to do maintenance on the batteries?

@keyem4504 2 жыл бұрын

So great. I love the shelf with the transparent front. Gorgeous. 🥰

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😃

@ValRigoli 2 жыл бұрын

Good call Andy, the clear panels make it look really great, and very practical for keeping an eye on things too, and as for the LED's, hell YES, just do it! lol Very neat, a real show piece, well done Andy!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Val. LEDs will comes soon, I guess 🤭

@DazzaDirect 2 жыл бұрын

Hi @Andy @OffGridGarage #OffGridGarage , wow what a journey its been, thankyou so much for taking us along on the journey, side note, not sure about AUS rules but Polycarbonate has a better fire rating than Acrylics and PVC here in the UK, might be a solution for your regulations and give you visibility too, also please still start a few videos saying "hello and welcome to sunny hot AUS with...Amps " and tell us how many Amps your pulling IMHO that's one of your most excellent catch phrases ;-]

@JayDee25895 2 жыл бұрын

Automatic thumbs up every time you post, I love this show!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@struc5810 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful setup... Amazing work!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot.

@wideawaketotruth5301 2 жыл бұрын

Looks fantastic, freaking beautiful dude!!! Perfectionist playground! Hahaha right. Rock on Andy!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That's why it took so long right?

@edwardvanhazendonk 2 жыл бұрын

Well done, let the sun shine and electrons flow freely.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Edward. Sun is really what I need now. And more solar of course!

@laurentsantaibambu7324 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andy, that's great! congratulations, you did a really good job! and again and again thank you for sharing all these videos with us!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you very much!

@evil17 2 жыл бұрын

What an Epic achievement! That is so beautiful, you can not cover that up! Let’s LED light this shit up, all the way, yay! You have set yourself a very high bar here Andy, and I know you wont let us down, We will be expecting nothing short of a fantastical finale. Don’t brush aside considering a lighting tech team if need be. You could get real crazy and adventurous & also have a sound sensing mode that beats to the music when you have shed party’s. PIR sensors, so LED’s is only on when someone is nearby, red LED to signify individual shelf fault, multicolour SOC lighting, so many possibilities, cant wait to see what u do next, apart from clean up the driveway! Excellent job, this has been a great experience. Cheers

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Evan. I appreciate all your support and comments here on the channel.

@extremeacc101 2 жыл бұрын

It’s been great watching your videos Andy thoroughly enjoyed every minute of your detailed episodes. More content like this is what is needed. Thank you for all of your efforts and time in making all of these awesome videos.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, much appreciated!

@walterk8602 2 жыл бұрын

A happy moment. Congratulations Andy

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the silicon around the bottom was the final touch. It's all done. For now 😆

@clyntonharris7985 2 жыл бұрын

You're not done Andy... open her up and get those awful active balancers out and replace those 2 less than perfect BMS' with the king of BMS' - The JK of course. As for lighting... of course you need to add a strip of RGB's to each shelf. That battery shelf has become "The Centrepiece" of the off grid garage and all art is accentuated with some light 😉 Thanks for all the effort, time and knowledge you've shared with us Andy. I've learnt so much here on your channel. Can't wait to see what's next...

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Clynton. Of course we're not done. Not by far. But for now, I'm trying not to open the shelf for a week or so... so it looks done! 😉 Yeah, heaps more to come. I feel like I have just stared with the basics.

@TheOneJacinto 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Andy! I fully share your joy!..

@nikolaju6 2 жыл бұрын

God job Andy. Keep up the good videos 👌👌

@butchwilliams7637 2 жыл бұрын

LED Lights inside is a must do. Think of the fun.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

OK, Butch. If you say that... 😉

@krg038 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for letting us watch your hard work. Can't wait for the next adventure.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. Battery 3.0 is in the planning 😁

@petertaylor5614 2 жыл бұрын

It looks fantastic Andy, very professional. Thanks for sharing your journey, it was thoroughly enjoyable and i could not wait to see each new episode😊

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, heaps more to come!

@TrevorFraserAU 2 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing! Well done Andy! I am jealous...

@renewyers4699 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Andy the aluminum will stop signal I found that out when I tried to communicate with my BMS through a color bond tin wall cladding on the house,but I found that u can extend the BMS cable to compensate for that.I extended my cable to 7 metre and it still worked fine,cheers Rene.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Rene. I haven't had any issues so far with signal strengths. Even in the old metal cabinet I used to have, I could always connect tot all solar charge controllers just fine.

@Lordlindef 2 жыл бұрын

Good work and good man for all us newbyes. Tanks for the Great work and all good videos

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, you're most welcome.

@wayne8113 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy

@almostoffgridgarage3485 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, light it up!

@russkubes 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Andy! Both from a build perspective and knowledge perspective, you've come such a long way from that battery in the plastic tub. It continues to be quite fun watching your progress and learning with you!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Russ. Wit for Battery 3.0 😉

@MarkRose1337 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see you add the new panels to the other rooves!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Coming soon. It's still raining though 🤦‍♂️

@defjamsgreen 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video with many challenges and you’ve succeeded. Keep it up and running and stay prepared .😊😊

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😁

@energieundhobby 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice👍 Greetings from Bavaria

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Danke Dir!

@DG3ACM-Marc 2 жыл бұрын

I like that you love clear alignment! And the transparent front looks perfect aswell. YES, put in the lights! :-D

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@rodneyhrytsak3407 2 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing Andy +1 on the LED's!

@markparish9072 2 жыл бұрын

Looks very slick

@vickipps6821 2 жыл бұрын

It looks very nice well done you are a real perfectionist

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Vic.

@magicmanspaz 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice Andy it's a work of art. Beats a crappy wooden tinder box.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You start with wood but upgrade later 😁

@karelrutte2606 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice and greetings from the Czech Republic

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Karel!

@amudlifecrisis 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Just, wow! That really came out nice! Ooh LED's are a must now.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, thanks Sean 🤭

@biskero 2 жыл бұрын

great work !

@gumpster6 2 жыл бұрын

It looks fantastic! Would have been a shame to cover it up with aluminum after doing all the OCD aligning. Hope you don't have any hot spots when you run a heavy load on that top bank. I can imagine the removal of the covers could get annoying if you have to get in there often.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I can remote control every bank through the Bluetooth app for the BMS in case I need to. And it takes only 45s to take off the panel. I literally haven;t touched the middle battery with the JK-BMS since we set it up.

@hommerdalor6301 2 жыл бұрын

yes, now the artistic decorative job. :-) 👍

@JB-zx3fr 2 жыл бұрын

Light it up Andy!

@lennieadi 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful transparent powerwall. Love it Andy. I want one😌😃

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

I can ship it to you. Or, build your own variant of it 😁

@lennieadi 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia 😀🥴

@RikHaanen 2 жыл бұрын

Looks really good. Congratulations

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rik!

@dama054 2 жыл бұрын

Looking good Andy

@keithcress1335 2 жыл бұрын

I thought your OCD gaps need was ridiculous! They're just freaken batteries. But. Once you were done I was much relived by the calming effect of perfect alignment. I think it was a Feng Shui thing!

@SuperBrainAK 2 жыл бұрын

I think the smart shunt would be mostly accurate, because you put A amount of amp hours into batteries 2 and 3, then recconecting battery 1 will take 1/3*A amp hours from batteries 2 and 3 into battery 1 (the smart shunt doesnt see this) so the total amp hours will still equal A it just came out of 2 and 3 into battery 1. So the smart shunt reading will be mostly accurate because you would have lost some watt-hours because of resistance between the batteries, in both connection resistance and ESR of the cells.

@65mindi 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulation! As my friend say "you can not stop construction work, you just put on hold" This was great idea to have transparent cover. This will make you proud what have you done and also avoid opening it every week to look at it.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I probably would look at it very often and open the covers again and again...

@Leksi80 2 жыл бұрын

Absolute beauty. Well done mate. It's been a blast to watch it build up and I have learned a ton. No led strips. I think that natural beauty needs no make-up. Just leave it be. Or if you must, only white light...

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Juhani. No LED Rainbow flickering, no? 😆

@MrButuz 2 жыл бұрын

Fab system really nice looking agree that the clear glass is way better than boring aluminium. Just need to tidy up your solar panels now!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. If it would stop raining I could go on the roof...

@bildad1234 2 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful thing!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I like it too. It's great to come into the garage now...

@grubboy3514 2 жыл бұрын

I'm exactly the same Andy 🤣 OCD can be a blessing or a burden sometimes...

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

I could not see these gabs any more! HAHAHA

@PausM1142 2 жыл бұрын

That just looks awesome. I also had the idea with the LED strips. It's probably such a nerd thing. 🤓😄

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Patrick. I'm pretty happy too how it turned out now. Would have been a shame to hide it behind grey Al.

@mikeKirwin 2 жыл бұрын

well done Andy

@lotechgreg 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the finished BATT. BOX.... Andy, to me, the sailcloth shade cover over the pool is wasted space, ... MORE Panels!!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The pool structure is not made for carrying solar panels I'm afraid. It's in the shade most of the time anyway. It's more to prevent leaves to fall in the pool 😉

@dsm8900 2 жыл бұрын

très joli cela présente bien .very nice it looks good

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@Shep5847 2 жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Great job Andy! What’s next?! 😊

@Dutch_off_grid_homesteading 8 ай бұрын

Heya, that looks very beautiful so straight your ocd must be very happy lol but truelly looks like a profesional instalation. I hope my closed will look only halve of yours I'll be happy

@DJ_Dee 2 жыл бұрын

Sehr schönes Projekt.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Danke Dir!

@kswis 2 жыл бұрын

Beside the gap etween the cells, Andy your over thinking things. You know the answer about the shunt. And maybe look at the noisy bms with a thermal camera. I'd cover the system with the clear plastic. Until inspection day when it would suddenly be covered correctly. It's not right you can't walk by and admire your hard work

@marco1862 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no no blinkenlights. You still have the German "ordnung muss sein" reordering all those battery's just so it looks good. when I see the last shots of the video it looks like there is place for 2 more battery shelf's, that's no incident :-) :-)

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing to see here... Battery3.0 will be different...

@cjtroutt8092 2 жыл бұрын

This is A Artist at work very ocd is not to bad I am the same way it is the best Battery Bank Diy thank you for the Great Videos take care from great up north mitten

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Wait there is more to come... the video list is enough for the next 20 years 😉

@StultusRex 2 жыл бұрын

15:38, wild Andy has appeared 😂😂😂

@dingsvomdach6764 2 жыл бұрын

I loved to play doom 🥰 nice Job

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, one of the first multiplayer games back in the days...

@t3chb0y67 2 жыл бұрын

Bist wahnsinnig handwerklich begabt. Ganz großes Lob an dieser Stelle!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Danke Dir vielmals!

@sl0rion 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great Andy, although to me the biggest single improvement was getting those three positive cables finally tied down!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris. I misplaced these cable mounts, ordered new ones just to find the old one back. I've got plenty now 😏

@IXISSV 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking near the end, would look good with some white/cool white LED strips at the top front 👍 Do it 🥳👍 Looks great, hope the sun comes out for you soon 🤞🤞 Looking forward to the next ep already 🍻🎉

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, great, thanks for watching until the end 😂

@danfitzpatrick4112 2 жыл бұрын

The plastic fronts look awesome! The whole thing does Andy. Something to be proud of! And.. yeah go for it with the LED's worth a look eh?

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Dan!

@marcobrian1619 2 жыл бұрын

Your head is bashed with the shunt ahr......you really smashed mine.......or it could just be the SPATs ......ha ha. The clear front looks fantastic, really shows off all your hard work...... As for led light.........why bloody not, it's better than them fancy computers with them in... Just in middle of setting up 3x grid tie inverter at work on a 3ph system, only small at moment but IV give them the room to expand. Happy sunny days.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc!

@yourjoshingme2 2 жыл бұрын

The total SOC should remain unaffected so long as there isn't any 'unmetered' discharge while it is disconnected from the other packs. The distribution of that SOC will briefly change however correct itself as you mentioned when the charge cycle approaches higher voltages. The pack with the lower SOC will consume more current until they match. Great videos, love the testing and scientific method you apply!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

I fully charged it yesterday and the SOC was off by 1Ah only. So disconnecting 2 banks for 2h each did not affect it at all!

@chuxxsss 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like I will be spending more money on the shelves. Good clean job you have there.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

It is a lot of work!

@chuxxsss 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia And money mate.

@FutureSystem738 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous Andy. 👍

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dave. Also thank you for your donation recently. Much appreciated!

@FutureSystem738 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia Thank you.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

@@FutureSystem738 Let me know if you need any help with your battery setup.

@FutureSystem738 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia Sincere thanks Andy.

@captainobvious9188 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to fly to Australia and sneak into Andy's garage and just move a bunch of arbitrary things so that they are slightly off. Transparent Aluminium!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

NOOOOO, don't! Ha, you need a screwdriver now to get access to the batteries 😂

@captainobvious9188 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia foiled by not being able to find the right philips, again!

@awesomusmaximus3766 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome wow

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@SlightsWorld 2 жыл бұрын

Schön geworden... 👌

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Danke Dir!

@Rigoke123 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap this looks goooood. Damn good work, Andy. It pays off! I'm actually jealous :D I'll know what to save up for the next few years 🤣 oh, and please do install the LED strip! :)

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Yeah, it came out pretty nice after all this work I put in and people telling me off this shelf idea since the beginning. I'll do a cost breakdown in a future video.

@rikdehaas6398 2 жыл бұрын

Haha in Dutch you're called a "mierenneuker". But how nice does it look, beautiful!!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Rik. I looked this up 😂😂😂

@onthelake9554 2 жыл бұрын

Yes to the LEDS but in Victron Blue . Blue Power !

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

It's the Blue PowerWall!💪

@Sylvan_dB 2 жыл бұрын

State of charge, amps in and out, you are on the right track! 👍 The charge acceptance (efficiency) is high enough that charging 2 batteries instead of 3 is insignificant, leaving you with "amps in is amps in is state of charge." If you were running lead-acid you would have higher losses when charging 2 banks vs 3, but even then the efficiency loss is mostly only over about 80% or even 90% state of charge.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

It's a bit confusing to just thinking about it what is going to happen when you do things like this...

@jameslissaman8331 2 жыл бұрын

It looks great, no question though I worry that the lack of external air circulation will cause electronics / heat sink / battery temperatures to be higher, particularly in summer when ambient temperature and solar charge rate will also be higher. I understand that LiFePo4 calendar aging (or is it cycle life?) is adversely affected by elevated temperatures. Perhaps a vented screened filtered air fan might be warranted?

@michaelmeola9652 2 жыл бұрын

told you in the last video you needed some lights in the cabinet got you thinking hahaha

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Nah, I had these lights for a long time and showed them already in a video a while back. Everyone was like, nah, no LEDs. Now, it's the opposite 🤭

@jdmderick 2 жыл бұрын

Solar coke can tip - To see if you are getting the best position for your panels, take a coke can and place it in the middle of the panel - if the coke can has no shadow on any sides besides the bottom, you have the correct position :)

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

We have S.P.A.T. for this!. You must be new to the channel 😏 Welcome!

@jdmderick 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia I am 😁😁👍🏼👍🏼

@evil17 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome Buddy, I just spent the last 3 months binge watching this guy, u got a lot to get thru, enjoy! Cheers

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

@@jdmderick let me know when you find the S.P.A.T. videos 🍺

@SylwerDragon 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Andy. I'm only surprised that you don't worry about heat building ..I know it might not be big deal as current might not be so big..but stil i would place small hole on both and then place very fine mesh so all electronics can breath and air can move a bit ..

@Irilia_neko 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the heat is a very important point, even this type of battery can't go in fire

@glencooke494 2 жыл бұрын

Top job Andy Has been a very interesting journey through the whole process which has brought up lots of questions that have all been answered. I would have thought the last part of the video would be you relaxing on a BENDED banana lounge with a nice cold S.P.A.T in front of the setup.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Glen. Yeah, I need to get such a bended sofa to relax in the garage now. But, there is no time! So much more to do 😁

@centerrightproudamerican5727 2 жыл бұрын

Andy.... at 11:17 you admitted what all of us are thinking: OCD!! 🤣😂 Serious though.... you have done an amazing job on that system. Your skills and attention to detail are amazing. Thank you for taking us along on your journey. BTW: If you had used aluminum for the front, you may not have been able to get a Bluetooth connection to the BMSs.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for coming along and all your constructive comments. A full enclosed metal box does actual not limit the signal by much. We have seen this with the metal enclose I had on the wall before I build the shelf.

@bushfarmlife 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Darren!

@bushfarmlife 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia I love watching you videos the way you put them together and I find them very informative and helpful

@harrycrawford8517 2 жыл бұрын

A job well done. Somehow I don’t think this is the end of things!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Harry. It's finished, it's the end, all done. For a week or so... at least. 😆

@FutureSystem738 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia ROFLMAO

@camielkotte 2 жыл бұрын

All right ! I told my girl friend i would put in led strips. Et voila! Now this is done, will you colonize Mars? I ll buy you some more spat for the journey.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what's next? How about an awesome, easy to build, community Battery3.0?

@joaopedrosilva5978 2 жыл бұрын

It's a Go for the leds....

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

I thought so too

@Mikebuildss 2 жыл бұрын

Andy that is a very impressive setup! Hello from Tex ass

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Mike!

@pietbelangrijk6520 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the information and experiments. Would it be possible to make a last overview/summary of the final system. I really would like to see a schematic of the whole system and used parts on the DC and AC side. O and what is the preferred battery and BMS. Again, thank you for your efforts and time making these videos.

@jadu79 2 жыл бұрын

thought when you complained that you did not have distances to have between the battery so I thought that you have well grass trimmer and the wires to them are usually between 1.5 - 4mm thick and in durable plastic so it is insulating with (only as a suggestion) When it comes to LEDs in the cabinet, it can be good that it can be switched off completely, but another suggestion is that you put small analog thermometers in the cabinet so you can see if the temperature rises now when it is relatively closed and no air is flowing through now

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Line trimmer... I didn't think about that. I have 2.5mm line here... The LEDs come with an app and can be either programmed via timer and also switched of completely. Temperature is a good point. I will have to see what the single BMS say over time. At the moment it is cool down here, so no problems...

@dankarau2307 2 жыл бұрын

Now you NEED LED light strips on each shelf that automatically change colors based on the state of charge of the battery banks! They could flash quickly when charging and slowly when discharging...a steady light means no activity!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

If we could just tap into the Chinese Bluetooth protocol, right?

@jmaus2k 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great! Are temps warmer with it sealed up?

@ToddDesiato 2 жыл бұрын

Use Transparent Aluminium! Ask Scotty.

@launacorp 2 жыл бұрын

German perfectionist 😂 And yes, this was the right decision. Aaaannnnd yes to RGB 😎

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, haven't seen a no to the LEDs yet. Thank you 😉

@sirmonsterle 2 жыл бұрын

You should use transparent aluminum like in Star Trek 😉

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, someone said this already. Where do I get it from?

@L1vR-1948 2 жыл бұрын

👍 Thanks :-)

@ronwest7930 2 жыл бұрын

It all looks great. I would like to see a video about the EV charging setup. Maybe I missed a video. It would look cool if the car charging cable had LED lights that are lit when charging, maybe they could even be set to light up in a pulse along the cable. Like Christmas lights? I think you get more rain in a day or two than I get in a year.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron. The actual EVSE from Tesla has got these running lights when charging. I didn't make a dedicated video about the charging port as it is just a 16A single phase outlet, connected to the AC panel of the inverter.

@dankarau2307 2 жыл бұрын

You need 3 more SmartShunts...one on each battery and them on on the overall system!

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

That won't work unfortunately. Every battery system can have only one battery monitor.... We may be able to make the cell voltages visible on the Victron VRM through RS485 communication.

@Sanwizard1 2 жыл бұрын

Now that your done, its time to redo everything into server rack based batteries like Will is doing!😁

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

How boring his channel will get... I feel for him.

@bboyda4399 2 жыл бұрын

You could put a nitrogen purge on the cabinet, it would limit corrosion, add fire protection and no pests would enter. Only if you have continuous ventilation on the garage.

@OffGridGarageAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Like an Ion-Thrusters?

@bboyda4399 2 жыл бұрын

@@OffGridGarageAustralia You would tube it in from a nitrogen bottle, and by using a sensitive pressure meter and a flow rotameter, again, low flow. You can make your own flow meter with a little clear tubing. The pressure measures the difference between atmospheric (room pressure) and the cabinet. About 1 inch of water column would be all you need. It is a standard way of preserving equipment from moisture and oxygen damage.