Keeping OUR Solar Batteries From FREEZING | Off- Grid Container House Homestead
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
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You guys are refreshing to watch. Not going to call you kids, I hated it when I was young. But it sure is nice to see younger people doing something productive and making their own way. Two thumbs up as always.
We appreciate this so much 😊
I like seeing old people being productive too, I'm 56 and I see young people doing much more than the older generations at times. Lol, it's all dependent on personality . Although people always like to "other"/kick down at others because they think they are elevating themselves that way. Many times we assume we know everything that others are doing or not doing, I work with my hands a lot (and they are starting to hurt) , but there is nothing wrong with having a creative mind...don't necessarily need to produce a hard copy for judgmental people to see, that's just a materialistic mentality.
I love seeing your wife, using tool by herself and I use to do, but I have back &leg problems, so I just hold a part time job in the school system, I love your show, helping me on my old trailer home to fixing up job a man needs to do , but my husband is die ,
Guess cody's shop will be a spring project hope by the time he finishes he'll have leisure projects 😅
You always have the best music it's like watching a real movie
Your batteries will love you this winter.
We hope so!
The way you create your videos is so unique and creative, and it always leaves me feeling inspired.
💯 percent better 👏👏👏👏 Cody is the man of knowledge on just about anything.
Stain then entire box, even the edges and back. It's not treated wood and will last 1-2 seasons at most. Even the parts no one will see will swell up with water and the wood fibers will rip apart as freezes set in. Mice like batteries. Throw mothballs into a mesh bag and throw inside your battery box. A mouse only needs a hole the size of a dime to get in.
Almost missed that "Salem sighting" since he was hiding out amongst the leaves. Such a cutie! Great job you two! 💜 🐈⬛
Sweet boy was napping!
That turn out really well
One easy way to mark corrugated panels is to lay another piece on top of the one to be cut. Then it’s easy to run a pencil line.👍
Congratulations on your wedding!! May God Bless you for all your days. Miss Lila in Ilwaco WA
Oh thank you so much! That’s very kind of you 🫶 we appreciate you being here and your support
Great Job Kids. I have been watching since Texas invaded the territory and the natives were up in arms. On installing your batteries under the solar panels - W = I x E For the same power, the higher the voltage the lower the current. If you install everything at the solar panels then the wire to the house will be the smallest for the same power because of the higher voltage much like the power company. They run about 20,000 volts to your house and give you 220 volts. Keep up the good work.
That's exactly why the panels are the long distance run, they're 10amps at 450v. If everything was under the panels I would've needed bigger wire cause it would be 120v at sometimes 40 amps
Don't forget you have to run power to the shop too.@@CantContainUs
Congratulations on your marriage! I absolutely love the both of you and your channel!
Thank you so much!!
Absolutely, you two are very refreshing to watch and you both are so down to earth. Wish you two all the best ❤
if I was yall I'd do Cody's shop, then the A frame, then any sort of addition. So that way you can stay in the A frame if you have any major floor plan changes you need to do. It also gives you a place for guests if you need extra hands to wrap up the addition if there is a time crunch. It's wild how far you have come. I'd also consider making two bedrooms in the A frame, one that's a typical primary and one that is a bunk room since you have nieces and nephews that might come visit.
I have come to treasure watching you both. You take time to figure things out, work so well together, and are always planning. It’s fun seeing your plans become reality.
Thank you Patricia!
I could nvr live off grid, the whole solar process is beyond my pay grade 😂 I watch you all & a couple others all I can say is I envy you so much! What I wouldn't do to be out not having to rely on anyone or anything! I applaud you! As always thank you for sharing your lives with us and great video! The edits are so good!! In the beginning Cody barely spoke & now he's a natural, it's just great to see!
Great video on battery box and insulation. 👍
Thanks! 👍
notice ya didn't insulate the lid;;;wondering;;;;thought i was gonna have to hop on my tricycle and come help that girl finish staining the battery box;;;lol;;;couldn't anyway ;;;;two flat tires;;;seems like the work never ends;;;;lol;;;have a good one
Great video. I’m trying to convince my husband that we need to add solar. 😃
YOU CAN ALWAYS DO DECORATIVE PAINTING ON THE 📦 BOX!👍👍 🌼 🌸 🌻 🌹 👍👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Thanks for suggestion! Wasn't sure what to do with my batteries, but knew I wanted them outside. Temp isn't so much an issue as off gassing.
WATCHING ALL THE WAY FROM JAMAICA.. CONGRATS BY THE WAY ON YOU HANDS IN MARRIAGE
Wow so cool! Thank you!
@@CantContainUs My Pleasure 😊
Build your deck then add a storage room under it for your batteries, inverters, wood and anything else
We wouldn’t want to do that just for safety reasons! But that would be a good idea to utilize our space more efficiently!
Great work. Will organized
Please don't forget Closed Captioning for us old people.Thanks. What about insulation for the lid?
It typically has captions but sometimes they take a bit to load and sync! Let me know on the next few videos if you don’t see them! And he will definitely insulate it if he needs to!
One step at a time
i love all container home builds, they set a lot of challenges, some easy and some less so - an initial idea i had was with one single lonely tall container, a forty by nine footer, it would have the solar panels on top, perhaps with a new roof so they are mounted sloped into the sun (afternoon challenges) i always considered the walls to have cut outs for windows, patio style etc, but no doors - the end of the container has two already, as the right generally opens first this would contain a small internal or external porch and front entry door with the container door open, perhaps closable for additional security, the left hand door would open to reveal a cupboard space to occupy the services whether these be external supplies or off grid, batteries, electrics, plumbing, behind that might be set the bathroom, wc etc
but having watched many builds now, i do love the ideas as you have demonstrated so well to have patio space to double your living area, but i also considered having a dug out into a hill side, say two to three containers in width, with a surrounding gabion style wall, part could be enclosed to house a work area, alternate position for services, electrics and plumbing, wood storage, and or large size garage, the single container mounted above at the hill side and the patio coming out over the space below - but i think what ever decisions are made, need thinking through in advance and having the foresight to be able to adapt and overcome especially when the need to expand comes along especially like yourselves as young couple may wish to work on having a family together - one couple i have watched and love dearly built their home, looking fabulous, near luxurious with a great roof and had their first child, and neatly added a small bedroom, now they have a second and soon to have their third, and all i keep thinking is, next container, new wing onto the build - unless these are thought through, the home could end up a mix match between the existing and additions, having to make some effective decisions on the roofing designs
of course the general answer might be to add containers one above the other, canter lever etc, which are all well and good but you need a home that can be seasonally cooled and heated, provide space for stairs etc and have adequate insulation, internal, externally and not forgetting below - but i have also considered containers being semi-subterranean which i know is fraught with problems of weight distribution, this again can be overcome by carefully placed gabion walls with a space between the gabion and container for a foam insulation, basically the container would be suspended in a space partially surrounded by gabion with very little covering or containers mounted above in a canter lever way - its just like building with the good old Lego bricks, billions of solutions and opportunities - sorry that was long
liking the battery box, but could you have made longer (i know more material) to contain the inverter, just a thought, just needs some life size images of chucks on the outside so it looks like a chicken battery, see what i did there! gulp!
My hat is off to you 2
The box looks great, but stain won't keep the plywood from soaking up water and falling apart. A waterproof sealer will.
We didn’t have a sealer we could use and didn’t want to make another trip but it’s not going to rain for a few weeks so we will definitely get something on it before the next storm!
For your solar system when you go onto the deck, have you considered building it into furniture. A day bed or table and chairs. Stack batteries in set of 8 two high giving table height and put inverter in the back of a high back bench seat. Just a thought and that way not just a box.
These are the ideas I'm looking for!
happy sunday Gods blessings over you !
It’s always exciting to see what you do next.
That is so funny as I was looking at the unstained back I was wondering why so she looked at the camera and said I am sure you are wondering why the back is not stained.
Hi,alles super gemacht 😅 den Batterie Kasten Deckel solltet ihr auch isolieren. 😊 einen lieben Gruß aus Deutschland vom Bodensee 😊
Next Battery Box isea: a mini shipping container
That would be something!
What about one of those small prefab garden sheds that sit on a skid? It would give you more than enough space, you can move it as you need to and you can paint to to match the house. And it looks like you just have a garden shed on the side of your house.
Please always take off the ring during projects and have a ring bowl so it doesn’t get misplaced. Also the plywood on the back of the battery station will mold since it wasn’t treated. ❤️ you channel
Yeah my old boss had his had pinched at work (bar, in-between two beer kegs) and it crushed his ring. It had to be cut off.
Degloving from ring injuries is also very serious. Please be safe
My recommendation for people who does hard labor or a lot of projects like this should get a ring tattoo instead, they can look real nice too.
@@roniez that's a cool idea
My husband and I both have silicone rings as substitutes. We picked them for each other so there is meaning. Ironically, they cost more than our actual wedding rings. Lol.
HELLO 🤗 was nice seeing you build your solar box together 😊 yes please take your rings off when working outside & put in a ring dish ( I didn't & lost mine 😢) have a great night 🥰
That's a nice looking battery box. We are starting to learn about solar my wife Jill was fortunate enough to win the solar generator from Cajun country. Looking forward to getting that have a great day 😊.
Oh that’s so exciting! Huge congratulations y’all! Your going to LOVE it!
Awesome video
Cody, Wild wonderful off grid has a very informative videos on their solar. They have everything in a little building away from their house. The reason for that is if the batteries catch fire their house will not burn. Please watch them. You guys are doing an amazing job. Congratulations on your beautiful marriage. Have a wonderful day 💕
Another great video! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
You want to have a look at ambition strikes battery set up as it is near the solar panels and a long way from the house
That have a great set up! Definitely a dream set up for sure! Unfortunately, ours is not as fancy! This limits our ability for certain things but we make do!
Nice one guys,and your honeymoon vlog was sweet,good stuff guys
Can you please put your table saw on a table? My back hurts everytime I see you use it. Keep up the great vids!
Great build....Nice update. Longtime follower, new subscriber here....
Nice you see you both working again. Congratulations again coming from your subscriber in Jamaica❤👍
Thanks!
Thank you for your support and kindness🫶
Looks good 👍 You guys are so smart.
Nice job,
U have to have batteries as close as possible to Your inverter, as well as panels would be better to have closer to inverter. But the House can be further from that.
So the best setup would be Panels , betteries and inverter next to each other, and the load (your house) can be little bit further, cause usually it is it is the AC side, and with proper wiring and braker switch it will be fine.
But of course I know, that now it is a lot of work to be done to that.
HOW ever NICE WORK,
🙂🙂🙂
Thanks
Thank you Julien! That’s very kind of you!
Great video guys. The final result looks fantastic. You might want to consider clasps to secure the top when there are strong winds.
it's too heavy ,,my arm hurts.....bless your heart..
It was very heavy🤣
Looking good,enjoy watching you two work is so articular,be healthy,wealthy and wise 😊😅💜
Okay good afternoon you guys hope you guys having a wonderful day keep up the good work and be happy out there at least you guys are married so just take care of each other and God bless you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great job protecting the batteries in a beautiful new handmade container! ❤🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
looks great y'all
Thank you!
Great job as usual gang. Best wishes from Australia 🦘🦘
Great project. Love watching you!
This has become one of my favorite channels ! All because of the dry concrete pad lol 😂 ❤❤❤❤❤HARD WORKING PAYS OFF IN THE FUTURE ! (And I love watching how much u 2 love and work with each other ) …
Awh thank you! We are happy you are here!
Have you considered building a solar shed? Something you can walk into to do maintenance and still have room to add things as needed? I'm definitely not being mean, but if it is feasible, wouldn't it be better than having to maybe rebuild every time you need to expand the system?❤ I absolutely love watching you guys...the house is coming along beautifully ❣️❣️❣️
That was originally what we’re going to do but we didn’t want to make a huge room. We might consider this again when we work on a more permanent design!
Love your videos
Thank you Margaret!
I was pulling the box cutter knife along a T-square like you were doing and the blade jumped over the t-square and cut the tip of my finger. Be careful.
Oooof that sounds awful!
I just love you guys
You two are doing a wonderful job with everything there. Honey 😊❤
The only thing i question that you havn't done on a couple of the winterizing projects... ( pond box and now solar box) And thats how come you dont do a piece of insulation on the inside lids of the boxes... Other than that you all have done an Awesome job... Enjoy watching all your videos... Have a good one!! :)
Hey guys....does it feel any different now that you are married....it did for me when my husband and I tied the knot many moons ago.....just felt so right....thanks for sharing your wedding and honeymoon shindigs and welcome back......sure missed you guys!
It all should by d stained to protect the plywood!
Stain really won’t help in that dept. we really need go seal it but we didn’t have anything for that! We will definitely have to pick some up before the next rain storm!
Another great video! 💕
Thank you!! 😊
I would love to know step by step how to DIY a solar fountain like y’all. I have a pond about an acres that needs aeration because the water is green and I have ducks and geese so I need help Cody!!!!!!
Looks great you two. 😊
HELLO, I LOVE YOUR PROJECT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INSIDE OF YOUR PROJECT AND HOW YOU SET UP YOUR ROOM SPACE.
I think you guys are kool. I really enjoy your projects and the consideration and love for each other. Great stuff!
Great job.
Looks really good you guy's 👏
Leave your ring in the house when doing projects outside like this... That's a nice upgrade to your system Cody.
Looks great. ❤❤love you both.
Very good job done 👍
Y'all need a paint brush sponsor 😂 What brands in America should be tag?
Right 🤣🤣🤣
The new battery box, turned out very nice! Well thought out and executed, nice job. Have a great week ahead! Larry, Central Valley, Ca.
Thank you so much!
Put an aquarium heat pad under your batteries if you can.
He does have a heating blanket type of thing he uses if he needs it. Hopefully we don’t. we think this will be way more insulated then last years set up!
Always love y'all's videos ❤
Thanks Mark!
You guys could use a mini storage unit I've seen others use these for a power building for there solar install just an idea
.....or get a smaller container, set it next to your house and that could be your new battery box plus other electrical items
Y’all are cute together!
Thank you Connnie!
As always thank you for sharing. I can’t believe how far you’ve come. 🧡
Great job!!!!
Good job guys, it's going to make such a big difference with the extra 4 batteries.
Hello, congratulations 🎉on your wedding. As regards building something for the batteries use the stairs as the idea to build the storage for it.
That was actually one of our first ideas!
First of all congratulations on getting married!
Your house is really coming along thanks to all your hard work. Good job on the box Cody. The stain makes it look nicer too Summer. I agree the house looks better with the stairs moved. Wooden stairs will be perfect.
Why don't you guys get like a 20 quick shipping container and put on the back of your house? That way, you could put the batteries inside there. You're converter in there any water treatment system in there plus an extra tank to hold water for you guys. Any tools or anything so you don't have to leave. A mouth could be shortened there plus An area for your firewood to be put inside there more inside the shipping container like a 20 footer. That way, they could stay dry more and you could put more inside so it would weather out in dry faster ready to use sooner.
GOOD JOB
I learn something new from you two all the time. Love how the battery box turned out. Great teamwork! ❤
Pretty cool🎉
Congratulations on your marriage. I love watching you guys! Slanting the top will let rain etc. run off.Summer please take off your ring, you don’t want to get stuff on or under the diamond. It won’t sparkle as well.
You two are so adorable and compliment each other so well I pray you both have a wonderful and long life together ❤Michael from Oklahoma hills
Thank you Michael! That’s very kind of you🫶
Glad your getting things done before the real winter shows up. Looks great and did a good job. Enjoyed watching and thanks.👍🙏🥰
Cody was not buying another ring lmbo. Also I would put some hydraulic cylinders on the lid to hold it up when you need to work on it.
🤣🤣🤣 and that’s a great idea! Maybe one day!
Get a small container and set it parallel to the two containers once you have money to invest.
We have thought about this!
Summer you are so cute and Cody make everything look so easy to do he so talented ❤ i love watching you guys grow together ❤️ 💗
Awh thanks Kayla! I appreciate your kindness!
Nice improvement! I can't wait for the floors.