Here in the far northern part of Cali, people without grid tied solar and battery are paying the power company 4 hundred dollars a month and more just trying to stay cool. Can't imagine what will happen when everyone begins to plug their vehicles in as well!
Hi Bob, we used to have to run our generator once each week in winter untill we put up some more panels. It was more panels or cut down some shade trees. We have 600ah of lithium and 2500w of panels and live off grid running all mod cons just not all at once. Life is good down here in sunny South Australia. Enjoying your content. Thanx for sharing.
Looks great . Some new battery's coming out. Zinc ION . They figured how to make the old Carbon-Zinc battery into a ION rechargeable. Just building the factory to make them now. Newer LiFePO4 getting to market now. Smaller ! and soon lots more cycle life. Some starting batteries (LiFePO4) out now. NOCO has some. Getting one for gas scooter . Won't be long now. No more lead acid starting battery . Ryobi has inverter generator like the Honda but has Bluetooth and electric start from one plus 18V Li-ION battery the tools take. Great stuff hitting the market now and soon. Time to rethink how we use power and battery now. And testing has been done on the Mini 100AH LiFePO4 . It is true power AH . The RV people love them. Just insulate them . Even the cold temp ones. You do not want them to shut off when you need them. Great protection they have . stop charging in cold. Some times you have to charge in cold. Just insulate them. and they make heated type . Problem solved.
It's going to stay an exciting time with all the new stuff coming out. We will always have the old ways to remember how it used to be, and just how great it is now! Aloha Roberto!🤙
Very nice Bob ! Easy transition from one day to the next. Question: What happened to the 4 100 AH mixed battery equaling 48 Volts experiment? My understanding was that it was going to be deployed into an everyday power supply. Aloha my friend 🤙
Adding more Solar Panels to My Various Systems in Prep for Winter and added 2 Victron 150/35 Smart Solar Charge Controllers with 800 Watts each of Eco Worthy BiFacial Panels - 🌴 Aloha Brother 🤙
Really enjoying the content mate, you really are living my dream life lol. Just wondering to you actually test your backup generator still and how much fuel do you keep to hand.
Mahalo Andy! I don't keep much gas around anymore. I just don't need it. Maybe a few gallons stored for worst case. I start the generator every now and then just to keep it lubed up is all. Aloha!🤙
lol yeah im waiting for my mom to pass away and then ill be all off grid so ive been getting ready over the last year so by the time my mom passes away ill have everything i need to live off grid lol so thats cool i just need to find a place to live and build my own hut basically lol i cant wait im sure NEW YORK LAWS wont allow me to do so but im a 2 time felon and been on the run for many many years so when have i listen to the law lol i will have a hut in the woods living a normal life brother so thanks for these videos
No one seems to be in agreement about the 80% charge for LIP vs ion. Personally, for storage over a few weeks, i run mine down to 80-85%. For my LIP batteries that I use on a regular basis like at least once a week, I keep fully charged.
@@donbrloks3959 it seems to me it takes a lot of effort and power to get the last 20 also most auto EV recommend charge to 80. It also runs up the cycle count 😁
@@donbrloks3959 I may use the term 80% but what I actually do is charge to the point where the capacity is mostly full and the current drops off it actually is about 90%.
80% keeps me happy too, but I let it go to full all the time. I just never know when those dark days will come, so I take what I can get everyday! Aloha!🤙
You need to know your load and voltage to answer this question. 3000 watts / 12volts = 250 amp, so a minimum 300 amp shunt for monitoring. Victron Energy just released a 300 amp smart shunt for $71 US. Gary in SE Michigan
Your arrays do much better than mine. I have an 800 watt array with a Victron 150/70 controller with a 4000-watt Giandel inverter and two 300 ah Litime lipo4 batteries. My panels never deliver much more than 450 watts to the controller, even on a full dunny day. I only have one freezer as a load on that system. I turn on the inverter early in the morning and shut it off about an hour or 2 after dark as the batteries are down to about 13.3 volts at that time. I might have enough battery power to run 24/7, but with the batteries being that low at about 8 pm, I don't know if I might run them to low before good sun the next day.
i finnaly can get into solar powered systems since the prices went down finnaly lol i knew it would so 2 years later and now i have a 12v 100AH battery and a couple 100watt solar panels and im still waiting for my cheap RENOGY 30amp solar charge controller to come in the mail and then im all ready to go to be collecting solar power lol i have a couple of homemade LITHIUM ION betteries that i build a few years ago and they are still working great but i can inly use up 75 watts loads at a time so i needed athat 12v LIFEPO4 100ah battery so thanks for showing us your set up also those old cheap ebay DC to DC breakers are no good they are burning peoples houses down so if you have any please check them and make sure that all yours are fine
so your freezer battery never drops down passed %50 percent lol is that ok well im sure it is lol that just means that battery will last allot longer is all right
i hope you have someone to pass all that stuff down to once you die brother im only 38 and i feel like ill be dead in 20 years at most lol but ive had health issues for over 10 years now and i weigh only 100 pounds and sit home all day eating and watching youtube so yeah thanks again for the videos i cant wait to see how long these batteries will really last im sure i wont get more then 10 years out of one 12v 100ah battery but if i can get a good 5 years or more then im happy but thats only because i bought the cheapest battery on AMAZON for only 150 dollar with bluetooth and shipped in 2 days lol but now if i paid good money for this battery then i would expect it to last 10 years or more
Here in the far northern part of Cali, people without grid tied solar and battery are paying the power company 4 hundred dollars a month and more just trying to stay cool. Can't imagine what will happen when everyone begins to plug their vehicles in as well!
I have heard others i know out that way saying how much it costs to keep the house at 80 degrees during those hot spells....crazy $$! Aloha brother!🤙
Hi Bob, we used to have to run our generator once each week in winter untill we put up some more panels. It was more panels or cut down some shade trees. We have 600ah of lithium and 2500w of panels and live off grid running all mod cons just not all at once. Life is good down here in sunny South Australia. Enjoying your content. Thanx for sharing.
I just added panels instead of cutting trees myself. Doing just fine. Glad you're doing well buddy! Aloha!🤙
It's a beautiful day in paradise Bob.
Looks great . Some new battery's coming out. Zinc ION . They figured how to make the old Carbon-Zinc battery into a ION rechargeable. Just building the factory to make them now. Newer LiFePO4 getting to market now. Smaller ! and soon lots more cycle life. Some starting batteries (LiFePO4) out now. NOCO has some. Getting one for gas scooter . Won't be long now. No more lead acid starting battery . Ryobi has inverter generator like the Honda but has Bluetooth and electric start from one plus 18V Li-ION battery the tools take. Great stuff hitting the market now and soon. Time to rethink how we use power and battery now. And testing has been done on the Mini 100AH LiFePO4 . It is true power AH . The RV people love them. Just insulate them . Even the cold temp ones. You do not want them to shut off when you need them. Great protection they have . stop charging in cold. Some times you have to charge in cold. Just insulate them. and they make heated type . Problem solved.
It's going to stay an exciting time with all the new stuff coming out. We will always have the old ways to remember how it used to be, and just how great it is now! Aloha Roberto!🤙
Very nice Bob !
Easy transition from one day to the next.
Question: What happened to the 4 100 AH mixed battery equaling 48 Volts experiment? My understanding was that it was going to be deployed into an everyday power supply.
Aloha my friend 🤙
Haven't got around to using that setup on a daily basis yet, but for a few weeks it did just fine🤙
Adding more Solar Panels to My Various Systems in Prep for Winter and added 2 Victron 150/35 Smart Solar Charge Controllers with 800 Watts each of Eco Worthy BiFacial Panels - 🌴 Aloha Brother 🤙
Very nice! You should be in great shape! Aloha!🤙
@@ProjectsinParadise808 🌴 Running 5 Separate 24 Volt Systems now... 🌵
Good Evening ! What a beautiful day in PARADISE. TAKE CARE..
Good morning brother...still pretty nice today🤙
Simple, efficient energy lifestyle..... 110 % peace of mind. 😎👍
You got that right!🤙
Victron for the win
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Really enjoying the content mate, you really are living my dream life lol. Just wondering to you actually test your backup generator still and how much fuel do you keep to hand.
Mahalo Andy! I don't keep much gas around anymore. I just don't need it. Maybe a few gallons stored for worst case. I start the generator every now and then just to keep it lubed up is all. Aloha!🤙
lol yeah im waiting for my mom to pass away and then ill be all off grid so ive been getting ready over the last year so by the time my mom passes away ill have everything i need to live off grid lol so thats cool i just need to find a place to live and build my own hut basically lol i cant wait im sure NEW YORK LAWS wont allow me to do so but im a 2 time felon and been on the run for many many years so when have i listen to the law lol i will have a hut in the woods living a normal life brother so thanks for these videos
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Lookin cool. So fun!
Aloha
Aloha Rick!🤙
I prefer to run my lithium at 80% and only go to 100% a few times a year for balance purposes. But I don't live in Paradise.
No one seems to be in agreement about the 80% charge for LIP vs ion. Personally, for storage over a few weeks, i run mine down to 80-85%. For my LIP batteries that I use on a regular basis like at least once a week, I keep fully charged.
@@donbrloks3959 it seems to me it takes a lot of effort and power to get the last 20 also most auto EV recommend charge to 80. It also runs up the cycle count 😁
@@donbrloks3959 I may use the term 80% but what I actually do is charge to the point where the capacity is mostly full and the current drops off it actually is about 90%.
80% keeps me happy too, but I let it go to full all the time. I just never know when those dark days will come, so I take what I can get everyday! Aloha!🤙
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Peace ✌
Peace brother🤙
great video
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bob what size battery montro do i need 75 amp or 100 amp?
You need to know your load and voltage to answer this question. 3000 watts / 12volts = 250 amp, so a minimum 300 amp shunt for monitoring. Victron Energy just released a 300 amp smart shunt for $71 US. Gary in SE Michigan
Your arrays do much better than mine. I have an 800 watt array with a Victron 150/70 controller with a 4000-watt Giandel inverter and two 300 ah Litime lipo4 batteries. My panels never deliver much more than 450 watts to the controller, even on a full dunny day. I only have one freezer as a load on that system. I turn on the inverter early in the morning and shut it off about an hour or 2 after dark as the batteries are down to about 13.3 volts at that time. I might have enough battery power to run 24/7, but with the batteries being that low at about 8 pm, I don't know if I might run them to low before good sun the next day.
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I'm doing really well anymore for these conditions here. Of course that could change, but I think I have it dialed in pretty good now. Aloha brother!🤙
yeah buddy ive been warching your channel for years now so thanks for making great videos for us
right on...I like bringing the content to you as well🤙
i finnaly can get into solar powered systems since the prices went down finnaly lol i knew it would so 2 years later and now i have a 12v 100AH battery and a couple 100watt solar panels and im still waiting for my cheap RENOGY 30amp solar charge controller to come in the mail and then im all ready to go to be collecting solar power lol i have a couple of homemade LITHIUM ION betteries that i build a few years ago and they are still working great but i can inly use up 75 watts loads at a time so i needed athat 12v LIFEPO4 100ah battery so thanks for showing us your set up also those old cheap ebay DC to DC breakers are no good they are burning peoples houses down so if you have any please check them and make sure that all yours are fine
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so your freezer battery never drops down passed %50 percent lol is that ok well im sure it is lol that just means that battery will last allot longer is all right
It may drop lower at anytime....I can get long spells of little sun. 🤙
i hope you have someone to pass all that stuff down to once you die brother im only 38 and i feel like ill be dead in 20 years at most lol but ive had health issues for over 10 years now and i weigh only 100 pounds and sit home all day eating and watching youtube so yeah thanks again for the videos i cant wait to see how long these batteries will really last im sure i wont get more then 10 years out of one 12v 100ah battery but if i can get a good 5 years or more then im happy but thats only because i bought the cheapest battery on AMAZON for only 150 dollar with bluetooth and shipped in 2 days lol but now if i paid good money for this battery then i would expect it to last 10 years or more
Wishing you the best health brother! 🤙