This is a good video. The portable power units are a nice thing to have. Of course, there are a multitude of brands and one of the others may work better for you. As for your lawn business, investing in another EG4 battery may be a better option for the long term than relying on a portable power unit like the Dabbsson.
Neat! Thank you for showing the practical use case of fan/fridge during an outage, goodness knows that it feels like Power Outages are happening more and more
Good video. I bought (2) 1300’s and (2) 1700 batteries to go with them. Love them so far and their customer support/ service has been great. Much better than Bluetti’s CS and I say that from experience. Best band for the buck is Dabbsson right now. Thanks again for this review.
It's nice all of your yard tools are battery operated. Here in northern CA they passed laws against gasoline powered tools as of July 2024 but it's not enforced much as I still hear and smell those things. That DBS 1400 Pro is on sale at eBay for black Friday at $479.
Buy an Amazon ground/neutral bond plug to fit in one of the 15a 120v recepticles to make your vehicle charger work. It worked on my Bluetti solar generator.
My original EGO battery that came with my EGO Lawnmower just started to not charge. I've had the mower and battery for almost 15 years. I originally purchased it at Home Depot when they first started carrying EGO, but of course they don't anymore. I'm up to 8 batteries, along with the Leaf Blower, Sting Trimmer and Chain Saw. I have 4 5amp and 4 2.5amp batteries, so I use the larger AMP batteries in the mower and blower. I use the lower in the trimmer, makes it a bit lighter.
Building out the trailer today I would probably install similar panels as you did originally but then get an all in one battery storage units like the Dabsson instead of the EG4 setup. Most of the storage units have pretty good compatibility with standard panels.
Glad to see your still doing well man. When i bought my Cybertruck it came with the Tesla Powershare package. We had it installed prior to the hurricane hitting us in Tampa, so it was nice being able to run the house off the Cybertruck... was taking the truck to the local supercharger instead of running a gas generator to charge it back up, so it got a few cycles during our power outage... curious if this could be installed in your solar trailer and instead of having battery pack in the trailer, you could use the truck for your battery storage to charge stuff.... just a thought since it is so seamless with the transfer of power switching.
It is nice to see you can expand you capacity with a luggable battery. a person could probably build a similar trailer with solar panels on top of trailer and the luggable battery or multiple batteries. Of if you have home solar fixed panels you could just move the luggable battery. I call them luggable because anything more than 40 lbs. is heavy for some people but you can lug it around. Defiantly something a person could do for cheaper to recharge LiFePo4 and use it to recharge you tool batteries than buying more tool batteries
Charging and discharging between 20-80% for most lithium batteries massively extends useful battery lifetime. Less time you spend below or more importantly above 80/90% the better off your batteries are.
That is cool they have the switch. I have a EcoFlow Delta Max, and you have to go through the app to change charging levels, which sucks, as the app only works when you are on your home wifi network... kinda dumb IMO when I use the thing away from home most of the time. But yeah, in the manual they do suggest to limit charging at maximum rate as it is not good for the batteries, so via the app I set mine to limit to 800w. Never had to change it yet.
That’s one of my biggest gripes with modern things. Eeeeverything wants an app.. I actually did everything in this video without downloading the app, so for that I am appreciative.
Have you ever thought of adding solar on the sides? At least one side for extra power plus you can have a little patio in case you need it for a break.
Aside from needing to bond neutral and ground together (just get a bonding plug and plug it into one of the normal outlets), a TT-30 to Nema 14-50 adapter won't work, it connects both hots to the same hot on the TT-30, since the TT-30 is 120v only. You need a TT-30 pigtail for your tesla EVSE so it can get 120v. The tesla 14-50 pigtail only connects in a 240v configuration, and the TT-30 to 14-50 adapter only presents 120v to the 14-50, not 240v.
Did you hook up those 3 solar panels in series ?? Curious because the inputs say 12v-60v but the manual say max of 75v. Those 3 panels should put it close to 75v in series.
btw, lithium batteries (idk if every type of them) get worn more by charging from 80% to 100% than from 20 to 40. so u should plug them in when they're at let's say half battery. I think.
So far I haven't had any issues with water. I'll mow/work in light rain but I don't generally use the equipment if it's pouring down (or lightning nearby) and of course the equipment lives in the trailer.
Question on cycle life. You say your LFP setup is better because its cheaper (and universal) which I agree with. But one of the pro's you put there is cycle life, but your actually cycling your Ego batteries MORE because you chose not to buy a 2nd set. In 2-3 years you will effectively hit 300 cycles on your current Ego batteries and will probably have to buy the 2nd set anyways. If instead of the LFP/Solar setup, you just straight up bought a 2nd set (and charged every day when you got home) both sets would instead last 5 years if my math works out. So that might actually be cheaper in the end.
after 300 cycles the batteries will degrade to around 70 percent. They are still usable with 70 percent capacity and don't need to be replaced. With the amount of batteries and chargers he has in his mobile solar trailer I think he will not run into a major problem, but it is smart to have a backup to your backup in case of an emergency.
the blend from laptop screen video to actual video was masterful. great video as usual!
Was just wondering how you are doing.
Glad to know you are still uploading.
This is a good video. The portable power units are a nice thing to have. Of course, there are a multitude of brands and one of the others may work better for you. As for your lawn business, investing in another EG4 battery may be a better option for the long term than relying on a portable power unit like the Dabbsson.
Cool transition from laptop!
Great job on the video Steve! Thanks for making it.
Neat! Thank you for showing the practical use case of fan/fridge during an outage, goodness knows that it feels like Power Outages are happening more and more
the display layout is extremely similar to the EcoFlow that i inherited. i wonder if they're made in the same chinese factory.
Good video. I bought (2) 1300’s and (2) 1700 batteries to go with them. Love them so far and their customer support/ service has been great. Much better than Bluetti’s CS and I say that from experience. Best band for the buck is Dabbsson right now. Thanks again for this review.
It's nice all of your yard tools are battery operated. Here in northern CA they passed laws against gasoline powered tools as of July 2024 but it's not enforced much as I still hear and smell those things. That DBS 1400 Pro is on sale at eBay for black Friday at $479.
Thanks for an honest review of this. Hope ya weathered those storms as best anyone could. Tim Dodd merch for the win. 🚀
Great video Steve!! I need to do my trailer like yours .... just keep putting it off.
Buy an Amazon ground/neutral bond plug to fit in one of the 15a 120v recepticles to make your vehicle charger work. It worked on my Bluetti solar generator.
You can make one very easily and very low cost. I made 2 after I had originally bought 2 online at $18 each. JMO
My original EGO battery that came with my EGO Lawnmower just started to not charge. I've had the mower and battery for almost 15 years. I originally purchased it at Home Depot when they first started carrying EGO, but of course they don't anymore. I'm up to 8 batteries, along with the Leaf Blower, Sting Trimmer and Chain Saw. I have 4 5amp and 4 2.5amp batteries, so I use the larger AMP batteries in the mower and blower. I use the lower in the trimmer, makes it a bit lighter.
Building out the trailer today I would probably install similar panels as you did originally but then get an all in one battery storage units like the Dabsson instead of the EG4 setup. Most of the storage units have pretty good compatibility with standard panels.
Glad to see your still doing well man. When i bought my Cybertruck it came with the Tesla Powershare package. We had it installed prior to the hurricane hitting us in Tampa, so it was nice being able to run the house off the Cybertruck... was taking the truck to the local supercharger instead of running a gas generator to charge it back up, so it got a few cycles during our power outage... curious if this could be installed in your solar trailer and instead of having battery pack in the trailer, you could use the truck for your battery storage to charge stuff.... just a thought since it is so seamless with the transfer of power switching.
another dope video!
It is nice to see you can expand you capacity with a luggable battery. a person could probably build a similar trailer with solar panels on top of trailer and the luggable battery or multiple batteries. Of if you have home solar fixed panels you could just move the luggable battery. I call them luggable because anything more than 40 lbs. is heavy for some people but you can lug it around. Defiantly something a person could do for cheaper to recharge LiFePo4 and use it to recharge you tool batteries than buying more tool batteries
I like the setup to get to the "main" video. Nice one.
Charging and discharging between 20-80% for most lithium batteries massively extends useful battery lifetime. Less time you spend below or more importantly above 80/90% the better off your batteries are.
we need more vidoes
Power stations have definitely come a long way, over the summer I was able to buy the Ecoflow Delta 2 for $400!
That is cool they have the switch. I have a EcoFlow Delta Max, and you have to go through the app to change charging levels, which sucks, as the app only works when you are on your home wifi network... kinda dumb IMO when I use the thing away from home most of the time. But yeah, in the manual they do suggest to limit charging at maximum rate as it is not good for the batteries, so via the app I set mine to limit to 800w. Never had to change it yet.
That’s one of my biggest gripes with modern things. Eeeeverything wants an app.. I actually did everything in this video without downloading the app, so for that I am appreciative.
Have you ever thought of adding solar on the sides? At least one side for extra power plus you can have a little patio in case you need it for a break.
You should have been at the big tool event to help sponsor eco
Aside from needing to bond neutral and ground together (just get a bonding plug and plug it into one of the normal outlets), a TT-30 to Nema 14-50 adapter won't work, it connects both hots to the same hot on the TT-30, since the TT-30 is 120v only. You need a TT-30 pigtail for your tesla EVSE so it can get 120v. The tesla 14-50 pigtail only connects in a 240v configuration, and the TT-30 to 14-50 adapter only presents 120v to the 14-50, not 240v.
Did you hook up those 3 solar panels in series ?? Curious because the inputs say 12v-60v but the manual say max of 75v. Those 3 panels should put it close to 75v in series.
No I put them in parallel.
btw, lithium batteries (idk if every type of them) get worn more by charging from 80% to 100% than from 20 to 40. so u should plug them in when they're at let's say half battery. I think.
Have you ever experienced water related damage to your Ego equipment or are they pretty weather resistant?
So far I haven't had any issues with water. I'll mow/work in light rain but I don't generally use the equipment if it's pouring down (or lightning nearby) and of course the equipment lives in the trailer.
You commented how you havent had any EGO batteries fail yet....what is your oldest battery?
I ask cause i have batteries from 2015,2017,2019 etc.
Question on cycle life. You say your LFP setup is better because its cheaper (and universal) which I agree with. But one of the pro's you put there is cycle life, but your actually cycling your Ego batteries MORE because you chose not to buy a 2nd set. In 2-3 years you will effectively hit 300 cycles on your current Ego batteries and will probably have to buy the 2nd set anyways.
If instead of the LFP/Solar setup, you just straight up bought a 2nd set (and charged every day when you got home) both sets would instead last 5 years if my math works out. So that might actually be cheaper in the end.
after 300 cycles the batteries will degrade to around 70 percent. They are still usable with 70 percent capacity and don't need to be replaced. With the amount of batteries and chargers he has in his mobile solar trailer I think he will not run into a major problem, but it is smart to have a backup to your backup in case of an emergency.
BiFacial panels would spank that generator