@luvdogsandhorses Hello, I believe they are an Amazon seller, the warranty is stated as 3 years on their store page. But I don't see a certificate. However you can also email Service (AT) xznybattery.com and perhaps they can give you a better answer :)
Another well put together video which always seems to be too short...... That's the way it is when it's done properly I guess? I feel like you could have a lot more to say about everything and I would have more to listen to and enjoy it..... I have been working on the string diodes, trying to figure out what each diode needs in voltage to run them efficiently without damaging them.... I'm currently using small diodes as I have plenty of them, just in case I destroy any, as soon as I develop a deeper understanding I will order some higher power versions and retrofit them inside an existing fan heater and begin testing how long it will take to raise the temperature of a bedroom..... The application I need is the ability to hold the temperature overnight during winter at the lowest power consumption as possible so that it can run off my battery bank.... The current fan heaters I have only have two heat options of 1.2kw and 2kw and the fan is noisy.... I think that I can put together something that uses less energy and runs quietly..... I just need to find out what voltage each diode needs.... Or should I be looking at what temperature each diode should be putting out? Obviously each different diode will be able to operate at different heat values, I'm thinking that if I stay below it's temperature rating stated in it's datasheet, then I should be okay.... I think?
@PeterMilanovski Hi and thank you sir... you are very perceptive - there is tremendous pressure to "shorten" the video and keep it moving or folks will click off. Which cuts off creativity and detail, ruining the work I think. They say "It needs to be engaging" hahah. Then again this is all out of my hands. Tell you what, if I can get to 100k I'll stop worrying about watch time and thumbnails and make some excruciatingly long and detailed videos :D Just sharing some opinions... I have built several diode space heaters including larger ones I will show you asap. They need dozens of diodes to match a solar panel. to that end I have been using power rectifiers to heat my shop "hybrid" with nichrome. This way I don't give up my PV space heaters. And the diodes don't work as hard. Each diode can only drop .5v so one is not enough. Each is sensitive to temperature, but that's OK as it helps regulate voltage under changing conditions. The datasheet temps might be quite high, not sure. I do like to run them around 40-50C and blow a fan over them (quiet fan hopefully). Ideally not as hot so are less likely to burn out. Diodes should not be run off battery, instead off solar panels (current limited). In your case, probably could use PV heating during the day, and switch over to battery or thermal heat mass during the night. I'm trying to do something similar in the shop. I'll send up a video today if possible showing my diode collection :D
Electricity of a heater really sucks the power out of any battery weather its Led Acid or LIFEPO4. I find the best way to run an Electrical heater is to use it in the day where you can replenish the battery with Sun and maybe run a Propane heater in the evening..Also it all depends on the amount of Solar you have and the battery storage capacity.
@mannyfragoza9652 Good points... I sometimes blast propane for 10 minutes just to boost the heat. Then I let the solar panels carry it through the day. Hard to beat gas heat for BTU output....
Great review, could you please do a video on how you modify a harbor freight ONE STOP GARDENS WINTER 400/900 Watt Oscillating Parabolic Heater to work on DC power...Peace
Have you heard of Syngas? It's something anyone can make using Organic waste. It powered parts of Europe in WW2. Use excess solar power as an electric heat source. This heat is used as the energy source for pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is a chemical process but it's not much more than cooking the biomass and capturing the 'smoke'. That smoke is syngas and to use it in a generator you actually have to remove the carburetor! How many generators don't work because they need carb work!? No more carb problems! The leftover material is Biochar. Biochar is a permanent carbon store and in poor soil is an absolute amazing fertilizer. Just Google syngas, Biochar, pyrolysis, retort, gasometer for ideas.
Good work, Thank You
@johnkoch8360 Welcome :D 👍
@@solarpoweredge
Can you post the battery website and warranty paper if you have it please ?
@luvdogsandhorses Hello, I believe they are an Amazon seller, the warranty is stated as 3 years on their store page. But I don't see a certificate. However you can also email Service (AT) xznybattery.com and perhaps they can give you a better answer :)
So how long did the heater run to raise the temperature of the room? You never said.
@larrymajorana9269 About 6 hours
Another well put together video which always seems to be too short......
That's the way it is when it's done properly I guess?
I feel like you could have a lot more to say about everything and I would have more to listen to and enjoy it.....
I have been working on the string diodes, trying to figure out what each diode needs in voltage to run them efficiently without damaging them....
I'm currently using small diodes as I have plenty of them, just in case I destroy any, as soon as I develop a deeper understanding I will order some higher power versions and retrofit them inside an existing fan heater and begin testing how long it will take to raise the temperature of a bedroom.....
The application I need is the ability to hold the temperature overnight during winter at the lowest power consumption as possible so that it can run off my battery bank....
The current fan heaters I have only have two heat options of 1.2kw and 2kw and the fan is noisy.... I think that I can put together something that uses less energy and runs quietly.....
I just need to find out what voltage each diode needs.... Or should I be looking at what temperature each diode should be putting out? Obviously each different diode will be able to operate at different heat values, I'm thinking that if I stay below it's temperature rating stated in it's datasheet, then I should be okay.... I think?
@PeterMilanovski Hi and thank you sir... you are very perceptive - there is tremendous pressure to "shorten" the video and keep it moving or folks will click off. Which cuts off creativity and detail, ruining the work I think. They say "It needs to be engaging" hahah. Then again this is all out of my hands.
Tell you what, if I can get to 100k I'll stop worrying about watch time and thumbnails and make some excruciatingly long and detailed videos :D
Just sharing some opinions... I have built several diode space heaters including larger ones I will show you asap.
They need dozens of diodes to match a solar panel. to that end I have been using power rectifiers to heat my shop "hybrid" with nichrome. This way I don't give up my PV space heaters. And the diodes don't work as hard.
Each diode can only drop .5v so one is not enough. Each is sensitive to temperature, but that's OK as it helps regulate voltage under changing conditions. The datasheet temps might be quite high, not sure. I do like to run them around 40-50C and blow a fan over them (quiet fan hopefully). Ideally not as hot so are less likely to burn out.
Diodes should not be run off battery, instead off solar panels (current limited). In your case, probably could use PV heating during the day, and switch over to battery or thermal heat mass during the night. I'm trying to do something similar in the shop.
I'll send up a video today if possible showing my diode collection :D
send those this way i have some tests for them! lol
@vrrevolution9183 I bet you do lol. I have put both XZNYs into long term testing (cycling). Need a forklift to pick them up...
Electricity of a heater really sucks the power out of any battery weather its Led Acid or LIFEPO4. I find the best way to run an Electrical heater is to use it in the day where you can replenish the battery with Sun and maybe run a Propane heater in the evening..Also it all depends on the amount of Solar you have and the battery storage capacity.
@mannyfragoza9652 Good points... I sometimes blast propane for 10 minutes just to boost the heat. Then I let the solar panels carry it through the day. Hard to beat gas heat for BTU output....
@@solarpoweredge you are correct sir
Great review, could you please do a video on how you modify a harbor freight ONE STOP GARDENS WINTER 400/900 Watt Oscillating Parabolic Heater to work on DC power...Peace
Thanks :D yes working on that now! Love the HF heater... will finish and video it ASAP
Have you heard of Syngas? It's something anyone can make using Organic waste. It powered parts of Europe in WW2.
Use excess solar power as an electric heat source. This heat is used as the energy source for pyrolysis.
Pyrolysis is a chemical process but it's not much more than cooking the biomass and capturing the 'smoke'. That smoke is syngas and to use it in a generator you actually have to remove the carburetor! How many generators don't work because they need carb work!? No more carb problems!
The leftover material is Biochar. Biochar is a permanent carbon store and in poor soil is an absolute amazing fertilizer.
Just Google syngas, Biochar, pyrolysis, retort, gasometer for ideas.
@lorddorker3703 This is really cool and deserves more research... thanks for the information!