Being a complete neophyte when it comes to all things solar, I would have loved to have seen a step by step assembly. It looks fantastic. We just dodged a hurricane, so these alternate power sources have been in my thoughts recently.
+Weekend Wanderer Yeah sorry I was not able to do the step by step on this one.. this was built over such a long period of time and at first I was not even doing youtube all that often.. its probably been in the works for 2 years now and I finally got down to finishing it. If you have questions or need help feel free to shoot me a message on here, its actually pretty simple once someone walks you through it :) All you really need is a battery, a solar panel, and an inverter to start with, then you can get fancy and wire in meters and other methods of accessing the power. Thanks for watching!
Great stuff, glad you finally finished it looks great. I love all the switches and power ports mounted in the front, looks real professional with the labels and stickers lol. Keep up the great work, liked it, have a good one buddy
Being a ham operator myself I find this very interesting. I wish you would of gave a list of the components and where a person could find them. I want to do something like that for the Leixen VV-898 radio I just bought. Pretty much make a Go-Box. Thanks for sharing your Emergency Power box video. Juddie WD8WV
I'm planning on doing a lot of traveling in my car for at least a year trying to see as much of the country as i can on a shoe string budget.. Sleeping in truck stops, Camp Grounds, Walmart's, Federal Land etc... I'm looking to build something like this with a flexible solar panel so i can mount it to my roof so the solar panel will follow the curve of my roof. So when i'm going down the road it i will be charging my power bank. I'm needing it to run a light at night. Charge my cell phone and charge my laptop. What battery would i need invest in that would be large enough to do all this?
+Chris . Jones A lot depends on the draw of the devices you are going to use. Dont forget to get bigger panels as well, as they will need to recharge the batteries if they are bigger too. I would start off with at least an 80 amp hour battery, perhaps even one deep cycle battery (normally in the 115 amp hour range and about 80 bucks at walmart) and probably a good 100 watt panel. This little unit here is really just to run my ham rig with a tiny draw as well as possibly give me a light and charge my cell phone. Try and add up the draw of current for all the items you are using and plan it that way.
Where did you get the plastic .50 cal ammo can ? I made one almost identical to yours but can only fit an 8AH battery in the .30 cal plastic can from Harbor Freight.
Actually, I got this at a gun shop I worked at a while back, but Walmart and a few other online places sell them. They are pretty common at least around here. This size box is nice because it not only allows a bigger battery but also you can place your radio gear in there as well. Thanks for watching!
Wow I really like your video I'm gonna watch it in A-line to make thank you for your videos Richard
My husband would love this. Very cool concept! I'll have to try to make this one day. Great vid!
Being a complete neophyte when it comes to all things solar, I would have loved to have seen a step by step assembly. It looks fantastic. We just dodged a hurricane, so these alternate power sources have been in my thoughts recently.
+Weekend Wanderer Yeah sorry I was not able to do the step by step on this one.. this was built over such a long period of time and at first I was not even doing youtube all that often.. its probably been in the works for 2 years now and I finally got down to finishing it. If you have questions or need help feel free to shoot me a message on here, its actually pretty simple once someone walks you through it :) All you really need is a battery, a solar panel, and an inverter to start with, then you can get fancy and wire in meters and other methods of accessing the power. Thanks for watching!
Thx. George this really helped!
Great stuff, glad you finally finished it looks great. I love all the switches and power ports mounted in the front, looks real professional with the labels and stickers lol. Keep up the great work, liked it, have a good one buddy
Where can I find instructions to build one?
Great video Thanks would you add a link for that battery you used Thanks in advance
This is the battery I used
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very nice.....I have wanted to build one of those myself.
That turned out great, I just finished my second box like that and an getting ready to do my third... nice video...
Being a ham operator myself I find this very interesting. I wish you would of gave a list of the components and where a person could find them. I want to do something like that for the Leixen VV-898 radio I just bought. Pretty much make a Go-Box. Thanks for sharing your Emergency Power box video. Juddie WD8WV
Giving me some ideas there.
Love this setup!
Hey great video. I was planning the same set up, with a few mods, and was wondering about specifics on wiring? Was it difficult? Thanks and take care.
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I'm planning on doing a lot of traveling in my car for at least a year trying to see as much of the country as i can on a shoe string budget.. Sleeping in truck stops, Camp Grounds, Walmart's, Federal Land etc... I'm looking to build something like this with a flexible solar panel so i can mount it to my roof so the solar panel will follow the curve of my roof. So when i'm going down the road it i will be charging my power bank.
I'm needing it to run a light at night. Charge my cell phone and charge my laptop. What battery would i need invest in that would be large enough to do all this?
+Chris . Jones A lot depends on the draw of the devices you are going to use. Dont forget to get bigger panels as well, as they will need to recharge the batteries if they are bigger too. I would start off with at least an 80 amp hour battery, perhaps even one deep cycle battery (normally in the 115 amp hour range and about 80 bucks at walmart) and probably a good 100 watt panel. This little unit here is really just to run my ham rig with a tiny draw as well as possibly give me a light and charge my cell phone. Try and add up the draw of current for all the items you are using and plan it that way.
Where did you get the plastic .50 cal ammo can ? I made one almost identical to yours but can only fit an 8AH battery in the .30 cal plastic can from Harbor Freight.
Actually, I got this at a gun shop I worked at a while back, but Walmart and a few other online places sell them. They are pretty common at least around here. This size box is nice because it not only allows a bigger battery but also you can place your radio gear in there as well. Thanks for watching!
Muito bom !