I kept thinking how do you manage to focus long enough to do a huge project like this?!

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Community - the new people I meet, conversations i have & new shit i can learn is great motivation!

@CheapHomeTech

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall Thanks. That's actually a profound concept. Gives me something to think about...

That looks like a huge improvement over the old version. Thanks for sharing your video.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Both have their applications - *waits for Tesla battery to arrive :)

Look at the effort gone into this video.. you've come a long way from a thousand subs mate :) Have a blast!

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this one the learning curve was huge... more to come! oooh and i'm here to have a blast that's for sure (just not the bang bang kind lol)

@GiddeonG

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall Haha, nice

I must confess that you have really opened up my mind

@HBPowerwall

Жыл бұрын

I hope that is a good thing

Cheers for the video, appreciate how long these things take!

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Like doing this type of video, but super stressful how it will be taken by the community. I thought I would have had some comments on the click bate thumbnail. More to come...

@simonmasters3295

3 жыл бұрын

Stop worrying you are streets ahead

Great video man. Came out really nice.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud!

Nice and Clean INSTALL!!!!!💥

yep I need to borrow you for a few days and I want the high speed version lol.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

That'll be @bruno you need lol

@BrunoPOWEEER

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall hahahahaha THE NEED FOR SPEED hahahaaa

WOOOOOWWW.. you even renovated the wall with some fresh paint to welcome the new WatchMon hahahaha What a video.. you covered sooo much important info in just over 5 min!!!!!! Awesome good job mate!!!

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

If you need lessons buddy hit me up AHHAHAAH You can be my voice over man next time. My sexy hands, your sexy voice!We'll break the interwebs!

@BrunoPOWEEER

5 жыл бұрын

HBPowerwall hahahahahahahahaa “I’m sexy and I know it” hahahahaa

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

That's going to be in my head all day! lol

I used a changeable blade fuse installed inline to each balance leads... Easy peasy. Great video.

@HBPowerwall

2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

Looks great!! Are them fuses DC-rated? The box says AC ;-)

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

was told they were ac/dc rated - that said they have already been replaced with shunttrip

Hey Peter, thank you for the instructions! You help make life easier! I was wondering which batrium do you use if you have 28plus battery packs? It can not be centralized or can it?

@HBPowerwall

4 жыл бұрын

I use a WatchMon4 on my bigger banks that will be expanded and require higher balancing currents. Watchmon5/7 on smaller battery packs that require less balance current or need to remove heat build up from within the battery enclosure

Hey mate! Is there any reason why this can't be installed on a small prismatic Lifepo4 battery bank? Seems like as long as you get the right size ring terminals it should connect fine right? Awesome overview of this product mate! Looking forward to learning more.

Brilliant job 👍 very tidy 👍👍

@HBPowerwall

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Buy 5mm female insulated bullet - crimp connectors 5$ per 100. Buy 5 mm x 20 mm fuses. Crimp wire into 2 bullet females, insert fuse into what would be the female bit of both crimps. Presto, inline fuse-holder! Wire assembly into circuit. You then have a pluggable replacement fuse-holder that allows you to make mistakes and change fuses as required. Cheap!

Pete . Q for you . You currently have 14’s connected to the unit - can this also support multiple 14S packs in addition by duplicating the “ balance wires “ or does this cause issues . Cheers

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

I think it would work but opens up a whole new set of issues. Shared looms require a little more finesse and become unhappy fast. adding that many more cables will add much more possible points of failure. Best would be to reach out to Batrium support and ask the question. WM+ can only do 6ah balance per day so adding too many P might add an unreasonable load to a single WM+

Great videa Peter! :)

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dennis, was another fantastic learning curve installing and setting up the video.

@dennisthgersen1557

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall Did you also get a new microfon? Your voice is so crisp! gj mate! :D

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Same mic but scripted it and recorded in my bedroom under two pillows with the mic lol and did it 20 times

@dennisthgersen1557

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall 🤣😂 Good job mand. Haha

Looks like a nicer BMS than what they have been offering! I hope this one isn't crazy over priced. I'd pay 200-250 U.S. for it, maybe. Any idea on pricing?

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

All on the website www.batrium.com/products/watchmon5 - price is relative to quality of product & how much you value your home/project.

I just got the mw4 with longmons because of a misunderstanding. Batrium told me i could exchange it with the mw 5 if i want to. i am building a 2x14S120P System (so a 14s240p) with used 18650. Which one would you use for this? the mw4 with longmons or mw5?

@HBPowerwall

3 жыл бұрын

WM5 if it was a well built battery, 4 if it's less than ideal build

Id really like to see the WM6 in action. 7 A balancing current. I dont think this model has enough balance. How was it it? Them new cells looked like they went high a few times

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

WM6 is a long way off from what I understand. 6ah per day is considerable for a well-built battery. For a poorly built battery, you'd want to be finding out why rather than getting a larger BMS. Yes, some cells do appear to jump up a little. I also asked Batrium support about this and its due to the shared loom. I tested with multi meter and cells are definitely fine. because two cells have a 'shared' cable data sometimes trips over each other - well that's how I understand it anyway.

@simonmasters3295

3 жыл бұрын

That's not a great explanation. When you say the tested cell is ok do you mean it's volts are right and the BMS reads it wrong?l

hey are this one is active balancer or just burn and waisted the power for balance?

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Active is Watchmon6 - My inverter 'wastes' more energy in heat than balancing. Hell 10x more again between the panels and charge controller. And don't get me started on the energy wasted once the batteries are full...

Hello! What spot welder do you recommend?

@HBPowerwall

4 жыл бұрын

www.diypwoerwalls.com/kweld

Man... id give anything to have something like this on my nissan leaf powerwall. I have 2 batteries now... 24 leaf modules and 16 280 grade a eve cells. Yes the watchmon is awesome and id like 2 of them atleast

Does Batrium drains current from an overvolt cell? or transfers it to another?

@HBPowerwall

2 жыл бұрын

it's a passive balancer not an active.. so removes the issue not moves it. Active balancers come with a host of issues that render them mostly useless other than 'balancing a battery"

No longmons with this model?

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

All done on the Watchmon Plus - Ideal for Tesla Bolt type batteries with a shared loom.

Plz make Lithium titanate battery video ...........

So your packs are 15s4p.

@chuxxsss

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall But are they broken up into spare packs.

Does this do passive or active balancing?

@HBPowerwall

3 жыл бұрын

Passive, active is madness...

just wondering what the accuracy of the voltages are. i had one longmon that showed 40mV too much, which is somewhat unacceptable for lithium batteries

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

I only have a chinese multimeter but they all show the same value once balanced so I was happy with that. 40mV isn't terrible but for lithium you would have proceed with caution

@ursodermatt8809

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall what i am talking about is comparing the actual cell voltage with what the longmon thinks in the software. according to maxine the tolerance is actually -50mV/+50mV. you can easily calculate that the worst possible scenario could be 100mV difference. which is acceptable for a lead acid battery, i suppose. but not a lithium, particularly a lifepo 4. the spectrum to from absorb to near fully discharge is only about 500mV. i talked to you about that they should be able to be calibrated. like some cheap chinese bms' are. maxine's position is, that people might calibrate them wrongly. i can calibrate the voltages in the midnite classic chargers. i have 5 of them. all needed re-calibrating, although they were orginally calibrated in the factory i am sure.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

I'm going to side with Maxine, I only have a Chinese multimeter it could be more wrong than 50mv i'm sure.

@ursodermatt8809

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall you might want to invest in a fluke voltmeter. mine measures 3 decimals on cell voltages which is quite handy. also gives you an accurate result in measuring ripple voltage.

@kurtthrun1909

5 жыл бұрын

@@ursodermatt8809 I have to agree not being able to calibrate the voltage reading is disappointing that they removed this feature. I had a few of my cellmons that where way out off with there voltage readings. Have fluke 87v for rough measurment and calabrated HP bench meter for more precise measurements. I understand that people potentially could be adjusting units with incorrect equipment or during conditions that would give wrong reading. Though taking the user calibration feature out of the software was a big mistake. A simple warning or placing it in an advanced menu with disclaimer would be enough. It's a diy battery management product if customer can't be trusted to calibrate the voltage offset then I don't see that as any different to them tweeking any there setting incorrectly and creating issues. Please if battrium read this return the voltage calibration feature to the software!!!

This is a only monitoring system not a management system. It’s correct?

@HBPowerwall

3 жыл бұрын

Full blown BMS

Possible il toyota prius convetnrt ti plug in ,? THANK YOU HB

@HBPowerwall

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what that is sorry..

@Loky313

2 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall thé prius are 230v dc

where is the testmon getting its power?

@HBPowerwall

3 жыл бұрын

via the balance cables

my power wall is almost ready , i get it an bms from aliexpress...and is JUNK , i didnt listen your advice when you say it :))))) i have it to try'it by my self :)))..next on the list is Batrium

@HBPowerwall

4 жыл бұрын

Some times you need to find out stuff for your self.. I'm sure the Ali BMS isn't compete junk..

HB, good commercial! you'll have your own TV show next, quick ??? a depleted(dead) nickle or any other kind rechargeable or not AA AAA OR C,D capable of acting like an electrolytic capacitor not being able to hold a charge or a burst of charge but nothing like adding electrolytes why I'm asking cause of the booster packs completely won't work without a good battery and wouldn't that prove electrolytic capacitors work better for EV's my concern about the EV's there really isn't much of a nationwide safety issue to deal with a problem with using all the batteries being used why I would recommend a quick release feature for the battery packs or better containment

i hope the watchmon plus is more reliable than the watchmon 4

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

I've found the WM4 to be perfect - however i only use basic functions, but ordering a new inverter soon i hope with CanBus so that'll open up a hole new learning curve also

@ursodermatt8809

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall i don't think there is any documentation on batrium's website how to program the stuff except for the cell balancing.

Man. Sounds so scripted. I know they probably gave it to you but I prefer the real Pete.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

it was scripted lol i've tried to do it in a few videos - would like like all my script versions lol nothing provided

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Desperately trying to get better audio but funds just arn't there so i was recording in my bedroom with the phone under two pillows and tried it dozens of times lol i'm sick of cars going past when i'm talking in the shed.

@SimoWill75

5 жыл бұрын

Reminded me of the early Leyland Brothers stuff haha. You'll get better at it.

They told me they dont have any BMS that is suited for Tesla Batteries, I have a email from them. Plus I'm still waiting for my refund I sent back all there faulty products. I'm sure you seen my videos. They have been sponsoring you for some time now so I understand you up selling there products. But plain and simple Batrium have lots of problems just look at all the comments on my video about them.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

I can't even describe how disappointed i am about how you handled the whole matter. I've subbed you for so long i can't remember the first video i saw. I'm sure i saw something about you buying that BMS plus 12 months ago...

@ModernOffGridDIY

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall disappointed you have know idea. I subbed you back in the day way before you subbed me, I handled it just fine Considering. You and i may not see eye to eye on this because your on there side and that's fine. But I know the truth and I dont mind speaking it. Wish you the best of luck.

@ursodermatt8809

5 жыл бұрын

@@ModernOffGridDIY batrium's customer support can suck. that is my experience also. maxine was all but hurt about the faulty cell wires they sent me (they were hot melt glued and the wire disconnects under bypassing current between the wire and pin crimp. at least 12 wires failed. and for most of them i paid myself) and they still keep failing. so i have to observe the bloody thing every float change to make sure. theoretically a good product.

@ursodermatt8809

5 жыл бұрын

Did you get a refund yet?

£400!!!! LOL Rather make my own.

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great video. Can’t wait to see what you come up with. How long you thinking time wise ?

@LeeFall

5 жыл бұрын

@@HBPowerwall github.com/stuartpittaway/diyBMS All the components are nearly here just waiting on the fuses and I can start building boards. Wont be making any videos though it's just my Lil side project :)

@HBPowerwall

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your project

@chrispfeil6605

5 жыл бұрын

HBPowerwall diplomatic af