Hurrah to the people in Boulton! 🙂

Hi lads from sunny Spain. I guess the previous one is likely to be my goto for emergency power at home. So far today we have produced 17 kWh from our solar panels and we have a full tank of hot water. Our last electricity bill was 28€ for one month and we have refilled our logstore for 320€ which will be our heating for next winter so we are staying charged.

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

Very good going!

The 12V 10 A sockets are also used for astro equipment (electric telescope mounts, astro cameras, telescope heaters etc.).

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

Thanks. Great info

In addition to checking possible range-adding capacity, it would be wonderful to see how long and how much cooking and entertaining you could do with these battery packs, say on a picnic with music and cooker, etc. Great excuse for a day out, fine wine and food and great views/scenery.

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

Great suggestion!

@psocretes8183

22 күн бұрын

There is a technique of passive cooking. What you do is you bring your stew say to a running simmer and put it into a pre heated vacuum flask. After a couple of hours the food is cooked. Sometimes I cook just meat this way and it is incredibly tender. If you are cooking for a family you can wrap a stewpot in a sleeping bag or quilt to maintain the heat. It's a good method for cooking when you're camping as you save a lot of fuel. In WW2 they used to fill a tea chest with straw place the pot on a bed of straw and then pack more straw around it.

Great video. Im waiting until solar panels get to this point with portability for domestic homes and home usage. Those massive screw down things are still too expensive.

@MeandMonAmi

19 күн бұрын

They have balcony set ups now which you don’t screw down.

It strikes me that they should have a model with multiple mains outlets country types. So you could have 2 european and 2 uk etc. etc.

@MeandMonAmi

19 күн бұрын

Yes I wonder if the légals would allow it though ?

These types of devices are becoming increasingly powerful and compact. One day, with four or five of them and a solar panel, it will be possible to power a large part of a house, drastically reducing the electricity bill.

Another mid week video - yay! 🎉

After all the chargers you have tested - you should add the link to a spreadsheet with all the available data... Much easier than t watch all these videos again.

another use case would be could you edit a video on a laptop, while charging Elton on the powerbank with the solar panel fitted to the powerbank, and how long that would last. reason for saying laptop is you still got the battery power to save the project before the laptop switches off.

Hi fellas great content as usual ! We have the Ecoflow Max which is 203mm wide might be worth having a look at their stuff it’s very good👍

@MeandMonAmi

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@kevkingsnorth9222

23 күн бұрын

@@MeandMonAmi👍

That would be rather on the big side for my van too. But thanks to you both, I bought an Allpowers S200 - which is just the right size to fit in the auto radio hole in the dash of my sans permis van. A friend 3 D printed me a shuttle to hold it in the dash. Very pleased with that pack. Powers my Carpuride, bluetooth speaker and LED cab light. My dashcam didn't get on with it though.

@MeandMonAmi

4 күн бұрын

Excellent. Why doesn’t Dashcam work?

@MegaBreadvan

4 күн бұрын

@@MeandMonAmi Am not sure. It just keeps switching itself off when plugged into the AllPowers with a USB cable. Yet works fine through the cigarette lighter cable/plug on my van.

This is the wrong channel to mention it, but when I lived in Kenya and needed a bit of extra range I just used to stick a jerrycan of petrol in the back...🤭 (Aieee! EV blasphemy!)

@MeandMonAmi

20 күн бұрын

Indeed and in Thailand you buy a pop bottle full at the side of the road!

HI, how long til the Me and Mon Ami Power station comes online ? You must have enough batteries now to power a small house !

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

Indeed. Villefranche goes off grid!

With my ecoflow delta 2, I worked out how much money I would save by charging it on cheap overnight electricity and replacing more expensive day time electricity. The result was that after the projected manufacturer's life cycles of the unit. It would have paid for the money it cost to buy almost exactly. Therefore a complete waste of money for cost saving. However if you have a logistical use for a power bank, they are very useful but don't expect to save any money at all lol.

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

Solar would be free though?

@stevezodiac491

24 күн бұрын

​@MeandMonAmi how much is a portable solar panel lol ? I thought the saying ' penny wise and pound foolish' came from Yorkshire ?

I’ve run an in-line power meter with my ami in the uk, it charges consistently at 1870w, I think the wattage in the uk is lower because we are 240v

@MeandMonAmi

19 күн бұрын

We find that it tops out around 2050 certainly no higher and sometimes lower depending on temps etc

I know you're meant to read instructions only as a last resort but you should have 2 usb A sockets under each of those lower large size rubber covers giving 6 altogether so you haven't been shortchanged, must say very tempted to get one as with the discount £900 and to update battery and inverter on the camper £700 thats about a quarter of the price difference a year ago for the versatility gained it's now a reasonable price to pay.

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

They’ve definitely come down in price a lot since we first started reviewing them 2 years ago

@TheOuttolunch

24 күн бұрын

@@MeandMonAmi I get emails from several brands and noticed that they are all bringing out more powerful models so one required to charge an Ami is no longer the top of the range and attracting the premium prices and the smallest sizes prices are fairly stable but mid size now better value

Your car is 48v It is what we call a 14s battery - keeping the same wiring but replacing the cells with 280ah you would get 13 kw - about twice the range - it would take twice as long to charge and weigh 74kg - being bigger it would have to be assembled to fit the available space - your R250 looks to be just 1.5KW - inverting 48v DC to 240ac then back down to 48v is full of inefficiencies its better to increase capacity at the source

Have you taken a look at the "XBUS"????? Seems like it would be a good "upgrade" for you and Mr. Boo.

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

Thanks. It looks great! Can you actually buy them in France yet?

@bigwheelsturning

24 күн бұрын

@@MeandMonAmi No. They will start making them in the Netherlands late in the year and early 2025. Don't know how long it will take to make enough of them for the "masses". ;0 I want one when the come to the US.

@chiefwhosmoralsareelastix

24 күн бұрын

@@MeandMonAmi According to one UK site, the price is £31,946.22 (including VAT). Same site said to 'Book a test drive today' 😄

Mister Me and Mister Boo, bloody hell Tim , yet another power bank! Mister Boo is gonna be replaced by a power bank, there's no bloody room for him in the passenger side if Elton anymore 😂😂😂stay charged lads 🎉

@MeandMonAmi

24 күн бұрын

If I can draw a face on a power bank then it could be a good upgrade!;

@davidmarshall5596

24 күн бұрын

@@MeandMonAmi yeah definitely Tm,excellent

LOL! I’m not thinking portable here because its too heavy and awkward to fit in the Citroen Ami’s passenger floor slot. I guess you guys will keep on looking. With the rate battery technology is advancing, your dream portable power station will eventually come along.

@stevezodiac491

24 күн бұрын

So you are suggesting, perhaps in the future, it will fit in Mr Boo's slot better ?

@MeandMonAmi

23 күн бұрын

Mr Boo’s slot! Consider that stolen!

How many of these have you reviewed so far ? If you get an even bigger power station there will not be any room left for Mr Boo

@MeandMonAmi

23 күн бұрын

I’ve lost count, they just keep on coming…

Faffarific. Just get an ICE?