Personally I'd like to see more amazing unboxing action. Best unboxing ever!😂😂😂

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

You got it Randy!!!

@PatrickKQ4HBD

3 жыл бұрын

@@Everlanders That was fantastic! I had to explain my laugh to my wife. Blessings!

@donboggs3880

3 жыл бұрын

Stumbled into your channel and was amazed at how genius your unboxing method shocked my mind. I've found a fount of curiosity as I will go wandering into your video mindfield. Thanks for posting!!! PS also thanks for the peso/dollar clarification, changed my viewpoint immensely! I thought you had more money than sense. Glad I was wrong. Great video delivery.

@Angie-fe8yd

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatrickKQ4HBD I just laughed outloud watching this 😃luckily I am home on my own...I'm going to rewind and watch it again it was so good 😂🤪

@paulcurtis5496

Жыл бұрын

Best unboxing EVER!

Oh I vote for DC-DC conversion, nothing annoys more than taking DC, converting it to AC just so I can then convert it back to DC.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it's more than just me...

@lorinatzen

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, work for solar company, DC is the source voltage, just buck off/boost excess of the MPPT

@Crane_pond_Chronicles

Жыл бұрын

This is why my off grid tiny house is being installed with as many 12 volt appliances as possible

@Everlanders

Жыл бұрын

Well, it's your lucky day, the DC-DC conversion video just dropped: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3WOqbpsZ5zKncY.html

@50Acres

Жыл бұрын

@@Everlanders Ha, awesome, I've been using one of those converters to charge my laptop, works great. Need to convert the Dyson now.

I used a voltage sensitive relay to trigger a heating element in my rvs water heater a few years ago. Worked great. Nice job on your system

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Will, sorry we missed you on our way South, needed to get out of the USA quickly or we would have come to say hello...

@WillProwse

3 жыл бұрын

@@Everlanders oh no worries! Really cool video you made 😁 nice job

@jimmorrison4609

3 жыл бұрын

I agree

@mohamedgerald5045

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster...

@tinyhouseonwheelsireland

Жыл бұрын

Can you post a link to that video please, I can't find it

I love reviews where the reviewers have the balls to actually take the product apart. Earned your keep.

@candeffect

Жыл бұрын

Balls have brain cells?

Looking most forward to the DC-DC efficiency and the 3d printer mods!!!

@rudyserlet8959

3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaah me too intresting the dc-dc

"If you've Ever Suffered from Pre Mature Relief this will solve it for you" Quote of the year 4:35

@directionwood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@brikshoe6259

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he said "premature release".

@markwilhelm3892

3 жыл бұрын

Followed by "Might need a bigger hammer, or more lube" at 11:54.

@theshartbus1267

3 жыл бұрын

@@brikshoe6259 same difference lol

It took me 3 days of searching the internet but I found a 24v ballast for UV lamps! Then paid 60 dollars for shipping. Totally worth it.

Lora sounds interesting!

4:05 is pure genius! Best unboxing EVER! 😂

I vote Maxxair only cause I think it's the most applicable to a lot of people. Could be a big hit for the channel. I love all the ideas though! Can't wait to see them in due time.

A friend just introduced me to your channel ... I love it. Best unboxing ever! A small suggestion for a belt and suspenders approach to protect against thermal runaway, or to simply control the water temperature via analog (for those who don't wish to go with digital control). Repurpose the existing tank-mounted thermostat, wiring it in series with the 12V heating pad (after removing the 120V connections). If folks want to keep the 12/120V option, you could also replace the single-pole (120V) thermostat with the 2-pole (240V) version, using one set of contacts for the heating pad and the other set for the 120V heating element.

All of those projects sound awesome. I am definitely in for any and all technical project videos. Your content has been an inspiration for my own build.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words!

@ajarivas72

Жыл бұрын

This video is great

Your intelligence never ceases to amaze me. I always love watching you create things. I’d love to see the 3D printer and the dc to dc converter projects!

The video was incredible as usual. It sparked the inner geek in me and the inner industrious man. Love that you are using Python for scripting. Your knowledge of electronics, plumbing, physics, mechanical engineering, information technology, etc. is on par with professionals and you still have the ability to innovate where needed. And you know the theory behind all of them. I salute you, sir.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of comment I need right now... 🥰

@ajarivas72

9 ай бұрын

@@Everlanders You are above the professionals.

DC to DC Efficiency - new sub as of 3 minutes ago. I converted a dozen computer servers used in our business from standard AC computer power supplies to 12 VDC Automobile supplies and added 22 ah ACM batteries and powered them with combo power-supply/chargers and this also allowed us to get rid of the UPS units for them as well. It reduced our monthly electric bills by $150 to $200 since it also reduced our A/C requirements by a decent amount. We also converted all of the hard drives to SSDs in the servers at the same time which was required for some servers due to the smaller max size power supplies available for DC (250 vs 350 watt). Payback was 18 to 24 months. If you included the UPS conversions, we were going from AC to DC then to AC then back to DC by the time it reached the computer guts! Now we are AC for the Charger/PS units and all DC from there! Plus the backup batteries would run the servers for 4 hours on average instead of 20 minutes on the UPS units. In Florida (Hurricaneville) this was an AWESOME benefit! Best Dog Gone project I've done in a long time. This is why I vote for DC to DC efficiency. Cheers, Richard

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Great example! Nice work!

... I'm in in all of these planned projects ... Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience ...

This was one of my favorite videos of yours so far. Excellent content. I'm extremely interested in the DC-DC conversion, as well as more code demos like this one.

Being People are being DE platformed... LORA EFP-32 Mesh Network is a winner for me. Great Project, Cheers

You could link 3 heater Matt’s on the outside as easy as you put one on there, I do love your presentation almost as much as making comments. Great job and your work bench language

@Everlanders

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, you could...

Brilliant!!!! I’m a fan…. I’m preparing to cross the Atlantic and work towards the Mediterranean and into the Black Sea (God willing), in the Summer of 2022. Thank you Friend.

I love your practical uses for the raspberry Pi and other electronics.

I always find them entertaining and thought provoking. Some may not always apply to me, but they become a jump off point. I have a cabin that I will be converting to solar and would like to to apply some of these projects. Great work

The Terminator hand got me that's what earned your like, subscribe, notify, all. I think everyone should be required to use a Terminator hand for pointing to stuff in the video

It is not often I can watch a KZread tutorial/video from start to finish - but I always find these videos gripping...interesting...informative... awesome - thanks for all the information - it is inspirational.

I'm voting for DC to DC. I'm sure I could go full monkey and rig everything to work myself, but I'd love to see it done with high quality parts and made to look nice and neat and etc. :)

I very much liked this water heater project. Thanks. Cheers.

With the 12volt powered water heater in play, it looks like there's still surplus SOC for the next project :) NICE!

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, 3D printer is the new Dump Load, and we're still charging!

You are the greatest!!!! I have just started a complete start from scratch Caravan renovation here in Australia.........and watching a bunch of videos to get wised up with water systems and electrical.....this is next level brilliant! You are my hero! Cant wait to get stuck into the other videos......

I've always wondered about the DC to AC back to DC conversions being inefficient, just never tested it out, so that's my vote. Going from 14v to 19v will have it's drawbacks, and be proprietary to that one device, an inverter gives you the standard AC outlet. Thanks for the content.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Agreed, but we will still have our Inverter as the "Universal Adaptor". But I'm on the laptop for 6-10 hours a day and the 3D printer is on for long stretches at a time, so I'm hoping that these see the biggest gains in efficiency.

Nice project! I've voting the DC-DC conversion. I hope you have a ready supply of transistors

I am a retired multidisciplinary engineer. You might consider having a melted wax reservoir with a soft copper coiled pipe, immersed in the wax, to heat water as it passes through. The wax will absorb a lot of heat as it melts, and release that heat to the water. You will be able to get about 150 degree F water, and only heat water you are using. You could also add tubing to the bottom of solar panels to remove heat, lowing panel temperature improves efficiency of the panel. Working fluid for that could be water or an oil.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

That seems quite a bit more complex than popping in an off the shelf water heater... Perhaps outside the scope of what I can do, on the side of the road in Mexico during a pandemic...

I said exactly the same thing as you at the exact same time "It looks like some sort of WWII bomb!" How faaarny was that!

P.S. the more I watch about your build the more I see how great it is. The keg idea for water is just paying back in dividends; I was looking at a tank solution for my build just out of pure capacity but it's hard to argue with your setup with compressed air and the multiple uses, as well as the ability to easily refill water without needing a real RV fill point.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Yes for sure! There are no options for hose refill south of the US border...

All of those are excellent ideas. Your attention to detail is always an inspiration. Side note: my Prusa just got delivered yesterday so I’d lean toward 3D printing if I had to choose. :)

So fascinating. I use my 12L cornelius keg for airconditioning and you use it as a water heater. :)

Definitely the best unboxing video ever. I really enjoyed how you saved all of the materials the tape and the packing materials, just brilliant. Oh and the incisive reflection on the contents, just the best!!

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm probably best known for my incisiveness... 🤔

I bought a few LoRa’s a year or two ago and never got it off the ground. That’s my vote.

Great video - Keep all the ideas coming. LORA definitely. I fitted a similar tank that's used in boats heated by the engine which has worked very well for many years. Its got a housing for an element which I can use for surplus solar / mains heating. When I get the surplus solar fitted.. Interesting to find out about the bearing problem on the fans.

@garymoyer648

3 жыл бұрын

I'm running 1200 watts of solar to lithium batteries with 3000 wats of inverter. Not that it matters but I have magnum solar controller & inverter. I have heard the conversion to 120vac is inefficient. I would be interested in dc to dc conversion to charge laptop, cell phone,etc. Thank you for all your help. Gary.

FWIW, I'm interested in everything. I hope eventually you cover all these projects in the future. I'll be here to watch every minute regardless of the order they are presented. I have learned about all kinds of things I never imagined from just watching your channel. Thank YOU! 👍👍😎👍👍

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Such a heartwarming comment, thanks so much Joel!

I'm glad that you took it apart so I won't have to. Thanks for all the great information. !:- )

Great video, very interesting, thanks! :) I'm interested in seeing the DC-DC efficiency gains.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!

Nice setup! One thing you could consider is to put a thermostatic valve on the output so you always get the same output temperature and your reservoir contents lasts longer. You then can even heat your reservoir to let's say 80° and still have a safe output temperature of let's say 40°. Are you also going to use it for the shower?

@ronb6182

Жыл бұрын

Shower? I would put a shutoff valve on the shower head. 6 gallons of hot water won't cut it for long but one good thing it don't take long to reheat the water. I once went to my neighbors fishing trailer to do some work and the kitchen had a 10 gallon water heater and the cold water came out hot because of the back feed of the water heater. I would like to see a 12 volt heating element and put it on a ten gallon water heater. But on a house it would be better just to install a solar water heater. I would save the power for running an AC unit. 73

Hi Mike from over the pond, just starting out in off-grid camping, This is a bit advanced, but it's doable. Gonna go simple stupid, power out from the charge controller and thermostat to shut it down when up to temp. We have a tie-in system that dumps to a second oversized hot water cylinder in the home, gonna do the motorhome now.

HEY GUY YOU ARE ALRIGHT! NOT only informant but have sense of being real ! Thanks.

@Everlanders

Жыл бұрын

9 out of 10 doctors agree! 😂

always more lube! I am noticing, you are improving with the Funny!

@BHrobry

3 жыл бұрын

he is and was always funny just now he is braver to show it

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Noticing! (I'm trying)

@swaterman08

3 жыл бұрын

@@BHrobry Yes, always funny and still Improving! no one is a master at everything right away, unless you are the Hynman

@myozone

3 жыл бұрын

Dry Canadian humour

@cliffmorgan31

3 жыл бұрын

It’s commercial.... Canada Dry.

Just so others know, the price, $2999 is in MXN currency, which is about $150 USD.

@JourneyOnLife

3 жыл бұрын

Not for long, lol. Soon to be dollar for dollar : )

@Scrambler85

3 жыл бұрын

Stopped the video and did the conversion, 😆

Thank you for your effort in putting all these videos together. I can't wait to start IOT in my truck.

Wasn't sure why KZread recommend this video to me but I'm sure glad that it did. I'm not into van life although I don't mind the idea of it. But what got me was this ingenious idea of heating water with solar! This would work just as good for home, man who would have thought that I would be pulling together ideas from a motorhome? But there you go! You guys have pulled so far in front and that's amazing! I love the automation! The way that you interfaced the boiler within the network is something that I wanted without knowing what it was! Thanks for the great video, I really enjoyed it. Now I have to stalk your other videos that have anything remotely to do with electronics and control!

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! You are a gentleman, a scholar and my favorite subscriber of the day! 🏆

@4:10 damn. Good thing I wasn’t drinking milk at the time.

I’d love to know about dc-ac-dc

Being an Arduino fan, I can appreciate what you've done here. Well done.

I loved the unboxing. I wish more folk started their videos like that.

All of the projects please, definitely not niche !

Shouldnt that temperature be over 65'C to avoid legionella bacteria growth?

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed! I'm running it at 70° for the last while.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

And after I get the rest of my plumbing parts here, I can connect the cold water to the faucet again and then I'll likely jack it up to 80°c and then blend it back at the tap.

@hellopsp180

3 жыл бұрын

yes to 60 C = Growth This tank needs to be cleaned probably monthly just to ensure nothing nasty has overgrown inside it However, what's more, important is overnight it is dropping to ~40C which is even more dangerous than keeping it at 60C I reckon this water tank should be kept at a toasty constant 100 C ;)

@gerritboglio6999

3 жыл бұрын

Are you feeding water from the purifier? Would that keep the bad stuff out?

I am late to to the party, but I would like to see the never ending shower or the endless shower!

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt you'll find that here.

Wow.... a real life Mcguyver!!!! Amazing! You could make this a side hobby..... for ladies like myself who couldn’t but would love to have hot water in their van! (my hubby is not that mechanically inclined).

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Whether you think you couldn't, or you think you could, you're right.

“Metric English” 😂

DC/AC 2 DC & DC

As always thank you for the content. An additional praise is required for your sped up unboxing segment. Oh how I dislike unboxing videos. Cheers from OZ

Your humor = my humor. Love the work!

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

If you like that, you'll love this...kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4GMzaZwisLUlMY.html Going public next week.

Thoroughly enjoyed the video This is my first watch of your offerings. Thank you so very much

Sous vide cooking in an overlander... great stuff...

After watching just the unboxing (thanks) and the mention of the Pre-Pressure disfunction valve I had to subscribe 😂 and 🧠 great channel.

Finally I see someone who does what I plan to do: build an app to integrate into your vehicle and control everything.

This video of the dumpload waterheater is my favorite video you did so far. Id really like to do something like this once i get a little time off work. Got my minisplit installed this weekend. 38 seer inovair brand at 220 volts. Its freaking amazing and uses the smallest amount of energy ever. Its so silent only way you know its on is you are comfortable and cool.

Love your projects. Onwards and upwards SVP. Thanks

Sir, you have a mad skill set. My congrats!

I've installed several of those little water heaters as.i li e spot water heaters in houses that have very long wait times to get hot water or a distant location. This water heater is cheap to run and provides hot water instantly while the main hot water is making it's way to the location. There was a truck camper guy I knew years ago, had a custom dual 12vdc 120vac stainless heating element to use his excess solar production and it worked great. The last line of code I wrote was visual basic back about 2001 . Take care...

That un boxing was brilliant 😂

Good you made it in Metric English so we can understand it to😀👌 I vote for the Maxxfan video, it drives us crazy even with the new motor! Great video, you explained all very good! We're missing Kara's salads they are the best🤤🤤

'm not just inspired, I think I'm actually smarter for watching your vlog

Man, modifying the maxxair with a whole new controller and brushless motor would be sweet. Like most RV equipment, it's a great idea built cheap and sold expensive.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was doing research along this vein as well, but I don't know that existing brushless speed controllers are going to be that quiet... You will likely hear the high-speed switching as a hum...

What a great way to run a dual heater! One off your van exchange getting there! One off solar for your morning shower while you sleep in!! :)

Well done. great addition.. to the setup ! Thanks for the share.. Plan to do one myself.. shortly, gave me some ideas.. Thanks Compadres'

Nice conversion on that hot water heater!

Thumbs up for your uboxing alone!!

Absolutelly brilliant! Keep up the good work

Love your channel!! You are a man after my own heart... I'm Running my scratch built Arduino based voltage regulator in my onan military diesel generator -- as I type this(No problems since I installed it over six years ago). Stuck in a Weatherford,TX truckstop during snow/ice storm. I'm an over the road trucker, electronics hobbiest, and Ham radio operator. Glad to see someone else putting some handy tech to good use. I have a 1997 REVCON Trailblazer that I am refitting for overlanding. Including a 12 valve Cummins swap -- which need I to rebuild. LoL

Nice to watch a gentleman on KZread that is tech minded, and knows his electrical/electronics. Thank you for the very informed information. I know electronics very well but definitely would like to know more about raspberry pie.

@Everlanders

Жыл бұрын

Nice to be referred to as a Gentleman! 😜

This video was truly great, I"m a little burnt out on the many '10 Things Not to Do' and our '10 best van tips' vides out there. I've recently been watching the Swiss guy with the Hat who performed some LoRa radio experiments, gotta love that link budget. You would seem like the perfect individual to experiment with extracting H2O out of the air especially as you are effectively stuck in a high humidity location, you've got the tools and the requisite skills and the space in the vehicle to install such a beast. Again, thanks for the homebrew technical stuff, it really is a breath of fresh van air!

My father-in-law bought and installed a solar water preheater back in the 1980's. A fluid, I don't remember what, circulated through a solar collector then through a jacket in the water heater. It pre-warmed the water before any energy was used to heat.

Just a heads up, I love all of those projects and looking forward to any of them!!!! The multi step conversion (DC -> AC -> DC) is an issue for so many and even marginal improvements would be worth it as it cost $ to establish specific thresholds of solar systems. Every bit counts! AC -> DC just requires a full bridge rectifier and losses aren't too bad as I understand it but DC -> AC losses are horrible!!!

All those future projects sound interesting. I hope you end up making videos for all of them.

First time seeing this channel. I will be subscribed as soon as I am done writing here. Great video. I too wondered about the conversion loses so when you get to it I'll be there. But in reality it looks like most of your videos will be of interest. Thanks Ray

Love it! Wish this kind of thing was available plug and play for the regular people out here. It will be one day, so maybe you should be the one to do it! Thanks again.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

It took 15 minutes...

@TheSecondWitness

3 жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks! But I’m sorry, I didn’t mean the DC water heater only. I really meant the whole monitoring systems of it. The program that runs when to turn heater on and off etc.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, I misunderstood... Maybe one day, but we're heading south now...

@TheSecondWitness

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, welcome back to the south. I am already here and have kept it fairly stable temps, warm for you guys 😄

Excellent post...thanks

Loved that unboxing haha 🤣

Rheem hotwater tanks are made in Australia everyone had one growing up from the 1950s now are mainly solar. I will ring the factory to see if I can get the size you have. I'll put one in my van pronto. Thanks mate

You are my favorite RV KZreadr! I started to learn how to code on microboard and electrical wiring so that I can build my own Campervan just like yours!

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Thanks!

Now that right there is good and proper voiding of a warranty. I am proud of you.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 Thanks! I wish I still had that shirt...

Hey Everlanders. I love these videos so much. They are just the right mix of technical nerdiness and humour. Would love to see the dc to dc experiments but they all sound great. We miss seeing you guys in person.

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Heya Ben! Nice to hear from you, glad you're seeing the humor in it, sometimes it feels there's not much left in me...

all of the ideas are interesting. thanks for sharing your knowledge

Any video that starts with tearing down a perfectly good item to modify it...I'm in. Thanks dude. Good show. I'll be back!

Thank you. This was a very cool video. Extremely informative and intuitive. You rock!

Killer channel. Wonderfully creative and inventive build!

Man I like how you work! Nice job at making things easy to understand

brilliant system. I love the use of electrodacus and arduinos... great work.

@thegodemperorofmankind7yea704

3 жыл бұрын

@@opera5714 I’m interested in alternatives?

This is Amazing. Coding - Solar Panels - Batteries - Water Heaters - Electronics What else can you ask for

@Everlanders

3 жыл бұрын

Fitness? 🤔

Love it! Thanks..radio gets my vote.

@Everlanders

Жыл бұрын

I tried, I could only get about 2 km of range, which I didn't feel was worthwhile. I did a few members videos on the topic.

thanks for sharing. nice video