Thanks to AMPINVT for sending me the 60A MPPT charge controller I would have wanted to buy a.co/d/7r2mHTh Also thanks to Redodo Power for sending me a 12v 200AH battery I asked them for: Use code “Rinoa” for 5% off. bit.ly/3U19VpX

@mannyfragoza9652

3 ай бұрын

With that charge controller and a 200A battery you should be able to power must things

@joeboxter3635

3 ай бұрын

I want to know why I can no longer get 12v all-in-one: mmpt + pure sine inverter at 600W and 110v AC.

To support you i purchased the solar charger and mentioned you in the review... Cheers love your videos.

Can't wait to see what you can do with the RS485 connector on this MPPT.

@retrozmachine1189

3 ай бұрын

Search ampinvt modbus, lots of info out there. Apparently it's not really modbus according to one project I found. There's nothing particularly special about the commands you can throw at the unit by the looks of it.

@Misack8

3 ай бұрын

@@retrozmachine1189 Intresting. I took a look at the manual of this model and it don't even mentions the RS485 capabilities. So, modbus is the word, huh?

@retrozmachine1189

3 ай бұрын

@@Misack8 Sort of. I've never had my hands on one of these to check myself, I'm just interested in the automation side since I've done a fair bit with Victron etc. There is a github project that says it's not really modbus. The register map is known though so it shouldn't be hard to chat with it.

Since the controller can take up to 150v input, best to series up the solar panels for higher voltage and lower current. This is how a solar array is typically configured when using many panels and a MPPT controller.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Sadly we have a lot of cables casting shadows in the rooftops here so series would end up limiting things overall

Picking up that battery - Bend your knees; not your back!

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

People who say that definitely dont have knee issues. plus wtf does it even mean, your knees are your weakest link but you lift with your hands

Amazing products. Thanks for donating for review purposes :)

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Every product a company sends to me is money I dont have to spend on that, and hours I dont have to work extra

@kylereese4822

3 ай бұрын

@@RinoaL I`m looking for a BMS for monitoring 60 1.2 volt ni-mh batteries 20 blocks in total, Charing is leaning towards drill chargers possibly 8 of them... I got given 3500 that were originally heading for scrap so a low load power wall is there new purpose...

i wont lie i dont understand most of what you do i but i really enjoy watching your content

I alsow like to tinker with electrical stuff, and nice to see that you like it as well.

The battery cart is so adorable :D

I bought two of these charge controllers in yellow a month ago on sale for like $75 each, they work awesome! I have 48v battery running 3s3p of 370watt 45v panels. Fans on inverter run based on incoming power, they don’t wait for temp to rise, thus the units run cool and never get hot. I’m getting 2.0-2.2 kw from it.

Just finished watching the video, great workk truly inspiring. Have a happy solar Sunday you too!!

Nice big wire terminal holes on these also

The 150v input is only for 48v battery bank. It is 100v for 12-36v solar input.

Redodo/LiTime/PowerQueen are all manufactured by the same manufacturer. I’d go as far as saying the 3 companies are owned by the same parent company because their product lineups are IDENTICAL. Honestly a pretty good strategy because they are known for having good build quality at budget level pricing. They are down to about $230 for a 12V 100Ah if you buy their most basic model (and sometimes the Mini batteries are the same price as the standard Group 31? Batteries). *The minis do use pouch cells instead of prismatics. Some people prefer prismatics but if your pouch cells are properly compressed you’re getting a better energy density and I’ve read conflicting info on cycle life between the two. Either way they both will get thousands of cycles even at 100% DOD down to 80% State of Health. So 10 years of daily cycling at which point the battery will still have plenty of life left but the next chemistry will already be at the point of being cheaper than LiFePO4. I bought two PowerQueen Minis last year for $240 each and they had almost sequential serial numbers. Amp hour capacity was the same down to a tenth of an amp hour (105.3Ah at a little less than 0.2C) and watt hour capacity was also identical (1363wh and 1368wh). IR measured with an RC3563 was 3.6mR IIRC measured on the terminals. When you’re paralleling or even putting batteries into series it is extremely beneficial to have them be as similar as possible which is why every manual will say only to combine them with the same brand from the same time period. Obviously if you’re watching this channel you know it’s not entirely necessary but it reduces balancing maintenance you’ll have to do in the future. Those 3 brands are what I recommend to anyone looking for a budget battery. Chins has had some pretty sketchy build quality, same with Ecoworthy. There’s a few other brands out there that seem to have similar build quality but these 3 have such a huge market share with so few complaints online that I trust their QC/cell choice over anyone else.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I just got a LiTime battery, and I found it funny how the marketing and manuals are identical. Never heard of power queen yet though. The Litime and Redodo batteries seem heftier than the other ones like Grener Power.

I have that same 20A charge controller too.. I've not "popped" mine yet :)

Goodly done. Wishing you receive solar panels of latest technology soon. You wont believe how efficient they are.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

I have a Renogy panel that is 23% if I recall, I really like it. I think these BP panels I have are probably around 17% at the moment. I do have one panel that is 37% efficiency but that is a prototype from 2012 haha

Camped in Az my solar output curve fallowed the eclipse curve

Most residential rooftop solar panels these days have a VOC of 48-51V so this will serve you much better

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

yup

I hope u can find the proper mosfet for the 20amp mppt controller. It's not its time to go so soon. 60amp mppt looks really dope. Please mount those panels securely whatever option u go with. Those sweet photons are looking for a battery to rest in to power up a certain gaming pc.. 🤓

I run that charger and ive been running it over volt for some time now for my 48v i was running over 150vdc solar and i had to switch to 12 battery and am running it at over 70v solar. I did a quick video on my channel showing it.

Looks a nice controller, but I think they might want to look at the user interface for things like setting the charge voltage. Seemed like it would be easy to accidentally set it to 23V when trying to change it to 14V. I don't know if they already support it, but a 4 wire battery connection might also be useful, with 2 wires to sense the battery voltage without the voltage drop on the two main wires.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

I agree, I was annoyed with that.

make sure you drink alot of water before you start working on solar panels ok just stay on the healhty side of your life and you take this video way to far and I cannot do what you do and are one of best yoytuber on the planet and who are you again-just kidding and i love you for that-DLH

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@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

My main issue with those is the inverter is with the battery, and the batteries arent lifepo4

We call them Anderson plugs. Here in the land of OZ

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Yeah thats what they're called, I called them anderson connectors in this video too

Too bad the old solar controller broke down; I hope you can repair it. The new controller is interesting; now you just need more solar modules.

Haha. Just saw you on neighborhood wars.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

No kidding?!? I heard they wanted to use my video but I never saw the episode since I don't watch tv and then I forgot to check. I'll see if I can find the episode.

you might find better performance putting those panels in Series. MPPT work better with higher input voltage

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Only issue is we have a lot of overhead wires and so parallel allows for some panels to not limit the others as much, also my haphazard wiring and experiments probably means i shouldnt go above 48v haha

Need to put that out of the sun. The fan wont kick on near as much.

@RinoaL

2 ай бұрын

Doesnt seem entirely related to that tbh, seems almost pwm regardless of temeperature

@starsoldier3643

2 ай бұрын

@@RinoaL not sure what that means but just makes sense to keep electronics out of the sun so they don't get overheated. But hey what do I know. You don't need to listen to me.

@RinoaL

2 ай бұрын

As others have stated that the fan might not be based on a temperature sensor, but based on a PWM ratio with the input power. Hope that helps

Open a ziplock bag one-handed. Cheers!

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Thats not hard but its annoying

Battery settings for lead adic: SLA, AGM, Gel. Ok aren't SLA and AGM usually the same? What about flooded?

@RinoaL

Ай бұрын

SLA could sometimes be flooded lead acid. Non-flooded lead acid batteries tend to sit a voltage higher. Something to do with air between the plates

@AugustKump

Ай бұрын

@@RinoaL I assume then to use the SLA setting for a normal flooded battery?

@RinoaL

Ай бұрын

@@AugustKump That might be best yes, although you can set the output voltage to what you prefer manually. Something around 13.4v should be good for a flooded battery

jee. 5$ with over 130K suscribers? Dang. Oh well that controller was over 10 years old. Good to see you could get a newer one.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

Yeah my channel doesn't get all that many views or whatever, which I'm not complaining. I wouldn't want my channel to grow super big because that might get out of hand, but I miss how I would make 900$ a month 9 years ago.

3.65 x 4 = 14.6 volts for lifepo4 for most batteries.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

yeah, but their float charge is between 14.2 and 14.4, and they rest at 13.8v

@offgridwanabe

3 ай бұрын

@@RinoaL true but but the balancer in the battery likely won't start until higher than float voltage

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

I'm not too concerned in that way. It'd take a year for them to get out of balance

FYI... DONT SET THE CHARGE CONTROLLER TO LITH-ION!!!! THAT WILL CHARGE THE BATTERY TO 4.2V PER CELL WHICH IS WAY TOO HIGH FOR LIFEPO4!!! LIFEPO4 MAX VOLTAGE IS 3.65V JUST SET IT TO LEAD ACID TYPE. SAME VOLTAGE AS LIFEPO4 The batteries internal BMS will cut off the charging when the voltage goes above 3.65 but you shouldn't rely on that... I apologize if you already realized this later in the video.

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

thats not how that works lol, lithium ion is the only option for this but all it does is change the float charge current. You are forgetting that it still stops at 14.0v which with a 4s lifepo4 battery is perfectly fine. Stop being so sensational with all-caps like that

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What is the maximum discharge current of the battery?

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

rated for 100A but it says momentarily can be up to 200ah. They sell a 200A version too

@AdrianHiggins83

3 ай бұрын

@@RinoaL Amazon affiliate link ?

@RinoaL

3 ай бұрын

I dont do an affiliate program, my viewers support me enough on patreon that I dont want to accept direct money from any company

mario 🤣🤣🤣

8th

You're not doing anything unsafe. The parts you use are your decision and for your needs.

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