Creating my single biggest D.I.Y. battery with 2800 18650 cells recovered from used laptop batteries
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 Published On Jun 14, 2020

want to jump straight to it being installed and used?    • Clean DIY Offgrid install with an Ori...  

[ Part 1 ] You're here, and hopefully enjoyed it enough to continue down the list?
[ Part 2 ] Finding out the battery build isn't legal |    • Pt.2 Finding out my massive battery w...  
[ Part 3 ] Addressing safety |    • Pt.3 Making this MONSTER DIY Battery ...  
[ Part 4 ] Fixing leaky cells and a low voltage battery |    • Wirelessly charging 18650 batteries!  
[ Part 5 ] In this episode I finally get the battery completed and ready for service, also incorporated my 100,000th subscriber video! |    • Monster DIY Offgrid Battery COMPLETED...  
[ Part 6 ] Final capacity test and guess what PART ONE thumbnail was SPOT on! |    • DIY Lithium-ion Battery capacity testing  
[ Part 7 ] IT IS BEING USED FULL TIME,    • Clean DIY Offgrid install with an Ori...  

I'm building my best-ever DIY battery! It's 48v, 500 ah when tested from 4.2v - 2.9v, and has 25kwh of usable storage. I took 3000 cells ranging from 2300mah to 3400mah and sorted them into 50mah capacity ranges. Taking 14 cells from the 3400 range, then 14 from 3350 range, then 14 from the 3300 range and so on, to build an equally balanced DIY Battery. The lowest capacity battery used ended up being 2450 mah. After building the battery with www.batteryhookup.com's fused nickel strips with 10mm2 copper wire as busbars I tested each 193p battery with the iCharger X6 to get the AH of the completed battery capacity making the average cell 2600mah.

For more info on how I made it to this point to build my battery check out this playlist -    • 18650 Back To Basics  

Key Components used in this video -
🔵 kWeld Spotwelder - https://bit.ly/kweld_spotwelder
🔵 Used Laptop Batteries - https://bit.ly/BatteryHookUP
🔵 Batrium - Watchmon5 & MM8 - http://www.batrium.com
🔵 HeatShrink & cell holders - https://ebay.to/343VMO3
🔵 Hydraulic Crimper -https://ebay.to/3hp8zRS
🔵 iCharger X8 - http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_dSyfdUQ

💻💡DIYPowerwalls Community Facebook Group 💡💻
► http://www.diypowerwall.com

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🔵 BatteryHookup USA - https://bit.ly/BatteryHookUP
🔵 BigBattery USA - https://bit.ly/BIGBattery

Official forum thread with all the extra details to fill all the gaps -
👍 Total Project Cost - https://goo.gl/cfLqZf
👍 18650 wall mounts - https://goo.gl/xDUzSV

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Cheap BMS - http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/eX4NpXsc
Quality BMS - http://www.batrium.com
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Learning resources -
🔖 DIY Lithium Batteries- https://amzn.to/2MC4BaM
🔖 Mobile Solar Power Made Easy - https://amzn.to/2Tzk6TA
🔖 DIY Solar Power - https://amzn.to/2IgxfMa

Recommended Gear -
🔵 Clamp AMP Tester -- https://goo.gl/z8b4uJ
🔵 iCharger X6 - https://goo.gl/GtBtW9
🔵 Flir Thermal Camera - http://bit.ly/35qWwgh

Affiliate Stores -
💸 Amazon Store - https://www.amazon.com/shop/hbpowerwall
💸 eBay - https://goo.gl/tk6Qdd
💸 Banggood - https://goo.gl/1PWhni

Social Media -
► Forum - http://www.diypowerwalls.com/t-HBPowe...
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Become a channel Sponsor -
💵 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?ty=h&u=3...
💵 PayPal - https://www.paypal.me/homebrewpowerwall
💵 Merchandise - http://www.diypowerwalls.com/18650ED

Music -
Song: AWN - We Know
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Video Link:    • AWN - We Know (Vlog No Copyright Music)  

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Thanks for tuning in as always!
Pete
#DIYBATTERY #18650ed #diypowerwall

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