This is my portable power box 2.0 designed to run a 100 watt HF amateur transceiver (or two) nearly indefinitely! Below are the links I promised and some mor…
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This is my portable power box 2.0 designed to run a 100 watt HF amateur transceiver (or two) nearly indefinitely! Below are the links I promised and some mor…
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Nice job on the battery pack & solar panel setup. Any up dates on the unit?
did you put in any type of MPPT Charge control in your system? I’ve heard
of people getting much more power out of the Boulders by using one.
wanna see the next one
Thanks for the idea. I actually did eventually figure that out after I
filmed this. THere is a point where too much is too much though as it gets
top heavy. The GoalZero tripod also works well and gives me full adjustment.
I have a similar tripod, just a quick tip. Rotate whatever it is you need
to by 180 degrees with respect to the head. Mounting something backwards
like this opens up the range of motion of that specific head type. I do
this all the time when photographing the night sky.
If those two batteries alone would run your stuff in receive mode for 30
hours, why not just get a few large batteries? Seems like a much easier
route to go.
With the Sunsaver MPPT, I have discovered a “whine” that affects the 10m
band. Spacing was 100 or 150khz between appearances. This noise was
noticeable but not terribly so. I don’t remember hearing anything on VHF. I
will have to keep an ear out for this!
how much does this cost? It looks fantastic.
Great video, thanks for sharing….
I own several of Goal Zero’s other products (including a Yeti 1250),
however, this is a natively 12v only system and most Goal Zero packs are
designed for more consumer uses. This system is designed purely to run
radio equipment, where I am working with currents from 20-30 amps. Also,
this system is almost 100% free of RFI, and uses a more efficient charge
controller. I also get 100% performance logging and monitoring of every
stage in the chain if needed.
Have you tested the PWRgate PG40S with this setup? I am looking to add a
MPPT controller between my panels and the PG40s. I am using the PG40s for
battery charging. It is jumpered for AGM batteries and it prefers 14.5v DC
input. Have you been able to find a MPPT controller that has configurable
fixed output?
It depends on many factors. First, when using SSB for voice transmission,
you are drawing, on average, 10-13Amps, as the 22 amps is peak current and
sideband is not a full duty cycle mode. Secondly, since the panels are
constantly recharging, you hope that your rate of replenishment is greater
than your rate of depletion. A MPPT solar charge controller is going to
help maximize the rate of charging. I’ll be posting another video soon that
will address this further.
Nice Video Great Set Up Brother
great box. The power the dummy load of the charger to run phone chargers,
extra cell or battery charger. heater, other device that can charge a
flashlight for future use, etc. it could power things 15 amps or external
extra power source to keep your handi talky charged on extra solar power. 73
Great video. You did an awesome job putting that generator together. I had
a quick question. Towards the beginning of the video, you show your watts
up meter hooked to the array, before attaching the other end to the box. At
that point your meter is registering both volts and amps. When I hook my
meter to a panel it only registers volts, with no amp reading. Am I missing
something or do you think the meter is defective? Thank in advance for any
help 🙂
$300.00 for 60 watts, if you search you can get as much for less than half
that price…
Hey thought Id help and show you a single panel with 40 more watts for
for $128. instead of $300. 100W Watts 100 Watt Solar Panel $128 Ebay.
Mono panels are blue, and Poly is black so the difference is quality has
gone down on the back panels.
If your power usage is 100 w. it is a good idea to double that in solar
panels so 200w. is a better way to go because panels never put out their
rated wattage.
Thats a sweet battery setup!
Inspiring! 73 WA1RJJ
Another great video. You do a great job walking folks through the
technology and using the video time efficiently.
Nice one. From G7FNT 73’s
Volts x Amps = Power. lol. What he was talking about is if you take the
voltage needed times the max amp draw it will tell you the wattage needed
to run the unit at max load. For example, If you have a 240v Unit that
draws max amps of 30, you will need 7200 watts to run the unit under max
load. So Volts x Amps = Watts. Its a good formula to know when buying our
building an emergency generator.
i like it you should put an ac inverter in for a couple hundred watts of ac
output on a switch 😛 i like that box aswell what is it called so i can
search on amazon for it?