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Cheapest Lithium Challenge: Elefast 100ah With Cold Protection – Teardown
What's the cheapest, high-quality LiFePO4 battery on Amazon? In this series, we search for the answer. Today Clark reviews a LiFePo4 battery called the ELEFAST 100Ah Mini (w/Bluetooth). This could be our favorite so far. IN THIS VIDEO [00:00] Intro [00:25] Why this Series? [05:23] Disassemb...
Power Your Laptop with No Inverter
This week, we build a power supply that will run our laptop off or ships batteries. We will use a ready-made switching power supply board to raise our boat's nominal 12V power to the 20V our laptop wants. We will discuss boost converters, buck converters, and buck-boost converts along the way...
Must-Have Tools for Live aboard Boat Life
Let's talk about tools. This is my list of Must Have tools. These are the tools you should buy first and solve 90% of problems you will be faced with. correction: that Canadian screw driver is Robertson not Roberts Have questions or comments? Leave them below! We do our best to read and an...
Shark Stories
In this video Clark tells shark stories. He has been sailing for many years and has developed some opinions on these powerful fish you might find interesting. Have questions or comments? Leave them below! We do our best to read and answer all comments on our channel. ----------- LINKS TO PRODUCTS...
Cheapest Lithium Challenge: FEENCE 100ah Teardown
What's the cheapest good battery on Amazon? In this series we do just that search. We don't think batteries have to be expensive to be great.Today Clark reviews a LiFePo4 battery called the FEENCE 100Ah. IN THIS VIDEO [00:00] Intro [00:26] Why this Series? [06:07] Disassembly [07:35] C...
Emily is Leaving (Adventure Log May 2023)
Here's our Adventure Log for June 2023. We're in Luperon, Dominican Republic, pre-hurricane seasons, getting projects done, collecting water, and trying to stay cool. IN THIS EPISODE [00:54] General Updates [01:26] Why Emily is Leaving [02:12] Location & Weather [03:56] Boat Projects...
3 Ways to Wire Off-Grid Batteries (Add Lithium to your System)
Today Clark discusses how to wire up a multi-bank / hybrid battery system for off-grid use. This is a question that comes up a lot for people who are installing a BankManager™ Battery Bank Management Device, but it should prove helpful to anyone setting up an off-grid battery-based power system. W...
Still getting back into “cruising” life
COVID again. Well we got over the virus faster this time with the help of the paxlovid drug. We are now back on the boat and life is back to normal. If you are interested in my DC battery powered air conditioner here is a link to a video where I describe what's going on with that. and her...
Come Sail With Us!
Our good friend Andrew recently went in with a friend to buy his first sailboat. While we were were back in the States, we spent a day helping him take the boat on his first sail. It was a perfect day on the water for learning new skills. The day started out with really light winds, and ended with j...
Is this Tesmen Meter any good?
Have questions or comments? Leave them below! We do our best to read and answer all comments on our channel. ----------- LINKS TO PRODUCTS WE LOVE (Affiliate links to things we actually own, use, and recommend. We are almost never paid by companies to endorse products. If we are, we will tell you ...
Growatt 5000es system with a BankManager
In this weeks video we are going to look in on Dustins off grid solar powered homested. He uses three Growatt 5000es inverter/chargers 13kw of solar panels and 830ah of 48v liFePO4 batteries. He shares his configuration settings and system architecture. He decided to install one of our BankManag...
Our sailing budget is back
We are settling back into life on the boat but still spending a lot of time with our Jobies IN THIS EPISODE: [00:54] Weather and Conditions [01:38] General Updates [02:47] Boat Projects [05:23] Travel Plans [09:49] Budget [15:28] Best [17:06] Worse [19:15] Thanks [21:55] Fiberglass work Contribute...
2 Ways Lithium KILLS Your Alternator (and how to prevent it)
In this week's video, I answer the question "Is my alternator safe with LiFePO4 batteries?" The answer is... it isn't—unless you take precautions. In this video, I refer to a thermal switch I bought. It was a 10-amp, normally-closed thermal switch. I chose one rated for shutd...![We Left the Boat for 7 Months. [Ep 06.1/2 January/February 2023 Adventure Log]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/booKsqGZy4E/mqdefault.webp)
We Left the Boat for 7 Months. [Ep 06.1/2 January/February 2023 Adventure Log]
We are back in the boat! Its so nice to be back in the tropics. Life on land was interesting but the boat is home. IN THIS EPISODE: [01:00] General Updates [02:40] Back in the Tropics [04:00] Travel Plans [04:40] Boat Condition [06:30] Projects [08:46] Shipping [11:08] Daily Life [12:40] Budget [1...
Most Efficient Battery Powered A/C for RVs and Trucks
I've finally got around to producing an air cooled version of my extreemly low power draw air conditioner. This approach would be great for not only campers but over the road trucks and over the bed in your off grid home. I am perticularly excited to see this put in the sleeper cab of an over...
Tour of Our Off-Grid Truck Camper: Changes We Made
For the 3 months, we downsized even more! in summer/fall 2023 we visited friends and family, attended events, and explored the United States in an ultra-lightweight aluminum truck camper. This is a 2012, 8.5-foot CampLite Truck Camper. (It's all aluminum and weighs 1600 lbs.) We towed it wit...
How to Install Off-Grid Solar Yourself
We have been asked again and again to show how solar panels are wired into an off grid system. In this video we wire up solar panels and a charge controller into a 12v battery operated off grid electrical system. I hope you see that it's really quite easy to understand. There is actually ve...
Fold a Sail the Right Way
We spend some time with friends that just bought a small boat and are starting their learning process from scratch. In this video we show them how to fold their sails so they can fit in a bag as well as be easily deployable. Have questions or comments? Leave them below! We do our best to read and...
Black Hills, Big Views in South Dakota (Emily & Clark’s Road Trip Ep. 7)
After outfitting the truck camper with solar, we set out on a truck camper trip across the US, hoping to hit a lot of states in 3 months. In this episode, we make our way from the Badlands in SD to Devil's Tower in WY, on our way to Yellowstone. - - - - - - - - - - - - The music in this vid...
Sails: How Much Do You Know?
Today we visited our friend Andrew, who just bought his first sailboat—a Hunter 20. It came with several sails. Which ones are right for his boat? Join us to learn some basic terms and watch Andrew and his friend rig his Hunter. Have questions or comments? Leave them below! We do our best to read ...
How to Cut Ropes/Lines (The Sailor Way)
Our friend Andrew bought 250 feet of yacht braid, and needs to trim it down to the proper size for his genoa sheet. In this video, Clark shows you how to "whip" a piece of rope in order to secure the ends before cutting. This is especially when you need to cut a rope into 2 lines. Grab a p...
Duffy electric boat gets lithium upgrade
In this video, we show how we converted a friend's 18-foot Duffy electric boat to lithium (LiFePO4) batteries (and talk about it while taking a nice cruise in Lake County, FL). This basic approach is exactly how one would use a BankManager BBMS to modify any lead battery system to add LiFePO4. ...
Cheapest Lithium Challenge: Cheapest Battery on Amazon
What's the cheapest good battery on Amazon? In this series we do just that search. We don't think batteries have to be expensive to be great.Today Clark reviews a LiFePo4 battery called the PUPVWMHB. I've developed a device that helps you add LiFePO4 batteries to your power system...