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Rural Abiao@abiao66888 ·
90 × 18650 in five 3S6P groups paralleled into one big 12V battery; a storage box becomes a solar outdoor power station: 1kW inverter + 90W fast charge + 22W wireless charging + thermostat-controlled fans
The creator buys 100 × 18650 cells at ¥2.5 each (2000mAh, 5C discharge), tests the internal resistance of every one (3 read high and are rejected), picks 90, puts a fish-paper ring on each positive end, loads them into holders and builds five 3S6P packs. When spot welding, a copper strip is laid under the nickel strip to raise current capacity; each group is wrapped in fish paper, gets its balance lead and main + / − brought out (thicker wire for current), gets its own BMS, then is wrapped in fish paper again and bound with fiber tape. The storage box (with carry handle) gets a battery fuel gauge top-left and a voltmeter top-right, a front cutout for the 90W charging module, one cooling fan on each side (one intake, one exhaust), an aviation connector with waterproof cap on the back as the charge port, and a 22W wireless charging module; the five packs sit in the bottom of the box, the output leads are twisted into one bundle (one thick, three thin), tinned with a flame and covered in heat-shrink. Charging goes through a constant-voltage / constant-current buck-boost module, DC input up to 30V (a solar panel under 30V can be connected), output set to about 12.7V with a multimeter; two thermostat switches, one stuck to the buck-boost module heatsink and one to the inverter housing, control the fans; the thick leads get crimped terminals reinforced with molten solder to the 1kW inverter, and two 220V sockets are paralleled onto the inverter output. A ‘dangerous operation, do not imitate’ warning stays on screen for the whole video.
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Ep. 42 | Turning a storage box into a solar-charged outdoor power station? Build a fun, practical multi-function solar-charging outdoor power station from a plain storage box — so useful!ProjectsRural Abiao

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景农牧业 · 1 mo ago

No, if it were me, right? I’d fit two breakers, and I’d put the closing buttons on the outside of the case too — one for the battery’s main positive and negative, one for the 220V switch’s main positive and negative

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常挂底 · 1 mo ago

This is way over the top, easy to blow up; better just buy NMC lithium batteries

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用户9123708544929 · 1 yr ago

For personal use, better not keep it indoors! If you’ve got a charmed life, forget I said anything! Once cells are wired straight in parallel you can’t measure a single cell’s voltage! Say ten 3.7V 18650s in parallel — with 9 dead it still reads 3.7V! And there’s no multi-parallel BMS on the market!

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Above Clouds · 1 yr ago

A suggestion I picked up from a forum member on Mydigit: heat a USB plug and use it to melt the spot you want to open up, it comes out neater. Liked by the creator

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胖K大魔王 ༽ · 1 yr ago

99% done, 99.9% done, 99.99% done — reminds me of Pinduoduo’s ‘one more cut’

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夜@猫 · 4 mo ago

You think once all these cells are in, that handle can hold the weight? I reckon the only upsides are: convenient, insulated, easy to drill.

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老司机王司令 · 4 mo ago

Can’t follow it, leaving a mark to see how many others can’t either

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彦之-三哥 · 1 yr ago

The advantage is mine

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只字不提黄 先森 · 1 yr ago

For slotted holes, here’s a method: drill both ends, cut straight between the holes with a blade, then trim the edges with a rotary burr. Perfect!

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悟 · 1 mo ago

Cost’s pretty high, huh,

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