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Nice touch as always, JDS. You are a great "explainer" and owesome visual demonstrator. Thank you for making building these boxes much easier and enjoyable.
Thank you very much its truly appreciated
I use the power box for so much. I originally wanted it for ice fishing, and it works great, but it became more useful during a power outage, I took it camping, carried it in my pickup, in my boat, on the back patio, in fact I'm using it for a power supply for my notepad at this very moment. I can't believe how useful this portable power has been. I will have to see about building a couple for my friends. Awesome video and nice product, keep up the good work.
God Bless, Greg
Truly brilliant video. I just made my own box following the steps you've shown. So happy with it. Massive thumbs up 👍🏽
I like the way this box is set up. You can charge it without the other items on!
18 gauge and smaller wire I like to solder the tips to stiffen them up before crimping and then I break off the plastic over the F1 terminals and use heat shrink tubing. That stiffens them up and I have never had crimp loosen, break off, or short the fuse. So if you got the time do the project a solid and take the extra step.
I do solder and heat shrink most of my projects. But for how to videos like this gotta show the easiest way not everyone can solder
This looks like a good set up for those of us new to this
Finally it's done, took me a year to build no time last season, Order the kit last year.... Lol thanks
Great video. Thanks for making the wiring and charging so simple 👌🏽
Did I miss a circuit for charging the batteries? How difficult would it be to add a charging circuit that could be energized by solar panels. I would keep this box in my car trunk and use solar panels on back deck to keep batteries charged.
Excellent build and nice kit. My question is, what is the purpose of the glow cup?
Good question. That is designed for fishing, mostly ice fishing. It's used to charge glow paint on jigs, and lures to make them glow in the dark.
@@JDSOutdoors Thank you
Thanks for sharing man! Helped me make some critical connections on my box build.
I now have built two battery boxes, first wasn't so bad. Mostly wiring mistakes with the positive leads, and one bad switch. most likely my fault in instailling switch. Corrected my mistakes after rewatching your video. Thanks for such a great video.
THANK YOU for the clear and detailed explanations!
Thank you for the positive comments it's much appreciated
Thank you for another great video, for the novice you helped me build a box. Are you thinking of adding another video with the fuse block and solar? It would be a nice upgrade as you did your original build. Making these for my son-in-law big hunter and fishing guy cant wait to see his face!
How many uses can I get out of banana jacks? What's their primary purpose?
Surprised those blue ring terminals stayed on.
@JDS Outdoors Do you have a link to the crimper that you are using. Looks like a nice one and I'm always trying to upgrade my equipment. Maybe a link to your stripper too? I've seen that style before but not used one.
Good job on the build.
Nice job but what about a charge controller if you want to charge with solar?????
Super easy to add one in
Awesome video..this will help a lot of people whom love outdoor activities.
What do you use to charge the battery? Battery charger or some form of 110 volt converter? Also, what fuse rating are you using for the various items?
What the glow cup for?
glow in the dark bait for fishing. Put the bait in the cup for a few minutes to make them glow.
Can you tell me on your Website where the wiring diagram is please? thanks
If the fuse blows no output is available right? Why not use a fuse box? Not a criticism, wanting to build my own and thought using a fuse box would be the way to go. Only one item goes when its fuse is blown?
Can I use an RV/Deep cycle battery with this?
Absolutely
Another updated video? Cool. I used your video before to build my own power box , now considering Dakota Lithium 12v 10Ah as it is now available in Canada.
From my own personal experience, I find those plastic ring screws to be too flimsy, so I did little bit of hot glue on all of them.
Just another version with a very easy to build kit. I haven't ponied up the coin for a lithium yet but I hear nothing but good things about them
Thank you for putting this video out! Im going to order this kit for running the fishfinder i just ordered, and will save me from putting a bus bar in my jon boat to wire up a usb charger.
Silly question maybe: how do you wire banana jacks to power supply for devices (I.e fish finder)?
I use alligator clips.
tysm for this vid :) just finished my version... and it actually works! lol
How do you charge the battery? What options are available?
The 3 and 4 lines into one aren’t necessary, you should simply leap from one to the other and only have two wires on the one spade bit.
Just ordered my kit because of your videos from ice hole power! Only question is what box do they use to ensure the glow cup fits in place ? And also can you still charge batter the same way with the upgraded fuse panel ?
Yes they make sure the glow cup fits the edges are cleaned up nicely already. Also yes you can wire the banana Jack's to charge the battery
@@JDSOutdoors yeah I just ordered the kit tho without the box, and also picked the upgraded fuse box instead of the single wire in with fuse.. incase want to make additional modifications later.. just dont know if you can still charge battery thru the banana jack or not like that, and for the box I kinda want something decently slim cause itll be used all year
just got my box this is great video my question is do you have a video with 2 battery set up 18ah Amped and im adding the Sae port for charging any videos on installing that
Yes look in my diy playlist and its the first power box vid that shows 2. It's In a zombie can
Question on fuse. I have ordered this kit, minis glow cup. I plan on a 12ah Amped Lifo battery. Will be running my Garmin 93SV triple shot finder; phone charging and may eventually add some LED lights to my kayak. Is 10 amp fuse enough. I feel like it is..... my info from Garmin say the finder has 18w power usage. My calculations if correct would be 1.5 amps. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!
10 should be plenty
You said the ground was the copper colored terminal coming off of the switch correct? I have the exact kit and followed the instruction but must have messed up somewhere. Would the ground be the bottom of each switch or the top? I appreciate the video by the way, it was a great help!
Correct the brass is the ground. You may have a bad switch
Could you do this with a dual 12 amp battery setup?? Looks like you have room in the box for two
Yes absolutely
Great instructions! Only issue is your subtitles get on the way when you get to the lower left corner. The right upper corner of your frame would work. Black wires on black are hard to see especially since it's busier ... Im lost in the ground wires. Perhaps low the speed down...great tutorial though. Thanks
Turn off subtitles
Awesome really cool idea for a weekend camping trip with the family " now I wont hear there devices died lol " I do have a question though , with the banana terminals does the switch have to be on or off when charging battery ... other then that im pretty sure I got this ... oh why im here I have a 200 watt power inverter with the cigg lighter attached with 3 outlets and 2 usb connections , it dont have terminals just a cord on it , wll I be able to use it in the 12v cigg input to use a laptop to charge? You also gained a new sub thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Yes the switch has to be on in order to charge off the Jack's. If your planning on using an inverter step up to a 12 ga wire for that 12v outlet
Justguy
Are you able to connect a voltmeter / Amp to this box? How do you wire it? Three wire meter from Amazon. Waterwich meter
I like these boxes
What the heck is a glow cup? Never mind, I googled it. There are people who ice fish near where I live here in Japan. I've never seen glow cups in the local sporting goods store. I wonder if they use the luminescent lures here. If so maybe they use some other kind of light to charge them. That's interesting
Any light works but uv works the best and fastest.
hi i have all parts ordered for this box is it possible to amend this vid to reg speed while attaching the neg wires pls my eyes are really old and unable to zoom zoom anymore lol tyia
Good job, like you video - slow and precise explanation..
What is the size (dimensions) of the glow cup? I am trying to using jigs over 1 ounce or jig head paired with soft plastic for ice fishing of good sized hake. Wondering if it is large enough to hold the jig I am using.
1.5" wide 1.75" deep
What is a glow cup?
Just an amazing tutorial.
Questions:
1. The layman's answer to the difference in lithium vs sealed lead acid would be just the weight?
2. Adding two 12 ah batteries would entail only connecting + & - in tandem?
3. For charging (solar or otherwise) is a charge controller needed?
Thanks for a very educational vid. Pulling out the plastic box to begin building one very soon.
For answer 1. Lithium iron batteries with BMS you can run near dead about 80% with no problems. SLA sealed lead acid can run to 10.5v otherwise you could damage the battery.
Question 3 I did some research you absolutely need a charge controller. Hope this helps. Working on making one myself.
@@dom61085 thank you.
Very nice thank you for the nice and easy video.. And also I like your fair low prices on the boxers and other items you are selling very fair prices I will be ordering me some of your items again thank you for the easy video very pleasant to watch and knowledgeable
How come the switches are different when you installed them. The switches in the end are all facing the same way. O facing toward you.
Because when I initially installed them I had a couple upside down. I fixed it twords the end
would i be able to power an engine jump starter from this box?
OK, what the hell is a "Glow-cup"? And how necessary is it?
It's used for fishing. Primarily for ice fishing and charging uv glow jigs. If you dont ice fish its unnecessary completely
that was my first question
@@JDSOutdoors actually it would be very handy for any type of night fishing. In saltwater we use something called a speck rig. Basically 2 1/4 ounce jigs strung with glow worns tied together to fish in tandem. These are used for fishing speckled trout at night under lights. Typically you recharge your glow worms in the pier lights but its not always possible to reach the lights depending on the pier. A portable uv source would be very handy for this.
@@RedfishInc learn something new every day. Pretty sweet idea there
Great build Jon, I have just discovered your channel and watched the evolution of all your power boxes and I think they rock, my particular application is for Portable Amateur Radio and you Sir have given me a whole bunch of ideas and technical guidance. Big Thanks for sharing.
Barnie. M7PBX England.
John, awesome video content, awesome project, nothing critical to say. I have an issue with my DIY box I am building. It is the wiring. I am messing it up somewhere, and cannot seem to get it right. The jacks work perfectly. The panel and LEDs, are not working, as in no power at all, not to main switch. I am running 2 jacks, a 4 way panel w/ 12v outlet, voltmeter, USA, and main switch. Then running 3 LED bars. I have switches for each jack, and each LED bar, and if course main switch. Any idea what I could have messed up? I ran in this sequence;
1. From battery positive with inline fuse, to the "T" out jacks, spades went to "In" on each switch, then out from switch to each positive post. Then positive from the "T" to main switch "in" on the 4 way panel.
2. From Main switch "out" to 12v, usb, and voltmeter, "in".
3. Still need to get power to LED bars, each bar, different color, has its own switch, so I can use green, red, or white light.
4. The run negatives back correctly.
You fast forwarded through the wiring, so I know I missed something.
Hope to hear from, and get some help.
Thanks.
John, through trial and error, I figured out LED configuration. You video certainly helped me build my first power box. I will order some Glow Cups, as this idea has giving me a vision, and idea for all the guys in our fishing groups. Thank you so much. Ice Hole Power thank you very much. From a disabled Veteran, angler, this is gonna be awesome when camping, yaking to remote campsites, emergency situations, travel, remote fishing spots, etc. You all are awesome, and thank you again! Respectfully, Rich
Do you sale the completed power box or just the diy kits?
He sells complete ones
Since there's an inline fuse, would you recommend the 6 way fuse box that you installed on your first power box? I just want to make sure bc I'm primarily going to use this box for my Lowrance Elite Ti2 fish finder.
It's personal preference just make sure you have at least 1 fuse.
Great built using for shtf charge ham, cb radios
Would this same gauge wire be ideal for running a fish finder?
Absolutely that would be perfect
What is that thing you call a "Glow Cup"?
It's a container filled with uv led lights. It's primarily used for charging glow in the dark jigs for ice fishing
I noticed you don’t earth the battery in a setup like this, is the negative terminal in the battery enough?
Yes
@@JDSOutdoors okay thank you was wondering I I was missing something
Can I install a Renogy Wanderer 10 Amp 12V/24V PWM Negative Ground Solar Charge Controller Regulator to it and charge the battery with a 60w solar panel ? Apreciatte the Help...
What's the cost?
Hiya I have a question
My unit is wired like this. The issue I seem to have is that my dual usb shows that its charging my phone, however the charge percentage don't budge. This pretty much happens when the battery reaches 7. 2 volts the battery is a 12 v 12ah led acid battery I'd be greatful for any advice
Thanks
Terry
A 12v battery is considered dead when it reaches 11v. 7.2 volts is flat lined
@@JDSOutdoors thank you. That's explains a lot. So what battery would be best to use, if I want it to last longer? For example if I was going on a 4-5 day fishing trip? Or is there anything I can add to the unit that will trickle charge battery? Like maybe a solar panel?
@@terryengland3743 get the largest amp hour battery you can fit and afford (lithium is best for size, capacity, weight) and put it in the box. A solar charger can be added as well if wanted and is fairly easy. I have a video on that in my diy playlist
Thanks for the advice. :)
How about a link to the folks who make this kit?
This is the link.
www.iceholepower.com/product-page/diy-deluxe-power-box-kit-with-box
Apologize it's been added
@@JDSOutdoors no problem :)
Quick question, I don't have any experience with electronical boxes like this, but after building this I tried to use my 12V pump for my blow up mattress but it keeps tripping the fuse in the fuse box. So it is preventing me from using it. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
As long as you have a large enough wire (10ga) you can step up the fuse to use it.
@@JDSOutdoors thanks so much, I'll change it. Also, what number fuse would you recommend to use?
Everyone has been making these powerboxes,but no one has mentioned how long the box will stay charged for. Is there a guage you can buy that shows the batteries charge level? Like showing battery is 100% full,75% full,and so on.
Yes the volt meter let's you know state of charge. And how long the charge lasts is relative. I've seen em last a day and I've seen em last a year.
If you are using lead acid you can use a voltmeter or a battery gauge that uses multiple bars. You can roughly estimate state of charge with those. The battery has to rest with no charge or discharge to get an actual voltage reading that is accurate so consider that when reading your voltmeter or fuel gauge.
For Lithium Iron Phosphate voltage is just about useless except for the bottom 10% and the top 10%. 80% in the middle, voltage will more than likely deceive you. The charge/discharge curve is so flat along the middle 80% that a battery at 13.15V could be 70% or it could be 30%. In that case you need coulomb counting, that is counting the Amp Hours going in and out of the battery. There are a bunch of meters starting around $20 but the good ones start at $40. You tell the meter how many AH your battery is and it counts the AH going in or out (some cannot account for bidirectional flow!) and uses that number subtracted from your AH setting you put in the meter to determine how much you have left and doesn't use voltage to give you a percentage. So a 100Ah battery that has had 34Ah pulled out is at 66% if it can be drained down to 0Ah which for LiFeP04 is typically 2.5V. Yes, you can drain LiFeP04 down to "zero" (just not zero volts, 2.0 or 2.5 is the minimum for most cells with some companies cutting off the battery around 2.7 to extend the number of cycles). There is actually some data out there (2 papers I think) supporting the idea that draining LiFeP04 down to 20% actually creates a "memory" effect that will cause the capacity to decrease. I typically drain mine down to 5% or 10% before cutting off the loads just to leave a little bit of juice left in it to avoid overdischarge.
Great video! What gauge of wire did you use?
16 gq
what is glow cup function for and its purpose?
Charging fishing jigs
I noticed in your last build you used a fuse box and this one just an inline fuse. Running such low volts with just the leds and usb is the in-line fuse just as good as a fuse box?
thanks for this video , got my box installed .
Thanks again, John! Now that I've watched several of your builds and I'm done with my mimic of your 2nd kit with the Plano box, I notice that on this one you chose not to use the fuse block connectors for the grounding and distribution. Are there pros/cons to doing one master fuse v. using the 6-fuse connector block? Also, what is the base box used for this kit? The name panel is drilled through blocking the brand. This box has fewer plastic supports and looks like the fuse block would fit easily in the space under the handle without needing to Dremel the supports out of the way. Thanks!!
This one is a 50 cal box just like my very first one on here. Almost twice the size of the field box in version 2. I used a diy kit sold by iceholepower.com to build this. The fuse is part of the kit. It's cheaper to go inline fuse and really as long as the system has some sort of fuse, its really personal preference on how it's done. This kit comes with the box and is pre drilled as well
@@JDSOutdoors Awesome! Thank you!
This is an MTM brand 50 cal Case guard ammo box.
can I use a 12v motorcycle battery to build a powerbox?
Yes
Where can we get the glow cup on line?
At iceholepower.com
Just got my kit today having a hard time getting switches to go all the way in. any ideas?
Yes trim a little around the edges of each hole with a sharp blade. 45 the edge so to speak
JDS Outdoors have you got a link to we’re I can get the kit
What the hell is a glow cup?????
I was just thinking the same thing, never heard of glow cups.
If anyone is reading this in 2022 and thinking about using lithium, lithium ion and LiFeP04 do not do well in cold temps. You cannot charge below freezing and up to 10 Celsius you should use a low charge rate. Discharge is significantly reduced and I would not recommend discharging if the cells are below freezing unless at a very low rate. Below 15 Celsius you will get about 60-80% of actual capacity
INSTALL HEATING PADS IN YOUR BATTERY BOX
Or use Lithium Titanate. Its pretty expensive but 40,000 cycles and very temp resilient and extremely safe
Another question friend pls .. if i bypass the charging button and keep this battery on solar panel so the switch should be in on position right? Is the switch light should make a problem?
It will be a drain. Leave the ground off the switch
@@JDSOutdoors sorry but didnt got what you mean .. im not expert as i buy one of these box and do as same as on video.. can you explain more?
How can I charge it with solar panels
Hook a charge controller to the battery and solar panels to the charge controller
Can the double outside screw posts be also used to connect the charger???
Yes
I can run a trolling motor off of those banana plugs?
Nope but you can install the correct plug, battery and wiring in the box and run a trolling motor.
Is the cup just a light source?
That is designed for fishing, mostly ice fishing. It's used to charge glow paint on jigs, and lures to make them glow in the dark.
Oh yeah. I remember you discussed that in a previous video. Sorry. Gettin old. Lol
Thanks for explaining it recharges glow in the dark stuff :)
Thanks for all info
Great videos great price
Would of been better to have Dual 3amp USB Charge Ports
Maybe start with what it is. I’ll have to keep watching. Friend recommended it.
How much money would a person save by doing this themselves vs buying the assembled kit?
assuming you already have a battery, about 150 bucks
What’s the biggest size battery you can fit in that box?
100+ ah if you build your own battery
Thank you
How long will this power last using led strips?
12hr
@@JDSOutdoors you da man
Hey john.. love your videos man.. could you possibly do one of these that show how to add 12v MP3 player/radio?
Thank you and absolutely it's in the works
Thanks man.. will look forward to it
What is the glow cup for?
Mostly for ice fishing. It's a uv light for charging glow paint on jigs
@@JDSOutdoors that's cool thank you for your very fast reply.
@jdsoutdoor I'm waiting to make a 120 amp hour system with two amped Outdoors 60s. What Guage wire should I use?
Gotta look up the amp draw for the items you wanna use and once figured out then you can pick your wire
@@JDSOutdoors awesome thanks. I looked it up and the max amp draw is 50
@@keithpizano1741 you are going to need some big wire. There is a reference guide on google if you type it in. Amps+distance ran = guage.
how to recharge battry
sadly ice hole power Don't post to the uk so it looks like im going on the hunt for a box the fit everything
Amazon should be able to help with that. Check out my video of how to build a power box version 2 the parts list is there
@@JDSOutdoors ok thankyou I will check it out many thanks
I’m also uk, same issue..can’t find a kit friendly list
@@tribblesof1on4wheels42 im building a 48v box in a 60cm tool box just waiting for wire, volts meter, and batterys iv got everything i need from amazon and ebay
Awesome build, 👌what size battery are you using? Struggling in the uk to get the exact parts, thanks 👍
Also the size of box dimensions, thanks 👍
I use a 12 ah sla and that is a 50 cal ammo box
Thanks for reply,, going to try and track down all parts in the uk,, 👌
@@andrewpegs pardon my ignorance but is Amazon over there? They should have all the parts. Local outdoor and or caravan dealerships should have good parts as well
Yea , was just checking , struggling with the ammo boxes, was just going to use a fishing camo bucket but really like the look of the Plano boxes as I expect they are very tough and to be fair look the bo***s 😂👌
What size wire are you using?
16 ga
Would this box fit a Optima yellow top?
No sorry need to use a battery box like what's used in boats for that
I don't do ice fishing so I don;t know what a glow cup is or what i;s used for. Can someone tell me please?
you put your ice fishing lure in it and it will make it glow
@@iceholepower8012 OK, thanks. Not something I need but the rest is very interesting.
doubles as a lunch kit
Unfortunately Ice Hole Power is not shipping to Hungary :(
I need to make 1 that has 24volt output
Wire two batteries in series and use 24v comparable hardware. Would be pretty easy
I'm thinking of doing a relay so I can switch 12v to 24 but I only need 1 set of banana plugs to be 24 everything else can be 12 I was just seeing if any1 has done it
whats a glow cup? i dont ice fish
It's for charging uv glow paint on jigs
Old school,without all the crap built in...
Ok my previous comment was a joke because when I heard Ice Holes I immediately thought of the character in the Johnny Dangerously movie. But now for a real comment, or question. Is this really what you'd call DIY? I mean it's just unassembled they could have put it together for just a couple $ more. I don't mind that they save the couple $ and you put it together but I was looking for an actual DIY box because I have a different purpose(actually a couple) and thought this might enlighten me. The product is fine but I'm underwhelmed by the DIY aspect. I watched your previous videos that were DIY and figured this was an improvement on that.
This was done to help people who purchased the kit for ideas on how to assemble. Instructions manual.
They are all diy. Make it your own. Plenty of options for many different skill sets.
@@JDSOutdoors Fair enough