Clean DIY Offgrid install with an Orient Power 5.5kw Hybrid Inverter & 25KWH DIY Battery

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  • Finally got the chance to install my DIY Battery & Orient Power Hybrid 5.5kw inverter in a location where its creation can be used to the fullest, Don't know if you can tell but I'm crazy excited - at the time of upload about 280 kWh has been produced and looking forward to 10000s more hours of full-time use!
    🔵 Orient Power 5.5 kWh Hybrid Inverter.
    Offer: First three sales on this video receive 8% off using this link - aujakiperbattery.com/product/...
    🔵 Used Laptop Batteries - bit.ly/thebatteryhookup
    🔵 Batrium BMS: Watchmon 5 - www.batrium.com
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  • @Shmade0304
    @Shmade0304 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Wow Pete miss these videos sad to say it’s been so long since you commissioned the farm battery alll those years ago …you were one of the few TH-camrs to get me to start building powerwalls thank you so much for all your contributions to the community 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thanks for sticking around for all these years mate..

    • @Shmade0304
      @Shmade0304 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HBPowerwall 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😁🔋🔋⚡️

  • @DenfordBerriman
    @DenfordBerriman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Based on your videos I processed over 3000 18650s from mainly laptop batteries to build a power wall. Then I suddenly had to move back to Australia and had to offload my three years of processing. I was gutted. Seeing your mega unit finally installed makes it ok though. Nice job!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      hope they went to a good home not a recycler *sorry for your loss :P I'm SO happy its done, It seems simple to some making stuff neat and well layed out but for me it's a proper process.

    • @DenfordBerriman
      @DenfordBerriman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They went to another enthusiast that hoped to build a wall so I was happy to find a home for them. I bet you're happy! When you take a long time to make something it is always great to see it live. Congrats! 🎉

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      kinda made me sad just having it in the corner, it's time to shine is now! Hoping to do a load test with my car charging see how it holds up under a long constant highish load..

  • @chuxxsss
    @chuxxsss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Well done, mate, the drive looks like my drive for solar panels. Cheap than other batteries, just a lot of time. You need RCDs in the box, too, for safety.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that 20amp one is an RCD, I wanted one on each breaker as they will all do different things but what do I know I just fix computers :P

  • @chrisrummy
    @chrisrummy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am so happy you got to use that big battery finally!!!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm so happy at the result, can't wait to release the ad-ons i have planned!

  • @der_bruehl
    @der_bruehl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He's back :-) - You kind of started it all for us - now I have 50kWh LFP in the basement and 17kWp on the roof - and there is more to come. Keep on going!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice work! thanks buddy!

  • @darinmbicknell
    @darinmbicknell 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You've come a long way baby!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sure feels like it :P

  • @richardriehle4159
    @richardriehle4159 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    it was interesting to watch your powerwall build all those years ago . do you have any regrets with all the time it took ? or was it a good hobby?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Its funny, regrets would be the sheer time it took, but that was usually quickly washed away by the joy i got from all the comments and interactions, just wish youtube would show me some love so I could afford to keep making cool projects. Hate making videos for videos sake, always preferred to make something useful.

  • @AdamDeLay07
    @AdamDeLay07 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've followed along for quite some time on your builds. It's fun for us as well to see that battery pack being put to good use. Congratulations!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @bjconway2474
    @bjconway2474 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great job Pete Mate. better late than never. Thanks for all the Education.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks 👍

  • @russellgilchrist3951
    @russellgilchrist3951 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done mate, glad you have a use for your setup. See all that hard work pays off in the end 👍🇬🇧

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks 👍

  • @nelle834
    @nelle834 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Appreciation for the effort and dedication you put into creating such a valuable resource Pete.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks buddy!!!

  • @magicmavis
    @magicmavis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love to see you moving that incredibly heavy battery cabinet in your safety flip flops there Pete!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's how I roll, none of the thinking first crap :P Out there you have to be much more aware of the King Brown snakes, Red Belly snakes, drop bears etc :P

  • @janosvarga962
    @janosvarga962 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This should power easy a AC in that shed, moisture and a little temp regulation.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm kinda starting to think for the cost it would take care of the batteries well & ROI on that alone would be worth it. Thinking I'll try something more passive for the short term.

  • @yankey4
    @yankey4 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Happy for you brother! That's cool you got it working. Looks really good. Sorry for the drone. God Bless brother.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      was right at the end of the day, was planning to send the drone out for repair but might be a video fixing it :P

  • @offgridwanabe
    @offgridwanabe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pure joy thanks for sharing you are the DIY pioneer.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow, thank you!

  • @QsTechService1
    @QsTechService1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pretty nice set up

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think so too!

  • @davidsharp9166
    @davidsharp9166 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fabulous, work

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @georgef7754
    @georgef7754 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Top job mate. Now keep the videos coming like you used to do.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd love to if I could make it work $$$$ wise, it's a lot of time and money lost from the day job.

  • @Hagar76a
    @Hagar76a 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Pure Nickel doesn't rust. Must have been Nickel plated.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or pure nickel actually rusts lol

    • @natebatchelder
      @natebatchelder 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the coating was pure Nickel!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't even think that was lol@@natebatchelder

  • @samuelaqimaqima100
    @samuelaqimaqima100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No problem

  • @tecnotips1614
    @tecnotips1614 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video Pete! Always wondered how those orient units go. Still have my PIP24 still pumping away

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You and me both! This will be a proper test for sure, can't wait to add much more solar, generator and maybe some cool air to the setup!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Might pull the old system back to my workshop, retest the capacity after a few years of full time use. Then it'll go back into service else where on the property ( HOPING a tiny house or cabin)

    • @tecnotips1614
      @tecnotips1614 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@HBPowerwall Sounds great! Mine batteries finally let out after many years so I'm on the hunt for some new ones in the next few months. Still have the hybrid 48v inverter mpp solar inverter that I never got around to installing..... Too many projects!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm happy my Cars are working well, two less projects :P

  • @mangjay80
    @mangjay80 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Moneter batre ❤❤❤❤

  • @chuxxsss
    @chuxxsss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe put a roof fan in from bunning mate, too. Peter not judging you, just suggestion for complaint here in Australia.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      love to put a small solar roof vent in, just something to change the air, in summer door stays open and there is the ol' Bunnings 15 dollar fan that just blows on the old inverter/batterys for 4-5 months a year - cheap easy solution that seems to have worked perfectly

  • @HBPowerwall
    @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This battery started life in early 2019 when I got a van full of laptop batteries from a local school. You can check out the first video in the series here. th-cam.com/video/PenPYwa00CA/w-d-xo.html

    • @HellTriX
      @HellTriX 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ya need to ventilate that room, or add some insulation and a solar powered ac to keep your electronics and batteries at a more reasonable temp and maybe humidity down.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      this has all been considered, so far I don't think insulation is the direction, maybe just a simple solar vent in the roof and a vent in the floor to draw colder air from under the building is the way to go

    • @HellTriX
      @HellTriX 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HBPowerwall Sounds better than nothing :)

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      for sure

  • @abdulhameedkhan1804
    @abdulhameedkhan1804 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dear sir nickel strip is best or fuse wire for 240 18650 cells

  • @jamess1787
    @jamess1787 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your tesla installer must have been blown away wheb you showed him that battery cabinet 😂

  • @rossco4002
    @rossco4002 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool video 😅

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank-You

  • @solexxx8588
    @solexxx8588 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Everyone states they don't need active balancers and then installs and uses them. They are great for DIY batteries and by using a switch or automation keep your DIY batteries balanced and improve their capacity. You should put regeneratable desiccant bags in that battery cabinet or it will corrode like the last one did. Insanity is repeating your mistakes and expecting a different result.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Being a more sealed box so to speak it's doing much better, active balancer is 100 % controled by my Batrium BMS - so far working very very well..

  • @Janusspeaks
    @Janusspeaks 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job. you just need your logo (hp powerwall ) on the front of your cabinet job done!!!¡

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be cool!

  • @odoohub5010
    @odoohub5010 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did you use pure nickel strip or nickel plated strip, for those rusted strips

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Old ones were advertised as pure nickel strip. Turns out they were not.

  • @budmartin3344
    @budmartin3344 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. Can you please provide the info on that monitor software? name and version?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the BMS it's a Batrium Watchmon 5 - to display on the pc it's Batrium Watchmon Tool Kit, for the inverter it's SolarPower I believe - i'll go to the office and post some links for you

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Batrium BMS software (requires their hardware naturally) wiki.batrium.com/en/toolkit
      Software for the inverter - www.mppsolar.com/manual/SolarPower%20%28hybrid%29/SolarPowerV1.18SP6/installSolarPower_Windows.exe

  • @Hagar76a
    @Hagar76a 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How many cells Pete, and average capacity? By my calculation, about 2,744 @ 2.5Ah. Where can I get a copy of the latest AU Standards for DIY battery systems?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there are 2,674 connected cells, 3 cells removed from each battery for top mounting hole, then another three cells top and bottom where the mount contacts the battery are disconnected to prevent earth leaks to ground. The tested completed batteries with 191 connected cells mathed out to be an average of 2600mah

    • @Hagar76a
      @Hagar76a 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HBPowerwall awww. So close. I forgot about the extras for insulation

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol

  • @shawnd567
    @shawnd567 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How many cycles can you expect doing 3.2-4v? Over 1000?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I really have no idea but 1000s would be NICE!

  • @liskl
    @liskl 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which shunt trip model you use in this video? @HBPowerwall

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Will have to find a model number been so long since I put it together lol

  • @johnjamce1146
    @johnjamce1146 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    pete what size wire you used for the busbar

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it's fused nickel, I think i linked in in the video description?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      batteryhookup.com/products/nickel-fuse-2p-wide-continuous-roll-by-the-foot-18650-cell-level-fusing

  • @goldcoasttime
    @goldcoasttime 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    PETE, Where is the farm?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      in south east Queensland :P

  • @MrDenisJoshua
    @MrDenisJoshua 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How do you fill with that inverter please ?

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      about 3kw of solar panels at the moment

    • @MrDenisJoshua
      @MrDenisJoshua 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HBPowerwall Great... and it's work ok in your opinion ?
      Thanks again

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeh so far, this was installed 2-3 weeks ago and has evolved a bit since then already but that's for future videos

    • @MrDenisJoshua
      @MrDenisJoshua 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HBPowerwall thanks a lot

  • @dennisyoung4631
    @dennisyoung4631 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rusted “nickel” strips? Just Plated???

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      100% shit seller...

    • @dennisyoung4631
      @dennisyoung4631 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HBPowerwall thanks. Have heard about “nickel-plated” strip - either sold cheaper than the 75+ US$ per kilo I’ve seen it cost, or - I’ll bet - being sold as pure nickel, at the full nickel price!
      Have wondered about using nickel wire as a “sorta-fuse” that is then soldered to tin-plated copper (plated onto PCB material to ~ 8-9 oz. thickness, .3mm thick or so) “bus bar”???

  • @impulsesystems
    @impulsesystems 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I confess I’m not thinking of Cortana. I’m thinking of Clippy. I really don’t want AI in my documents.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What the hell are you smoking and can I have some?

    • @impulsesystems
      @impulsesystems 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HBPowerwall sorry, I commented on the wrong video, in my watch later list!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @impulsesystems admit was hoping for some of the good gear 😂 at any rate thanks for the interaction

  • @BenMitro
    @BenMitro 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm surprised you are still using Li Ion cells rather than the safer LFP. I guess that is why its all in a standalone shed. It'd be nice to know your thinking on this.
    I wouldn't mind a ZS EV. Pretty good reviews.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This battery was built almost 4 years ago lol

    • @korishan
      @korishan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HBPowerwall And still going strong BAYBEEEE!!!!!!! 😎😎
      Pretty amazing considering they sat for so long without use. Just goes to show with proper set up and storage and cells, they can last a long time

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I maintained them the same I do with all my cells, regular checks and had a panel trickle charging it 99% of the time.

  • @chuxxsss
    @chuxxsss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You coming to our darkside. 😅

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nar still straight :P :P

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The bots are the only ones here? I am a real person!

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hehe

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@HBPowerwallPete, saw the blue Mini on the road, what is its faith in the coming years?
      Also how far away from other villages is that farm? 70km or so is a distance. Living in Switzerland, it's baffling the distances out there 😂.
      Good to see you back.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Blue Mini is a thorn in my side but more because I drive it into the ground hehe so much fun, 'the 'farm' isn't too far away from the world bit more than an hour away from my home.

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HBPowerwall cheers!

  • @typxxilps
    @typxxilps 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great progress and the crappy laptop batteries served 5 more years - I bet by average twice the life time than usual if those cells had been working 4 years before in those laptops.
    And you spent a lot I guess for the 3 or 4 HAGER circuit breakers - usually made in germany.
    The MG should work fine with all the power you can provide all year long - it is a partially VW cause MG's mother company is partially owned by VW producing all the VW in China for chinese market which most people tend to forget. They should be able to deliver the VW quality but have not achieved it yet at least the MG4 that has arrived here in 2022 was good but not at the level of VW, even though it was using VW parts if you look closely.
    I hope the car will pay off soon with the gas savings you no longer have to spend.
    Great job, big success in my opinion if you look back from where you had started: crap 18650 cells
    which you put together to a battery, than an even bigger one and far bigger one. I still wonder if the 5 kW inverter is not too small for your demand and battery but you are in an offgrid situation which is quite the opposite one we usually have in our grid tied situation. Your battery is simply bigger to be better prepared and therefore the inverter now looks so small.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Average load is only 200-300 watts so I don't think the idol load usage would be worth having a second.. wasn't that much for the breakers and stuff, I bought the energy meter from ebay, trying to save some money.

  • @SotirisPiloridis
    @SotirisPiloridis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When I was 20years old I had a mini like yours....it was 37years back.....and I lost it from the burglars of Greece Greek THIEVES fraudulent civil servants of the Greek Ministry of Transport

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love that car, can't imagin having it stolen :(

  • @OffGridAussiePrepper
    @OffGridAussiePrepper 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    well done pete, when u moving out to the farm??? better then that rat race u live in now.

    • @HBPowerwall
      @HBPowerwall  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ooh you have no idea how much I need to move, but got to stay where the money is made unfortunately. I could video every day out there, so much that needs doing and can be done.. Wishlist - DIY stone cabin, find a freshwater sorce (very hard, if not impossible out there.) A honey shack where I can process honey! hehe But it's my buddies place so all pipe dreams

    • @OffGridAussiePrepper
      @OffGridAussiePrepper 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HBPowerwall i had pipe dreams too till i got ill..... all gone out the window..... do not f' wait till ur nearly dead, u will regret it.