Off-Grid Overhaul: Power Test & Workshop Trials with Oukitel P2001 in Vintage RV!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, we get to work making a convenient home for our new 2000 watt power station. This will be a great addition to our vintage RV / vintage camper and will allow us to use more comforts of home when we're off grid. We also put it through some tests to see if it can keep up with being a power source for our workshop! We also test out an Oukitel 200w solar panel to keep the power flowing longer. Finally, we take to the road to make a delicious camping meal :-)
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Discount Code: P20010417Retro Revivals
Price:$735.08
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I have to laugh every time you drive that thing. My parents had some of the same issues. My dad passed last year but he loved his camper. He was 89. My mom sold it to my sister and brother-in-law. My mom would hold her breath every time they took it out.
Great memories! Yes, we know that holds your breath feeling... We going to get our a bit more reliable soon! Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful transformation guys! From a decaputated camper to perfectly well executed…stay safe guys ….greetings from down under Australia….stay safe…
Thanks so much!
That park will be lovely in the summer with leaves on the trees.
Yes, we really couldn't believe we had never been there before! A hidden gem 💎
The pickup in the distributor is a hall effect sensor, every time the metal tip passes past the sensor it creates a pulse. Eight tips, 8 pulses per every two crank revolutions. The pulse is picked up by the ignition module which then switches the coil off. Those wires you showed coming from the distributor carry the pulse and with a voltage meter on Hz you should read a frequency or if you can borrow an oscilloscope you should see a sign wave with all 8 peeks representing two crank revolution. The cam to crank is a 1 cam to 2 crank... Next time it dies, take a meter to it, if you don't see the pulses then you need change the hall effect sensor or change the distributor. If you haven't changed the sensor, you might consider it. Not expensive and is fairly easy.
Very good info! Thanks for the tip 😁
Love your videos! It was a surprise watching the first time when I realized you were Michiganders ("Trolls" albeit but won't hold that against you! Not to mention SVSU as I'm a Ferris grad Lol)! Love how you guys try, fail, try again and don't edit it out, so real! I once converted a big Jayco pop-up to all 120v except tail lights, runners etc years before the modern solar generators, compact gas generators etc. I had everything including a 7k BTU A/C, 2 fridges, 2 tvs/vcrs with multiple headphones for kids vs adult movie viewing, stereo, microwave, coffee maker of course, blender for Margaritas obviously, toaster, awning lights, etc all ran into a 3 breaker 30 amp system. Then made my own male/male cord to plug in because after spending plenty of time camping in Natty Forest campgrounds sans electric in "da Yoop", I would only camp at State Parks with electric, showers, modern toilets, etc lol (one can only crap over a log and hang food in trees to avoid bears for so long when young lol). The options for electrification now days are endless and really economical. Great videos!
Wow, you had it all decked out! Glad to have a fellow Michigander following along. We'd love to take a trip up over the bridge at some point and explore the UP a bit. So much to see there! Keep an eye out for us 😁
You two are so cute! 😂😂 Adventures await! ❤
Bring it on! 💚💚
Those roads are horrible. That dirt road looked better.
I hope your children appriciate how blessed they are to have parents as great as you two are. I love to see it. I love your channel.
Haha, we keep trying to tell them how great we are! We're not sure if they believe us 😆💚🎉
Love watching your videos! Have been camping 30 +years….the best experiences in life! My suggestion on getting Harvey to start…..don’t stop at that gas station again! Try a different one! 😆😃😁
Thanks!! Good idea! We'll have to try that 😆
The bug whamming into your mouth was so funny! Spaghetti soup, and is a hot dog a sandwich?! I've never pondered such things before! Skipping stones and running up and down the hill looked so awesome. Hard to find a better tune than Stewball! 🏇
That park was so cool and not too far from here. We definitely want to go back this summer and eat some hot dog sandwiches 😅 Jack was the DJ and chose Stewball, too cool.
Love your videos. You guys are so positive . Keep it up :)
I’m planning on adding Oukitel to my 95 Ford Minnie Winnie because of your video
Thank you! We've really liked the oukitel so far and use it a lot... still don't have electricity in our shop so we end up using it most times to work.
Great episode! So creative:). Hoping you add some kind of sliding lock on the moving shelf to keep it from moving against the door. Thanks again for sharing this journey!
We plan to add that but just didn't have the time before we needed to go cook spaghetti 😂 Thanks for the comment!
Great video! I’m so glad you started this channel! Harvey looks great. The battery back is sure going to come in handy. You need some Fiddle Faddle for the next trip!
For sure, what goes better with spaghetti than fiddle faddle? Thanks for watching!
I like the idea of making the furnace cover a door for storing the power station. I think I will have to do that on my 72 Winnebago. I took the old furnace out.
It should make it easier than pulling it in and out of the main door. Really, we wanted a new door but couldn't find the right size so we used the old one and it seems to have turned out pretty good so far! Thanks for watching.
Who wouldn't watch to the end of one of your vids??? That's just plan crazy talk!!
Look at you two, another sponsorship! 2K power station is the ideal addition to Harvey, for sure! That old furnace spot made for the ideal location as well. Might need some diff hinges to keep that door in place, but who can sweat the little details. Fun fact though, my aunt used to make my uncle instant coffee rolling down the road in their 1974 Dodge Travelcraft all the time, and it worked out just fine. That corningware teapot stayed on the old gas cooktop no problem. The more you know🌈....
Those hinges were crazy... possibly would work better if we spread them farther apart but not likely... and then we'd lose that symmetry so probably not worth it, lol. Really, we were going to cook spaghetti and drive but thoughts of the comment section blowing up about the dangers of having a gallon of boiling water back by the kids made us reconsider... well, that and the boiling water by the kids thing 😂. We could probably do a teapot for instant coffee though, your aunt had a good idea!
Very nice job on that door.
Thank you 😊
Your best and most opportune time to use.A solar panel is during the height of the day in michigan usually between the hours of ten thirty a m 24 p m but you can charge a solar panel at any given time during the daytime.
One other thing....
You might already know by now, but your that that you made for the solar generator may slide out and bump that access door.
If you drill a small hole and slide some wood dowels into the front lip of the opening will work as a stop .
That way that tray won't be banging around when you drive.
There are a few other channels who did the same when converting from propane.
Thanks so much! We appreciate the comment! We were just working on making that battery compartment and slide a bit safer today. Thanks for watching! 🎉
I thought I would wait to the end to make my comments. I forgot all of them... so funny. Jealousy? Sounds like jealousy. Auto correct changes it to that from jowlosly... solar battery looks amazing. I think Tyler should just use a screwdriver to start Harvey. Jump from the cilinoide. There was also a great " Dang Nab! " moment.
Hahaha, now you have to watch it again because for sure you should have commented on the little Stewball snippet, lol!
@@retrorevivals I thought stewball was my first comment! You tube probably deleted it
Love the optimism that y’all have on every project
Thank you 🎉🎉
Glad they spotted you that generator, complete w folding solar panels. Way cool. You build your drawer, sweet. Afraid I went to the hardware store to purchase a wire slider for a similar project. Lol, “can you see my eye twitching”🤣So frustrating. Here’s to Harvey.
Thanks! We are very grateful for the power station. Good luck with your project!
Wow a great battery power source for you guys to use at the shop & any of the campers!! So glad y’all have that to use🤗
We're very thankful for it! It's a great fit for Harvey for sure. We're hoping for more permanent power for the shop but this will come in handy in the meantime!
Nice job and a perfect fit.
Thank you 😊
Hey Christy and Tyler, Great job! Those hinges are great but I think they're really designed to hinge from the top and hold the door open above. I've used them to really good effect in my RV overhead cupboards. Thanks again for sharing another great video. Love from England. ❤
I feel like maybe we got a cheapy version off Amazon and possibly there are ones that look like these but are better quality. It doesn't seem like these would hold the door up at all but maybe!
I agree Chilli is its own category LOL!
One point for team Christy!
I would probably use a strap to secure the power station while you’re traveling. I also was wondering how you were going to cook the spaghetti while you were driving, lol! (Ps-We cook meals in the crock pot while we are traveling, so that we have lunch or dinner when we travel, and thought maybe you were going to do something in that line.) We also installed a DCDC charger in our truck camper and our 5th wheel to provide the extra charging power as our 7 pin connection was not very efficient in topping off our 600 aHrs of LifePO4 battery banks. The DCDC charger seems to be the MVP for our offgrid rv power systems. The solar helps keep the batteries topped off when we are not traveling, but the DCDC charger is the workhorse while we’re driving. It allows us to run our fridge and crockpot while we are traveling. And, that looks like a great spot to camp too! Love your videos and we enjoy traveling along, lol!
Thanks so much for that comment. We're learning a lot when it comes to power for motorhomes... we'll need to look into a DCDC charger, it sounds awesome. We really appreciate you watching and commenting. We just worked on securing that battery a bit today so hopefully it'll be safe when driving 😄😅
Not starting after warmed up could be 'vapor lock'. Lots of videos on that topic.
I won't argue that fuel delivery is another issue. The Thermoquad is a challenging carb. Maybe down the road we'll try something else. Thanks for the comment!
I had a car that did not like warm starts at all. The shop tracked it down to the PC Valve. Once they "adjusted it" (whatever they did) everything was great for years!
You guys are great. Looking forward to long evaluation of the power unit.
Thank you! We've been using it pretty regularly in the shop the past couple weeks and so far it's working great. We'll keep you posted.
Greast upload and product! Wish we had good deals like that here in Australia! Looking forward each week to your uploads.
Thanks so much!!!
Enjoyed the video as usual.
You might consider putting a latch or lock on that battery tray.
I have a very small mini fridge on a similar tray and it wants to fly open when I go around corners.
That battery is a lot heavier than my fridge.
Appreciate the entertaining content
Oh yes, definitely a good idea... we wanted to do that but ran out of time but hate to have it fly out going down the road!
Great addition! I need some backup power! Definitely will follow your lead on this! 👊🙏
We've only really used it for a few days so far but we're liking it!
Oh I see....well. looks good 😊
Thanks!
Interesting problem. My phone notified me of a new member only video. When logged into my same account on my smart TV. There was no video... thank goodness for cast to tv feature. But dang nab. Why dosent everything work perfectly all the time!!!
Dang nab! Maybe you needed to turn it off and back on :-) Thanks for figuring out a good backup plan so you could still watch 💚
Piano hinges rock! You can cut em
We haven't delved into the wide world of piano hinges yet. Someday!
My 1976 Dodge sportsman 20" RV fuel pump failed. I had 2'" of gas on the engine, 2-1/2" of gas in the air cleaner and 2-1/2" of gas in the oil pan. Make sure you change your fuel pump!
That sounds wild! It's probably a good idea to at least have a spare handy.
Getting ready to order mine soon
We've only used this one a few days so far but, so far so good! If you use the link in our description, I think you get a discount 😁
Amazing.
Thanks!
You can add a max 500watt bifacial panel to charge should fit on the roof, might get 100watts in clouds (I get 105 from a 465). 500 watts 4.5 hours to charge and a cloudy 100watts 20 hrs. The 12v are usually weak at 30 watts 66 hours to charge. The ac input should charge 0 to 75% in 1 hour, then slows the charge at the top end. 2000w / 71w fridge should last 28 hours not 17hrs but you might find the display number change after it discharges for a while. It is not a huge battery so if you are using 1800-watt appliances might want to time it with ac charge times, it can only pull 1500w from your gen to charge so you could run a second plug to the shore plug with 1400 watts left over at 80% gen. I hope it helps being new to solar/powerstations. Nice build skills.
Wow, you are a wealth of information! We certainly have a lot to learn about all of this with batteries and solar. We're happy to have you following along and sending some advice! Thanks!
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My 180k video has a few good solutions also the solar build shows how easy it is.
So making spaghetti is definitely a pastability 😂
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Tyler Chili is a stuoop! lol 😂
The world may never know 🤷♂️,lol.
Good informative video. I have a2002 Jeep Cherokee that takes three times before it starts found out it’s the EVap return hose on the gas tank and you have too drop the tank too fix it doesn’t leak just bad connection I guess so it starts on the third try instead of one sometimes two. The connection is where the hoses hook too the fuel pump
Thanks for the comment 😁. You make a good point. I believe our fuel tank vent hose is either partially clogged or crimped. It makes filling up difficult and may create a suction not allowing our fuel pump to work properly. I'll have to drop the tank to inspect.
Couldn’t you use a 30 adapter and plug Harvey’s shore power into your solar? You would have 12v through you converter and 110 state through you shore power
Yes, that will work too. Maybe we can show that in a future video. Thanks for the comment 😁
Another great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I know I asked before but how do I become a super fan
Hi! You can join as a member if you go to our channel page and click "Join." www.youtube.com/@retrorevivals I think there are other things you can do when you're watching a video to send "Super Thanks" --- on mine it looks like a little heart with the word Thanks. We appreciate you!
IS THERE A STARTER RELAY IN THAT ENGINE? JUST WONDERING. WE HAD A SIMILAR START PROBLEM AND THAT WAS OUR PROBLEM.
Thanks for the comment 😁. Yep,I've changed the starter relay. I'm still chasing the problem but it has improved.
Wiggle the wires while it's running and if it shuts off you know it's a wire issue
Great idea, thank you! We haven't had the chance to tinker with Harvey recently but we'll try that!
lol I saw the twitch 😂
Harvey may cause twitching!
Have you changed the ignition switch ford is bad about that same issue also if you could change to a surpentine belt system that might fix the squeal
I have changed the ignition switch. After some more electrical work,I've now got 12v while cranking. That belt squeal is annoying. Maybe we'll change it out someday 😁
I didn't catch what you said when you said in 1 1/2 hours you would be 80% charged. Was that using the solar panel or the wall outlet. You also said it would run for 6 hours but how many watts? Thanks, I just recently found your channel and have been binge watching because I am restoring a 1966 canned ham trailer and running into worse than I had expected.
Seems like they're always worse than we expect! I'm not sure exactly how many watts it was pulling when we said 6 hours maybe around 500? 1.5 hours to 80% was plugged into AC, not solar. Solar would be much slower. Thanks for watching!
@@retrorevivals Yep.
You made Sauce and Pasta. Traditional Spaghetti has Meat in it. You did not add me at so you made Sauce and Pasta Dish.
The More You Know 🌈😉 You taught us something new. We wanted real spaghetti but didn't want the hassle of actually cooking the meat 😆
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Thank you!
😂great channel...,too much music though
Thanks! We'll take your music preference into consideration too 😉
No meatballs?
We were lucky to have pulled off just the noodles and sauce 😂
22:54 magnets 🧲 I would tie down portable battery in case of rough roads...
Yes, we did, thanks for the suggestion!
You have 777 likes ...i feel bad for messing that good luck numbers putting you at 778
❤️ We appreciate the like even if it pushed us off of 777. Thank you!
I think the RV needs a new owner so it could run better 😂
I know. It's a work in progress 😉
Strap that power pack down. Shift happens!
There's vomit on his sweater, mom's spaghetti
We're nervous (about the shifting), but on the surface we look calm and ready 🎶 🍝🤢 👕
New starter alternator
We did the starter and alternator. Everything but the voltage regulator has been replaced. But I'm still working on it 😉
Fuel pump
I'm leaning toward a fuel tank vent issue. I've got to drop the tank to inspect.
What a great sponsorship for you guys. I like the battery pack compartment. That's a cool idea. Tyler will get that starting problem sorted. Very fun video to watch all. the. way. to. the. end.
Yay, thanks 🙌🏼🙌🏼 So happy you liked the video 🎉
Been driving on Michigan roads for over 50 years, they never seem to ever put any money into their roads!
The crazy thing is you're right but somehow there's still always construction 🤯
I was surprised you didn't plug your shore power cord into the solar battery. Then you would power everything without switching cords. Also, I would lock down the side tray so when you cornered on a bumpy road the solar battery wouldn't push the door open.
It's definitely something that we could do although this particular one doesn't have the 30amp socket. Good thinking on adding something to stop that tray from sliding. We wanted to do that but just never enough time! Thanks for watching!
That power station can't do 30 amps that's why there's no big plug. But using an adapter to plug into your shore power line and then being careful not to turn too many things on at the same time. You would learn what you could use and when to use them. I guess it would be the same the way you've already done it. You just wouldn't be switching cords. Love your videos. You guys are so goofy at times it's great. Fun channel to watch.
Thanks so much!