Very unfortunate, he exposed certain brands real well, hope we will get a new legend like him but it'll never be the same while some people complained about him complaining, he definitely tried to help everyone did he have to expose those brands? no, he could've even sold them, but instead he decided to make informative video's for everyone to not be misled by deceptive marketing and inferior products
I've been looking at those little testers, especially the larger one to get through batteries faster. nice to see you getting a vid out again. the $40 big testers (150w things) are good for pulling whole packs down to see if any cells dropping more than others
I've charged 40 cells and am now discharging them to get capacity. I haven't looked all that close at how it measures current, but hopefully it uses precision shunt resistors. The 8 cell version has features the 4 and 2 cell versions lack. I didn't want to buy one until I was sure the 4 cell version wasn't a dumpster fire. *** I've got several hacks in mind: 1. Setable charge and discharge current 2. The TP4056 charge controller IC can handle more current if you can keep it cool. IT jsut needs a heat sink and change the current setting. I don't know if I can exceed 1.3 amps as that's the documented max amps for a bare IC. 3. The IC has temperature monitoring built in, but the charger isn't using it. This is easy to implement. 4. I can also add an external mosfet so that current delivery isn't limited to the TO4056 capabilities. 4 amps or 10 amps per channel is just input amps at that point. 5. I think I can bump discharge current too. 6. I don't know what CPU is used yet, but once I do, that's just a case of getting the right programmer so I can pull the firmware and change it as needed. Right above the LCD is a programming port. It ought to be easy to reprogram the charger.
It is only today, after wanting to end a mesage for a few weeks that I discover this disheartening news. Hope you find peace and finally rest my dear friend.
It's nice that you still find time for a new video every now and then. I hope things are progressing... If Harris really wins and makes the 50k tax break for startups a reality maybe you'll soon be able to build a new business. I really hope so..
Considering the polls show 2% difference in the polls between them, flip a coin! If Trump becomes president, I expect we will all be much too busy to start a business what with World War 3 happening soon after he's elected!!! Harris can't just say "I want a $50K tax break for new businesses" and then it magically happens. This has to pass the congress and senate to become law. Congress is dominated by republicans...pretty sure they won't let this go through! If MAGA loses again, they will do more rioting in DC like last time...sigh! It's basically a situation of "lose a lot if MAGA wins or lose less if MAGA loses" in 2 months. Never mind how BADLY Ukraine loses if Trump wins! *** Videos...more coming soon. Not out of the game yet, just had a seriously rough time since the thievery I suffered in New Jersey!
@@de-bodgery I am confident that if Trump is defeated many of his supporters will also be in trouble and it will not take another four years to hold them accountable. They could lose their majority in Congress very quickly if just one more RINO resigns. I am a 'the glass is half full, not half empty' guy and I think the truth will prevail in the end. Even the pig who stole from you will get his punishment one way or another. It's hard to start over, but no one can take away your reputation and everything else can be replaced sooner or later. Good luck and keep up the good work! 👍
It's annoying that they don't have reverse polarity protection. This is in the data sheet for adding it. WHY these cell testers lack this can only be chalked up to China cutting corners! I bet your bad channels are from cells installed backwards. A simple schottky diode on the each TP4056 IC is all that is needed to protect from this!
@@de-bodgery I 10000% know it was not from reverse polarity. I’m very anal about cleaning and inspecting them before placing them in the charger and it’s always happened mid charge not while first putting a battery in.
How frequently did you use yours? I’m really considering getting this circuit board style charger. Also considering the Xtar VC4sl, unsure which to pick at this point
What happened? I started watching his channel just recently and was enjoying how he opened the controllers up and explained how certain electronic designs were better than others and pointing out flaws... I thought I might ask him for opinions on what controller brands to look into, for quality and reliability... Poor dude... I hope he's well and in peace, wherever he may roam...
You keep complaining bro it's time to move on. You could have fixed that phone to a broom stick, Move the item being reviewed not the camera angle oh yeah a $10 ring light would have greatly helped your audience see better. Where there's a will there's a way. 💪🙏💪
@@JuanJDumeP Maybe to you it's "nothing"! To me it's EVERYTHING! And since you sneeze at $70K in loss how about send some of that lose change this way? I'm sure you have a spare $70K just sitting around collecting dust! Rather than being critical of me for being robbed, BUY ME a camera and gymbol and lenses and ring light!!! I can tell you what I had before it was stolen along with everything else. Otherwise your words are meaningless noise!!!
@@de-bodgeryIt's not worth it! He's obviously an idiot who wants to troll you. The fruits of years of work... gone, simply stolen! It's easy to say that it's time to start over. But starting your own business without investors is a difficult job especially if you have a family. Forget him, he's a troll..
this guy is super underrated
Sadly he has passed recently :(
He really was the best
@@chargedup6565 how do u know
Rest In Power my Dear friend Richard😪😔may the Good Lord welcome you with open arms. You will always be a LEGEND in the PEV community.
Very unfortunate, he exposed certain brands real well, hope we will get a new legend like him but it'll never be the same
while some people complained about him complaining, he definitely tried to help everyone
did he have to expose those brands? no, he could've even sold them, but instead he decided to make informative video's for everyone to not be misled by deceptive marketing and inferior products
I've been looking at those little testers, especially the larger one to get through batteries faster.
nice to see you getting a vid out again. the $40 big testers (150w things) are good for pulling whole packs down to see if any cells dropping more than others
I've charged 40 cells and am now discharging them to get capacity. I haven't looked all that close at how it measures current, but hopefully it uses precision shunt resistors. The 8 cell version has features the 4 and 2 cell versions lack. I didn't want to buy one until I was sure the 4 cell version wasn't a dumpster fire.
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I've got several hacks in mind:
1. Setable charge and discharge current
2. The TP4056 charge controller IC can handle more current if you can keep it cool. IT jsut needs a heat sink and change the current setting. I don't know if I can exceed 1.3 amps as that's the documented max amps for a bare IC.
3. The IC has temperature monitoring built in, but the charger isn't using it. This is easy to implement.
4. I can also add an external mosfet so that current delivery isn't limited to the TO4056 capabilities. 4 amps or 10 amps per channel is just input amps at that point.
5. I think I can bump discharge current too.
6. I don't know what CPU is used yet, but once I do, that's just a case of getting the right programmer so I can pull the firmware and change it as needed. Right above the LCD is a programming port. It ought to be easy to reprogram the charger.
Did watt wheels really steal from you or he pay you back?
It is only today, after wanting to end a mesage for a few weeks that I discover this disheartening news. Hope you find peace and finally rest my dear friend.
It's nice that you still find time for a new video every now and then. I hope things are progressing... If Harris really wins and makes the 50k tax break for startups a reality maybe you'll soon be able to build a new business. I really hope so..
Considering the polls show 2% difference in the polls between them, flip a coin! If Trump becomes president, I expect we will all be much too busy to start a business what with World War 3 happening soon after he's elected!!! Harris can't just say "I want a $50K tax break for new businesses" and then it magically happens. This has to pass the congress and senate to become law. Congress is dominated by republicans...pretty sure they won't let this go through! If MAGA loses again, they will do more rioting in DC like last time...sigh! It's basically a situation of "lose a lot if MAGA wins or lose less if MAGA loses" in 2 months. Never mind how BADLY Ukraine loses if Trump wins!
***
Videos...more coming soon. Not out of the game yet, just had a seriously rough time since the thievery I suffered in New Jersey!
@@de-bodgery I am confident that if Trump is defeated many of his supporters will also be in trouble and it will not take another four years to hold them accountable. They could lose their majority in Congress very quickly if just one more RINO resigns. I am a 'the glass is half full, not half empty' guy and I think the truth will prevail in the end. Even the pig who stole from you will get his punishment one way or another.
It's hard to start over, but no one can take away your reputation and everything else can be replaced sooner or later.
Good luck and keep up the good work! 👍
RIP my friend - Aliens will have to wait. I will miss you so much.
Fok .. Datalogging to .xls is mandatory to me. For me. With me. You can manipulate the graphs however you wish to, save, or show, interpret the data.
Yes...that's very useful to have, but thats also something you get from something lots more expensive. What do you want for $23? What are you using?
I mean... there's no excuse for a video of a stable object this shaky.
Feel free to BUY ME gymbol!
Sadly they just don’t hold up in my experience, we have been though 20+ of them and they all have at least one bad channel now
It's annoying that they don't have reverse polarity protection. This is in the data sheet for adding it. WHY these cell testers lack this can only be chalked up to China cutting corners! I bet your bad channels are from cells installed backwards. A simple schottky diode on the each TP4056 IC is all that is needed to protect from this!
@@de-bodgery I 10000% know it was not from reverse polarity.
I’m very anal about cleaning and inspecting them before placing them in the charger and it’s always happened mid charge not while first putting a battery in.
@@chargedup6565 Where are you located? Still have the broken chargers?
How frequently did you use yours? I’m really considering getting this circuit board style charger. Also considering the Xtar VC4sl, unsure which to pick at this point
@ around 100-200 cycles before issues, typically let everything cool down 2-4 hours before putting in another cell
Everyone! I personally know the channel owner and am sad to say that he is no longer with us..
We have lost a real legend.
Que pasó??
What happened?
I started watching his channel just recently and was enjoying how he opened the controllers up and explained how certain electronic designs were better than others and pointing out flaws... I thought I might ask him for opinions on what controller brands to look into, for quality and reliability...
Poor dude... I hope he's well and in peace, wherever he may roam...
You keep complaining bro it's time to move on. You could have fixed that phone to a broom stick, Move the item being reviewed not the camera angle oh yeah a $10 ring light would have greatly helped your audience see better. Where there's a will there's a way. 💪🙏💪
Di you have $70,000 worth of tools, EV's, parts and other things stolen? No? Well then who exactly are you to tell me to "move on"?
@@de-bodgery 70 is nothing bro. Do better
@@JuanJDumeP Maybe to you it's "nothing"! To me it's EVERYTHING! And since you sneeze at $70K in loss how about send some of that lose change this way? I'm sure you have a spare $70K just sitting around collecting dust! Rather than being critical of me for being robbed, BUY ME a camera and gymbol and lenses and ring light!!! I can tell you what I had before it was stolen along with everything else. Otherwise your words are meaningless noise!!!
@@de-bodgeryIt's not worth it! He's obviously an idiot who wants to troll you. The fruits of years of work... gone, simply stolen! It's easy to say that it's time to start over. But starting your own business without investors is a difficult job especially if you have a family. Forget him, he's a troll..