I’ve followed and have used all versions. While the earliest versions had limitations, they still serve my needs. V1 24v packs have been powering yard lights and charged by solar panel since the became available. The newest version seems the result of brilliant young engineers committed to DIY builders. Evaluating, improving, and listening to customers. While the competition claims they are superior is more sales blather than fact. The exciting possibilities of morphing into user repairable and buildable packs is forward thinking. No, I don’t hard a financial interest in Vruzend. I do have more than half a decade of emails and PMs from two of the most reliable and honest young dreamers I’ve met. I’d be proud to call both a son or at least a valued friend. BTW have had Sunnko, Kweld, and JP welders too.
As always, another nice demonstration. Thanks, Micah. This is excellent example, when you have used batteries and some of them fail, then you can replace only those affected, not tearing apart the whole pack. Exactly what I need.
From some of the videos I’ve watched, they say that all used batteries should be replaced regardless when any battery is replaced because you can’t guarantee that they are equal in all regards. To be fair, I don’t know anything about battery packs and this may or may not be solid advice so take with a pinch of salt.
@@BadPracticeAutomation i had a thought. Bcuz we replace just one or two cells, means those new cycles are out of sync with other older ones that have more cycles, therefore more difficulty of balancing between them.
YOU DID IT!!!!!! Ive been wanting to buy theses but was worried about the rattling while riding a custom ebike your the best awesome job keep up the good work
Thanks bud, really well done and informative piece. The sound , the lighting, the editing, your physicality and balance of instruction with the learning experience (or fun) are excellent. Outstanding. A person with vision problems would be able to follow on and build these batteries. I'm so glad the ebike community is rich in diversity and talent. And "stuff" worth listening to.
Can't wait to use these for future projects! I built a 14s 7p with 2.0 kit. I loved the design but it needed a lot of time to get all the caps fully on. It is great to see that you are invested in your product because the 2.1 seems so far way better. Also nice job giving a good tutorial. I see potential for the whole diy community.
the Vruzend company is a fraud they will steal your money and never send you your product. I purchased 6 kits from them on 11/28/2022 and they never sent me my kits. I have contacted them everyday for three weeks and they will not respond. stay away from this comp[any they are scammers.
Here is the Man whom should i have to follow....to learn how to play with li-ion battery 18650. thank you very much for your simple explanation of how to work with 18650.
I used this kit to put together a 14.4V, 10.2 Ah battery pack for portable ham radio operations. First time out the radio was used at 50-75 Watts output for right at 5 hours, and still had plenty of battery power in reserve. Outstanding kit!
Wow I'm so glad I found this - great product. My friend built some batteries with a spot welder and had lots of trouble - I thought no way can I build a battery - until I randomly found Vruzend on an e-bike forum. Thanks for making such a handy product - can't wait to give it a try!
@@ebubekirelladin7471 Yes. If you don't, one of the battery will cause the others to no longer charge or doesn't conduct at all. Example: One is at 3.9v and the other is at 4.2 (full charge). The 3.9 will no longer charge. Or, one of the battery isn't properly attached and makes it 1 voltage less, ruining the Series connectors.
This is my fourth kit (v2 and v2.1). For sure buy 2.1. Life will be a bit easier. Also, there is a reason he is wearing gloves. That well made plastic can be a pain, especially if you don't follow instructions (video) and need a do-over! :) I highly recommend this kit for those that do not want to spot weld. It truly is like lego pieces! Life is good!
I've just started watching these battery build videos, how great! I think I'll be ready to build my own battery soon with one of these kits, thanks for all the info!
@@lordnox69 unfortunately I have not done anything in that regard. My level of lethargy and procrastination are preposterous. I built a small 24v pack with parts of the kit and tested out the motor + controller + throttle setup and everything works well. I've built have a wooden chassis, wheels and a rod I wanna use for the rear axle. All I need to do is build the front wheel steering/controls and bring all the parts together. Alas procrastination will not let me be great. Oh, I also need a BMS or balance charging system. What are you up to?
@@lordnox69 unfortunately I have not done anything in that regard. My level of lethargy and procrastination are preposterous. I built a small 24v pack and tested out the motor + controller + throttle setup and everything works well. I also have a wooden chassis, wheels a I keep blaming
Wow! This is the second battery building video of yours that I have watched; fantastic! I just bought my LectricXP ebike as my first electric bike, and I was wondering what it's battery is all about. Now, I have a pretty good idea. I guess when it comes to repowering it, I will have someone like you do it. This video shows why the battery builders are worth their money! Thanks again
I have been looking or researching this type of building lithium battery without welding for my ebike, escooter, golf push carts. Thank you for inventing this gadget.
Awesome and very well detailed video as usual Micah, I can say I am officially sold on DIY batteries. I just ordered my first lot and will building seedy soon. Keep up the great work
Thank you very much sir. We are a startup doing convertion for old vintage bikes and cars. We thank you for guiding us with your very valuable information. A true mission to save the environment and MOTHER EARTH.
Cool, this is just what I'm going to need to build my hotrod powerchair. Needs to be 24V high amps and large capacity/Ah rating, prolly 100Ah battery pack. Thanks for sharing.
I love people in 2020! I'm using this to build an FPV drone that runs on 4g satellites with my 17.5Ah battery giving me continuous 11V power (for about 3-4 hours of flight time)
Great product. Just built my first 36V battery following your excellent video instruction and it works fine. I will be building more soon. Question: can you do a short video on how to detect and replace a bad cell, if necessary? Thanks again!
Oh yeah,, I'm sold now, I like this set up better, more redundancy to insure the batteries make contact, I'm going to purchase a small kit first (to learn) Then order the kit for my powerwall (6kw) bank
Why is this question not answered? All this battery stuff is great but everyone seems to assume that we all have EE degrees...how about a video that explains how to decide about amps and volts for any application...why one way is better or worse than another....especially concerning powerwalls hooked to grid-tied systems.....BASICS.....TEACHING!
The new kit looks great, it a nice improvement over the previous one. I’ve been tempted to try and build my own battery for a while now but after looking into the price of new quality cells and other materials to build a battery it’s hard to see where the major savings will come from building your own. I’ve heard of people harvesting battery’s from used devices to make their own, is this something you would recommend or have tried yourself? If so I know used laptop batteries seem to be a good cheap option but are there any other batteries you would recommend as a good cheap source? Looking forward to following your future releases.
Love your videos! I do paragliding but I am planning to get into electric paramotoring do you have any details on the paramotor battery that you mentioned on your videos? Thanks.
My brain just exploded. ELECTRIC PARAMOTOR!!!!!!! such an amazing progression. Glad to read this comment and discover people who are pushing this field of e-flight
This is awesome. I am new to building and I was a little intimidated about spot welding. I building my first Ebike and this will make the battery part a little easier to do.
@Joshua Owen Just head to the Vruzend website and add to cart all the items he uses. I did that just now and came up with a total of $54.95 without any battery cells. With 30x 18659 cells to fill every connector supplied in the kit, it will be an extra $149.85 for the most expensive pair listed. This can make you any number of combinations and will be the total cost of $204.80 (excluding shipping and I didn't add the kapton tape or nut driver) If you only want a 12V battery as a reserve pack for say camping lights, you could use some of the version 2.1 connectors in a 4s4p configuration. The cost if you ONLY wanted the exact cells for that kit would be: 16x 18650 cells, the v2.1 30 cell mounting kit, 4s BMS, heat-shrink, a black and red 14AWG wire for $134.87. This would be a 14.4v 14000mAH pack (14AH). However, if you had your own cells from recycled laptop batteries then you wouldn't need to buy the new 18650 cells and could get away with the $54.95 price for the assembly kit pieces. Just make sure the cells are all good first.
It looks very appealing...BUT, anyone who is practical will not use this in a million years. This thing needs serious engineering before it becomes viable
Been looking at diy ebikes and solar batteries and then came across your channel. Loved it and just hit the subscribed button. Thanks for the resource and education.
I really love with passion, the great work by way of research and openness to deliver your teaching in very simple and easy way that enables everyone to understand. You lay good emphasis on areas of new developments and dangerous ones to extra careful about when venturing into lithium ion battery projects. Mica Toll is a great source of inspiration to many DIY enthusiasts like me. More Grease and more grace to you Sir!😄👍
Hi, this is the 2nd video that I watch on your series. The 1st video was on "How do you know if a battery is good quality?". I find both of these video very informative and useful. This is a website that I can learn from. Thank you. Wilfred from Singapore.
Very informative, thank you. I just purchased a Catrike with the intent of eventually converting it into an etrike. These battery packs look like the ticket for building reliable, cost effective power cells for the etrike.
Very informative video, makes building your own custom battery pack seem pretty easy and with no special tools needed. Will be building my own battery pack soon with this information. Thx
Great video this is what I need for my esk8board. I'm glad I saw this before I bought a spot welder and all the fixings to make a battery the long way. Thanks keep up the great work.
Hi Micah, last year I got your DYI Lithium Batteries to build a spare battery for my Ebike. I'm glad I waited till the V2.1 kit came out. I am excited to start building this and also a battery system for my Ham Radio set up. Nice work. Joe KG7DTF
Really Enjoy what you are doing. I hope to do a project this winter based on your info. Thanks for your great work! As Always, May God Bless you and yours!
Thanks for continuing to write and develop these concepts. While I understand your emphasis is bikes, I'd like to see some perspective on micro cars or neighborhood cars for those of us who are too unsteady for 2 wheels!
You make it look so easy, yet at my age of 78 years old I can not imagine me doing that safely, even if my dog Shadow watches me!
I’ve followed and have used all versions. While the earliest versions had limitations, they still serve my needs. V1 24v packs have been powering yard lights and charged by solar panel since the became available. The newest version seems the result of brilliant young engineers committed to DIY builders. Evaluating, improving, and listening to customers. While the competition claims they are superior is more sales blather than fact. The exciting possibilities of morphing into user repairable and buildable packs is forward thinking. No, I don’t hard a financial interest in Vruzend. I do have more than half a decade of emails and PMs from two of the most reliable and honest young dreamers I’ve met. I’d be proud to call both a son or at least a valued friend. BTW have had Sunnko, Kweld, and JP welders too.
Martyr4JesusTheChrist None.
Just found you and I’m blown away by how simple your system is.
Love that Micah has all this info out here, a quiet revolution.
As always, another nice demonstration. Thanks, Micah. This is excellent example, when you have used batteries and some of them fail, then you can replace only those affected, not tearing apart the whole pack. Exactly what I need.
From some of the videos I’ve watched, they say that all used batteries should be replaced regardless when any battery is replaced because you can’t guarantee that they are equal in all regards.
To be fair, I don’t know anything about battery packs and this may or may not be solid advice so take with a pinch of salt.
@@BadPracticeAutomation i had a thought. Bcuz we replace just one or two cells, means those new cycles are out of sync with other older ones that have more cycles, therefore more difficulty of balancing between them.
YOU DID IT!!!!!! Ive been wanting to buy theses but was worried about the rattling while riding a custom ebike your the best awesome job keep up the good work
A very informative video, your a great teacher and this kit makes things easier , great stuff
Thanks bud, really well done and informative piece. The sound , the lighting, the editing, your physicality and balance of instruction with the learning experience (or fun) are excellent. Outstanding. A person with vision problems would be able to follow on and build these batteries. I'm so glad the ebike community is rich in diversity and talent. And "stuff" worth listening to.
Can't wait to use these for future projects! I built a 14s 7p with 2.0 kit. I loved the design but it needed a lot of time to get all the caps fully on. It is great to see that you are invested in your product because the 2.1 seems so far way better. Also nice job giving a good tutorial. I see potential for the whole diy community.
the Vruzend company is a fraud they will steal your money and never send you your product.
I purchased 6 kits from them on 11/28/2022 and they never sent me my kits. I have contacted them everyday for three weeks and they will not respond.
stay away from this comp[any they are scammers.
Here is the Man whom should i have to follow....to learn how to play with li-ion battery 18650.
thank you very much for your simple explanation of how to work with 18650.
I used this kit to put together a 14.4V, 10.2 Ah battery pack for portable ham radio operations. First time out the radio was used at 50-75 Watts output for right at 5 hours, and still had plenty of battery power in reserve. Outstanding kit!
I would love to see a picture of your build. I'm getting ready for the same kind of project for my Ham shack and portable rig. '73 KG7DTF Joe
Wow I'm so glad I found this - great product. My friend built some batteries with a spot welder and had lots of trouble - I thought no way can I build a battery - until I randomly found Vruzend on an e-bike forum. Thanks for making such a handy product - can't wait to give it a try!
Nice work Micah! Love the new changes! Thanks for the video :)
I really like this. Make me feel a lot more comfortable building my own battery. Thanks
do you need to measure all of them one by one
@@ebubekirelladin7471 Yes. If you don't, one of the battery will cause the others to no longer charge or doesn't conduct at all. Example:
One is at 3.9v and the other is at 4.2 (full charge). The 3.9 will no longer charge. Or, one of the battery isn't properly attached and makes it 1 voltage less, ruining the Series connectors.
This is my fourth kit (v2 and v2.1). For sure buy 2.1. Life will be a bit easier. Also, there is a reason he is wearing gloves. That well made plastic can be a pain, especially if you don't follow instructions (video) and need a do-over! :)
I highly recommend this kit for those that do not want to spot weld. It truly is like lego pieces! Life is good!
Great job the New & improved Vruzend V2.1 looks awesome no more spot wielding.
I've just started watching these battery build videos, how great! I think I'll be ready to build my own battery soon with one of these kits, thanks for all the info!
Most of this was easy enough to follow-at least until the various connections started! Now I want to build one!
Thanks for this. Looks pretty straight forward. can't wait to use the 1200+ 18650's that I salvaged!
Solutions are rare on TH-cam thank you no waste of time just perfect information thank you again
I am so impressed as to the ease of construction. Your video is clear to understand and paced just right. Great stuff!
I like this connection system, although I'd recommend using blue locktite on the barrel bolts if they are used in a high vibration environment.
Now i'm definitely going ahead with my e-gokart build. Shout out from Lagos, Nigeria.
UPDATE: I received my kit today, now lets start building. YASSSS D:
@@IdowuAsumah hiw did you make out with your e go kart
@@lordnox69 unfortunately I have not done anything in that regard. My level of lethargy and procrastination are preposterous. I built a small 24v pack with parts of the kit and tested out the motor + controller + throttle setup and everything works well. I've built have a wooden chassis, wheels and a rod I wanna use for the rear axle. All I need to do is build the front wheel steering/controls and bring all the parts together. Alas procrastination will not let me be great. Oh, I also need a BMS or balance charging system.
What are you up to?
@@lordnox69 unfortunately I have not done anything in that regard. My level of lethargy and procrastination are preposterous. I built a small 24v pack and tested out the motor + controller + throttle setup and everything works well. I also have a wooden chassis, wheels a I keep blaming
Wow! This is the second battery building video of yours that I have watched; fantastic! I just bought my LectricXP ebike as my first electric bike, and I was wondering what it's battery is all about. Now, I have a pretty good idea. I guess when it comes to repowering it, I will have someone like you do it. This video shows why the battery builders are worth their money! Thanks again
I have been looking or researching this type of building lithium battery without welding for my ebike, escooter, golf push carts. Thank you for inventing this gadget.
I love to build ebikes, but for some reason I'm afraid to build a battery. Will take the plunge someday! These look like a great way to ease into it!
Great work! Hopefully the prices will continue to drop so more DIY'ers can get involved building packs for the masses.
Awesome and very well detailed video as usual Micah, I can say I am officially sold on DIY batteries. I just ordered my first lot and will building seedy soon. Keep up the great work
Wow, the kit looks really cool and I learned a lot watching you assemble it.
There is a lot I need to learn before I build my car!
Excellent vid. Looking at doing a large 48 volt 100 ah pack for a van conversion.
Thank you very much sir. We are a startup doing convertion for old vintage bikes and cars. We thank you for guiding us with your very valuable information. A true mission to save the environment and MOTHER EARTH.
This seems like a nice improvement. I have a V1 system, but for any future builds this is certainly the way to go!
Hey another diy battery channel to add to my collection. New here but love your stuff
That would make a nice backup battery for my e-bike.
I am as green, and inexperienced as they come, but your videos give me confidence enough to try an e-bike battery project. keep up the good work.
Thanks for your awesome contribution to us DIYers!! Keep up the encouraging series!
Cool, this is just what I'm going to need to build my hotrod powerchair. Needs to be 24V high amps and large capacity/Ah rating, prolly 100Ah battery pack. Thanks for sharing.
I love people in 2020! I'm using this to build an FPV drone that runs on 4g satellites with my 17.5Ah battery giving me continuous 11V power (for about 3-4 hours of flight time)
damn that thing is going to be heavy. There comes a point where capacity creates a detriment to performance you know
When it comes time to rebuild my battery from my ebike I will be using this! Thanks.
I have this kit, and it is a dream to work with. I definitely suggest it. :)
great help sir here from manila
Too damn broke to buy the kit
Excellent tutorial. I'm a newbie watching your videos and I am please with the ease and simplicity of how to build these batteries. Good Job!
Can’t stop watching these videos. Keep up the great work good sir.
Great product. Just built my first 36V battery following your excellent video instruction and it works fine. I will be building more soon. Question: can you do a short video on how to detect and replace a bad cell, if necessary? Thanks again!
Oh yeah,, I'm sold now, I like this set up better, more redundancy to insure the batteries make contact, I'm going to purchase a small kit first (to learn)
Then order the kit for my powerwall (6kw) bank
Just amazing. The vruzend 2.1 is amazing and the video is so full of info for the beginner. Thank you Micah
You have just given me the confidence to build my own battery for my self build ebike, thank you
Does your book cover home "Power Wall" Build information? Great video!!
Why is this question not answered? All this battery stuff is great but everyone seems to assume that we all have EE degrees...how about a video that explains how to decide about amps and volts for any application...why one way is better or worse than another....especially concerning powerwalls hooked to grid-tied systems.....BASICS.....TEACHING!
Great video. I am going to build a 36v 20ah battery for my e bike using one of these kits.
great to see continued refinements on this already great kit.
I'm super happy to find this set up. I've ordered a set to build a battery system for my solar panels.
The new kit looks great, it a nice improvement over the previous one.
I’ve been tempted to try and build my own battery for a while now but after looking into the price of new quality cells and other materials to build a battery it’s hard to see where the major savings will come from building your own. I’ve heard of people harvesting battery’s from used devices to make their own, is this something you would recommend or have tried yourself? If so I know used laptop batteries seem to be a good cheap option but are there any other batteries you would recommend as a good cheap source?
Looking forward to following your future releases.
Lee 007 power tool batteries. Most have a123 or similar batteries in them
Love your videos! I do paragliding but I am planning to get into electric paramotoring do you have any details on the paramotor battery that you mentioned on your videos?
Thanks.
My brain just exploded. ELECTRIC PARAMOTOR!!!!!!! such an amazing progression. Glad to read this comment and discover people who are pushing this field of e-flight
I built my daughter a tiny house and now I need to build a battery pack to power it up. I will check you guys out further. Thanks!
This is awesome. I am new to building and I was a little intimidated about spot welding. I building my first Ebike and this will make the battery part a little easier to do.
I am curious what the "average" total cost would be for the entire battery build from this video including all parts?
@Joshua Owen Just head to the Vruzend website and add to cart all the items he uses.
I did that just now and came up with a total of $54.95 without any battery cells.
With 30x 18659 cells to fill every connector supplied in the kit, it will be an extra $149.85 for the most expensive pair listed. This can make you any number of combinations and will be the total cost of $204.80 (excluding shipping and I didn't add the kapton tape or nut driver)
If you only want a 12V battery as a reserve pack for say camping lights, you could use some of the version 2.1 connectors in a 4s4p configuration. The cost if you ONLY wanted the exact cells for that kit would be: 16x 18650 cells, the v2.1 30 cell mounting kit, 4s BMS, heat-shrink, a black and red 14AWG wire for $134.87. This would be a 14.4v 14000mAH pack (14AH).
However, if you had your own cells from recycled laptop batteries then you wouldn't need to buy the new 18650 cells and could get away with the $54.95 price for the assembly kit pieces. Just make sure the cells are all good first.
Nice one
Please show us 72v 40ah or 42ah or 45ah battery building with this kit
That's gonna be huge! Be very very careful, you're going to have a lot of power to short
14S20P battery at 9:33 , so 58v range
Nice to see you upgrading a great product!
The simple ideas always work the best. This product is not only simple but very effective. I will use this product very soon.
It looks very appealing...BUT, anyone who is practical will not use this in a million years. This thing needs serious engineering before it becomes viable
He almost had me talked into buying this until he said "This is where you have to add your nuts" Nope I'm out of here!!
err well you have to fasten them together somehow
because with welding.....there is another way. Read title
I have learned so much about batteries and other things from your videos, keep up the good work and thanks!
Here is Brazil, congratulations for your quality.
Been looking at diy ebikes and solar batteries and then came across your channel. Loved it and just hit the subscribed button. Thanks for the resource and education.
This was the absolute real answer to my future project battery build! Thank you!
I have no idea of how to build a good and safe battery, but, now I want to build one for my camper. This looks like a pretty simple project.
this was a pleasant random TH-cam suggestion, thank you!
This is a great site for getting all the information on how to make your own battery pack for an E-Bike
I really love with passion, the great work by way of research and openness to deliver your teaching in very simple and easy way that enables everyone to understand. You lay good emphasis on areas of new developments and dangerous ones to extra careful about when venturing into lithium ion battery projects. Mica Toll is a great source of inspiration to many DIY enthusiasts like me. More Grease and more grace to you Sir!😄👍
Very nice improvements. Glad to see that progress hasn't been stifled.
Hi, this is the 2nd video that I watch on your series. The 1st video was on "How do you know if a battery is good quality?". I find both of these video very informative and useful. This is a website that I can learn from. Thank you. Wilfred from Singapore.
I'm just getting into building my own e bike and this new Vruzend V2.1 looks like a winner . thanks for the info
Just what I need for my electric lawn tractor project!
Awesome video. This kit looks alot more sturdy than the older ones.
Great explanation on the battery build, can't wait to build a battery.
This is a great product. Something to consider in future projects.
I like these new changes a lot, great kit!
Very informative, thank you. I just purchased a Catrike with the intent of eventually converting it into an etrike. These battery packs look like the ticket for building reliable, cost effective power cells for the etrike.
Great looking kits. Didn’t know anything like this was available. Now subscribed
Very informative video, makes building your own custom battery pack seem pretty easy and with no special tools needed. Will be building my own battery pack soon with this information. Thx
This is just what I was looking for! Ingenious! Thank you!
Best build 18650 battery pack ever seen. Thanks
Great video this is what I need for my esk8board. I'm glad I saw this before I bought a spot welder and all the fixings to make a battery the long way. Thanks keep up the great work.
Love the product. Your videos make the whole process make sense.
Awesomely done! Love all your videos, very informative and professionally performed.
Have two Prophete e-bikes both with bad batteries. This is just the ticket to help repair them. Great video, easy to follow, thanks!
Great video, as always! Thank you. I’m definitely going to get a kit and build a battery.
Thanks for these kits. Makes it simple and easy to build.
Looks like a great update to an already cool product.
I have been amazed at the prices for a standard ebike battery and will definitely be giving this a go 👍. Great vid and product
Hi Micah, last year I got your DYI Lithium Batteries to build a spare battery for my Ebike. I'm glad I waited till the V2.1 kit came out. I am excited to start building this and also a battery system for my Ham Radio set up. Nice work. Joe KG7DTF
Micah---One More Great Video !! Very solid engineering. Vi bration PROOF.
Really Enjoy what you are doing. I hope to do a project this winter based on your info. Thanks for your great work! As Always, May God Bless you and yours!
So COOL I have been looking for a simple solution of all the YT vids this one brought it all together ....Good Job! 👍
Like the new system wth the nuts and bolts ,thank you, looking forward to other battery projects
Very enlightening. Looks to be much simpler build thanks.
So glad I found your channel, great stuff
This is such a cool kit. Thanks for sharing.
Great information! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
Thanks for continuing to write and develop these concepts. While I understand your emphasis is bikes, I'd like to see some perspective on micro cars or neighborhood cars for those of us who are too unsteady for 2 wheels!
Omg I just discovered your channel and this is amazing
I learn a lot with each one of these videos
Very nice video review and demo of the V2.1 no-weld 18650 kit. Will watch more for E-Motorcycle information.