DIY Lithium Power Station | Better than JACKERY

Today im going to show you guys how to build a power station. Think of it as a Jackery on steroids.

It’s capable of storing way more energy, delivering more power, and priced lower than those pretty little black boxes on amazon.

I’ll also be sharing the procedure for:

* Connecting a lithium battery to a power inverter
* Installing a fuse & fuse holder
* Cutting heavy gauge wire
* Crimping & heat shrinking wire terminals

Links to the products featured:

[shelley]

Finally a video I could watch all the way through because you never drifted and went off tangent with crap not related to the title of the video. Great job! I would love to see you make a video using that power station you just built so that you can use solar power to charge it. Again great video and great job!

[TS-rdoy]

You explain so well, simple and clear. Not a lot of blah, blah, blah which is so distracting in other videos. I was going to plunk down the big bucks for a Bluetti, but seeing how you've done this, I can so easily do it too. Thank you.

[DaphneLowe]

A short, sweet and wonderful video! Explained in a way that even folks like me who are electrically challenged, can understand. Well done, sir!

[joserivas]

I build me one with a 200AH Life op4 batt and a 3000watts pure sine wave inverter and run my frezzer and double side refrigerator for 18 hours here in Puerto Rico, is a plan B for Hurcane season.

[tumbleweed]

I chuckle when people knock California while Texas has similar power issues. Also, great build system!

[余丽娜-fq]

JITA battery quality is really good, thank you for the recommendation.

[mannys]

This is the video I have been waiting. A simple user friendly DIY system explained in a very clear manner. I had wanted to build a DIY system but I could not find enough well explained information. I have looked at well over 50 YouTube videos on the subject but most were rushed and some expected you to assume some important steps. Some were over the top and you needed to be an electrical engineer to follow. But your style is very practical; the best I've seen. I want to use in my future RV setup and as a home base back up energy supply. What kind of fuse is that? I did not see it on your Amazon list. How did you chose the correct size fuse bus or block to use? Also I will beg you to continue this build connecting solar panels and MPPT charge controller to this basic system. This is something else that is not explained very clearly is what amp size controller you need and the amps and watts of the panels. Also there seems to be some order to connecting and disconnecting. I would love to see a device that shows the charge of the battery in percentage and watts going in and out. Does it have pass through charging? A lot more people would build a DIY system but don't dare to because there is not enough complete information available; not even on YouTube. Hell, I would buy a book if it was explained in an easy manner; "Power Station DIY Build for Dummies!"

[barranness]

Another well made DIY project. Not only you built it, but you put it to work. Who needs Goal Zero or Jackery. Bet this cost way less. Job well done.

[sdlrdlr]

Knowledge is a beautiful thing! 😏👍 This video is right on time. Had power go down twice in two months here in Florida, almost all day, both times. 😐 lost 2 weeks of groceries. Thank God for great ideas. 🙂
Oh, I forgot, I'd probably use it to power some fans and a small refrigerator, when the A/C, and normal sized fridge loses power; or could this unit power a normal sized fridge?😏

[xpoppop]

Nice build and great job editing. I have 2 small bluetti’s but would like to build a setup like yours. I like that you can easily add more capacity to it by adding more batteries. Great point as well about the electric saw vs battery saw.

[hawkmasters]

Bravo! Very sweet set up and so simple. Im working on going off grid myself. I really like this

[jonjon]

Man I need this for my This is inspiring!!!

[We.R.Comics]

Can you link the wire and connectors and fuse you used? I really appreciated this video, thank you!

[ericklein]

For those that have never used heat shrink, 3:1 heat shrink is soooo much better than 2:1. If you forget to put it on before adding the lugs or terminals at the end you can usually fit a bigger piece of 3:1 that will still shrink enough to look normal. Can't do that with 2:1 most of the time. Also you want a heat shrink tube with adhesive on the inside wall to completely seal the crimp. No need for Nolox or whatever, just clean copper to a clean copper or tinned copper lug sealed with quality heat shrink.

The Noco Genius chargers seem quite popular. Never heard anything bad about them.

Jackery has a 1000wh and a 1500wh model but they are so ungodly overpriced. They only recently got their pricing in line with Ecoflow and Bluetti. They used to be 10%-20% more than those two and those two are kinda at the top of the market in terms of price.There are plenty of no name power stations that are 25% cheaper and offer most of the same features just usually not the internal 1 hour charging.

[niaralosusa]

Great setup!

May I ask what size fuse you used? Perhaps you could provide a link to the item?

Thanks!

[YasarHabib]

This is awesome! Please do a video when you add solar panels to this rig.

[jbaby]

Wow, this is the simplest diy setup I've seen yet! I'm curious how you'd add the ability to attach solar panels for on the road. I'm definitely not tech savvy. Thanks for the great video!

[SlowReefer]

Awesome build, if you kept the battery maintainer connected to the battery 24/7. Will it act as ups? I want to have my vital pumps & equipment be kept on while power outages. does it also need bms?

[vandweleer]

I am curious, can you recharge batt by connecting to ones solar panel setup (like inside your van).

[vandweleer]

BTW, I just went to link you provided for JITA battery, its NO longer available. Do you have another battery manuf you can recommend, thank you