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<v Speaker 2>This is a battery box I got from red Odo

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<v Speaker 2>sometime back, and it's neat. It's similar in style to

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<v Speaker 2>the auto dunk box that I did a review on

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<v Speaker 2>one from Amazon a while back, which I think the

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<v Speaker 2>price on that one's dropped also, although I think this

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<v Speaker 2>one's cheaper, but there's a reason this one's cheaper. The

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<v Speaker 2>ports on it are not great, and I've sent this

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<v Speaker 2>information to red Odo and I think they've updated the

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<v Speaker 2>ports on the later ones, although I looked on Amazon

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<v Speaker 2>today and maybe not. I'm not sure. But anyway, this one,

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<v Speaker 2>unlike the Auto dunk botch has box has these latches

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<v Speaker 2>on the side that hold hold the lid down so

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<v Speaker 2>you can kind of hold it like that. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>get a lot of weight in it, and it might

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<v Speaker 2>not be enough. It still has a strap that goes

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<v Speaker 2>around it, but the auto dunk has the strap and

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<v Speaker 2>nothing else. Every time you pick it up, it feels

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<v Speaker 2>like the lid moves a little bit. So those extra

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<v Speaker 2>latches on the side, I really think is a good idea.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I don't like about this box is it

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<v Speaker 2>came with two ports right here that ared cigarette lader

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<v Speaker 2>style ports. I took this one out. It had one

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<v Speaker 2>there and the same one there. It has a port

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<v Speaker 2>here for USB A and USB C, and it says

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<v Speaker 2>right there. On the USBA it says QC three dot

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<v Speaker 2>zho and on the USBC it says QC four DA

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<v Speaker 2>Do what other world is QC fourdado. That's not what

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<v Speaker 2>we call it. We call it PD. I think, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, Maybe it's not a power distribution USBC port.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, okay. And then it comes with a

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<v Speaker 2>switch to switch everything on right here, And it comes

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<v Speaker 2>with a power meter right here, and there's nothing at

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<v Speaker 2>all on this side. Underneath it here you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>power positive pretty good sized cable. Maybe I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm guessing a six or eight gauge, probably eight gauge

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<v Speaker 2>right there, pay positive and negative. Nothing over here on

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<v Speaker 2>the negative side at all, and then the positive side

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<v Speaker 2>is wired up with basically what feels to me like

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<v Speaker 2>twelve gauge wire. So there's no power poles in it,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no shunt in it, there's no solar charge controller

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<v Speaker 2>in it. There's a lot of wasted space over here.

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<v Speaker 2>I could put two more sockets here, two USB sockets

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<v Speaker 2>and two power pole sockets or whatever. I could put

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<v Speaker 2>another a better, larger meter up here if I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to something like that. And so it's a large box

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<v Speaker 2>with a lot of wasted space in my opinion, So

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<v Speaker 2>what am I gonna do. I'm gonna hack it up,

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm gonna do. So I'm gonna change out

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<v Speaker 2>some ports and put some power poles in it, and

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<v Speaker 2>put a couple of other things in it. And today I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna add a solar charge controller, although I probably

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<v Speaker 2>will later. In fact, I might add it to the

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<v Speaker 2>top right there. I haven't decided yet. We're gonna hack

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<v Speaker 2>it up, and I'm gonna show you what i'm gonna do.

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<v Speaker 2>I've done some modifications to this box, as I was

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<v Speaker 2>talking about. First off, there's no fuses in here. And

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<v Speaker 2>some of the more expensive and better built box will

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<v Speaker 2>have like a fuse block or inline fuses perhaps something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. There's no fuses in this box at all,

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<v Speaker 2>So rather than trying to install a fuse box or

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<v Speaker 2>something extravagant, I got one of these BoJack fuses and

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<v Speaker 2>you can get these different current ratings. This is a

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<v Speaker 2>fifty amp fuse. It just obviously attaches right here to

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<v Speaker 2>the positive port. You could put one on the negative

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<v Speaker 2>port too, I guess if you wanted to, And then

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<v Speaker 2>you tie all your peripherals down to this post and

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<v Speaker 2>it acts as a fuse in between whatever you tie

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<v Speaker 2>to the battery. Kind of tight to get on there,

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<v Speaker 2>but there we go. So whatever you tie to the

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<v Speaker 2>bat he goes here, and then the negative obviously goes

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<v Speaker 2>over there. So this will fuse everything in the box.

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<v Speaker 2>Rather than having an inline fuse for the posts or

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<v Speaker 2>for the power poles or something like that, this will

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<v Speaker 2>fuse everything in the box as long as you tie

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<v Speaker 2>it to this side and not this side.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's my fusing system for now.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see how that works. Got to make sure you

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<v Speaker 2>put it and you can turn it three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>sixty degrees on this post. I put it right there

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<v Speaker 2>so that it wouldn't interfere with what's what's up here.

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<v Speaker 2>So since the last the first part of the video,

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<v Speaker 2>I've added these power poles. I got these off of eBay.

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<v Speaker 2>They are three D printed like this, and they I

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<v Speaker 2>got one set that came with the power poles themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I got like four sets that were just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of blank like this. I have a ton of

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<v Speaker 2>power pools. I didn't really need any. I was trying

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<v Speaker 2>to try two or three different varieties and see what,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, which ones I like the best.

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<v Speaker 1>These are fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I got these also, and these sit kind of flush

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<v Speaker 2>mount like, they're still round in the back, so you'd

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<v Speaker 2>still drill a round hole. I used my step down

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<v Speaker 2>bit on my drill to drill the two holes for

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<v Speaker 2>this one, so you can do various sizes with that bit,

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<v Speaker 2>so I could drill holes with that and then flush mount.

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<v Speaker 2>And then these wouldn't be flush mount. They would they

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<v Speaker 2>have a lip that sticks off of them like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But these do too. Honestly, same thing, but these are

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of like a different form factor or whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>I like the I did not use these on this build,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think I'm going to on a future build

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<v Speaker 2>on another box. I like these because they come with

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<v Speaker 2>they're kind of flexible back here. These are three D

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<v Speaker 2>printed also, so you can fit the power poles in

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<v Speaker 2>them pretty easily. But then they come with these little pin,

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<v Speaker 2>these little screw pins Hack's headed screw pins that go

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<v Speaker 2>in the top right there, and those go between your

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<v Speaker 2>power poles like this right here. You put this inside

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<v Speaker 2>of here, and there's this tiny little hole right there,

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<v Speaker 2>and this will go betwe clean it like that, and

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<v Speaker 2>then of course this will be inside the case at

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<v Speaker 2>the time. This goes in the case like that like that.

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<v Speaker 2>This pin right here goes down through the top here,

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<v Speaker 2>and it holds the power pole in place so that

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<v Speaker 2>when you plug something into it like that, it doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>push it out the back. So these did not come

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<v Speaker 2>with any such pin. There was one again, there was

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<v Speaker 2>one that I got, and I think it was this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's no, it's this one here. It's one of these.

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<v Speaker 2>The same manufacturer makes these. These didn't come with power poles.

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<v Speaker 2>This came pre assembled and it had a little wooden

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<v Speaker 2>dowel pin that went through it. But then the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of these didn't come with any pins at all, So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm curious to see if you guys have ever built

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<v Speaker 2>anything like this. I'm curious to see what pins you're

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<v Speaker 2>using to go through these casings to hold the power

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<v Speaker 2>poles in place. I figure I go up to Low's

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<v Speaker 2>or home depot and get some kind of like really

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<v Speaker 2>small roll pin or something like that and push it

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<v Speaker 2>through there. But I'm wondering if there's a better option available.

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<v Speaker 2>The video today is sponsored by red Odo Power, who

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<v Speaker 2>makes this box. They have a brand new twelve one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and forty amp hour bluetooth battery. It's a group

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<v Speaker 2>thirty one sized battery with forty percent more capacity than

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<v Speaker 2>their one hundred amp power battery, and during the month

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<v Speaker 2>of November of twenty twenty four, they have their Black

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<v Speaker 2>Friday Sale going from November first to the eighteenth for

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<v Speaker 2>an exclusive discount of six percent sidewide and a free

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<v Speaker 2>gift with purchases over five hundred dollars plus. On their

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<v Speaker 2>Black Friday Sale from November nineteenth to December third, they'll

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<v Speaker 2>have an even bigger discount with the same free gift

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<v Speaker 2>with purchases over five hundred dollars. So I saw two

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<v Speaker 2>double power pulse sets. Oh yeah, one more thing. I

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<v Speaker 2>have this power Works one. These you can buy fully

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<v Speaker 2>assembled and whatnot. And these have a screw type connector

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<v Speaker 2>that goes in the back that holds them from the

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<v Speaker 2>backside that have this nut that goes around These don't

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<v Speaker 2>have a nut or anything that goes around them. But

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<v Speaker 2>I drilled the hole just barely enough to kind of

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<v Speaker 2>press it through there, and right now that seems like

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<v Speaker 2>they're fitting just fine. So we'll see how well that

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<v Speaker 2>holds up.

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<v Speaker 1>But I got those too.

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<v Speaker 2>But these Powerworks ones are great, but they're more expensive

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<v Speaker 2>than all these other ones, so I was trying to

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<v Speaker 2>see what the best option was for that. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>I installed two of the doubles, and that's on the

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<v Speaker 2>side here. This was a blank side that didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>anything at all. And then I removed this voltage meter

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<v Speaker 2>and was gonna put one of these one of these

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<v Speaker 2>on the top. But it didn't really fit very well.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't feel like it was I don't know, I

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<v Speaker 2>just I didn't feel like it. It looked kind of

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<v Speaker 2>weird and it sunk down in there a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>too far. Because this is this hole is actually bigger

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<v Speaker 2>than this voltage meter. So I went ahead and just

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<v Speaker 2>put the voltage meter back in This section right here

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<v Speaker 2>had two of these twelve volt cigarette laighter adapter plugs.

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<v Speaker 2>I took one out and I installed a double USBCPD

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<v Speaker 2>plus QC three point zero port. This is stock. This

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<v Speaker 2>one is stock. This is a sixty five widely is

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<v Speaker 2>that one stock? I actually might have traded that out too,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think it had a it might've had a

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<v Speaker 2>smaller one than that. I can't remember right now if

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<v Speaker 2>I traded that one out or not, but I know

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<v Speaker 2>I traded this one out because there were two of

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<v Speaker 2>these in here, So I increased my number of USBA

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<v Speaker 2>and USB B or USB C ports. So I've got

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<v Speaker 2>that there, and then you could trade that out and

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<v Speaker 2>get rid of that whole thing if you wanted to.

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<v Speaker 2>I kept it because I got a couple of things

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<v Speaker 2>with cigarette lighter adapters on it, so I figured I'd

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<v Speaker 2>just leave it there because I've already got it. And

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<v Speaker 2>then this right here is the underside, and of course

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<v Speaker 2>this goes to the battery, and this goes to the battery.

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<v Speaker 2>Now these and I went back and forth on what

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<v Speaker 2>to do about these. I could have connected them here

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<v Speaker 2>and then they would have connected, you know, through this

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<v Speaker 2>to the battery and the been fused at the battery

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<v Speaker 2>like that. I decided to go ahead and connect these,

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<v Speaker 2>but I haven't done it yet. Obviously. I got these

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<v Speaker 2>connectors with the built in heat trinket AutoZone connected that on. Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>I bought a new set of trippers because somebody on

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<v Speaker 2>YouTube that I was watching on the Fishing and Stuff channel,

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<v Speaker 2>he recommended these. And these are really cool because you

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<v Speaker 2>can see they have red, blue and yellow for the

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<v Speaker 2>larger side, the larger and smaller sized crimpers. So these

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<v Speaker 2>were incredibly helpful to crimp these on nice and tight

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<v Speaker 2>right there. And then of course they just use the

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<v Speaker 2>heat gun, activate the heat shrink on those and make

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<v Speaker 2>them nice and tight like that, installing the housings first

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<v Speaker 2>and then pressing the Yeah see there's not a pin

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<v Speaker 2>in that one, so I can kind of pull it

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<v Speaker 2>out of there like that. I found a nail that

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<v Speaker 2>would fit in there, and it fits in there, but

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<v Speaker 2>it keeps falling out because it's not very tight. So

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<v Speaker 2>again i'd like to know what kind of pens people

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<v Speaker 2>are using. But I made this pressing the wire after

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<v Speaker 2>crimping the powerful connector onto it and pressing the wire

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<v Speaker 2>into the housing was easy after you mount the housing

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<v Speaker 2>in the box, so that kind of held it all

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<v Speaker 2>in place. So what I'm gonna do is, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to take this main wire on both sides and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to take these four red wires to the four

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<v Speaker 2>power poles, four red power poles, and I'm gonna put

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<v Speaker 2>them all on this port right here, and I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do the same with the black black all on this

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<v Speaker 2>port right here. So that will enable me to have

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<v Speaker 2>I think the most amount of current up to fifty amps. Really,

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<v Speaker 2>because this is a fifty amp fuse, that will enable

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<v Speaker 2>me to pull the most amount of current from these

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<v Speaker 2>that I can. I got this I Greeley wire. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a oxygen free, pure copper wire. I had some

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<v Speaker 2>ironclad copper wire kind of leftover from something else I did.

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<v Speaker 2>I decided to scrap that and get some good wire

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<v Speaker 2>because I've been a lot of the videos I've been

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<v Speaker 2>watching on YouTube, and I talked to Mike Kate Emberdee

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<v Speaker 2>and he was like, yeah, the pure copper wire is

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<v Speaker 2>the best stuff to do, and that's what will Prowse

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<v Speaker 2>says as well. And I just wanted to. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>You may not need that high quality wire for a

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<v Speaker 2>project like this, but this is my first one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>amp hour battery box with a fifty amp fuse, So

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<v Speaker 2>in theory, I could be pulling some amps through it,

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<v Speaker 2>charging stuff for USB, a radio key down, doing ftaight

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<v Speaker 2>at the same time, and all that's running. So I

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<v Speaker 2>decided to just wire this directly to the battery or

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<v Speaker 2>that's how it will be here in a second, and

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<v Speaker 2>then that'll give me the best option rather than going

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<v Speaker 2>through a bunch of connectors that might decrease the current

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<v Speaker 2>capacity and not allow me to pull as much current

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<v Speaker 2>at one time. Not that I really think I will

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<v Speaker 2>need that, but this is just how I did it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the first battery box I've ever hacked and

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<v Speaker 2>quote unquote built by myself, even though I didn't really

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<v Speaker 2>build it. I just kind of like modified it. So

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<v Speaker 2>future projects I might change my mind, but that's how

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<v Speaker 2>we're doing this one. Okay, got everything wired up, got

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<v Speaker 2>it put together. You can see we've got thirteen point

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<v Speaker 2>three volts. That's another reason to wire these directly to

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<v Speaker 2>the battery. They're not regulated by this switch, which I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what the voltage or ampage rating on this

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<v Speaker 2>switches that came with the box. This switch right here

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<v Speaker 2>in this meter, but I didn't want to be restricted

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<v Speaker 2>buy them. Presumably my power poles are going to be

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<v Speaker 2>pulling more current than USB will. But you can see

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<v Speaker 2>that turns on right there, so we're good. This one

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<v Speaker 2>turns on here, Oh it was on.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep, there we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Turn those both off. Okay, good, those are good there.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let's test and see how well my wiring may

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<v Speaker 2>or may not work to the power poles. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to take my MPPT solar charge controller here and plug

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<v Speaker 2>it in to one of the power poles. Now there's

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<v Speaker 2>one of these that I didn't plug up because I

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<v Speaker 2>ran out of ring terminals. But I'm just gonna put

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<v Speaker 2>this in here like that and then yep, okay, it's working.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not got a solar panel hoop to it. I

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<v Speaker 2>just wanted to see if it would light up, and

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<v Speaker 2>of course it does E one. Yeah, that means actually

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<v Speaker 2>I need to change it to Life four. There we go.

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<v Speaker 1>There we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, just like that. Yeah, it's not gonna do anything

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<v Speaker 2>right now because it's not got any solar panels on it,

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<v Speaker 2>but plugging that in, Okay, that's probably the one that

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have connections. There's that one's good, okay, And then

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<v Speaker 2>this is the one without the pin, and it I

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<v Speaker 2>gotta get. You see how it's pushed back in there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why you want to put the pin in between,

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<v Speaker 2>but through the casing and through the powerful connectors so

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<v Speaker 2>they don't push back in like that. So I'm have

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<v Speaker 2>to take that one off and find out what kind

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<v Speaker 2>of pin goes through them, because these three D printed

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<v Speaker 2>connectors did not come with a pin, so I need

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of pin to go through there, some roll

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<v Speaker 2>pin or like I said, that one had a woulden

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<v Speaker 2>the one that this one came with the inserts already

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<v Speaker 2>in here and it I took the pin out to

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<v Speaker 2>look at it, and it had a wooden dowel in it.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess that's like a toothpick almost, So maybe a

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<v Speaker 2>toothpick would work.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Might check that out and see. But that is the

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<v Speaker 2>hack of the red Odo battery box. Again. Red Odo

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<v Speaker 2>pretty sure that's a permanent code They said they were

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<v Speaker 2>the month of November. This will not be the last

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<v Speaker 2>red Odo battery video that I make. I've got at

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<v Speaker 2>least two more planned, so we're going to see how

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<v Speaker 2>well that goes. Let me know if you have one

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<v Speaker 2>of their batteries, which you think about it, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you have any suggestions on this battery box modification, this

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<v Speaker 2>hack for this battery box, put them in the comment section.

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<v Speaker 2>Blow Thanks a lot, guys,