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Hello there! I'm your host, Dan Roas, and today I have two 12Vt batteries hooked in series. These batteries are connected to a device—a small gadget designed to tell you your volts, amps going through the wire, and the watts being used. This is really interesting because, typically, you can use a multimeter and hook it to the amp setting, but most of them only go up to about 10 amps. Some multimeters do go higher, but then you have to figure out your voltage to see how many watts you're doing on the DC side. This process can be frustrating because the voltage fluctuates, making it challenging to keep track of everything.
What this device does is simplify things. You can look at it and say, "The DC side is currently using x amount of Watts." It's especially useful for testing grid-tie inverters because you can see what they're producing on the AC side versus what they're doing on the DC side. This allows you to gauge how much inefficiency the inverter has. I've done some tests with these devices, and the results are quite interesting—these inverters are actually more efficient than a lot of people claim them to be. We'll cover that in more detail in a future video.
For now, let's focus on setting this up and showing you how it works. I've doubled some of the wiring to accommodate the higher amperage this setup will pull. Now, important note: what I'm doing here is just for testing purposes—this is incorrect wiring for regular use. Let me repeat that: this is for a test only. This particular wiring isn't suitable for extended use because leaving it on too long could fry the wires since we're dealing with about 10 amps.
I've plugged in the grid-tie inverter, and you can see how the DC side reacts—specifically, how many watts we're pulling pre-inverter. Right now, we're at 100 watts on this side, and on the other side, it's showing 90 watts. As I update you, this is going up on the grid-tie inverter.
One of the neat features of this device is that it starts storing data on its own. For instance, right now we're at 253 Watts, which probably corresponds to about 11.5 amps. That's a significant amount of power, and if you leave it running for too long, it could start cooking the wiring. So I'm going to drop it off here—it’s how this little device works.
With this device, you can monitor up to 130 amps, which is quite impressive in terms of handling high amperage. However, what it can't handle is high voltage. It can go up to about 60 volts, but if you exceed that, you'll likely destroy the device. So, for testing purposes, anything around 48 or 52 volts should be fine—just stay well below 60 volts to avoid damage.
These devices are commonly used to test RC planes and other electronics. If you're interested in purchasing one, I have some links on our website. We've just added a new "hot link" page that shows where we get all the equipment featured in our videos, including this device. The link for this particular gadget costs about $50. From my experience, I had a lot of luck with this particular link—it arrived within a couple of days. However, when I ordered another one from a different country (from China, specifically from a hobby place), it took over a month and a half to arrive, and I'm still waiting for it.
Anyway, that's your host Dan Roas. Thank you for watching! Make sure to check out our website for more information and resources, and definitely enjoy our videos. Stay tuned for future episodes where we'll dive deeper into the efficiency of these inverters and other exciting projects.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello there I'm your host Dan roas and I have two 12vt batteries hooked in series and they're hooked up to this device this little Gadget is designed to tell you your volts your amps Going Through the Wire and your Watts being uh used now this is really interesting because you can use a Multimeter and hook it to the amp setting and most of them go up to about 10 amps some go up higher but then you have to figure your uh voltage out to see how many watts you're doing on the DC side and you end up chasing your tail around the voltage fluctuates so what this does is it simplifies it you can look and say the DC side is using there's currently x amount of Watts going through there and it's useful for testing grid tide inverters because you can look over here on the AC side and see what it's producing versus what it's doing on the DC side and you can see how much uh the lack of efficiency that the inverter has now I've done some tests with these that you're going to find quite interesting these actually are more efficient than a lot of people claim they are so we're going to cover that in a future video but what I'm going to do right now is just hook this up and show you how this runs so what I've done is I've doubled some of the wiring up to accommodate the higher amperage that this is going to pull now you don't want to wire anything like this this is just for a test so let me repeat that this is for a test this is the incorrect wiring but especially for these cuz this is going to pull about 10 amps which would fry one of these wires if you leave it on too long so so I'm just doing this for the video I'm plugging the grid tide inverter in and you're going to notice that the DC side you can see the Watts go up so you can see exactly how many watts we're pulling pre- inverter now right now we're at 100 if you come over here this is at 90 so what I'm going to do is I'm going to update you as this goes up on the grid tide inverter now one of the neat features about this device is you can see that it's starts on this side over here it starts storing some of the data so right now we're at 253 Watts that's probably as high as 11.5 amps that's going to start cooking this wiring so I'm going to drop it off and that's how that's how this little device works now with this device it goes up to 130 amps so the device can handle a really high amperage what it can't handle is high voltage uh this can go up to about 60 volts if you go over 60 volts you'll probably destroy this so you want to keep this uh anything any testing that you do 48 volts is fine 52 volts anything along that lines will work you just don't want to go over uh or really don't want to go near 60 volts stay around the 50 area and you'll be fine these are used to test uh RC planes and there's different places you can buy them I uh have some links on our website we just added a new hot link page that shows you where we get stuff like this stuff like this stuff like this all the stuff that we have that we've used in different videos and of course stuff like this now the link that I have on the page for this it costs about 50 bucks um I had a lot of luck with this particular link that it came within a couple days I ordered another one from a another country uh from China from a hobby place and uh that was a month and a half ago and I've yet to get it so anyways I'm your host Dan roas thank you for watching and enjoy our videos and definitely check out this web pagehello there I'm your host Dan roas and I have two 12vt batteries hooked in series and they're hooked up to this device this little Gadget is designed to tell you your volts your amps Going Through the Wire and your Watts being uh used now this is really interesting because you can use a Multimeter and hook it to the amp setting and most of them go up to about 10 amps some go up higher but then you have to figure your uh voltage out to see how many watts you're doing on the DC side and you end up chasing your tail around the voltage fluctuates so what this does is it simplifies it you can look and say the DC side is using there's currently x amount of Watts going through there and it's useful for testing grid tide inverters because you can look over here on the AC side and see what it's producing versus what it's doing on the DC side and you can see how much uh the lack of efficiency that the inverter has now I've done some tests with these that you're going to find quite interesting these actually are more efficient than a lot of people claim they are so we're going to cover that in a future video but what I'm going to do right now is just hook this up and show you how this runs so what I've done is I've doubled some of the wiring up to accommodate the higher amperage that this is going to pull now you don't want to wire anything like this this is just for a test so let me repeat that this is for a test this is the incorrect wiring but especially for these cuz this is going to pull about 10 amps which would fry one of these wires if you leave it on too long so so I'm just doing this for the video I'm plugging the grid tide inverter in and you're going to notice that the DC side you can see the Watts go up so you can see exactly how many watts we're pulling pre- inverter now right now we're at 100 if you come over here this is at 90 so what I'm going to do is I'm going to update you as this goes up on the grid tide inverter now one of the neat features about this device is you can see that it's starts on this side over here it starts storing some of the data so right now we're at 253 Watts that's probably as high as 11.5 amps that's going to start cooking this wiring so I'm going to drop it off and that's how that's how this little device works now with this device it goes up to 130 amps so the device can handle a really high amperage what it can't handle is high voltage uh this can go up to about 60 volts if you go over 60 volts you'll probably destroy this so you want to keep this uh anything any testing that you do 48 volts is fine 52 volts anything along that lines will work you just don't want to go over uh or really don't want to go near 60 volts stay around the 50 area and you'll be fine these are used to test uh RC planes and there's different places you can buy them I uh have some links on our website we just added a new hot link page that shows you where we get stuff like this stuff like this stuff like this all the stuff that we have that we've used in different videos and of course stuff like this now the link that I have on the page for this it costs about 50 bucks um I had a lot of luck with this particular link that it came within a couple days I ordered another one from a another country uh from China from a hobby place and uh that was a month and a half ago and I've yet to get it so anyways I'm your host Dan roas thank you for watching and enjoy our videos and definitely check out this web page\n"
