Ultimate Milwaukee Packout Lithium Battery
Concept The electric car build has stalled, thus I thought I would post an update on my latest lithium battery build. This one was dreamt out of necessity. After doing a large amount of renovations on an investment property and…
Testing Helium Antennas
I’ll keep this super short and sweet. Keep an eye on this post for updates on antennas as we test them. I’ll do my best to provide a short explanation of the tests, and then a pic of the results….
Onefinity CNC Build
Only 1 things has slowed down the progress of the electric vehicle build, and that was the arrival of the Onefinity CNC router. However, for the most part its done and we can move on. Check out the build below….
DIY Electric Vehicle – Part 2
It’s been a long while since an update. My Apologies. I had to move workshop blah blah blah…excuses really. Last post I promised an adapter plate and batteries. Well, I can say early that I have produced 50% of the…
DIY Electric Vehicle – 1979 Gemini Wagon
Would you believe that this whole exercise started after building my home power wall? It seemed like the next logical step in the process. Harvest the sun’s energy, store it in my DIY power wall, then charge an Electric vehicle…
How to Monitor a Raspberry Pi Remotely
I’m working on a project that houses a bunch of Raspberry Pi computers in multiple remote locations. I wanted to be able to monitor the “Health” of the hardware in these remote locations. The metrics I was hoping to capture…
Batrium integration with Home Assistant
The ultimate goal is to be able to monitor my power-wall in the Home Assistant (HA) dashboard. In my case, HA runs on a 10″ android tablet out in the Kitchen. Firstly, I need to throw some recognition to a…
Epoxy Infilled Wooden Flags
As some of you may be aware I am trying to fund the batteries for my Electric Vehicle project by selling a few custom made epoxy infilled wooden flags. The motivation for this project also was to have a go…
Infographic – Linux for Dummies!
Having grown up with Windows it pains me to try and learn all the intricacies of the Linux operating system. However, the pro’s for running a server based on this architecture is great. The cons are that I must learn…
DIY Powerwall – Part 6 – Finally Finished
Let me give you one piece of advice when building a Powerwall… When you think you are done, think again! the DIY Powerwall experience is an ongoing adventure that has no end! I have recently found myself chasing more power,…
Electric Vehicle Adapter Plate Library
As you may or may not be aware I am undertaking an EV build. I am converting an old 1979 Holden Gemini to an EV. After much research, I have found that the best DIY approach is to attach an…
DIY Powerwall – Part 5
Well, that’s a wrap!… Kinda. I have had some very mixed results when trying to commission the whole system. If you don’t feel like reading the whole article, the main problems were with the inverter and how the BMS interacted…
Home Assistant – Amazon Fire Tablet Kiosk
The Home Assistant setup I have is pretty basic at the moment. The biggest problem I have with the whole automation thing is accessibility. I want to be able to turn on or off automation without having to get my…
The most solid DIY outdoor table ever!
When was the last time you went shopping for a large outdoor table? How about the prices of them? You’re easily looking at $1000-$2000 for a complete set. Even then, half of them feel flimsy and look like they won’t…
DIY Powerwall – Part 4
I actually thought after finishing the fusing (All 2400 of them) that I was done! Just hook the cels up right? No, I was clearly mistaken. The steps that I still had left were just as time-consuming. In my mind,…
What is Home Assistant?
Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that is powered by a massive community of makers, tinkerers, and DIY enthusiasts. The software itself runs on numerous hardware and software platforms including the Raspberry Pi, Tinkerboard, Odroid, and Intel NUCs….
DIY Powerwall – Part 3
It feels like a very long time since I last posted about the powerwall! So where are you at? I hear you asking. I have two words for you. ‘Cell Fusing’. Yep, that’s right, I am still fusing individual cells.