DIY Edison ED-240 full tear down and rebuild the solar power batteries 

if you can smell it,it's already in your lungs,right?

Can make more my self just give me 20 million

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 I wish they would let us, I don't have that kind of pull or decision making in my job title..

Thank you my friend will look in to it

any time

rhandsom thanks man I think I have some very important info for you bro

bob bobson thanks man I'll look into that next time I make a video like this

fiber glass sheat

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 I know this is a reply to a old vid but why not fill the cases with lifepo4 cells

@@DEVONLAD11 I sold all the batteries

Solar Power Electricity and Electronics can you get me hooked up with some batteries? $$ and where would I need to go?

I'm Grateful thank you

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 Me too. If you have any knowledge about the "Salt Water battery" or "Blue Battery" . and how it suddenly vanished , please,, send me a clue where to look.

@@affordablesolarguy www.essinc.com/

DIYDaveT thank you man I appreciate the comment I really love it

Thanks

I was using it on plastic

Yes, i was expressing humor.

I know thanks for it i needed it

yes lots of work and not safe

@@OWK000 how that trickle works?

@@markelafrantzi4668 A trickle just keeps the electrons jumping around and not only keeps the lead acid from sulfating but can desulfate. I don't understand everything, but I have heard you have to go low and slow and long, or just slam with super high dangerous amps to go quick. Long and low and slow is more feasible. I just replaced a rip-off plastic flexible solar panel sold as 20 watt, but was actually more like 10 watts and only worked well enough to do anything the first year, but was good at desulfating for that year. Longer ago I had an old school, marine grade quality trickle panel that was only supposed to be 1.5 watts that made my car battery last 10 years, until the wiring sun fried (could have been preserved with wiring maintenance) . I now have a 50watt Renology glass panel with modern 20+VOC It will totally charge up a "dead" car battery quickly. I find it may be a little too strong for desulfating, but I can always put it in the shade or lock it in the car, where sun exposure isn't perfect and it will still pump. I use it with a cheap pwm lead acid charge controller. I just glue gun the wiring so wires don't fatigue at the weak attachment screw in points on the controller and I can use for non-stationary situations. I just saw an old-school grade voltage solar panel for sale on Aliexpress rated with 14.4 VOC and 5 watts, perfect for use as a trickle panel on an lead acid auto battery without a charge controller. It won't pump in the shade, though. I am seriously thinking of getting one of those.

Thanks friend

area46241 thanks man I'm glad you like it

old time engineer fiberglass sheeting any thing would work also yes I will clean all the batteries I only need 78 function batteries if I was to get five more batteries I could make a 24 volt battery bank with my 24 volt inverter and run my dryer but in reality everything is very expensive with this whole thing but not as expensive as buying 25 kilowatts of battery storage

What is the material you are wrapping the plates in?

William Holland , he said fiberglass sheeting. To me, it kinda looks like a role of fiberglass that one might use with torch down roofing. But maybe a fiberglass mat might do just as well.

Looks more like landscaping fabric.

McCuneWindandSolar 800 US dollars plus I had to pick up these batteries far away from a random person that collected on the railroad companies the United States have mandated cadmium is toxic and poisonous so they made it to where all railroad companies have to change their batteries you should be able to find it on Craigslist anywhere in the United States

This type battery is one cell per 1.2 volts and 240 amp hour you can find them with Edison ed-240 or ed-360 or ed-440 or ed-160 I think 440 is the way to go but 240 will go a great job

Would you like to get the battery bank?

cadmium IS toxic and poisonous, it's not mandated it just is. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium_poisoning it's NASTY stuff.

Use glue you will regret it if you don't

fiber glass any would work just fiber glass sheets

wow man you are good, that was fast... how many times should you wrap it and what is the solution and how much?

looks like flyscreen

Rufus477 I would definitely start with Craigslist and Forums on the internet I had to travel 300 miles to pick up mine

Thanks for the quick reply. Appreciate it.

Rufus477 anytime my friend share my videos with your other friends please

you can use any clear epoxy

the rap is fiber glass and you can use any color fiber glass and negative plates

gary foster this does replace plastic deviders that separate the case.

gary foster the material is fiber glass

it's working now

It's not acid it's a base and you can recover the base from the waste

Ravi Sharma fiberglass sheets

Thanks

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 It looks like garden ground cloth for burring in the ground to stop weeds and grass from coming up through your decorative gravel?

@@ToIsleOfView fiber glass mat

fiberglass

Matt Maulden it is fiberglass any kind of sheet that I can find that is fiberglass is what I'll use

Levi Gregory the flakes you seen that I use to refill the batteries with his potassium hydroxide and this is not let acid batteries it is nickel cadmium batteries you cannot rebuild let acid batteries

Levi Gregory potassium hydroxide will dissolve your skin just two heads up Extreme Caution should be used

+Solar Power Electricity and Electronics (phillip20) ok, so what was the other solution you mixed it with in that large clear plastic bottle? and what kind of wrapping did you use? this seems a totally legit way to D.I.Y your power, makes me wonder if this has been "railroaded" in the past, thanks for taking the time showing us your work.

"railroaded" yep that's very true and the special ingredient is water. Nickel-Cadmium batteries contain the chemicals Nickel (Ni) and Cadmium (Cd), in various forms and compositions. Typically the positive electrode is made of Nickel hydroxide (Ni (OH) 2) and the negative electrode is composed of Cadmium hydroxide (Cd (OH) 2), with the electrolyte itself being Potassium hydroxide@ 30% (KOH) and 70% distilled water. Cadmium will react with oxygen in the air i think i could be wrong but the cadmium gets hot in the air with out a way to absorb the heat i think water is safe but i think i will do some test to see if it will hurt them

+Solar Power Electricity and Electronics (phillip20) wow thanks, id still like to know what you wrapped them with though.

These batteries was nickel cadmium batteries

Dwight Watson I always test the recharge and discharge right after I'm complete before I reassemble them

You would rebuild the batteries once every 10 years like this but you also have to get new chemicals with it so it's about $700 once every 10 years for new chemicals plus the time to rebuild a hundred and ten or hundred and twenty these batteries I decided to switch to solar lithium batteries technically it's not solar batteries it's a car battery the batteries I'm using is from a Chevy Volt

I sold off those batteries and move to lithium

Fiber glass can withstand a chemical Koh

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 thank my friend

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 friend where I can buy it??

@@energialibreisrael You can you zip ties to separated cells

@@energialibreisrael Fiberglass sheets amazon.com

I am with you old friend

i switched to li-on and best thing no water

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 so, you can make me a sweetheart deal on NiFe then.

@@noahwiliams5204 You know I would but I've already sold them

If your still looking I have some

whats your eamil i will give you a full email how to

thank you

@@user-ge4xx2xc6h whats you email

am sorry I send it before but maybe there's mistake.

go to my about page and email me

kw0s the chemistry is nickel cadmium batteries with potassium hydroxide electrolyte

Yes i have a metal blade i have been using after the video was taken.I may do a retake later. from flat dead batteries i'm geting a very high amp hour on every battery i sent you a pm

When you get them working right it well blow your mind.

NiCd

ty

any time friend

Hillbilly Homestead just a fair warning don't use any kind of wire brush metal scraping no nothing plastic going or water cleaning is preferred for me I used the cleaner and it gave me a headache not saying it helped but a lot of water cleaning is much better than the goop cleaner crap

I have always used a brass wire wheel. That carb cleaner can be nasty I use it all the time in my shop. But it great that everybody is trying different things as these batteries are becoming more and more popular.

Hillbilly Homestead don't use the wire brush it'll rust your Nickel Plate severely

Hillbilly Homestead I'm getting around 200 amp hours out of every single battery after cleaning I sent you a p.m. go check it out

I have not had that problem, but I suppose it could happen if one puts enough pressure on it to scratch the nickel. This summer I well one apart I did years ago and show you. But you are right for the safety of the plates better with a plastic brush as someone could easily mess up and apply to much pressure.

hierro unas,nikel las otras, NiFe

This battery does not contain on it is a cadmium batteries nickel cadmium is the top of battery this is

atari7001 by doing this it will introduce carbon into the solution of potassium hydroxide you should never do this because it will cause carbon deposit buildup that is difficult to remove off of the plates

Carbon? I'm confused. Do you mean calcium deposits from residual lime in solution?

I'm not a chemist please forgive me for the ignorance

cadmium reacts with air, but it’s not super fast at room temp. It forms a thin layer of cadmium oxide on the surface, which actually protects it from more oxidation. If you heat it up, it reacts more. And if there's moisture, it can corrode quicker. Hope that helps!

if you have anything to ask i'm always open for teaching everyone

So the black Mat is fiberglass. Matt, and I'm cleaning the plates off. And you have to keep to plates wet. You can't let them dry and then you replace. The liquid was potassium hydroxide.

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 So How difficult would it be to replicate those plates for a diy battery?

@@snakub4u i would not do that

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 Looks simple enough aren't the plates just basically alternating iron and nickel sheet metal.

Man that must have been a really great time you had watching my video.

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DumbSkippy You should get a toothbrush

Bogner if that's what all happened to you when you went to that dentist especially on the way home get a toothbrush and I wouldn't go back to that dentist anymore I'd pull my own teeth first

Where do you live? Im in johnson city

Solar Power Electricity and Electronics , Johnson city near Marble falls ? Wow I'm close!

@@TheRainHarvester I've not heard of Marble Falls

KOH

NiCd yep thats right

what is the difference between nicad and nife?

NiCd is 90% efficient NiFe is 65%efficient

awesome, you are a wealth of info man... i am sure this is why people subscribe to this channel. is there a "brand name" of batteries i should look for from the railroad companies and mining companies and such? after you put the koh and water in do these batteries act kinda like nife batts... ya know like adding water when it gets low and thats it? im sorry if i ask alot of questions i am just leaning about this awesome new venture you just introduced me to. thanks so much buddy.

fat jack you only changed the potassium hydroxide every 10 years you only add water whenever they're low and every 25 to 40 years you can take them apart if they're dead and rebuilding sometimes you can bring them back but that's an open-air question the type of battery this is called is an Edison Ed 240 you can find other types they are many types and they're all be called Edison not iron Edison that is a different brand

EngineerPrepper i dont usee sodium hydroxide.i used potassium hydroxide better known as KOH.ratio is 30% KOH flakes to 70% pure distilled water by weight.use a digital scale and weigh it and calculate it.

Solar Power Electricity and Electronics Thanks for the correction. This would be useful in case I run into some of those batteries. Thanks!

+EngineerPrepper anytime i can help. and if you are looking for these batteries i picked up mine ten dollars each ninety batteries,im using 2 banks of 39 batteries.it works good on solar,, i recommend getting more if you have space.

Solar Power Electricity and Electronics just to clarify. I would add 0.3 lbs of KOH flakes to 0.7 lbs of H2O to get 1 lb of solution for the batteries?

I thought it was Potassium hydroxide @ approximately potash?

KOH

the KOH 1/3 2/3 water and the spacer is fiber glass

it's cad metal will react with O2

Please tell me about the guy that you picked them up from?

Guy lived a few streets over from Rhandsom can't publicly post his name.

Nunya Bidness did the guy carry anything around while you was there

I honestly don't remember, it's been a minute or two since I got them. I can say he lived behind a nice big gate! had a pretty awesome garage too I thought.

Nunya Bidness he didn't have a car garage when I was there and he had carried something around with him that was unusual you remember what he carried around with him

Ni-Cad

But Cadmium is dangerous! Be very careful!

Yeah it's like being a squirrel and working

really how many do you have?

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 9 batteries total 4 groups of 2 ran together and one single

@@noduh736 list it for sale on face book

100 each

K thanks

Jeff Beck all the work in the video is mostly the editing I'm not really that big and strong to be honest with you it's just I tried to work as smart as possible when I was working on this project thank you for the compliment

sweetsavage77 I would sell some but I need more the ones I have are dead that I will be willing to sell and my advice to you if you're buying some just to make sure that they can carry a really heavy load of a short circuit around 300 amps each search for a half a second if they can't carry a 300 amp load for a half a second don't buy because you'll have to work on them continuously but they have to be charged before you can do that assuming their charge so charge them test them then buy them

Yep you didn't learn anything but you did watch my video now you know the construction of the batteries if parent Construction I hope you enjoy my next video

Cleaning the chemically unstable battery sales and separating them with the materials so they don't short circuit

30%

@@solarpowerelectricityandel291530 gr koh in 100 cc h2o ? thank you

@@abdelnasser7223 if i need koh 30% 70% water its by a scale cant get it right with volume

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 i don t know cose 1gramme of KOH does not equal 1cc.

@@abdelnasser7223 The mass of 100ml of water is 100 grams. so add 30 grams KOH to 100 grams water and you will have 130 grams of chemical

I don't have any more

Koh is what im using

USA batteries are indeed known for their high-quality products compared to some Chinese versions. However, it's important to note that all batteries can have issues regardless of their origin. It might be helpful to consider factors such as the specific model, usage, and maintenance when evaluating battery performance.

You're useless unless you're selling your self

This is not a lead acid battery and it's not that hard to see this type work for so long and yes it dose work great just do some research on Ni-Cad flooded

your loss

@@solarpowerelectricityandel2915 Remember, that may be YOUR loss due to not bothering to have a microphone (sound is 1/2 of a presentation) that doesn't have 90% echo...

I have a very nice mic

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