Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
For the past 21 years my off-grid workshop and cabin have been powered by a homemade hydro-electric system. It's been very reliable, but if the turbine ever stops, or I need to run heavy workshop equipment like the welder, compressor or wood thicknesser, I've usually had to start the generator.
In this video I install a new Deye modular battery and inverter system to see how it performs in my off-grid workshop.
Learn more about the AI-W5.1-BESS system and Deye's energy storage products here:
deye.com/product/ai-w5-1-b-ess
deyeess.com/products
For the past 21 years my off-grid workshop and cabin have been powered by a homemade hydro-electric system. It's been very reliable, but if the turbine ever stops, or I need to run heavy workshop equipment like the welder, compressor or wood thicknesser, I've usually had to start the generator.
In this video I install a new Deye modular battery and inverter system to see how it performs in my off-grid workshop.
Learn more about the AI-W5.1-BESS system and Deye's energy storage products here:
deye.com/product/ai-w5-1-b-ess
deyeess.com/products










