Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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All the heating pads I tried: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DkMfIoR https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DDxbBbh https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DlVTkZZ https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DDJsxkx
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In this project I will have to solve a winter problem for the batteries of my PV system. The problem is that those can get only charged up over 5C and in my case they are placed inside a concrete garage that will get colder than that. So I will try to build a very well thermal insulated chamber that I can heat up electrically. I want to keep it save, low power and easy to use. Let's see how it turns out ;-)

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0:00 My Winter Problem
1:23 Intro
2:10 How to Create Heat?
4:41 Building the Chamber
8:10 The Control Electronics
8:56 Final Tests & Verdict