I spent the last few months designing and building this 1200 watt-hour portable power station. It’s similar to the one I made last year but has twice as many batteries and a more powerful AC inverter (800 watts). It also features a 60W USB power deliver port.

Currently reading: Out of Love by Hazel Hayes 📚

I went to the roof today to do some solar testing.

I’m not going to say Taylor Swift has fixed 2020 with folklore but I am confident it is at least 13x better than it was yesterday. 🎵

Finished reading: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 📚

After two years of searching I finally found a USB PD power supply for my battery project. This is the second one I purchased after I let the magic blue smoke out of the first one. Pro tip: don’t supply 48V to a device that’s designed for 24V. 🔋👨🏻‍💻

I’ve started construction on my next battery project. This is a test pack I put together. The final pack will hopefully be around 1200Wh. 🧑🏻‍💻

Reason no. 164 why I love living in the Bay Area: random used electronics are only a 15 minute drive away. 📷

iPod

The iPod was the first Apple product I owned. I got my first, a third generation, for my birthday when I was 16. I’ve spent the last month digging out my iPod collection and trying to bring them back to life. Thanks to a video I saw on YouTube I decided to upgrade one of mine to use an SD card …