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Owner of The Do It Yourself World, a website dedicated to researching and sharing projects in natural energy, off grid living, prepping and survival and natural foods.

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Recent Articles by Troy Reid

Light Weight Affordable Automatic 12 Volt Battery Charger From Banggood

I have a very nice digital automatic battery charger from Banggood.com which charges anything from small lead acid batteries up to 100 Ah batteries. I have been using this for a couple months now and am very pleased with the results.   First you put the jumper cables onto a b

Single Coil Bedini Motor Charging 7 Batteries & Increased Output w Capacitor

The other day I experimented with my single coil Bedini motor by charging a second set of batteries using only a second diode. Today I expanded that to a total of 7 batteries being charged with no increase on the input current. A capacitor across the batteries actually seems to increase the outpu

How to refill & restore sealed lead acid batteries

How to refill sealed, non spillable lead acid batteries with distilled water. The small 7 and 12 Ah lead acid batteries can be refilled and often brought back into service. With time these batteries, left on charge constantly, boil off all their water and lose their ability to hold a charge.

Single coil Bedini motor charging 4 batteries w no current increase

When I built my first Bedini motor many years ago I was charging up 5 different batteries on the single coil machine and a single transistor. I used a diode from the collector for each battery. I did not have meters and gauges at that time so I never tested it out. But it worked.  

Higher voltage output with Bedini Motor And Capacitor

I got the idea of trying a capacitor in series with the output battery of my Bedini SSG motor. I previously set up 19 LED lamps in series with the output. With the capacitor I got 60 to 80 volt spikes on the output of my Bedini motor.   First of all I put a digital volt, amp

Bedini Motor Increased Charging Running 19 LED Lights & Reduced Current

I wanted to see if I could get some free light from the output of my Bedini motor while charging a battery. I ended up with 2 incandescent lights and 19 LED lights with reduced input current and increased output charging.   I first got the idea of trying an incandescent light

How To Test Soil PH Using Litmus Paper PH Test Strips

You have probably often heard people talking about soil PH levels. This is the acid level of your soil. I show you how to test your soil PH very cheaply using PH test strips, also known as litmus paper.   There are many fancy kits out there which are sold for the purpose of t

Bedini Style Motor Using Car Relay - Imhotep design

People have been asking me for a long time to show them how to make a Bedini motor. While I am gathering up the materials to make a full scale motor I will show you how to make a small one using a car relay.   This is a design from a man called Imhotep on the internet. I have

Starting Organic Garden & Lumber For Homestead Chicken Coop

We are planning to have an organic garden this year but the soil needs a lot of work on our new homestead so I am hauling compost to mix into it. I got a nice lumber yard haul to build our new chicken coop.   Many of you already know that we recently moved from our fully off

Sun Coffee - Brewing Coffee By The Power Of The Sun

I found a submersible water heater the other day for just over $2 so I got it to use in my off grid work shop. I can now make my afternoon coffee for free using the power of the sun.   My off grid work shop is powered by solar panels. This submersible water heater is rated at

ThruNite C2 Power Bank & Battery Charger Review

ThruNite sent me the C2 power bank and 18650 battery charger. This is a small and convenient power bank which holds a single 18650 battery. It is also a battery charger.   The ThruNite C2 power bank comes with a 3400 mAh 18650 battery, a USB charging cable and a soft carrying

Fixed Hot Water Heater & Built Adjustable Solar Panel Rack

Since our recent move to Mighican we have been repairing some things in our new home and taking it off the grid. The first step in going off the grid is to get our solar panels up in the air on adjustable rack mounts.   Our hot water heater did not work when we got the house

How To Connect Power Inverters To Off Grid Solar Batteries

My wife and I are taking our new homestead off the grid on a budget. The next step in the plan is to hook up the power inverter so we have AC power in our off grid work shop. I show you how.   Connecting a power inverter to your battery bank is very simple really. All you nee

How To Wire Up Solar Charge Controllers

I am taking my new work shop off the grid this week. The first step is to get my solar charge controllers, batteries and solar panels hooked up. Today I show you how to wire up your solar charge controller.   Most solar charge controllers have three sets of connections. There

How To Connect Solar Battery Banks - Going Off The Grid

My wife and I have just moved to a new home and are taking it off the grid. We moved from an off grid tiny house in the woods to a not so tiny house which is currently on the grid. We hope to be energy independent again very soon.   The first thing I did was to get a shed for

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