I Killed the Kings Lithium battery...

build your own, would make a great video.

🤣 Not gonna lie.. That explosion made me jump watchin with surround sound headphones on hahaha

You were asking a lot puting it under the vehicle - I'm surprised it didn't get staked as well. When I saw you place the battery in the build video, I wondered how long it would last - not long at all, it turned out. Just get another one and throw it inside. Use that spot for a water tank or something.

Kudos to you for being impartial and honest in this video. Most people would have simply blamed the Kings quality for the issue. Respect. ✊ NOTE: Check the lithium battery spec of each brand before buying another one, as not all lithium batteries can be mounted at any which way. Some must be mounted vertical only. The warranty will be void if mounted any other way.

just a quick point on this battery regarding configuration. It's configured in 4s2p.2 packs of 4 batteries in series paralleled together. Each pack is nominally 3.2 volts 3.2 x 4 =12.8 volts. You'd have noticed the single pack had 55aH written on the side of it. Parallel 2 for 110aH. Fire from a lithium battery resembles that of a mega angry oxy acetylene torch on steroids and the smoke from a lithium fire is really bad due to the toxins in it like cobalt and hydrogen fluoride. Interesting video, thanks for sharing.

You guys like experimenting, buy another kings slimline $399 and fully incase it in silicone. You only need a few cheap tubes of silicone and make it 5mm thick all the way around, leaving the terminals clear. When it is set put it in the same spot and connect the wires and silicone over them. Just to see how well it lasts. If you put one inside it means rewiring and sealing the floor of the canopy. I have two kings 120ah in parallel and they are great. Keep the great videos coming. 😃👍

No battery should be strapped on underside of a car. Your failure is self learning. Salt conducts as does moisture. Your honesty shows you understand. Well done.

You could give another Kings battery a go but mount it in a different location, away from the elements 👍

If you want to waste more money on Kings batteries, the 100A Slim are in stock $399 on clearance, so they must have a newer model coming, brands are up to you, I would be going up to a 200A so it gives you more options, and mount it inside the canopy.

That was never going to last where it was mounted, even vibration would have killed that eventually. I would just get another Kings one, but the sealed cell type (prismatic). Mount it in the cab or tool box and keep it dry. A few years ago I had a different brand of battery in a battery box in my tray. I thought it was well sealed, however it wasn't and water got in and it must have seeped through the terminals or a joint somewhere. It did take a year to fail though. When it was pulled apart it had lots of individual cells that looked like D size batteries all spot welded with strips of metal in a series parallel arrangement. Anyway the cells all tested evenly, so it all got some WD40 and a brush clean, then a new BMS and it's been running fine INSIDE my tool box for another 3 or 4 years since. Mine get strapped down with lots of foam under them just to keep vibrations down as well. Thanks for pulling it apart to let us see what's inside. And always wear gloves/glasses/PPE when dealing with this sort of stuff, you only get one set of lungs and 2 eyes and they don't grow back.

Great video and plenty of questions! I think the days of folks building their own batteries are somewhat over. There seems to be more price parity between the cells and a BMS plus box etc and a finished product, unless you have a special use case or need something quite different to the commercail options. Be good to know whether you think the size etc you had is what you'd go for again? If not, and you don't mind spending a bit more then DIY. It'll be fun and we'll all learn loads!

It's interesting to see what's inside the Kings Lithium battery. I currently have a Kings AGM aux battery and 6yrs on, it's still going strong. So I'm seriously considering a Kings Lithium to replace it soon. The explosion b-roll shown as Liam inserted the knife into the cell was priceless. 🤣 Good one boys. 👍

I've built a couple of Lithium Batteries and have just started my 3rd. It's not hard to do. See Andy's videos on Off Grid Garage. Has links to the best places to get the cells and BMS. Pretty crazy opening up that cell, even it being discharged. At least wear some safety gear, gloves and glasses. Love the videos. Cheers

Great to see your budget builds, unlike some of the sponsored channels out there. Throw another Kings battery in there and test it to the limits again for us

Perfect video to start a good Sunday morning

If you're going to go the route of building your own, you could effectively make it work inside the canopy to not take up a whole lot of room and still make it easy to disconnect when you want to lift the canopy off at any stage, plus it will keep it protected from the elements. Something to consider anyway and would make for an interesting project. 😎

Great video boys. If you get another kings, maybe run some silicone around the joins before you install ?? One other thing, I would recommend wearing safety classes when you open up the cell just in case.

Fascinating and scary in equal measures! Thanks for posting - glad you survived and didn't burn down the (awesome) shed!

Great video. You are correct that there is no required mounting orientation for that type of battery technology. Also, the battery probably is “water resistant” as they claim, but of note water resistant is a measure of how much water ingress you can get depending on water pressures applied to the object. If you hit this with high pressure water, e.g. in an under body car wash, or hitting a water crossing at speed, then the water pressure will exceed the water resistance of the packaging. But again, great video, informative and fun to watch!

Definitely be keen to see a custom built one! Great video as always boys!