A man has built a rechargeable battery pack big enough to power his whole home - using the batteries from discarded vapes. Electronics engineer Chris Doel, 26, stripped the lithium batteries from 500 binned vapes to create a single one large enough to run his entire house electrics for eight hours. He wired the 2.5 kWh battery in to his home with an inverter and ran all electrical components entirely off-grid for eight hours, including the microwave, kettle, and all lighting. Chris, who works fo

I used to share a lot of my learning process on here, but I haven’t as much lately… so here it is again! I saw this move online and really wanted to try, and I ended up getting super lucky to have Steve on my neighboring bar to help me out ☺️ That’s one of my favorite things about Santa Monica, the people like him who are always happy to share their knowledge and help you learn. I’m feeling proud that I stuck to it and learned something new! Now I can try adding it into my flows 🤩 Would you try