Fixing the Bluetti EB3A DC Short Issue

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Discount Coupon code ($50 off $500): SAVE50TGBATG In this episode we fix the Bluetti EB3A DC short issue we are seeing in this solar generator. When the short issue occurs, the solar generator doesn't turn on, nor any function work. The solar generator only turns on when you plugin in AC power, and shows that it has a SHORT. We've narrowed down in our particular issue to be on the DC output side, even though we have nothing plugged in. Timecode 0:00 - Bluetti EB3A Issue 1:02 - Bluetti EB3A DC Short 2:14 - Disclaimer 2:55 - EB3A Disassembly 5:50 - EB3A Fix 10:10 - DC Short fix recap

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hey what's up guys coming back to hey what's up guys coming back to hey what's up guys coming back to channel but so we're talking about a channel but so we're talking about a channel but so we're talking about a real issue we've been having with this real issue we've been having with this real issue we've been having with this blue ready eb3a okay and just issues in blue ready eb3a okay and just issues in blue ready eb3a okay and just issues in general there's already another issue general there's already another issue general there's already another issue video that we've made uh that has talked video that we've made uh that has talked video that we've made uh that has talked about a bunch of issues that we've had about a bunch of issues that we've had about a bunch of issues that we've had with this device but today or fairly with this device but today or fairly with this device but today or fairly recent we've run into a new set of recent we've run into a new set of recent we've run into a new set of issues that will probably change your issues that will probably change your issues that will probably change your mind if you wanted to buy this or not mind if you wanted to buy this or not mind if you wanted to buy this or not okay so uh just to give you a quick uh okay so uh just to give you a quick uh okay so uh just to give you a quick uh display more information nobody sent display more information nobody sent display more information nobody sent this to us we bought this with our own this to us we bought this with our own this to us we bought this with our own monies and we actually have more than monies and we actually have more than monies and we actually have more than one executive either have four or five one executive either have four or five one executive either have four or five of them I can't remember but two of them of them I can't remember but two of them of them I can't remember but two of them have issues okay uh this one has the have issues okay uh this one has the have issues okay uh this one has the Fatal issue of the DC short so right now Fatal issue of the DC short so right now Fatal issue of the DC short so right now as you can see here nothing happens okay as you can see here nothing happens okay as you can see here nothing happens okay I will bring in closer and take a better I will bring in closer and take a better I will bring in closer and take a better look at it but right now nothing is look at it but right now nothing is look at it but right now nothing is happening with this unit and yes it is happening with this unit and yes it is happening with this unit and yes it is fully charged okay so uh without too fully charged okay so uh without too fully charged okay so uh without too much further Ado I'm going to show you much further Ado I'm going to show you much further Ado I'm going to show you the issues and then we're gonna see if the issues and then we're gonna see if the issues and then we're gonna see if we can fix the issue and I don't know if we can fix the issue and I don't know if we can fix the issue and I don't know if we can fix it or not but we're gonna try so this right here is eb3a up close and so this right here is eb3a up close and so this right here is eb3a up close and if you've seen our other video you know if you've seen our other video you know if you've seen our other video you know this is the one that wobbles had one of this is the one that wobbles had one of this is the one that wobbles had one of the feet missing okay and we've been the feet missing okay and we've been the feet missing okay and we've been using it ever since it's been working using it ever since it's been working using it ever since it's been working most of the time just fine but now right most of the time just fine but now right most of the time just fine but now right now it doesn't even come on and it is now it doesn't even come on and it is now it doesn't even come on and it is fully charged so just to show you that fully charged so just to show you that fully charged so just to show you that I'm going to take this power cord which I'm going to take this power cord which I'm going to take this power cord which is obviously plugged into the wall or is obviously plugged into the wall or is obviously plugged into the wall or maybe not that obvious but you can take maybe not that obvious but you can take maybe not that obvious but you can take my word for it I'm going to plug it in my word for it I'm going to plug it in my word for it I'm going to plug it in here and we'll see what happens because here and we'll see what happens because here and we'll see what happens because if you plug it in what you will see is if you plug it in what you will see is if you plug it in what you will see is that that that it'll come on right it'll say a hundred it'll come on right it'll say a hundred it'll come on right it'll say a hundred percent charged uh there used to be a percent charged uh there used to be a percent charged uh there used to be a little up there is right there it says little up there is right there it says little up there is right there it says short so it's 100 charged it's shorted short so it's 100 charged it's shorted short so it's 100 charged it's shorted but there's nothing plugged into here as but there's nothing plugged into here as but there's nothing plugged into here as you can see nothing plugged in there uh you can see nothing plugged in there uh you can see nothing plugged in there uh nothing here nothing plugged in anywhere nothing here nothing plugged in anywhere nothing here nothing plugged in anywhere here uh you can turn the light on right here uh you can turn the light on right here uh you can turn the light on right we can we can we can even turn the AC outlets on we can even even turn the AC outlets on we can even even turn the AC outlets on we can even turn on can we turn that yeah we can turn on can we turn that yeah we can turn on can we turn that yeah we can turn on the DC right but DC's blinking turn on the DC right but DC's blinking turn on the DC right but DC's blinking it's a short if I unplug this power off even though it's 100 charged power off even though it's 100 charged power off even though it's 100 charged nothing works okay so I'm gonna attempt nothing works okay so I'm gonna attempt nothing works okay so I'm gonna attempt to fix this and I don't know if it's to fix this and I don't know if it's to fix this and I don't know if it's going to work or not but let's get to it going to work or not but let's get to it going to work or not but let's get to it so let me go ahead and throw up a so let me go ahead and throw up a so let me go ahead and throw up a disclaimer here we're going to take this disclaimer here we're going to take this disclaimer here we're going to take this thing apart and try to fix it I don't thing apart and try to fix it I don't thing apart and try to fix it I don't know if it's going to work or not but know if it's going to work or not but know if it's going to work or not but we're gonna try and I'm gonna throw a we're gonna try and I'm gonna throw a we're gonna try and I'm gonna throw a disclaimer here because what I'm about disclaimer here because what I'm about disclaimer here because what I'm about to do is definitely gonna avoid your to do is definitely gonna avoid your to do is definitely gonna avoid your warranty so I'm not telling you to do warranty so I'm not telling you to do warranty so I'm not telling you to do this this is just an experiment of me this this is just an experiment of me this this is just an experiment of me tinkering around with this and seeing if tinkering around with this and seeing if tinkering around with this and seeing if I can fix it okay what we're going to do I can fix it okay what we're going to do I can fix it okay what we're going to do is we're going to take it apart it's is we're going to take it apart it's is we're going to take it apart it's going to avoid your warranty and it's going to avoid your warranty and it's going to avoid your warranty and it's going to be extremely dangerous mainly going to be extremely dangerous mainly going to be extremely dangerous mainly because there's a battery in here it's because there's a battery in here it's because there's a battery in here it's charged there's capacitors you can get charged there's capacitors you can get charged there's capacitors you can get shocked all kinds of stuff so this is shocked all kinds of stuff so this is shocked all kinds of stuff so this is not a video on how to fix it this is a not a video on how to fix it this is a not a video on how to fix it this is a video of me just tinkering with it to video of me just tinkering with it to video of me just tinkering with it to try to fix it I am not telling you to do try to fix it I am not telling you to do try to fix it I am not telling you to do this okay so with that being said I'm this okay so with that being said I'm this okay so with that being said I'm going to show you what I'm going to do going to show you what I'm going to do going to show you what I'm going to do uh this one obviously has a foot missing uh this one obviously has a foot missing uh this one obviously has a foot missing already uh if you looked at other videos already uh if you looked at other videos already uh if you looked at other videos on on our preview Channel you know we've on on our preview Channel you know we've on on our preview Channel you know we've obviously had a foot missing for a long obviously had a foot missing for a long obviously had a foot missing for a long time and I it wasn't missing when we got time and I it wasn't missing when we got time and I it wasn't missing when we got out of the box okay so one thing I do out of the box okay so one thing I do out of the box okay so one thing I do know uh just by looking here is that know uh just by looking here is that know uh just by looking here is that there is four screws here I'm gonna take there is four screws here I'm gonna take there is four screws here I'm gonna take all of these feet off mainly because in all of these feet off mainly because in all of these feet off mainly because in order to unbox this we're going to have order to unbox this we're going to have order to unbox this we're going to have to uh pretty much take all the screws to uh pretty much take all the screws to uh pretty much take all the screws out okay so if I look closely in here I out okay so if I look closely in here I out okay so if I look closely in here I mean you probably can't see it at the mean you probably can't see it at the mean you probably can't see it at the angle but I can tell you there's a shiny angle but I can tell you there's a shiny angle but I can tell you there's a shiny thing in there I don't know what kind of thing in there I don't know what kind of thing in there I don't know what kind of screw it is probably your Torx or screw it is probably your Torx or screw it is probably your Torx or Phillips but I'm gonna try it hey look Phillips but I'm gonna try it hey look Phillips but I'm gonna try it hey look look how easy that one came off I'm look how easy that one came off I'm look how easy that one came off I'm gonna try a Phillips head because most gonna try a Phillips head because most gonna try a Phillips head because most likely it's a Phillips and we'll see how likely it's a Phillips and we'll see how likely it's a Phillips and we'll see how that goes so I'm gonna pick the Phillips that goes so I'm gonna pick the Phillips that goes so I'm gonna pick the Phillips Chuck it into my drill here Chuck it into my drill here Chuck it into my drill here um let's see does it hitch there oh cut um let's see does it hitch there oh cut um let's see does it hitch there oh cut actually I think it is a good look that actually I think it is a good look that actually I think it is a good look that works way too easily all right so let's works way too easily all right so let's works way too easily all right so let's go take this go take this go take this yep there we go that one came off go yep there we go that one came off go yep there we go that one came off go ahead and take this one here well that worked well that worked well that worked so here all right so uh how does this come off feels loose oh there it goes well let's feels loose oh there it goes well let's feels loose oh there it goes well let's see if we can get this see if we can get this see if we can get this stuff out of here let's go take a look stuff out of here let's go take a look stuff out of here let's go take a look all right looks like four uh Phillips all right looks like four uh Phillips all right looks like four uh Phillips screws came out yeah that one kind of screws came out yeah that one kind of screws came out yeah that one kind of just fell there so let me grab these just fell there so let me grab these just fell there so let me grab these screws here all right so with the screws screws here all right so with the screws screws here all right so with the screws removed let's see if we can pop this lid removed let's see if we can pop this lid removed let's see if we can pop this lid off off off uh sometimes you gotta shake it looks uh sometimes you gotta shake it looks uh sometimes you gotta shake it looks like there's a cable here that kind of like there's a cable here that kind of like there's a cable here that kind of ties this uh out uh wireless charger ties this uh out uh wireless charger ties this uh out uh wireless charger here let's go ahead and just pull that here let's go ahead and just pull that here let's go ahead and just pull that off I wouldn't reach too far and I would off I wouldn't reach too far and I would off I wouldn't reach too far and I would just grab it right here by the edge up just grab it right here by the edge up just grab it right here by the edge up that came off pretty easily that came off pretty easily that came off pretty easily um so there's that if you go back and um so there's that if you go back and um so there's that if you go back and look in here well actually let's go look in here well actually let's go look in here well actually let's go ahead and say don't touch anything in ahead and say don't touch anything in ahead and say don't touch anything in here here here um especially because you know it's um especially because you know it's um especially because you know it's going to be extremely dangerous I'm sure going to be extremely dangerous I'm sure going to be extremely dangerous I'm sure even if it's off capacitor is still a even if it's off capacitor is still a even if it's off capacitor is still a charge that we don't know where the charge that we don't know where the charge that we don't know where the current's being cut off or at least I current's being cut off or at least I current's being cut off or at least I don't because you know I didn't design don't because you know I didn't design don't because you know I didn't design this thing so with that being said I can this thing so with that being said I can this thing so with that being said I can definitely tell you these types of wires definitely tell you these types of wires definitely tell you these types of wires right here with with you know just basic right here with with you know just basic right here with with you know just basic Electronics engineering these big types Electronics engineering these big types Electronics engineering these big types of wires right here with this like of wires right here with this like of wires right here with this like discount xt60 connector babies 20 40 60 discount xt60 connector babies 20 40 60 discount xt60 connector babies 20 40 60 I don't know what kind of connector it I don't know what kind of connector it I don't know what kind of connector it is this is obviously going to be for is this is obviously going to be for is this is obviously going to be for power so that's no computer or anything power so that's no computer or anything power so that's no computer or anything like that obviously got Transformers like that obviously got Transformers like that obviously got Transformers inductors all kinds of resistors and inductors all kinds of resistors and inductors all kinds of resistors and stuff like that so stuff like that so stuff like that so um I don't know this looks like it goes um I don't know this looks like it goes um I don't know this looks like it goes to the uh to the uh to the uh what do you call this a display power what do you call this a display power what do you call this a display power for the display so one thing we're going for the display so one thing we're going for the display so one thing we're going to try to do is I'm going to see we can to try to do is I'm going to see we can to try to do is I'm going to see we can unplug this I can't figure out if this unplug this I can't figure out if this unplug this I can't figure out if this is the is the display cable or if this is the is the display cable or if this is the is the display cable or if this is a cable right there and I did exactly is a cable right there and I did exactly is a cable right there and I did exactly what I told you not to do not not to what I told you not to do not not to what I told you not to do not not to mess with it so one thing we're going to mess with it so one thing we're going to mess with it so one thing we're going to try to do I'm going to try to unplug try to do I'm going to try to unplug try to do I'm going to try to unplug this uh cable right there I'm going to this uh cable right there I'm going to this uh cable right there I'm going to grab some needle in those pliers I'm grab some needle in those pliers I'm grab some needle in those pliers I'm going to grab this pinch up the white going to grab this pinch up the white going to grab this pinch up the white part that kind of holds that uh part that kind of holds that uh part that kind of holds that uh connector in there locks the connector connector in there locks the connector connector in there locks the connector in there look at that we'll pull this in there look at that we'll pull this in there look at that we'll pull this connector out um yeah looks like if you look at actually yeah looks like if you look at actually yeah looks like if you look at actually there's a label here it says LCD signal there's a label here it says LCD signal there's a label here it says LCD signal that's what that says this looks like that's what that says this looks like that's what that says this looks like it's two U1 so I don't know what that it's two U1 so I don't know what that it's two U1 so I don't know what that means but we're going to go ahead and means but we're going to go ahead and means but we're going to go ahead and see we can plug it in wait a few minutes see we can plug it in wait a few minutes see we can plug it in wait a few minutes right and then unplug it and see if that right and then unplug it and see if that right and then unplug it and see if that will clear the short so let's plug this will clear the short so let's plug this will clear the short so let's plug this in right here in right here in right here try not to touch you know pretty much try not to touch you know pretty much try not to touch you know pretty much anything that will probably shock you or anything that will probably shock you or anything that will probably shock you or give you Hazard or anything like that give you Hazard or anything like that give you Hazard or anything like that looks like this display is still here looks like this display is still here looks like this display is still here and as you can see right here the short and as you can see right here the short and as you can see right here the short icon is gone but we didn't turn anything icon is gone but we didn't turn anything icon is gone but we didn't turn anything on yet so let's turn that on right on yet so let's turn that on right on yet so let's turn that on right that's on the light works that's on the light works that's on the light works let's turn that off let's turn let's turn that off let's turn let's turn that off let's turn the AC outlet on the AC outlet on the AC outlet on okay you can't turn the AC outlet on okay you can't turn the AC outlet on okay you can't turn the AC outlet on maybe because we unplug that the circuit maybe because we unplug that the circuit maybe because we unplug that the circuit breaker doesn't do anything right now DC breaker doesn't do anything right now DC breaker doesn't do anything right now DC is on and there is no short button okay is on and there is no short button okay is on and there is no short button okay or no short display icon so for some or no short display icon so for some or no short display icon so for some reason it looks like this AC button reason it looks like this AC button reason it looks like this AC button cannot come on the question is if I cannot come on the question is if I cannot come on the question is if I unplug this will it stay on unplug this will it stay on unplug this will it stay on okay okay okay aha look at that we unplugged this cable aha look at that we unplugged this cable aha look at that we unplugged this cable and it still stays on and if you and it still stays on and if you and it still stays on and if you remember correctly previously it would remember correctly previously it would remember correctly previously it would turn off right so turn off right so turn off right so everything still works right now except everything still works right now except everything still works right now except for the AC so with that being said uh we for the AC so with that being said uh we for the AC so with that being said uh we need to find a way to turn this off need to find a way to turn this off need to find a way to turn this off um let's just see if we can somehow hold that it'll turn off let's see if we hold that it'll turn off let's see if we hold that it'll turn off let's see if we can plug this back in can plug this back in can plug this back in um I'm gonna do it with some pliers here um I'm gonna do it with some pliers here um I'm gonna do it with some pliers here mainly because I don't want to put my mainly because I don't want to put my mainly because I don't want to put my fingers all the way they didn't touch fingers all the way they didn't touch fingers all the way they didn't touch some other stuff that I'm not aware of some other stuff that I'm not aware of some other stuff that I'm not aware of what exactly that is so let's go ahead what exactly that is so let's go ahead what exactly that is so let's go ahead and plug this in and plug this in and plug this in as you can see right here as you can see right here as you can see right here we plug that in it's a little awkward to we plug that in it's a little awkward to we plug that in it's a little awkward to do at this weird angle let's see if I do at this weird angle let's see if I do at this weird angle let's see if I can show you this way can show you this way can show you this way just push that into the board the just push that into the board the just push that into the board the connector is locked back in connector is locked back in connector is locked back in um I guess just for safety reasons I'm um I guess just for safety reasons I'm um I guess just for safety reasons I'm going to plug this in or this top part going to plug this in or this top part going to plug this in or this top part in and back to this board right here if in and back to this board right here if in and back to this board right here if you see right here there's a connector you see right here there's a connector you see right here there's a connector right there plug this in right here right there plug this in right here right there plug this in right here is that the right way yeah that's is that the right way yeah that's is that the right way yeah that's definitely the right way because it can definitely the right way because it can definitely the right way because it can only go in one way only go in one way only go in one way so there's that this obviously goes in so there's that this obviously goes in so there's that this obviously goes in this way this way this way let's close this button there you go let's close this button there you go let's close this button there you go we're not going to secure it or anything we're not going to secure it or anything we're not going to secure it or anything like that yet or put the screws in let's like that yet or put the screws in let's like that yet or put the screws in let's just see if it works okay so uh turn just see if it works okay so uh turn just see if it works okay so uh turn light on light on light on that works uh this AC because that that works uh this AC because that that works uh this AC because that didn't work earlier didn't work earlier didn't work earlier the AC is on and the DC is on and there is no short and the DC is on and there is no short and the DC is on and there is no short okay so okay so okay so um um um let's see if we plug this in Will It Go let's see if we plug this in Will It Go let's see if we plug this in Will It Go in the UPS mode right because that's in the UPS mode right because that's in the UPS mode right because that's usually what plug-in Mains power will do usually what plug-in Mains power will do usually what plug-in Mains power will do plug in the mains power it's plugged in but it's not on UPS mode it's plugged in but it's not on UPS mode it's plugged in but it's not on UPS mode by any means oh there it is UPS mode all by any means oh there it is UPS mode all by any means oh there it is UPS mode all right so let me go grab something to right so let me go grab something to right so let me go grab something to plug in here and see if we can get this plug in here and see if we can get this plug in here and see if we can get this working again so I literally grabbed the working again so I literally grabbed the working again so I literally grabbed the quickest thing I found just right over quickest thing I found just right over quickest thing I found just right over my shoulder uh this right here is just my shoulder uh this right here is just my shoulder uh this right here is just the Ryobi battery charger the Ryobi battery charger the Ryobi battery charger um obviously this probably won't take um obviously this probably won't take um obviously this probably won't take too much especially because you know too much especially because you know too much especially because you know there's no battery on it right now so if there's no battery on it right now so if there's no battery on it right now so if I plug this in uh the battery light the I plug this in uh the battery light the I plug this in uh the battery light the Charger Light does come on let me try to Charger Light does come on let me try to Charger Light does come on let me try to plug that in and it is plug that in and it is plug that in and it is blinking charging look at that output 70 blinking charging look at that output 70 blinking charging look at that output 70 70 Watts 2959 so that works let me 70 Watts 2959 so that works let me 70 Watts 2959 so that works let me unplug this cable here unplug this cable here unplug this cable here which is Mains power which is Mains power which is Mains power um obviously it's not on UPS mode um obviously it's not on UPS mode um obviously it's not on UPS mode anymore because Mains power is now anymore because Mains power is now anymore because Mains power is now plugged in and plugged in and plugged in and we are good looks like unplugging that we are good looks like unplugging that we are good looks like unplugging that plugging this in turning it on cleared plugging this in turning it on cleared plugging this in turning it on cleared the short that was here uh so if you the short that was here uh so if you the short that was here uh so if you have that problem obviously you know have that problem obviously you know have that problem obviously you know that's how you all right so I'm really that's how you all right so I'm really that's how you all right so I'm really glad that worked because we did pay our glad that worked because we did pay our glad that worked because we did pay our own monies for all these units that we own monies for all these units that we own monies for all these units that we have and if that didn't work it would be have and if that didn't work it would be have and if that didn't work it would be a 210 however much you paid for it brick a 210 however much you paid for it brick a 210 however much you paid for it brick and that would be pretty upsetting and that would be pretty upsetting and that would be pretty upsetting because I don't feel like I got 200 of because I don't feel like I got 200 of because I don't feel like I got 200 of reuse out of this thing all right so um reuse out of this thing all right so um reuse out of this thing all right so um if you have that DC short or whatever if you have that DC short or whatever if you have that DC short or whatever short unit maybe doing exactly what I short unit maybe doing exactly what I short unit maybe doing exactly what I did may help you it may not I don't know did may help you it may not I don't know did may help you it may not I don't know what causes that problem but what causes that problem but what causes that problem but um obviously doing that cleared the um obviously doing that cleared the um obviously doing that cleared the issue for me okay so just need a a long issue for me okay so just need a a long issue for me okay so just need a a long number two bit and I would definitely number two bit and I would definitely number two bit and I would definitely encourage using encourage using encourage using um if you're gonna do this you know some um if you're gonna do this you know some um if you're gonna do this you know some neon suppliers so your hands don't have neon suppliers so your hands don't have neon suppliers so your hands don't have to go in there and touch the Tronics to go in there and touch the Tronics to go in there and touch the Tronics mainly because it's probably going to be mainly because it's probably going to be mainly because it's probably going to be a shock hazard capacitors batteries all a shock hazard capacitors batteries all a shock hazard capacitors batteries all kinds of fun stuff like I said I am not kinds of fun stuff like I said I am not kinds of fun stuff like I said I am not telling you to do this this is just how telling you to do this this is just how telling you to do this this is just how I fixed it mainly because trying to I fixed it mainly because trying to I fixed it mainly because trying to contact a blue Eddie support was just contact a blue Eddie support was just contact a blue Eddie support was just not very great if you find if you know not very great if you find if you know not very great if you find if you know of any person who has had good luck or of any person who has had good luck or of any person who has had good luck or good experience talking to bloody good experience talking to bloody good experience talking to bloody support and getting an actual resolution support and getting an actual resolution support and getting an actual resolution then please post in the comments below then please post in the comments below then please post in the comments below because I would really like to talk to because I would really like to talk to because I would really like to talk to that person because I would say most that person because I would say most that person because I would say most people just do not have a good people just do not have a good people just do not have a good experience with support okay so like I experience with support okay so like I experience with support okay so like I said I'm glad that it worked it worked said I'm glad that it worked it worked said I'm glad that it worked it worked on this eb3 and hopefully you know we on this eb3 and hopefully you know we on this eb3 and hopefully you know we won't run into the issue again but if we won't run into the issue again but if we won't run into the issue again but if we do hopefully we can just keep doing that do hopefully we can just keep doing that do hopefully we can just keep doing that and fixing it but it's a really big and fixing it but it's a really big and fixing it but it's a really big hassle menu because you know you don't hassle menu because you know you don't hassle menu because you know you don't want to have to open this up on a want to have to open this up on a want to have to open this up on a campsite or tailgating whatever right campsite or tailgating whatever right campsite or tailgating whatever right that's just gonna suck so that's just gonna suck so that's just gonna suck so um hope this video helped you out um hope this video helped you out um hope this video helped you out um have a great day and we'll see you um have a great day and we'll see you um have a great day and we'll see you guys thank you