Search results

With lead acid more capacity = more weight, and there is not much difference if you use 12V in parallel or 6V in series. So yes you can get 225Ah (at 12V) with 2x6V batteries, but with what you are describing that is almost certainly more capacity than you need, and each battery will be...

Switching to two 6V batteries in series will not buy you anything but a lot of weight. Without the fridge, you should be OK with a single 70 - 100 Ah 12V battery. If you are adding a fridge, you will probably want to add solar as well. If you camp in warm shady place you may possibly want...

For now, you can just buy a 100Ah LiFePO4 battery and drop it into the camper as a straight replacement for the lead acid battery. While this won't be 100% optimal, it won't hurt anything and it will work better than your failing lead acid batteries. If you buy a battery with built in...

Yeah, it is not a great situation on many levels. On a serious note, there are some fairly blatant public lands stewardship issues - the theory some of my friends in Telluride have is that TX has almost no public lands, so many of the 'off roaders' who come up to CO have mostly driven in...

This can be kind of a touchy issue. If you are talking about a USFS/BLM campground with the an iron ranger (a metal tube to drop a fee envelope in) and tags you hang on the post, then a camp chair in addition to the tag showing you have paid for the site for the night is a great way to mark it...

It does seem a little unreasonable to post this on social media, as it is really not that big a deal. However being a 'local' in CO I can also understand that it can be a bit frustrating, particularly when you encounter groups. While the roads are often super scenic, steep and winding, some...

Jon has a very nice system! If you do decide you need a new battery, you can get started with lithium for a lot less. But figure out what is going on first, and see if you have a problem before you throw money at it.

Your first step should be to install a battery monitor like the Victron BMV-712 or Victron Smart Shunt so you can see what is actually going on with your batteries. It sounds like the batteries aren't doing well, but it also may be that they just aren't getting enough charge. Depending on...

You may want to wait until you have the truck and batteries and see how they work together before making any modifications. Depending on the alternator output voltage, and the total resistance in your wiring you may or may not get sufficient charge to the battery with the system as is. If...

It seems that there is finally a wholesale shift in the energy storage world from lead-acid to the various lithium batteries, including in our tiny corner of the market - energy storage for boats and campers. Now that this shift is fully underway, I am wondering what the next great advance...

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying, but on the surface it does seem that you are implying that graduates of Environmental Science departments are somehow inferior or 'poor quality' relative to 'classical' geologists. That is a broad and unfair assessment. However, it does appear...

There is a difference between core requirements, breadth requirements and electives. I don't know which specific program you are speaking of, but even if their core undergraduate requirements are 12 credit hours of physical science, that doesn't mean that a graduate from that program didn't...

I feel like there is some pretty bad stereotyping and hand waving going on here. Dismissing an entire field of science and a massive body of research based on some hand waving arguments does not seem particularly scientific. For the old geologists in the group, I would suggest you consult...

Unfortunately, it is not a question that anyone can answer. We can speculate, but that is about it. One thing that is likely true - the higher the vaccination rate, the sooner the restrictions can end (for a whole variety of reasons).

As global vaccination rates increase, then vaccine requirements are less of an impediment to travel. I don't think anyone knows how long the requirements may last, but if I had to guess it will be for at least a few years, particularly if new and more virulent strains continue to emerge...

This is great news from Canada! It seems that vaccine requirements will be the standard at least for the next few years, not just for Canada but for most countries. Much or Europe has a vaccine requirement, once Australian/NZ open up for international travel they will almost certainly have a...

If there is nothing connected to the load terminals, then the load current is just noise in the sensor. The load current is only measuring the current to the load terminals.

What is connected to the load terminals on the charge controller?

There are lots of options, CM Truck Beds, Aluma, Alumline, Knapheide etc. Most of these are not quite as refined as the Norweld, but would work for a flatbed camper, and I think they are cheaper if that is the goal. I think someone here had a nice looking custom tray made by a tank company...

For what size truck? There are a number of options for a full size, but the selection is pretty limited for mid-size trucks. If you are looking for a lower cost option, ute-bed sells simple trays for mid- and full-sized trucks.

On my 2016 anyway, the edging is either the T-Molding as above, or it is black edge banding. I have had some of the black edge banding come loose in the high wear areas. Luckily it is held on with heat activated glue, so if you still have the bit that came off, you can reattach it with an iron...

I would also agree that it is crazy that the government was sponsoring the extermination of an entire segment of the western ecosystem at the behest of the livestock industry. It is very hard to reconcile that the same set of social values that require an EIS to examine whether a particular...

Sure, just a few posts above yours.

This is not a great photo, but shows how it goes together. It is basically a pole with a switch, plug it into the 12V outlet, put it under the lift panel and press the up button. It takes about 15 - 20s to lift each end. This is the 50lb model and works well with a large rigid solar panel...

If you want to get really lazy, you can also use a linear actuator in place of the speaker lift so you really can use your pinky finger for push button roof lifitng. You need a 30" linear actuator a reversing switch and a power cord. With a fleet flatbed, I didn't even need any sort of...