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This is a good reminder. My current DIY thermal pack is the same material that FWC uses - Kimberly Clark Evolution which now appears to be called 'Block-It NOAH'. It doesn't appear that this offers any fire ratings, so no mater if your thermal pack is DIY or from FWC you should be careful...

I do remember some other folks trying insulated thermal packs, but did not have great luck finding those threads. I will look harder. I have noticed the same thing about air leaking around the fridge and drawer below the fridge while lowering the roof with the fan sucking the sides in. I...

With winter around the corner, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with trying an insulated thermal pack to keep the camper, and particularly the bed area warmer? I made a DIY thermal pack a number of years ago using the same material as FWC and it has worked well, but as we...

From a technical perspective, cutting of the cord and hard wiring is just fine. There maybe a slight chance that would cause issues with your warranty, so another option would be to plug into the 120V outlet for your fridge (if the camper has one) or buy a short extension cord, and cut the...

The Victron IP22 is grounded through the plug and double insulated, so you don't need any additional grounding lug. It also full replaces your existing converter. Remove the Iota and install the Victron.

It is hard to say whether the mounting or the stomp rocket (doubtful) had anything to do with the failure, or the panel just failed. You can read numerous reports about semi-flexible panels dying in this thread...

Oops, I missed the important detail that you have a slide in. Securing the camper to either a flatbed or truckbed has been discussed quite extensively before. In general if you plan on frequently removing the camper, then turn buckles are the easiest and possibly best option as the alignment...

It is a bit of a conundrum. We are kind of forced into using the Anderson connectors because no one has come up with a nicely configured/packaged option using better connectors. I also use the amphenol/ITT etc connectors regularly in the lab, and this may be why I am so spoiled by 'nice'...

You could certainly run larger wire behind the lift panels if it is fine stranded wire (which is more flexible) and has thinner jacket. Both FWC and ATC don't use the best wiring in their builds. But I am not sure you need to change the wire. From a safety perspective, 14AWG wire is...

I am not a huge fan of the Power poles, for the same reasons you suggest, no decent panel mount option and only available in two conductor. They also aren't weather resistant in any way and don't have any strain relief on the conductors. That said, better connectors aren't so easy to get...

I have the exact same setup. Yes the FWC is bolted down with four M12 bolts with ~3" diameter 1/4" thick fender washers and nylock nuts. I used 21 mm head bolts so that you don't have to carry SAE tools for these 4 bolts and can tighten with a lug wrench. Hole position for the bolts was a...

I think dumping it into a pit toilet or public toilet (say at a BLM or USFS camp ground) would be a bad idea. Not that 7-8 gallons is going to make a huge difference overall, but it is a really bad precedent to set, and what do you do about the tremendous mess if you have a hiccup in the...

And California just closed all its national forests for at least 2 weeks: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-30/officials-to-close-all-california-national-forests-a I do feel like this may have been a tad too late.

I hope they warranteed the solar panel! Unfortunately this seems to be another example of lower reliability from semi-flexible solar panels. It may be worth adding your experience to the thread on these failures...

What are the interior walls of the Project M sheathed with? Probably your best bet is to either locate the existing fasteners to determine where the aluminium structure is, or to peel back the interior wall panels enough that you can see and mark where the structure is. I wouldn't expect...

Everyones priorities and usage scenarios are different and will determine what works for them. A couple of final points from our experience: 2-4 KBTU is not going to be enough heat if you want to camp in cold conditions. For comparison, this is about 500 - 1000W so the low and medium...

There is some confusion going on here. Burning propane in a forced air/vented heater (Dometic, Attwood, Propex, Truma etc) does not introduce any moisture (and thus condensation) or Carbon Monoxide in a camper. Both propane and diesel forced air heaters separate the combustion and exhaust...

It is probably an older 'pre-lithium' unit, so I wouldn't expect it to have a lithium setting, but it should have a 'user' setting where you can enter your own values. However, I am not an expert on these, so I don't know how you enter those values.

It sounds like you have a non-FWC solar system. Is this the display you have: If so you may already have an older MPPT solar controller, probably a 'Tracer' like this. I think these are programmable, so you can probably just adjust the one you have. A previous owner must have installed...

The benefit of a programmable MPPT solar charge controller is that you can dial in its charge parameters to be exactly right (the programmable part) and MPPT will yield 15 - 30% more power to your battery than the existing PWM controller. Your current Zamp PWM will work pretty well in 'GEL'...

Yup, that is a good summary. If you get a LiFePO4 with built in bluetooth, then you don't need the battery monitor. One 100Ah LiFePO4 is roughly equivalent to 2x 75Ah AGMs. Longer term you may want to consider upgrading the solar charge controller to a programmable MPPT, or adding a...

I have used Webasto, not in a FWC but in a Pisten Bully. When they work, they are great, fairly quiet and lots of heat. However my experience was that they were not all that reliable and required significant maintenance to stop them from having issues with soot and fuel flow. Also while...

Vic's suggestion of the Victron DC-DC is spot on, particularly if you are relying on getting a decent amount of charge from the alternator to your LiFePO4. I assume as you have no solar or shore power, that this is very important. If you just want something that is equivalent to the current...

I am just up the road in Boulder, but I am pretty sure you will be able to do this by your self. First, select the LiFePO4 battery you want to use. Here are just a few options (full disclosure I have a DIY battery and have not used any of these): Battleborn - heavily promoted, have good...

Yes it does - most provide state of charge, voltage, current in/out of the battery, internal temperature etc. Additionally, they typically provide the individual cell level voltages so you know everything is OK within the battery. The exact details of what is reported depend on the...