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I have an adaptor for coleman stoves so you can run them on a regular 20 lb tank. With ATC you only have one tank. It has a gauge but it seems that when reads empty there is still about half the propane left. I think that most of it goes from liquid to gas in the tank. I buy a couple of the...

My main concern was maintaining the battery when I go backpacking for 3 or 4 days. In the summer I run a 12 computer fan in the 3-way fridge compartment to help cool the refrigerator which I leave running on the low propane setting. If you can’t tell I am a retired engineer and the project...

I have some initial data and it that tracks my calculations closely. An easy with to calculate the optimum angle by add a seasonal adjustment angle to your latitude. The seasonal adjustment angle changes 8 deg every month and is zero in the months of March and September, starting in January...

I installed my solar kit, 50 semi-flexible solar panel, MPPT controller, and MPPT control. I had to make a frame out of .125 x .75 x 48 inch aluminum stock that matches the PV panel mounting holes to the existing roof screw. The panels are 2.2 lbs and the frame adds 1 lb. It took a day to...

I updated my schematic and added a current shunt to monitor the current between the truck battery and the camper.

I order my solar starter kit today. Decided to skip a planed trip from Plano TX, to Santa Fe and Phoenix Jan 26 to Feb 2 to help pay for it. I'm going to try out the semi-flex 50W panel with a 1 yr warranty. It only weighs 2 lbs compared to the 9 lbs, so for 2 panels its only 4 lbs. I don't...

If you tilt and face solar noon it is optimum, but as the sun azimuth angle tracks across the sky the efficiency drops off steeper then for the flat omni-directional case and you only realize 80% to 90% of the full gain. Otherwise you need to be present and rotate the panels in azimuth over a 6...

The problem is that when I park to camp there are already several things that are more important then how I'm facing the sun. 1. A level place to park 2. Direction facing camp fire or outside table 3. Shade 4. Solar panels facing the sun If you tilt the the panels you need to be facing solar...

I mislabeled my table as solar irradiance. It should be solar insolation per day. Irradiance is the instantaneous power in W per square meter falling on a flat surface. Insolation is the total solar energy falling on a flat horizontal surface in a day in kWh/sqm/day. The table is just...

Ok Thanks. I looked at the flex panels again. Their reliability is questionable, their power degrades in 5 years, and their warrantee is only 1 yr. So now I like the Renogy 50W mono-crystalline panels. Their less expensive more reliable with a warrantee for 5 yrs and their power is guarantee...

More thoughts on add solar. First things are working good without solar. I can spend 3 nights using the lights and heater and the battery drops to around 11.8v. More then 3 days and I need to idle the truck for an hr or two. For summer I park the camper with the fridge on low propane...

Im sure the CTEK completely isolates between the batteries. I have a question to Amazon and contacting CTEK manufacture to see if the outputs of the D250s have current limiting. I assume it limits to the output 20 amp limit. Im adding 40 amp auto-resetting breakers to both battery lines and a...

I'll change the cables from the AOPEC isolator to the CTEK but keep the AOPEC installed as a backup incase there ever is a problem with the CTEK.

ATC installed a AOPEC R12140B battery isolator between the aux battery and truck battery. They ran a 2 10 gauge wires directly between the truck battery battery isolator. I think I should install a 40 amp fuze at the truck battery connection. The way it is currently the aux battery can assist...

So far my setup now is working fine. The battery tender jr keeps the both truck and camper batteries charged between trips and the plug-in voltmeter/usb gives me a good indication of the battery state. After my last trip the camper was sitting in the driveway for 3 weeks. I looked at the...

I am reasearching options for adding solar to my Ocelot next year. I had the Ocelot pre-wired so I won’t have to tare into it to add solar. I’m looking at the following: HQ 100 Watts 12 Volts Monocrystalline Semi-Flexible Solar Panel $190 CTEK D250S DUAL $190 Bayite DC Digital Current...

I wanted a simple solution to storing gray water. I used a dishwasher drain hose and a disposable 2 gal water container. There is plenty of room in the front of the rear fenders. The drain hose has a rubber connection that perfectly slides over the threaded drain connection. It then runs...

I just got a Ocelot form ATC in October for my 2002 Tundra AC V6 5 speed manual 4WD. I opted for the 3 way fridge, propane heater, battery, and electric water pump. I had a Palomino 800 Bronco camper on it before and added air springs and LT265/75R16 E tires which really make a big difference...

The spec for the V6 is 190 HP vs 245 HP for the V8 (30% more). The 5 speed gear is slight lower 0.83 vs 0.71 and the rear diff is lower 4.1 vs 3.9 for 4WD ( V6 is 20% lower). The biggest difference that between my old camper and the Ocelot is the weight. The Ocelot fully loaded is around...

I live in Plano TX. On October 1 I picked up my brother in Santa Fe NM and drove to Reno NV to pick up my new Ocelot from Marty. We spent the next 3 weeks driving from Tahoe to Mt. Whitney and then Yosemite, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Death Valley, Zion, Escalante, Capital Reef, Natural...