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i have a Honda 1000 that I use when I'm in the woods and can't get enough solar charging.

Any pictures of the new camper?

So what is the intended usage of the bendable panels according to the tech department? Something doesn't seem right. Mine are still going strong.

Saw two FWC this weekend. First was a Toyota Tacoma with an Eagle heading north on I-5 just south of downtown Seattle Friday about noon. Today I saw a first gen Tundra with a Hawk heading east on the Mt. Baker highway.

What's the difference visually between the old and new panels? When you say long or short leads, what lengths are they?

Thanks for the comments. I'm a EE myself so I'm aware of the issues you bring up. The main thing for me going in was to use as much of the existing wiring as possible so if it wasn't an optimized installation that was okay. If I was designing and installing a system from scratch I would...

I basically glued the whole panel down using the entire tube of adhesive. Happy so far.

It's interesting to see how the battery charges and discharges using the Trimetric. Discharging is basically linear but charging is not . You can really see the charging difference when the batteries are discharged and when it's getting close to 100%. It can take a while to get that last few...

Sorry, I don't.

Been meaning to post this for a few weeks but wanted to get some good real world data before reporting. After reading about some of the other upgrades going on out there I decided to do mine as well. I started with the system that originally came with my 2013 Hawk: 95 watt panel and a...

The front dinettes have only been out a few years so there's probably not a lot of them out there especially on the used market.

Thanks. I did have lots of problems years ago but I've managed to get off all my medications (mostly nasty steroids) and I'm doing fairly well today.

Why did you have to have your operation? I've had two major resections of both my large and small intestines due to Crohn's disease. I've lost about 1/2 of my colon and about 8 feet of my small intestine. I was doing colonoscopies twice a year, then once a year and now I'm every three years. Not...

Any reason why your original batteries only lasted two years? Doesn't seem like a long time.

Here's an updated link for the Resmed CPAP battery requirements: http://www.resmed.com/content/dam/resmed/global/documents/articles/198103_battery-guide_glo_eng.pdf

Looks like the document I linked to is gone. My wife has been using her CPAP during our trips and it seems to work okay. As I noted in my year end review of my camper last year, if we don't get sun during the day and I don't move the batteries get low (50%) at the end of our second day. I bought...

Wonder when in 2013 they changed the mattress foam? I bought my Hawk last May and I can't imagine the mattress foam in my camper is the improved version. Hard as a rock.

I didn't have my camper on at the time but I took my truck over a severely washboarded National Forest road near Mt Adams and one of my power steering hoses came loose. I got extremely lucky as my destination was a campground and happened to find somebody in the campground with a wrench and some...

What was the original symptom or problem? I've heard you call it "oil canning" but what exactly does that mean?

Thanks.

I just put my camper back on my truck and one thing I was wondering if there was any special hints for cleaning or washing my solar panel. I imagine a dirty panel would reduce the power output. Any dos or don'ts? Thanks

Looks great. Thanks.

Any pictures of the PVC storage tube and how it's mounted?

Would the existing wiring from the panel down to the controller be adequate to handle the increased load?

Here's what mine look like: http://www.amazon.com/Socket-Curtain-Closet-CAPITOL-LUMBER/dp/B001IHOEUG I use the ones that don't have an opening.