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I have shot entire magazine articles with an iPhone just for the unique look ( sharp, great color and lively depth of field ) and in contrast I did an article for the New York Times on Saturday, used a Leica M digital with a 35mm 1.4 and a Nikon D750 with an 85mm 1.8, so it really boils down to...

I have just ordered a Trimetric and plan on upgrading the truck to camper wiring at some point, it might require me to remove the camper and I don't really have a place to do that very easily living in a condo. I do have an upgraded 240A alternator so I would like to be able to take advantage...

Just starting to work on Summer campaigns but here is one left over from Winter. Ski area gondola cars and the Northern sky. Shot on a 61 year old Rolleiflex 2.8D with Kodak Tmax 400.

I'd say buy as much as you can fit since needs change and there is not really such a thing as too much solar. I use my rig for work too as a photographer but it's my wife who uses most of the power for her computer work since my computer mostly stays at home unless I am working on marketing....I...

I had to cancel the orders for the battery and charge controller due to the following: I live and work at 8,000 feet in a ski town, the camper is on full time and is exposed to temps below freezing quite often, maybe more than half the year. It has been confirmed by both the seller of the...

I was going to wait but then I realized my 55AH AGM was at least 4 years old. I'll do the other bank next year possibly, my Die hard group 31M seems to be living up to it's namesake...:-) PhotoHC, is there any battery orientation to consider or can these LiFePO4 batteries be placed in any...

Pretty stoked....I just pulled the trigger on the SBMS60 and a LiFePO4 100AH battery, I will be replacing a 55AH AGM ( 27.5 net ) that is fed by 350W of solar so this ought to really make fantastic use of the AH that this array produces as a primary system. I'm losing 17 lbs of battery weight too.

OK, I just got done installing my second fan, a 140mm 20MA one and I just tapped into the existing fan wiring and it is fine, the stock fan is only 14MA so at 34MA the total is well under .5A. So there you go, the stock fan gives you about 30MA or so to safely play with if there is no need for...

No and to be honest, if I am in a campground like that there are usually other noises that are more abrupt and annoying than the drone of a small modern generator. My beef with them is the burning of fossil fuels, we need to be finding more and more ways to reduce that as fast as we can, the...

I live in the high country in Colorado and see this level of incline regularly, it certainly can get spooky that is for sure, especially if it starts to go off camber on a shelf road. Like others have said on here, a nice and steady throttle position and slow speed should take the edge off of...

Thinking the same...

Oh, they are everywhere, lol! But really there are two 100W panels in series on the roof that feed the 100AH battery via a Sunsaver MMPT 15L ( night ), a 50W on the air dam that keeps the 55AH ( day ) battery topped and then the slide out / removable aluminum rack that holds three 100W panels...

Yes, but if using a modern compressor fridge like a Dometic or Isotherm that uses either a BD35F or BD50F Danfoss compressor *and* tapping off the fridge's wiring, make sure to not exceed the fan output's rating of .5A sustained or 1A burst for 2 seconds or the compressor will turn off as per...

I'll be curious to see how the fan helps when I get it in. When I installed my Dometic 65L in June of 2011 I pretty much stuffed every area of the space it sits in with reflectix and then sealed off the back with the same, leaving the coil / compressor area exposed for cooling. I turned on the...

Hi, What fan are you running, specifically what current draw? The reason I ask is that the fan output on the Danfoss BD35F compressor assembly will handle up to .5A continuous, up to 1A for the first two seconds upon startup and then will cut the compressor off as a fault above 1A, red led...

Here is the thread for the fan install: http://www.wanderthewest.com/forum/topic/12352-fridge-fan-photos/ I have seen some great reports from boating types who use the Isotherm but I would love to see what us off roadies find in actual use too, seems to draw half the power using the same...

I have been running a Dometic 65L for 5 years now and other than likely needing to do the fan mod and perhaps giving it a freon charge, it has been fine. When I installed it, I already had the upper and lower grates for ventilation of the previous 3-way so I wrapped the unit in Reflectix...

Wow, quite a good topic, lots of good stuff for sure, I stumbled upon it looking for info regarding the amount of charge coming from the alternator. A quick question though, I run two independent solar charging systems each with their own battery. Am I safe to assume that the Trimetric meter...

Interesting that I am just now seeing this. I put two 100W HQST flex panels on the roof of my camper in July of 2014, did not glue them but used screws into the frame of the roof. They are still just cranking along, 19-22V each at peak hours, the higher number in the Winter months. So I just...

Word to that, cruising along with 450W total now, all five panels weigh less than 20 pounds combined.

It's a pretty easy equation for me, the truck and full time mounted camper are not really for fun or recreation as much as it is for work. So that means I get the tax deductions associated with that. I bought my Tacoma new in 2005 and don't plan on selling it for an upgrade because there is no...

I'll probably go this route once my AGM's are toast although they seem to be doing really well, I am responding to this message as a means to keep tabs on this thread. For reasons of staying & working in a super remote spot for weeks at a time, I run two entirely separate photo voltaic systems...

I just ordered the 8x8 foot version. Looks like I will have to do some modding to make it work but I think it will do the trick, especially if I rig it to swap easily from side to side.

So I assume you drilled it through and put the full size pin in? Ideally that is what I would do in addition to putting a safety wire-like lanyard on the orange handle on end of the draw bolt.

I am using a 2005 Tacoma with an ATC Bobcat. I have built up the back end quite a bit, Alcan off road leaf pack spec'd for the extra weight, RideRite airbags and 2" Icon rear reservoir shocks valved for the extra weight. I have never had an issue with bounce as long as the bags are aired up...