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Let me preface this all by saying I'm grumpy as heck today. I started moving my build environment onto a new machine at work. I always hate it. I have little experience with Vista, right now... Given a few months I might have an opinion on this. Let's leave it alone for a moment. What do...

nine times out of ten, vista problems are not related to the operating system. macs dont enjoy the same breadth of software availability as pc's just as they dont have to deal with a huge array of hardware variations. even so, they have their troubles too. given a proper environment, well...

both alternators (each house its own voltage regulator) feed in parallel to the trucks dual battery system. the pcm controls each alternator. From Ford's Service Manual: "The optional dual generator package (7.3L diesel engine only) consists of an upper/lower dual generator system. The upper...

my ford's 7 pin rv plug is wired with 10 ga for the +12 charge pin. this is factory wiring. i am sorry but, this statement is grossly incorrect. "Electronic isolation is somewhat limited by a property of semiconductors whereby there is no perfect one way bias in a transistor or diode...

10 knots of wind at Eagle Lake is all it took to blow this POS apart, available at Cabellas, I was hoping for a little more wind to blow the thing a little farther from the front door of my trailer, take a walk in the woods, it's what the bears do. which one of you blew it down? so who was...

DurangoSteve, Great handle. Mount the battery under the hood and run a two conductor 10 or 12 gauge romex back to the camper plug in. Do not use the 7 pin connector at the rear of the truck. You need to have the battery as close as possible to your alternator because the voltage loss on a long...

10 knots of wind at Eagle Lake is all it took to blow this POS apart, available at Cabellas, I was hoping for a little more wind to blow the thing a little farther from the front door of my trailer, take a walk in the woods, it's what the bears do. wouldnt the neighbors yard be OK? "just over...

I like the way you think. Planning to try and find your overlook spot by the way, now if only my CA maps I order show up (they're back ordered apparently <_< , soon to figure out a plan B ). pods ! what maps are you paying for? you can get free topos any time you want right? libremap.org

First of all, this is my first post and I want to thank the members for a lot a useful information I have gleaned from your threads. A little background: my wife and I just bought a used Phoenix popup and I've been been making some adjustments to make the camper work with our 2003 Tundra. I am...

Yep, Cliff, K6ON, was a good friend who became an SK, I felt it an honor to keep his call alive and in the Sacramento area, so, the new call. Had "JCW" for over 40 years, so I sometimes forget and sign wrong call..It's what happens when you get old.. we could get mark and rich on echolink...

:shakes head: Now, all I need is to get some sweet potatoes and go jump in the oven... ...kilo foxtrot fife, delta echo golf... and you can do phonetics properly too! get signed up on echolink we can do a voip qso

You keep saying that Craig...I'll be happy to help if you really want to get a license. Congrats Mark !! 73 de K6ON and a new call for Bob!

congrats to Mark Ingalls! you now are a ham! KF5DEG

Mark: I think all the modern 2m rigs are pretty good. I've tended toward the Yaesu brand but I think they will all do well. I have an old 2m 2800 that is built like a tank and has been in 3 cars. Even use it in rental cars. Just get a good antenna and mount it up high. That is probably...

boy there are a lot of opinions on that. 1. the more bands available, the better your odds of getting a contact. 2. dont get a QRP rig, FT-817, icom 703, just not enough power - for an emergency rig. 3. 6m and 220 on up is useless - my opinion. 10m is dead at this time. 4. 2m is most useful -...

To be clear, Herr42 and Stan, you are talking about two batteries in the camper in addition to the vehicle/starting battery correct? yes.

i though of that. the problem is this: what happenes when i have really run down one of them? there are some pretty heavy currents when you reconnect.

i was going to post this...and pods beat me to it....but here goes. For those of us who have added a second battery, and specifically a 2nd AGM battery (such as the Interstate DCM0075 or an Optima), The issue of blowing fuses when attempting a parallel charge warrants a good look. As...

Dodge? with how many miles?

We took a drive up to a place called High Divide west of Smith River, Ca. This is a little north of Crescent City. We set up a amateur radio station and participated in a weekend contest. putting up the antenna was ... a real eye opener...

all those fancy bio-degradeable bags are a waste of effort. they do not break down...you have to read the fine print. once they are buried they last as long as any plastic bag.

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all the specs from optima and interstate expect a 30 amp charge current limit....or a max battery temp. a solid state current limiter would be cool but the wiring would need to be beefed up. dual parallel batteries would escalate that demand. ..the existing wiring is good for 10 amps...

Oh if you already have the Iota then yeah it'd be a good call, I incorrectly assumed you didn't have either (which I didn't), my bad. Its an relatively good fit but somewhat off my AGM's for instance, however it at least it errors on the lower voltage side which is a little slower charge but...

Jack! hello! thats what i expected to hear. thanks. it seems to me that for $30 its a good investment....and its trivial to attach. i dont see why it would not be a good fit for any lead acid, sealed, agm or otherwise.