Recent content by llamalander

Excited to see the start of this! I think you'll love the pop-top, even a little space out of the weather and bugs is a huge change for the better--you won't miss that little bit of being outside all the time. Keep us posted, this looks like a fun project & plan-

Helium is expensive as :poop:, might as well pay an uber driver to get it out of your sight-

Bigger brakes have pushed up wheel sizes, so folks with slow-to-stop Nissans have fewer choices! I still run OEM 16" on my frontier and put skinny tires on them, but there are not so many choices. Nokian makes great snow tires in 32" and the Cooper ST Maxx and some Mikey Thompsons are available...

You might consider the Blue Sea 7748 fuse panel; rated for 200-amps (which should work with your battery) and is essentially a fused buss-bar. The larger MIDI fuses work well for larger inputs like the solar and DC-DC (not sure what the convertor on your diagram is, AC input?), the smaller...

If you plan to connect to-shore power, why not save $4400 and use a portable electric heater/radiator or 2?

Roof mounted toaster oven! Most people attach that to the rack outside, but you obviously use yours- I tip my hat to you, Sir!

For electrical systems Explorist.life is a great company with really good tutorials and support as well as very well thought-ought packages of components. This won't necessarily help you design the whole of your system, but it can supply the major pieces that every system might use, then you get...

The van is missing a few things, and Herbie is right that fuses are the big one. Any power source should have a fuse in the first 12" of wire, same with any step-down in wire size. Fusing the negatives in a metal vehicle is really poor design--if anything shorts on the body or frame it will...

the D40 Frontier/Navarra has the same payload in the US as in Australia, but over there they use Kg! I think with an engineered Australian suspension and bigger brakes, you are probably safe doubling the payload if you pay attention to the wear items like pads and bushings.

That looks clean and compact--can't hardly tell how much work went into it! Keep us posted when you find out how it all works together...

Umm.... what exactly are you trying to say? It hasn't come through clearly, spell-checking might help-

Ah, thanks Verkstad, beat me to it being simple! Well here's a bunch more words... Connections are usually where electrical things go wrong. You may have stayed within the fuse rating but a poor connection inspired currents much hotter than the housing could handle. Resistance is electrical...

Have you checked the physical connections? The wiring bay on the Multiplus is very tight and a fight to get big cables landed. I would check the outlet/cord/screw-down connectors in the bay with a voltmeter to cross those possibilities off the list first--

Topo is offering an insulated roof for around $600, I believe. Otherwise it is finished aluminum with 2 formed bare aluminum thwarts thats about 7/8" deep. The Mesa top interior is about 100" x 46" so you will need more than one standard sheet of foam to insulate it.

Topo Toppers is in Ventura, probably close enough to go take a look--they made my camper in a matter of months and it's awesome-