Recent content by Shadow503

When I said hardwire, I didn't mean directly to the battery. Mine are powered through an add-a-fuse on a circuit that is only powered on ignition. Obviously draining 24AH a day will kill your starter battery pretty quick. ;) If you want to spend the money for a system that will save you 750mA of...

Can you just hardwire the cameras and let the switcher just handle video? I doubt they draw that much power. I'm working on a similar setup, but I'm using a monitor that has 4 camera split screen. They make them for truckers. They tend to run around $70 on Amazon.

I followed the directions here, and mine didn't need it. I roll it up tight and use 4 small bungee cords to keep it closed. No noticeable wind noise or ballooning problems.

I love it!

Asking the important questions! :)

That's amazing! I always assumed that I was just cursed to not be able to use my CPAP while backpacking. How do you like it? 28 hours on a charge (according to my 10cmh2o setting) would last me for most short excursions.

I built my battery system to support my CPAP while camping (Resmed 10 Autoset). I use the Humidifier; dwh's numbers look about spot on from what I've seen. You should be able to find a direct 12V power brick for your CPAP to eliminate the inverter (and make it more efficient). I camp with a...

I think if you order Alcan springs you can specify a load increase.

Clever solution! How long does it take to set up?

Exactly. I've run a laptop + two 22" external LCD monitors on full brightness while running a GPU & CPU intensive program on my laptop and only hit 90 - and that was going through an inverter. His DC to DC converter should be much more efficient.

That's a good looking setup you have there!

True, but based on the estimates we've been giving, people are assuming that it is going to be doing a 5.6A constant draw for 8 hours. That power adapter is probably designed to provide enough power to charge the laptop battery from dead while the laptop is maxing out the CPU/GPU/Display...

Why not test it to see what kind of power draw it actually has? They may have significantly overbuilt their power adapter. I use one of these in my system to measure power usage: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017BDQHE6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I love that front grill! Does it hurt your headlight performance?

That's pretty neat that the 7622 has an integrated switch for that! I accomplished mine using the 6011 switch's combine mode.