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Indeed, dual clutches were/are used for example. But the cost/benefit/marketing clearly does not favor adapting even existing technology, forget anything novel, to mass market vehicles.

Certainly a possibility but isolation or not would depend on the controller. I'd expect all you're be looking at is the base of a transistor, so not a difficult load and if it was me I'd isolate every external signal on a battery charger as matter of course. God only knows what sorts of things...

Honda appears to provide that so you don't have to hack the ignition system. What you use to control is the question, current sense in a simple circuit or a charge complete from an intelligent controller.

@luthj, is the engine's lb/HPh fuel consumption linear? Honda specs it at 0.51 but doesn't say if that's at maximum HP.

There's a matter of physics here. Given enough mass and velocity it's impossible to escape a big enough collision with zero damage. Only speculating but the deputy was probably moving really fast and hit a sizable deer. Consider the implication of not having that nudge bar in this case just...

Do you mean a 2kW generator like a Honda EU2000 sort of thing? This generator would be as good as that, since that's all that's inside of a generator like that - a motor turning an alternator, which in turns powers an inverter to create the 120VAC. The EU2000 gives you a 12V tap I think, which...

I thought Ram dropped the G56 for 2019. I believe the irony here is that a decade ago manuals could handle more power than an automatic but that flipped recently and engines exceeded the clutch holding capacity. There just aren't enough sticks being sold to justify scaling big truck designs...

Even when those gaskets were new I found water could still seep under the carriage bolts for the Top Loader brackets, so caulk or rubber washers were necessary. Good move, looks great in there. I trim the bolts flush with the nuts and file them smooth on the inside. Then I snap those plastic...

For a GC160 (rated 5 HP max @ 3600 RPM, which would be wide open throttle) seems about right conservatively assuming 50% alternator efficiency with belt and conversion loss to run it at ~6,000 RPM. The industry standard is to assume 65% to 67% for a baseline alternator efficiency in a vehicle...

I completely agree. The only trucks that have every really been "strong" from the factory IMO are something like M35, M39s, Unimogs and maybe the trucks like the Scouts and FJ40s in the 1960s. By the 1970s and certainly in the past 20 years any vehicle (car, truck, SUV, whatever) designed...

Brush guards are called damage multipliers around here. They weigh next to nothing, are held on with a couple of bolts. Just realize there are two types of front end protection with respect to animal strikes. The ARB bull bar is designed for this purpose and when you compare them to the...

FWIW, on a 2001 Tacoma I owned for a short time the rear of the frame was obvious to me not as substantial as the 1991 I owned and wanted to replace with it. With the WilderNest mounted it was pretty flexible and I hadn't yet full built it out. So I reinforced it right away. This is...

This is getting to be a real concern with modern vehicles. The designers have better analysis tools and can tailor the frame to better detail, which is used I think primarily to make trucks ride better (what Toyota North America's Mike Sweers refers to as "compliancy" in the Tacoma, to soften...

Is it 2WD or 4WD?

Don't worry, think it through and practice good workmanship. Without knowing context you can't know the story about that photo. There have been plenty of fires throughout history in a completely factory wired vehicle. Depends on how big your charger is and how long the run to it. For a...

For your expected use an 8 AWG circuit is about the upper end for using the frame as the return. It's what I did personally in fact, 8 AWG run to a Sea Fuse 6 circuit block and 8 AWG tie to the frame at the block (it's got the ground bus) and the battery. I would not tap off the trailer wiring...

Interesting. There are commercial companies that do this already. http://www.tourmalinewireless.com/relay-station.html The goTenna Pro appears to be a Part 90 device so it will require a license for the frequency/frequencies you use.

I'd probably crimp an SMA on and use a PL259 adapter in the future. It's probably close to a wash as far as losses between that and a PL259 soldered directly on the RG-58. SMA (and BNC & N) are much better connectors and even at UHF are pretty low loss so either way most of your loss is in...

That's why he said "depending on physical layout". If the fuse panel is located right next to the battery could likely be no real increase in protection by squeezing in a fuse to protect a very short length of wire that is unlikely to be cut anyway. But you may introduce more crimps and...

We have two 1UPs, love 'em too.