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Thx. That looks decent, 269 about right for heated bluetooth. 100A bms, all looks pretty standard. I myself would go with more battery. That is just 1280Wh, probably 1200 usable, you don't want to drain to bms shutdown. 45W fridge, 24 hrs= 1080Wh 60W LED lights, 5 hrs, 300Wh Diesel heater, 30W...

Lots of reasons folks might. Maybe not all apply to a travel trailer guy. But you're right, it is a good backup to solar. Here are a few for me: 1. Arizona, hot... if I don't camp in the shade, my truckbed camper will be 120F, fast. So fixed solar isn't a strong option. 2. Mobile solar...

Uhmm... I'm gonna say disregard this, look at battery specs. Recommended charge is all about cell balance and battery longevity, not battery catching fire. I wouldn't make a habit of charging at 1c, but most allow a continuous 1c rate. There are some design best practices and standards, how...

The question is the Max Charge rate, not recommended, should be around 1C, 100A. Then most will recommend a slower rate, but can do faster. A 100Ah LFP battery today should in general have a BMS allowing 100A discharge. That is called 1C, its max discharge rate, you use this to decide what it...

Everyone who has ever bought a dc2dc charger has tried this, you are on the right path. All successfully. Many are finding they no longer need solar. There are probably 1000 threads on this at various forums including this one. And 10,000 youtube videos. Here's my recent one using Pecron car...

I Don't allow embed YouTube video, you have to go and watch It on YouTube. The reason is because I have all sorts of information in the video description and if people watch it here, they inevitably ask all the questions that I already answered and spent a lot of time typing up in the video...

Just to round things out, here is the microwave water boil power test. For smallest microwave, for overland cooking. Energy to boil 500ml water, about 2c, in Watt-hrs. Compared to Induction with small pot, and electric kettle. This is useful for people using battery power when cooking...

Good info. Where did you put your fuel pump again, to reduce noise? I bought a 15L skinny tank to put in similar spot you did, but it juuuust doesn't fit by a wee bit :( Now I'm looking at a 3gal spun aluminum diesel tank to rear mount like a propane bottle. I posted on Tune site today about...

Powerstation Charging Options. We get a lot of questions on how to set up a powerstation for charging, in a truck camper. Particularly using an LFP as an inexpensive expansion, what cables need to be swapped around, alternator vs solar cable setups, etc. I made this video showing all ways I...

Here is a video I actually made today, testing energy used for reheating 1 meal 1 person, induction cooking. Just to help with some Watt-hrs baseline usage. I actually have a series Im editing, with electric kettle, and small microwave. All based on truck camping using powerstation or...

I have the mini Redodo 12v 100Ah. Smallest size of any 100Ah so far. Ive been happy with it. Have tested its capacity 3 or 4 times now from 100% down to zero/shutoff, have always gotten the full 1280Wh, or slightly more. Not super accurate measurement granted, as I use it to refill my Pecron...

Update, Dometic had me send them a pic of cracked lid, pic of serial# sticker, and puc of receipt which they accepted my credit card statement. About a week later I got a new cap in the mail. All good, warranty service was direct through Dometic via their 800 phone

NOT the Ecoflow Delta 2. Poor dc support: It only has a 10A car port as max dc amps output. And 2x 5521 3A, 38W outputs. Here are the specs: Specs Capacity 1024 Wh Extra Battery Support one DELTA 2 extra battery or DELTA Max extra battery AC Output 6 outlets, 1800W total (Surge 2700W) Max...

NOT the Bluetti AC200L The ac200L has a single 12v output, a cigarette port. That's it. It has a 48v output for RVs, but nothing I know of for truck camping uses that. I personally have 7 dc items needing power: Fridge, extra LED red lights, Maxxair fan, heating blanket, outdoor LED camp...

You should probably look here and see what actually fits on that truck, without rubbing. This is the Tacoma World tire size fit reference. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/largest-tacoma-tire-sizes-on-stock-suspension.67550/ For a 97: For 2004 and below Tacomas: 265/75/16 Lifted 5 lug...

I read a ton of Amazon reviews... everything that starts out looking good, has 500 1star reviews warning they stop working in a week, or reads 20F wrong. Just want a cheap accurate thermometer to see temps inside and outside my truck camper! Thx

NOT the Ecoflow Delta3 Plus. See review 26sep24 by ReeWrayOutdoors Only 1024 Watt-hrs Only has 3 small dc ports, all very weak, poor for truck camping: 1.a car cigarette port specced at 10A and 126W, but that when tested maxes out at 9A and 105W only, and 2. 2x 5521 ports that are 3A 12.6v...

These are pretty cheap on sale. They have plastic lids too. I can just lift them out, take to kitchen or garage to fillbup with stuff. The front access, as well as top access, makes them better than the more expensive Milwaukee setup, IMO. I actually looked at the Milwaukee stuff, also...

This answer has a lot of good true info in it. But it takes having read a LOT, to realize it... that 3rd paragraph, each clause could be a whole post. I wouldn't have recognized the packed info here, before I watched a hundred videos on tires. Thx

I get most of my tacoma tire info here: https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/wheels-tires.15/ Here is one on fitting other taco wheels on 1st gen: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-official-can-i-run-other-toyota-wheels-on-my-1st-gen-thread.563416/unread I looked at putting 16" on my 98...