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Does anyone know where Scout gets their panels? Are they made in house?

Sourcing a la carte panel threads pop up quite often. As far as I know all the options have been stated. No one is manufacturing, stocking and shipping these panels for DIY RV builders because there is no market for it. There are domestic panel manufacturers but there is nothing off the shelf...

I found a material that has a plascore core with aluminum skins bonded to it and got samples for a project. It was quite stiff but wasn't as low cost as I wanted.

When I ordered 4 panels from Carbon Core it qualified for free shipping and I think it had to go to a commercial address. That was a couple years ago now.

Those are FRP skins and don't have any strength on their own. Check out Carbon Core for structural panels.

Good point on the settings. I would only have to reset the fridge. I guess I would have to shut down and cycle off the heaters. Hopefully the ones I get won't have digital controllers. I know a local battery dealer and am hoping to get some test batteries on the cheap. They have about 10 cycles...

That 300ah battery looks pretty sweet and the RJ 45 connectors are interesting. Seems like a lot can go wrong with any high density energy storage if mistakes are made. If the switch is break before make it seems like it would be ok. What scenarios are you thinking of that would be dangerous...

Thanks again for taking the time to reply. In my truck camper, I went the solar generator route a couple years ago. Goal zero 100ah with 100watts of solar and a shore power input. It has worked great and the plug n play nature of it is hard to beat.

I was writing this as you posted and didn't see yours so this post might be out of order. Well that's settled Lithium it is. Looking at various battery packs they have their own BMS's built in making wiring in parallel and charging the bank a little tricky and is specific battery product...

Thanks. That site looks like it covers a lot. I'm pretty familiar with the basics and have done a lot of 12v wiring. I'll try to narrow the focus of my inquiry. Given the simplicity of my requirements, those that have used AGM and Lifepo4 which route would you go for this system? If Lifepo4...

I'm building out a trailer for camping at out local ski area and am looking for opinions on the battery setup. I think I'd like around 400ah capacity. AGM vs Lifepo4 and appropriate charger. Goals Supply power for 4 days off grid. Charge via shore power at home. Loads are all 12v. No...

I've had good results bonding with epoxy to anodized surfaces. With raw aluminum I've sandblasted and sprayed zinc chromate as a primer for epoxy.

Internets say Corten is 65% more expensive than mild steel. Sounds like similar mechanical properties and weldable. I guess it's just a matter of the look and it sounds like your good with that. I'm a fan of raw aluminum, oxide and all but a lot of people think it looks bad.

With a pop up style shell wouldn't you be looking out through the openings in the fabric?

Kind of depends on what model you are referring to. The Tuktut shouldn't be to bad, especially if you put your fridge, water etc on the floor while driving.

Seaming the panels together kind of seams like broken surfboard repair. What climate are you planning to use the camper in? If you're in the SW, you might get away with joining them via an H aluminum extrusion. If you can't find that profile, you might be able to rivet and epoxy 2 C extrusions...

Gotcha. Those were just generalized examples to get your wheels turning. I wouldn't buy a pallet of brick either but I'd give someone a 6pack of beer to forklift a pallet of something heavy onto my truck, strap it down and then pick a tire up with a forklift so I could look at / measure axle...

I think that adjusting suspension spring rates on the front and rear changes the amount of force required to pick a tire off the ground and thereby effects the amount of frame deflection. Someone on here could draw a free body diagram and prove it one way or the other.

What about adding weight and seeing what it does. A pallet of concrete landscaping materials is around 2700lbs. 4 50 gallon barrels of water strapped to a pallet is 1668lbs.

Have you searched for an installation video? That list of parts looks like widely available items so if you don't need them all you could purchase individually.