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Treat it as any top down project. The more thought and design up front the less effort towards the end. I'm nearly 70. I have quite different requirements now to when I was 25 - I set off into the desert in an ex taxi with a tent and lots of water in the boot (trunk). satellite internet is...

some cross ventilation is good, even in very cold, even in very dry. Closed up can be oppressive and damp. Comfort is about more than temperature.

roll steer?

not sure why the manufacturer chose cast iron for the frame

yeah, Aus is a terrible place really ....... far too much sunshine ..... can't imagine why I left UK .......

I've forgotten if I mentioned steps consumed lots of thinking time.

20mm foam sandwich with diesel heater was good in England/Scotland winter, could turn heater off at night, though we preferred Morocco.

My speed control is manual (a rotary 4 position switch with resistors). Its mostly on lowest speed. Yes, cycle time on is longer but uses less energy while running which is overall less.

fridge freezer 150 L about 25 Ah/day at 25 deg C ambient ........ somewhere I have a chart of energy use vs ambient temperature. Separating carcass and compressor meant surface area small increase volume large increase. Compressor speed is variable (slower equals more efficient, better...

delonghi cooktop two "burners" are 1400 and 2250w, total 3650w. We only really use "9" (2250w) to boil the kettle. fridge and freezer off one compressor is a bit of a compromise trying to control both temperatures. Carcass needs for fridge and freezer are a bit different. I haven't done the...

I used vacuum insulated panels for diy 150 l fridge/freezer (about 8 years ago when solar was expensive). Bought a Danfoss (now Secop) BD35 already made up to have condenser, and an evaporator ready charged with refrigerant. Assembled fridge then plugged evaporator into compressor. If doing it...

I'm getting on a bit in years. When I originally installed for daughter in outside off grid battery box I could hear it clearly, but a couple of weeks ago I had to ask if it was whistling. Similarly with friend who has test rig in lounge who can just hear it but not when its surrounded by...

a motorised isolator between vehicle and house batteries with a convenient toggle switch (with led that lights when isolator closed). I'm always near the vehicle when engine running and have no need to charge to 100%. It wasn't worth my time automating - I've just spent 6 months trip without...

If my alternator failed electrically tomorrow I could run my vehicle indefinitely from my roof top solar and house battery. Replacing energy for starting would take about 5 minutes. Biggest load would be headlights, about 16 amps on high beam. When I connect alternator to house batteries in...

silly question ..... why does the vehicle need an alternator if there's solar? Can it be considered as just a backup?

We carry a mobile phone, a sat phone and a PLB in our vehicle. All have gps. They each have a different purpose and a different cost to me. On a 3 year long trip in a vehicle I installed a satellite tracker (pre-spot, reverse gps, to a google map). I'm older than I used to be, and becoming more...

which explains why AGM have higher at rest volts than Wet Cells, better charge acceptance, lower internal resistance, and lower Peukert Exponent?

A few years ago, I had a pair of NS70's in Canter literally die overnight. One day good. Next day unable to start (your clicking sound). Starter batteries can fail like that these days ..... not like when I were a lad and they could be nursed along for months. I replaced with standard wet...

ATW provided Koni model numbers so all the hard work on stroke lengths was done for me. Thus 82-nnnn. I'll crawl underneath and read them when I stop driving today - I need to keep a record. As far as rating anything highly I'm always loathe. I usually only have "one data point" which makes...