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So I finally decided to do a mod I've wanted to do for a long time. Ever since those backup reverse sensors came out I thought it was a great idea. The last few years china has been pumping out a cheap sensor kid for almost nothing. The reviews s looked good enough so I figured I'd give it a...

While I was still fiddling with my idea's for LED back up lights, I saw a post for using T4 50w bulbs in place of the stock reverse bulbs. They were only $6 shipped on amazon so I went for it. I used Philips t4...

So I got an idea after seeing someone use LED's for a under the hood light. I have an old mercury switch I had from an old project. I also had a 12v LED strip from another project I havent used yet. So I thought they would both work great for an automatic hood light. Everything went together...

Awesome! good job man. Love seeing people taking the time to get the license, so many people these brush it off and use radio illegally. I remember when I first got mine, just after high school. It was over 10 years ago now. Time sure does fly. My yaesu 7800 is wired to the bluesea fuse box...

Plenty of metal, the antenna will see the glass as nothing. Just put the antenna in the center of the metal you have and you will be fine. If you look at my build my Ham antenna isnt even on the roof its off to the side but seems to work great.

OK so been basicly riding around on my airbags to keep the 4runner lvl for a few years now. I finally decided to upgrade the shocks. There is so much opinion about lifts that its seriously a giant head ache. I decided to go with Bilstein 5100 all around and OME 890 in the rear. after reading a...

Holy mark up! thats just a $30 morning star controller with weird prefab clips on it for over twice the price. Thats a great charger and i used it for years before upgrading my solar system. I just use a clean volt meter. when volts are up I can see its working. I have it where I can easily...

Oh thats perfect. how wide is the space? measure it to find out how wide of a batt you can handle. I like your stock batt mount idea. If your just running fridge and little inverter loads just run a 6 gauge to the back battery to keep it topped off.

Im assuming you mean a second battery? Do you not carry a spare tire anymore? not sure how much room you have, do you have a picture of the space? An AGM battery would be best for inside since it wont off gas much and wont spill. maybe just drill 2 holes and use a standard battery mount? or...

Also look at the xt225/xt250 midnightrider. Its very similar.

Yup solar can handle just about everything you need but A/C and a microwave. Thats the moral of this thread. :)

I never expected to laugh when I opened this post but I sure am haha. We have Wind chargers that make 45watts in 100mph wind and 8000w generators that could power a house haha. Get yourself a Honda or Yamaha Generator and call it good.

My plan was to use self tapping screws but i didnt have any. I used the 3m red double sided tape. they sell it at walmart and most auto stores. Its the best tape ever, I start the truck and turn the heater on to get the tape hot so its extra sticky. Its normally red like this stuff...

HAHA yea thats true you guys in Washington seem to have cloudy days non stop. Id prob get a honda generator with the 5gal tank add on. Before the solar we used to bring a Honda 2000 with a 100ft extension cord camping. We setup a box with thick foam and put the generator inside and ran the...

Mainly because it only works in very select spots and most places it needs to be very high in the air to get above all trees and structures to access the good wind. so cost of an expensive tower than can handle the wind and yes Noise is very bad, we tried this unit many years ago and it never...

Sorry to burst your bubble butI highly highly recommend staying away from something like this. Vawt (vertical wind turbines) are aways scams or just failed ideas. The reason being is that wind turbines rely on constant steady wind from one direction at a time. Even Hawt turbines only work in...

Yea while it seems like a cool idea but it seems like a very low chargerate, be much happier with a $25 12000mah battery pack that can charge up to 2amps.

Just get the license, you dont really have to transmit your call sign every 10 min. People do on repeaters sometimes but ive never done it offroad. I wish people would push for change in the Ham radio community. It does not have to be old folks and boring dull talk thats just hows it been. Get...

Just found these on ebay, dont know anything about them but usb pretty basic. Im sure they would work great. just cut the usb end off and solder it to the top ones power. says its 2.1amp which is the high power but who knows...

Yes relays should be used. For one, the switches are not meant to handle any real amps. second it allows you to use less thick wire and lets you run super tiny wire to the switch( easy to hide and fit in tight places. paranoid56 Who makes that fuse/relay box? very clean I like It! i actually...