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    help with ideas for an expo rig for a family with too many kids. lol

    Jeep Commander I roll with my Wife, her two, and my two all the time. It fits though it gets tight if we add a guest. When full of people the roof rack and one of those hitch mounted carriers is necessary for carrying anything more than a couple of knapsacks. I have the Hemi Overland Edition...
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    Pelican alternitive

    MCMelectronics cases MCM used to sell Duratool "Black Weatherproof Tool Box", they were cost effective and quite good: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/DURATOOL-MJ-139-20-5-/22-14355 Now they have them under a different title "Black Tactical Weatherproof Equipment Case"...
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    show me your flex

    What is this "flex" of which you speak?
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    EMP

    Sorry I worded that poorly. I meant the royal you, like "WHEN WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT". I totally see how that could be taken the way you appear to have taken it. Sent from my HTC6435LVW using Tapatalk 2
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    EMP

    True. I'll take that in to account when you acknowledge that: and 25+8=33 so 33/37 had either a nuisance or no response at all while running and 37/37 had no impact if not running during the event. of those remaing 4, 1 needed actual repair and 3 would need to be be restarted or other driver...
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    EMP

    I'm going to go ahead and drop this here: http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf You could flip to page 115 (PDF page 131) read a few pages and then start liquidating the cases of tin foil you've been stockpiling... or is that what they want you to believe? :coffeedrink:
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    EMP jeep

    I'm going to go ahead and drop this here: http://www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf You could flip to page 115 (PDF page 131) read a few pages and then start liquidating the cases of tin foil you've been stockpiling... or is that what they want you to believe? :coffeedrink:
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    Thoughts on using 24v panels??

    Not speaking to electrical but physical characteristics now, I recently had it pointed out to me that, universally, large flatscreen TVs are palletized, shipped and stored standing vertically because when they are transported horizontally they experience increased incidences of cracking due to...
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    Thoughts on using 24v panels??

    There are two relevant voltages in PV world. Voc (volts open circuit) is usually around 22-25 for a "12v" panel. It is an important number for charge controllers if you want them to live. Think of it like the RPM limit of an engine while not connected to anything. It isn't really useful outside...
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    Thoughts on using 24v panels??

    Is the electrical system on the burb 24v? If not and you don't have a seperate 24v system and none of your accessories are 24v you will want to go with a MPPT controller vice a shunt or PWM type. If you used shunt or PWM you would lose any wattage over the IMP times the charging voltage of the...
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    Wheeling video and a request

    Thanks. I'll direct him to that thread for some ideas. He picked up a gopro so that will yield better from the vehicle shots. Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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    Wheeling video and a request

    My 16YO brother in law is an aspiring film maker. He wanted to try something new in video so I took him out for the first time a few weekends ago. The ice made for a very interesting trip. He edited down the video he shot in a few minutes and came up with this: I like it but it ended up more...
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    Contura Rocker Switch

    No worries. Cheers! Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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    Contura Rocker Switch

    You don't want a ground in the mix, except for the grounding of the light on the switch itself. The light you want to control goes to the center, source one goes on one throw pin, the other on the other. My ascii art sucks but: 2 | / / \ 1 3 With 2 being your lights and 1 being the...
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    Post your Jeep Camping Pictures!

    Not a lot of pics as we've only done one trip. Been busy getting RIFed and moving... It's a HF Trailer with the only real mod being going from 8 inch to 12 inch wheels... Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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    garmin question

    I have the same one for my offroad navigation. The Legend's basemap sucks. I would suggest either the 24K topos (which are autoroutable) for your region https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=35408 or the region you are going. Alternatively you could pick up the whole US in their 100k topos...
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    Removing Anti-theft lug nuts.

    Yea, security lugnuts are the lame. I once thought they were a must have. Then every time I had tire service I had to remember, or be reminded, then dig around and find the key. Little pain for me. Then I lost the key. Big pain for me. The tire shop I went to did the hammer on special lug nut...
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    Best battery powered speakers?

    My wife has one of these: http://www.amazon.com/GOgroove-High-Powered-Portable-Laptop-Speaker/dp/tags-on-product/B00475LJC2 If you can stomach the look the volume and tone are surprisingly good. Battery life is great. I would only use it if no one was looking so I stick to the audio in on my...
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    Winter Parka

    Dedham, MA isn't that long a haul, and if you buy this one, you'll never need to buy another one. http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/60850?feat=26-SR0 Outside of that, maybe look into military surplus. The USAF's "snorkel" parka (N3-B?) is pretty sweet. Didn't get to keep mine, but it worked well.
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