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Sorry about that! Sent you an email. I'm in San Diego- can pick up today or tomorrow if that works for you.

PM sent for Klein tool bag and Marmot vest. Thanks, John

Mr. Cheateaux- great to find you here and to see your awesome van build. This is Mr. Atchelee, your old paddling budding from back at the 'Patch. Hope you did make it back here to awful California for these last couple of swells. Agreed that Nor. County and So. Cal meaning LA and Orange Co...

Perkj: That's good news- I knew the draw was less than 2 amps/hour but I wanted to go conservative. I'm going to have to do more reading up on how people use their ARBs. I ran mine at -20 with LO cut off to see how it would all work out when maxed out. I will use the SEARCH function and try to...

USCG- that National Luna meter is cool! I checked it out- only 30 bucks. Hmmmm, my PayPal is getting itchy. Clean install too. Big Swede- read through your thread, funny- you posed all the same questions as me, and came to the same conclusions. Let's compare notes and see how it all pans out.

Awesome rig! Bet you left a trail of french fry aroma behind you as you rambled down the coast.

Thanks Mr. Mob, that's some good and useful information. I'll go pick up a volt meter and try that out- compare voltage at the battery to the voltage at the panel (use monitor's numbers, right?). I found this electrical site (can't remember the name right now) that will make up some heavy...

I have to say- the solar panel was my new favorite toy of the trip. Whenever I put it out I tried to point it into the sun. A big problem were the shadows created by trees around our campsite at one of the spots we hit. And, on the coast sometimes it's overcast. I have to say though, whenever I...

Tried to include some photos of the female persuasion. Did my best to deliver with the shot of the strange tourist woman in the surf. Yes- I'm fortunate to have Baja at my doorstep. It's literally three exits down the freeway from where I live. The great thing about Baja is no worries about...

Those two dogs found on the side of the road in Arizona look like two hound dogs. Old Dan and Little Ann from Where the Red Fern Grows. Read the book, skip the movie. Here's my submission. I call this: "Dog is My Co-Pilot", from the CON KSO series titled, "Beautiful California". .

Lithium batteries- "chargeable" from solar? Hey Big Swede- sounds like you and I have the same system. Cool! I read through your post and it seems like you put even more of a load on the Diehard than I did- and your system was fine- that's encouraging. I'm wondering how long the...

Four days, -20 C and why I need to learn a lot about batteries. Well, in short, it worked. We did four straight days of camping, flogged that ARB like a mule- ran it at -20c the whole time while deploying the 120watt portable solar whenever I got around to it. Did I deplete my battery below...

Hey Mtnkid- here's a thread I posted up about the whole set up: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/131857-My-super-simple-single-battery-solution-or-good-thing-I-have-AAA check it out- field testing starts tomorrow.

Awesome start to a killer adventure!

Thanks for all the tips and feedback- I'm fired up to try it out. Just got finished connecting an SAE extension to the battery that allows me to plug in to the battery without lifting the hood. The plug is seated where my foglights should be- came out pretty clean. USCG... is that battery box...

Thanks Mr. Strat! Now that you mention it, there will be additional draw on the battery- I will intermittently power up my water pump that gives us water pressure for my on-demand hot water heater for daily showers. I ran the pump off my other car battery for three days of showers without...

Here's what I've got going on in my Baja Ramble Machine known as CON KSO: We picked up the 60L ARB fridge to free ourselves from the ice cube conspiracy. I'm assuming it will pull somewhere from .5 amp/hour to 2.0 amp/hour. So for my purposes I'll go with the 2.0 amp/hour. So multiply that...

ExpoMike- we love the stove it works great. I modified it by putting a quick connect for my bulk propane on to it and then realized that disconnecting a 10' high pressure propane hose was damn dangerous (a cloud of propane shooting out of the hose!). So I attached a ball valve to it and bingo-...

Mr. Suave... jeez dude, we're probably related. Benny Holt- the Jedi Master of the IB Life Guards... he just retired... he can still kick the asses of 3/4 of the guards down on the beach. Legend. I'll be in south Baja this winter... see you there!

Ha! Classic. Senor Taco and Mr. Suave- are on it! Love it when the locals chime in. I was talking about the police in TJ to my students (I'm a high school teacher at a school so close to the border that I can see the Plaza del toros from the 50yd line of our football field) they were...