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2 fridges = double the amp draw. Opening one more than the other doesn't lower the overall power consumption. Your food might stay colder but you're still running 2 fridges. Unless you're remote or destitute, why not keep "real food" in the fridge and put drinks and snacks in an ordinary...

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It has been a few times. Currently listed on Amazon though. https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-SportCat-PerfecTemp-Catalytic-Heater/dp/B0009PUPSI

Not necessarily. Same compressor means same amp draw. Only difference is a larger cold area to keep cold. Keep the big fridge and freezer full and the needs for solar and batteries of both fridges should be the same. It's dead space (air) that impacts thermal efficiency. So long as your thermal...

The moisture issue is the same (1 gal lpg = .81 gal h20). He's just burning less propane. There are 3 buddy heaters: little buddy, buddy, big buddy. The Little Buddy has a fixed output of 3,800 BTU. It mounts onto a 1 lb propane cylinder. It's taller than the Buddy but requires the same 30"...

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I think the only reason the high heater output bothers anybody is that it's manually controlled (on-off) and not adjustable to anything less than 4k btu. The Wave3 is controlled the same way but its output is so much less it can just be left on more often. I think the best compromise would be a...

Video claiming 4k btu is much too high heat output in what looks like a long, tall sprinter insulated with reflectix There are others by CheapRVLiving, VanCityVanLife, etc making similar claims. They're all saying the Buddy Heater puts out too much heat, even on low. Just an interesting notion...

Assuming the exhaust of an internal combustion engine would have a temperature equal to that of an air-conditioned boat cabin is ignorant. Likewise assuming the ambient air temperature (obviously at sea level) wouldn't be well below that of the generator's exhaust is clearly erroneous.

I didn't call you ignorant. I said thinking a gas that's lighter than air wouldn't rise is ignorant. Based on your first mention of the incident here, you know CO will rise over the transom, so clearly I couldn't have been referring to you, right? Name-calling is disrespectful. Now I've called...

Carbon monoxide is lighter than air. It being blown "down into the cabin" seems unlikely but thinking it wouldn't naturally rise above the transom is ignorant. Genturi exhausts are great safety measure to get the noxious fumes up and away from campers with installed generators. There are several...

I'm sorry, what was your point exactly? You lost me. Worse than what? Worse how? ^Exactly. DRW cuts ground pressure drastically. It'll spin but it don't dig. I've driven DRWs off-road A LOT. They're almost always LSD-equipped in trucks because they're almost useless without it on even at...

How does a locking differential require meatier tires than an open differential? You needed a larger contact patch to reduce spinning or more aggressive tread to make the spinning worthwhile. These are heavy vehicles. Takes a lot of flotation to balance all the ground pressure.

I'm stripping a 1988 E-150 I bought as a manual transmission donor. All parts unrelated to my driveline swap are available. Door hinges, gauges, lights, blower motor, body panels, etc. Contact me for anything you need and I'll make you a BARGAIN. Want to see stuff get used instead of being scrapped.

Other than the high cost and low space efficiency of 1 lb bottles, a major downside is their low vapor pressure. In cold weather, a 1lb bottle works poorly for high btu appliances. The furnace you linked is a good match for a van-sized space if it's not well insulated. There's a "van heating...

Those are factory Ford window and lock switches. If windows aren't working, 9/10 it's the plastic gear. They're readily available.

Aluminum's susceptibility to fatigue would make me use something else for constant-duty safety equipment like seatbelts. Are they at least in double-shear?

You most likely do have a tilt wheel. You push the turn signal stalk forward to release; there's no separate lever. Lots of folks are surprised by that.

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