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    12v portable jump starter issues?

    I bought the GB150 about 2 or 3 years ago and then I added the GB70, I ended up giving the GB70 to my Brother and he gave me his GB40, There is not much the GB150 won't start including Buses and Semi's.
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    Fiskers X7 hatchet: NO!

    Every professional Axemen I have known beit a working Axe or a Competion Axe will always do the final shaping of the Axe by Hand them selves, and then they will spend days/weeks sharpening it until it is the is the way they want it, Even a $2000 Racing Axe has to be finished by hand by the Owner.
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    Battery for Dometic CFX3?

    If you want a single Bin version then look at the ARB Classic II series, Or if you must have a Twin setup then take a look at the ARB ZERO series, Or if price is not an Issue then take a look at the National Luna range and In 3rd place I would go for one of the Engels and in 4th place I would go...
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    Battery for Dometic CFX3?

    You need to forget about the Dometic CFX3 Aeries all together, they a design fault where you should be able to plug in both the AC and the DC leads at the same time and if the Grid goes down then the fridge was meant to switch its self over to DC and then switch its self back to AC Once the...
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    100W Simple Set Up

    So at 14Ah your using roughly 179wh per day, 14Ah x 12.8v = 179.2w.
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    100W Simple Set Up

    The reason I got my brother to test those 2 big panels on a cloudy day was so we could see what the worst possible results we could expect to get, baring in mind these 2 panels are 2 x 24v, He was getting 29v+ from one and 30v+ from the other with both hooked in series, So you might want to do...
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    100W Simple Set Up

    First off you would need to fully charge those batteries from a Wall outlet before you begin your Trip, Second you need to forget the PWM Controller because it will waste too much power and take too long to convert the power the panel can make during peak hours and on cloudy days you will be...
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    ARB Fridge for truck bed

    Yep, If I was to pick One then it would be the 63qt Classic, the 50qt is a great fridge and the 82qt is awesome but the 63qt just ticks all the right boxes. (y)
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    The Dometic CFX3 Mega Thread

    Yeah well running the Ice maker is like running it in freezer mode and that can multiply the power draw up to 3X or more on average which is about 2.04Ah or more, It's a handy feature but in reality running a proper Ice machine would use less power and run your fridge at around 2*c and put the...
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    The Dometic CFX3 Mega Thread

    At 4*c @24*c ambient temp my fridge uses between 0.53 to about 0.750Ah, Mostly around 0.64Ah depending how it's load and how often it is opened, When left closed it will use as little 0.46Ah at those temps.
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    The Dometic CFX3 Mega Thread

    Yeah that is Normal, 90% of the PLB 40 is 36Ah or 460.8Wh, So your numbers are correct, In fridge mode at 4*c that is a Crazy amount of power draw, using my 47L fridge at the same temps it will use less than 18Ah to 20Ah per 24 hours, Ever since Dometic stopped using the Danfos Secop compressors...
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    Handmade Leather Boots for Overlanding / Hiking / Etc.?

    Yeah thats a bugger when that happen, In all of Baffin extreme cold boots I take a 12 so I also ordered a pair of their baffin Trapper wellington boots and they are like Boats even with 2 pairs of heavy socks and their baffin Titan -148*f/-100*c wellington Boots because of all the insulation...
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    Jackery 1000 vs dual battery vehicle set up for running ARB fridge.

    I started using the Dometic PLB40 almost 3 years ago, Having bought 2 of them and I found I could easily get by using only one PLB running a fridge without any Solar input and just plugging the PLB in to the Cigar socket, The PLB40 is a 40Ah / 512Wh unit and is more than up to the Task, Having...
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    Generator ban in California?

    I know, I did, Camp grounds are another problem, But the chances of someone with a Generator setting up camp in your remote spot are pretty rare,
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    Generator ban in California?

    Why not Live and let live, There's a billion Acres out there, You will never find peace and quiet on popular camp grounds, I have a Gas Generator but I have never used it Once since I bought it and Only bought it to charge batteries if I need too but now I have switched to lithium packs I doubt...
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    Li-NMC battery or LiFePo4 battery, which is better?

    I think that Zendure NMC is not as good as their LiFePo Version or a Bluetti, The NMC version only has 1000/1500 cycle rate, Also it is not a good machine to use with a Home Computer using it as a UPS system Unless it is a Laptop that has it's own built in battery. The App is not a good idea...
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    AGM battery quality vs cost. Do your research.

    That chart is ridiculous because it ignores the recommended Depth/cycle rate, I to could only discharge my FLA's to 30% and easily get 1500 to 2000 cycles out of them, Real world testing for my FLA's states 600 cycles discharging down to an SOC of 30% having used 70% of the Batteries Capacity...
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    AGM battery quality vs cost. Do your research.

    The only real advantage of AGM's is they are robust when it comes to high vibration environs and they can be used indoors and mounted at almost any angle apart from that they are way over weight compared to an FLA and the charge times when it comes to using a smart charger is a PIA, And they...
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    Edgestar fridge diagnosis

    Cool at leased you know that it just lost it's Gas, There may not be a leak, it could be just a simple case of a blockage when they filled it up and it never got a full load of gas when they put it together, I have a fridge that worked fine when I got it then it started messing about but it's...
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    Edgestar fridge diagnosis

    Sounds like it has run out of Gas, It must have a weak soldier joint somewhere and all the Gas has leaked out, hope that helps.
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