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Did you happen to weigh it? What did the old parts weigh? Super nice job!!

Most battery isolators have a terminal to ground for their control circuit. Put a small switch in that line and switch it off to keep the battery isolated during jump starting. 4AGW is not large enough to jumpstart an engine. You do have both ends of that 4AGW fused at about 100 amps don’t you...

Thanks rruff and others, I am so early in the planning stages I only have sketched something that would work for my size and fit. I built Strip cedar canoes years ago and went way deep into the wilderness of NE on lakes and rivers including a good amount of white water carrying two adults, a 12...

Odd how some solutions mimic others. I have been thinking about building a fiberglass-over-foam topper super light shell for my first gen. Tacoma. No internal build except a 50”X72” bed with a slide out section. I’m thinking a rear panel with a camper door. I’m 5’7” so it would fit me. It...

The problem with our Jack Russell is getting warmth on top of him. He hates the coat we bought him and is cold to the touch even when sleeping on a 12V warming pad. I guess chet6.7 may have the best thought (but a bit loudly stated) LOL. They do make heated enclosures for really small dogs but...

And with the car it’s only $295

I have a Alpicool CF35 chest fridg that has worked great for a couple of years. The app is great for monitoring temps, adjusting them, and turning on or off. Lots to like.

oops I saw Tundra but dyslexia said Tacoma! So embarrassed all my life. Deleted my errant post, sorry.

I currently have agreed value policies for my motorcycles including my ’59 BMW antique. I have them with Progressive as I did my 2015 Promaster Van self-converted camper as well. The higher you set the value the higher the premium. Getting insurance for self-builts is hard. Don’t use the term...

The Air I bought is hardly thicker, larger, or heaver than the iPad Pro but has a real keyboard, access to more professional editing software, real multitasking and real multiple software running simultaneously. I have a Gen 7 iPad and write enough to really like a keyboard. The keyboard with...

I recently bought an M1 chipped MacBook Air and traded in my MacBook Pro 2015 edition. Cost was $739 w/trade in. It would do what you want for long enough to know where to go next and is much less than that iPad. I do basic editing so I can’t comment on Lightroom or Photoshop etc.

Eventually you will want to sell that Lexus LX450. That is the time to work on the pinstripes. My F150 got really striped from desert travel for 7 years and had 240,000 miles. I found that trying to sell an obviously off roaded and well used truck was a no go. 2 hours with polishing compound...

I don’t like the feeling of walking on wet feet so I have two pairs of Jesus slipers. Timberlands on the dry and Tevas for wet. I change over after a wet crossing ASAP The Timberland's let me walk miles and have a nice soft foot bed that seems easy to clean. The Tevas are fine but I catch...

I had a 2KW Espar in my insulated high top van and it proved up to the task down to about 0º. Of course I paid 6 times as much for it as the China parking heaters available now.

My overland M/C has gotten smaller over time. 5 years ago I sold a coupe of larger bikes and bought a used but well cared for F650GS with aluminum panniers. I rode it in the deserts of SW Arizona for a year then across the US following the Blue Highway US 60. Lots of inquiries about it in the...

Nice job and a bit neater than my 640Wh WATTBOX. Because the LiFePO4 units are a bit less common than Li-Ion the cost comparison is hard. I think it is still possible to save nearly 1/2 but that is going away as competition pushes prices down.

I suppose I could create one for you but I really think you would be better off in the long run to work out the plan. Remember there are two busses to connect to. The negative one is just a bar with threaded bolts to attach wire ends most of which I terminated with crimp-on connectors. The...

Bit’O’Hijack here but related I hope. I built a LiFePO4 650 Wh battery box (53Ah@+-13 volts). I want to charge form the 15 amp cigar lighter socket. Can I just run a power cable from that into my solar controller? It's a Renogy New Edition Voyager 10A PWM Waterproof Solar Charge Controller, 10...

I built a 50ah box and all the components came from Amazon as it was returnable as I figured it all out. So far I haven’t bought a B to B charger but I plan to. See: diy-power-pack-lifepo4-wattbox.221586 B to B charger I am thinking about because I could charge form my car lighter socket=15 amps:

Really? I have been using a succession of them since 2001 with no issues, 20 years no failed batteries!. I tell everyone to remember you must top up the FLA batteries with distilled water about once a year. No biggie, I will admit I mostly ran on solar. My ruined batteries have come from...