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If you have a general license, much of the HF frequencies are open to you, and you can easily make contacts 5000 miles away. If you've had a ham ticket for 10 years, why not buy a radio and key it up. It can be fun to communicate with others, regionally or locally, it's not just for...

If you read the previous posts it was mentioned that you might get them from http://www.okoffroad.com/ or order directly from http://www.mantec.co.uk/productdetail.cfm?theProductID=E79F939C-15C5-F4C0-99C6FC6100BEB80B It might be neat to have a set around, perhaps a group buy would generate some...

There are two units that I would consider. The Traxide http://www.traxide.com.au/ being in the 400 range, and another one, that is more reasonably priced is the Sidewinder http://www.sidewinder.com.au/page79.html I've been running the traxide for quite a while now with absolutely no issues. I'm...

It's nice, but not just like the Australian one. The Aussie one is more expensive and heavy duty, and 3x the price, but it seems like a viable option. The Aussie one is also higher, with absolutely no interference with departure angle. That being said, either one is a vast improvement.

I would suggest rock sliders more than "skid plates". Check with lucky8 or british4x4outfitters

By all means, if you have suggestions or sources, post pictures, and information for folks.

Nice, no project is complete until a little blood is spilled!!

The mitchell is pricey, and I haven't gotten them to bit shipping here. It might be worthwhile to arrange group pricing and shipping, perhaps Justin @ lucky8 can coordinate, or I could, I have an import license. I'll bite for one. Someone needs to negotiate a group rate and we can give it a go...

One note, if I had read the manual I might have known, it tracks elapsed time power was used, not total elapsed time... which is fine, if you know what to expect. So for example, in 24 hours, I had 21 hours with some kind of load, as indicated in the picture, and then total watts, amps, etc...

This meter comes with Anderson plugs on both ends, the small ones, so you can use it universally with anything you have wired with the plugs. In this case, I was running two 12v fridges for 24 hours to measure how much power was used. You can get it with no end, etc. Perhaps it can be sourced...

Which model 10? -- I find it amazing you were able to speak with someone, they never returned my call the one time I called. If they are telling you something at Morningstar they should know. I haven't seen a huge temperature difference to ambient, but I am also not putting huge charges into...

If there is room, absolutely install 2. On a cloudy day like today, I was getting less than 50 watts from 500 watts of panel. The temperature sensor mounts on the battery at the terminal on the Morningstar system. The battery manual I got suggested mounting it center of the side of the...

+1 on the Traxide +1 PS30 as well as the way you describe setting it up. It works well, even with a ham radio. I added a Powerpole to my setup, that adds USB charging. I have a picture of that setup, the Traxide setup, etc. under solar and Traxide.

came across a Jeep pretty well stuck last weekend. I went back the next day and took a picture of the hole.

What's your budget like. This is a neat product that has been posted in other places on the site, for a compact transportable system. http://www.aspectsolar.com/solar-power-pack.html This unit is ideally designed for charging phones, laptop or camera batteries, etc. The price isn't a deal...

13 hours into my power consumption test, An Engel 32 and a NL 72 fridges set at about 34 and freezer set to about 0, Units in the shade (garage) and both have protective shells. 49Ah consumed. After 24 hours, 70Ah total. Average is about 3A each when they are running at the same time, 6.42Amps...

Those options are few and far between from what I've seen. I did a fair amount of looking around. My conclusion is I need to find a shop that I can work with to develop a couple of prototypes I have some ideas. Here is a link to the only site that has some stuff along those lines. I've got an...

In my opinion, they do not belong inside your van. If you really want to use them, then they should be in a sealed and vented battery box. That box / batteries need to be seriously fastened down and the batteries secured to the vehicle. It would be no fun to be on the receiving end of a battery...

That's good info and pictures there. I'd be curious about those panels with integrated charge controller. What exactly is it. It would be interesting to be sure what it's putting out. The wire size required is going to be determined by the voltage and current running through it, and the...

The largest battery it takes is is the U1. Take this battery spec for example. http://www.trojanbatteryre.com/PDF/datasheets/U1AGM_TrojanRE_Data_Sheets.pdf This would run the inverter near capacity to flatten the battery in short order, less than thirty minutes. In my opinion, you would not...