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That is slick, although a bit hard to get to without a lift. I put a pair of G34 boxes on the frame rail of my Dodge and now I wish I had put in something bigger. My Tundra has a Northstar G31 in the engine compartment, but I still feel better with two batteries.

Worrying about the charge controller, when the solar is only putting out 50w, might be barking up the wrong tree. Well, 50W equivalent might give me a couple of amps while parked, which is more than I have now. Tech support at Ctek seemed to think that high temps would affect both the...

I am curious as to where you mounted the second battery. There does not seem to be a good spot in my 2008 Tundra.

The voltage reduction is normal. It's the same as "tempurature compensation". I know that. Just trying to figure out if my solar will shut down completely when it gets really hot, which is when I mostly need the solar to augment house batteries for the fridge. When it's 70F outside, the...

The reality is that it will rarely be 120F for long, especially in the desert. The air temps will push 120 for long periods of time between Yuma and Gila Bend in August and September. There are nights when it does not drop below 95, so everything is preheated when the sun comes up. The...

No direct sun on controller or batteries, but house batteries under the cab will certainly be above 200F when parked mid-afternoon. Starting battery in engine compartment may hit 250 or more, don't really know. I carry a small digital thermometer for the cab, and will start carrying an...

I am adding a solar panel (100W Renogy mono) in an attempt to keep my AGM batteries happier than they have been. Just got off the phone with Ctek tech support re using a D250SA (new model) as my controller for a three-battery system (one starter and two house). The question of the moment is...

Just saw this parked at a shop in So Cal, so I grabbed some pics and talked with the mechanic. It's an F-250 Super Duty that was mostly built up in Italy by Brunatti in Turin. Brunatti seems to be mostly a Toyota shop, but I found some other makes with a Google search. Interesting set of...

That sounds very odd, do you have a link to the tech details for that unit? Many multiple-bank chargers require the unused outputs be jumpered together to get full output, some are even damaged if left disconnected. The time slice info came from Odyssey tech support in a phone call. Same call...

Q: if a single sheet of any material were to be fastened to a pickup bed, would the material be expected to flex with the bed or simply fastened in a way which would allow it to slide/ float above the bed? I wouldn't expect anything like this to float or slide. I would expect it to flex with...

And 40A is only optimal for ~100AH total. I think the Odyssey G31 (2150 Extreme) is 102ah, so my 40 amp 3-bank should work better than it does. When used on a single battery, the whole 40amps is available to that battery. When two or three batteries are connected to the extra cables, the...

no where nearly as well made as Odyssey, Lifeline or Northstar And that is the main reason I keep coming back to Northstar for the replacements. The Odyssey g31 went through another full charge/conditioning cycle overnight, finished at 12.21V after flashing off the surface charge. Climbed all...

what happens to all the convenient holes when the goop is applied? If bed is protected by a camper shell, shouldn't make too much difference. If not, still not an issue if OP uses Xtira, because it's waterproof enough to use for garage doors. I would locate and drill all the holes before...

I wonder though where it bolts onto the truck bed. do they use the bed mounts, and get longer bolts? Goose has two drawings in the link that show bolt locations. Just compare that to Taco bed, see if they align. When I bolted drawers into my Dodge bed, I just put the holes where I wanted and...

Best value on the planet, Duracell (actually Deka/East Penn) FLA deep cycle golf cart batteries, 2x6V, around $200 per 200+AH pair from BatteriesPlus or Sam's Club. They make good GEL too but pricey and finicky. Avoid their other sealed / AGM. Gel is out. 2x6 probably can't be made to fit, but...

I wonder if G31 is a particular issue with Odyssey. 31 seems to be a problem. My Odyssey 34s have been OK.

Old suitcase or attache from Goodwill.

Looks like the linked plate is just a sheet of plywood with a coat of bedliner and some anchors. For $700. $700??? That seems to qualify as just plain nuts. It would be easy to template the truck bed with luan strips, much as you would for a countertop. Then just cut the plywood to match...

Yes weight/space density are the main reason to go to LFP if you can care for them well. Looked at them yesterday, big $$$ and finicky. Probably not a wise choice for my situation. I'm actually thinking about just buying Dekas because they are cheap and lots of guys like them. Just suck it...

Actually Lifeline's the only quality AGM maker in NA that still recommends equalizing / conditioning. Well, actually, two different people at Odyssey have told me that I MUST run conditioning charges on my G31 to keep it happy. One was Kathy in tech support and the other was some guy in senior...