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Told ya, oh ye of little faith!

The new owner did some nice upgrades and might be willing to sell. For the right price.

Takes a lot of cold to really freeze the grey tank, but we have done it. Fortunately, did not do any damage and it thawed when the sun came out. Malayans have Webasto Dual Tops or Rixen heat systems. It is very easy to keep the interior at or above 70F/20C and that heat does leak out to the...

African laxative? :) Actually, I suspect that the photo is a Photoshop exercise. That said, we used to use two tents and our children were always taught the rules: -- Lions in the camp? Bang on the pan! (Each tent had a saucepan and wooden spoon.) -- Elephants in the camp? Relax and be quiet...

Malayans were all built in Columbia, South Carolina. The camper bodies were sub contracted to the Fitt company. Malayans use expedition grade components as opposed to the RV grade components of the Bengal, making them much more expensive to build - finally not cost effective. Thus Provan has...

I prefer the Malayan, but used Tigers are rare as hens' teeth and generally sell in days.

Unless something has gone wrong that beast is ready for winter use. We used our Malayan down to at least 0F, hot showers and all. There are a few cold bridges, but they are not bad. Winterizing, for storage, requires due diligence to make sure that there is no water left anywhere. As all of...

Question: What do you mean by "EC"? Earthcruiser; that is a specific vehicle or expedition camper of any make? Howard70 has already made most of my points, but, to recap. My wife (then girlfriend) and I began traveling/camping/overlanding together in the early '70's. (This is one of our...

Talking poop ... -- Had a Nature's head and loved it. (Had to manage the same, small issue that Joe917 mentioned.) -- 917 had a cassette and we hated it - smell in use and dumping. Ugh. Went with a C-Head as it is smaller and now love it. The biggest advantage is the round bucket - round...

Victron offers a handy/dandy calculator. Naturally, it shows their products, but the concepts are the same. You can input custom (i.e. non Victron) panels using as much data has you have. FWIW, the calculator is very conservative when it comes to voltages...

Did you make a mistake? Probably not - lots of us with old MB trucks. They are horribly underpowered for hills and motorways and can get noisy, but these are less of an issue for extended third world travel. The good news is that unlike those who build on smaller trucks, you are not likely to...

The video is sales material. The dangers are possible. As noted, there are ways around them.

Way back when I visited a lithium iron battery manufacturer and ran some tests connecting a fully depleted 125Ah battery - shut off at the BMS - to my Chevrolet truck. The charge rate rose to over 100A and the jumper cables began to melt their insulation. If I could not build a dedicated...

I mean anyone running Stazworks wheels on a heavy truck. This is no fun at highway speed.

Be VERY careful with Stazworks wheels! Check the bolts daily for loosening or breaking.

Lots of Raspberry Pi here: https://everlanders.com/

Back in the day, aka, the '70's, I worked in Panama. At least once a month someone would come to the office, looking for the cheap boat/ferry/road to Colombia. Didn't exist then, doesn't exist now. (Interestingly, however, there is a lot of migrant foot traffic across the Darien.) Had a lot of...

Perhaps there should be a care-and-feeding-of-a-BMS, or how-your-lithium-battery-wiring-does/does not/should/should not-differ-from-lead acid thread. In any case, I am off to digest the wiring diagram with an adult beverage. EDITED TO ADD: OK, the "diode" light bulb just went off. Got it...

If so, that is cool, but have you got a kindergarten logic flow chart that shows how that works; it is above my level of understanding - I don't see how you can create two different circuits with only two terminals. Again, I'm not arguing, just saying I don't understand. (And I ain't an EE!)...

Just to be pedantic, the wiring diagram you provided (the same as provided by Overkill Solar) disconnects the battery from both loads and chargers at the same time. The argument is that, at least in marine applications, you do not want to disconnect charge sources merely because the cell voltage...