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Have had two Dual Tops, one worked sometimes, the other works all the time. Friend of mine went through two before giving up and going Rixen. Starting over I would go Rixen. One phone chat with Jim will tell you why. Dual Top service is basically impossible in North America, WEBASTO dealers...

Even if your medium were seized, you can get straw at the next farm or sawdust at the next carpentry shop (village) or hamster bedding at the next pet shop (big city). (And that is before even considering real field procured media - see post above.) The good news is that you only have to worry...

Hmmmm. If we are really worried about sustain operations at over 110F, then take a page from dwh's book and buy the minimum sized FLA you can get away with and replace every year. After a year in Djibouti, I have no desire to live in over 100F temperatures for any length of time. If you are...

Two bank charging is only useful if you have a one-way charging system, e.g. a B2B. It is a clever way to share solar charging but won't do you any good with shore power. This is why an intelligent relay based system is so slick - a charge on either battery bank is shared with the other with no...

FWIW - GoPower was just taken over by a new company. I have their latest PWM controller with 480w (160x3) of their panels. I can see around 25A under perfect conditions, but I prefer the Blue Sea that I had on my previous truck as it was more adjustable and used a true, shunt based monitor. Was...

You may be overthinking some of this. Hard to beat a pair of rooftop fans - one in/one out. I really like the thermostatically controlled Max Aire model. My problem is that I have only one fan as I stuck an air conditioner in the place of the other one. I can keep smaller Seitz windows in the...

Just a matter of plumbing up more filters and the space required. There are some single canister, multi-stage filters out there, however. My current truck uses this...

Your money, spend as you wish. I just don't like adding extra gear (unless as a backup) or extra complexity. -- The AMP-L-START and similar products are simply undersized voltage sensing relays limited to a trickle charge. They connect when they see programmed voltages, they disconnect when...

Aqua Tabs are slick (I've used them), but laundry beach is available anywhere in the Third World. There is nothing simple about a five stage filter. -- Chlorine kills the crawlies, and, -- Filter kills the taste.

Good products, work as advertised, the folks at AM Solar use them in mixed FLA/Lithium set ups. Might be useful as well in a B2B setup. (N.B. Sterling make their own version of this.) BUT completely unneeded if you use an intelligent relay like the Blue Sea ACR. Again, if you have a truck that...

There are lots of ways to do this, but most tend to overthink it a bit. -- Chlorine in the tank (bleach) - this is what your city water system does. -- Filter the results to remove particles and improve taste - there are any number of filters that will even remove cysts. -- Always take from the...

This is good advice. Or, if you think lithium is in your future, take the plunge and relocate the battery box into the heated part of your vehicle. Might be worth it if you can get by with a lithium bank that is physically smaller. Maybe use the current battery box site to store something that...

At the risk of being even more of a REDARC phanboi than I already am, this is actually good news. The date line and time zones are sometimes annoying, but you are talking directly with the engineers who built this trash, not some kid with a script. "Now, are you sure you connected the red wire...

OK, that is not a quote you get everyday. (Me sister in law in UK has an Aga.) FWIW: If you watch "Midsomer Murders" you will note that as soon as you see an Aga in the house, someone is about to get swacked! And, for those who are wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker

Because of shading, the ultimate weapon would be a fleet of 100w panels, each with its own controller. The cost and complexity might be daunting. Beyond that, make the best compromise you can. Rob Warren sells some very expensive, very high performance panels. The boaters are a bit more...

Yep. And if your alternator/ECU is already putting out over 14v, then all you are doing is throttling your alternator down to 20A. That is why you must measure/monitor your vehicle's charging system for at least 30 minutes if you do not have a good tech manual. Read this...

There are two issues here: -- A container that will keep someone who knows it is there from getting to the contents, and, -- A safe place to stash money/documents/Hi-Val items so that thieves don't find them. (And yes, the latter could be locked, as well.) Most overlanders who have suffered a...

Had all but built in propane. I do carry a Solarire propane grille, but that is because of all of the fire bans west of the Mississippi. I tend to agree with David13, above. The only time the diesel stove is good is when it is very cold and you have things that you want to simmer. Other than...

I have similar numbers, but in AGM, will be interested to learn of your real world results.