Gladiator Pop-Up Pass Through Camper Build
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Mules
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Just like camping at home!
Missouri was hit pretty hard last Friday by tornadoes. A tornado barely missed my home, but it managed to take out electricity, internet, and cell phone coverage for thousands of households, including mime.
5 gallons of gas, a generator, electric power supply, and our fireplace kept our family going for a few cold days without power.
Missouri was hit pretty hard last Friday by tornadoes. A tornado barely missed my home, but it managed to take out electricity, internet, and cell phone coverage for thousands of households, including mime.
5 gallons of gas, a generator, electric power supply, and our fireplace kept our family going for a few cold days without power.
Mules
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I've become a fan of small electric skillets, since I don't like flames inside my camper. They work great with a small power supply. Instead of a lot of dishes, I just wipe out the non stick surface with a paper towel or wet nap when I'm done. It's a burner, pan, pot, skillet with a lid all in one. They are a lot less clean up. I just saw this 600 watt one at Walmart last night for $13.
ITTOG
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What, heater in 50 F? Just giving you a hard time. Especially since I was camping and it got down to 39 F and I did not have a heater.
Mules
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Haha…. I figured I’d get some grief.What, heater in 50 F? Just giving you a hard time. Especially since I was camping and it got down to 39 F and I did not have a heater.
Just wait till I run my trucks A/C while sleeping/camping this summer.
ITTOG
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You won't catch flak from me on the AC. I have lived close enough to the area and spent time in the area to understand the need.
Mules
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Two things I hate about my Gladiator when camping!!
1) The headlights turn on every time I open a door. This will really piss off those nice tent campers next to you in the middle of the night.
2) The damn horn sounds every time I lock my truck. Those poor campers are really upset at me now.
Solution: I don’t know why I waited so long to fix these problems. All you have to do is go into settings and turn off the horn when you lock the door and change the proximity lights to “0” and all is fixed!!
Sorry to those of you who I’ve woken up😬
1) The headlights turn on every time I open a door. This will really piss off those nice tent campers next to you in the middle of the night.
2) The damn horn sounds every time I lock my truck. Those poor campers are really upset at me now.
Solution: I don’t know why I waited so long to fix these problems. All you have to do is go into settings and turn off the horn when you lock the door and change the proximity lights to “0” and all is fixed!!
Sorry to those of you who I’ve woken up😬
Mules
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So here's the easiest way to power a fridge so you don't have to worry about the truck's battery. If you have a built in 120v outlet in your truck, just plug in a power supply to this. Then plug your fridge into the power supply. The truck charges the power supply only when the truck is running. Then the power supply runs the fridge continuously. As long as I run or drive the truck about 30 minutes a day, this seems to keep the power supply charged and fridge running continuously.
Mules
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I use a Pecron 600, which has been pretty good as long as I run the truck every day or two. I'll go with a Pecron 1000 or 1500 when I replace it. The trick is that I'm limited by my 400 watt truck's built in inverter and the Pecron 600 has a 350 watt charger. I'll have to see if the Pecron 1000 can charge from my 400 watt truck inverter.
I think this setup works because my fridge is so efficient.
ICECO JP 42.
Sadly they don't make this fridge anymore. It hardly uses any power. It's so efficient because it is insulated (Rotomolded) just like a Yeti cooler. I haven't seen another Rotomolded fridge out there.
