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    12v fridge recommendations

    can you give me a reference to the Danfoss compressors. everything I can find on the internet says danfoss/ seacop - same thing - used by dometic, so i'm assuming you must have better sources? as for much colder at the bottom - that's absolutely correct in a large box - but a small 20WQt...
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    access ladder for suburban/tahoe?

    Update. After fooling around with several fabrication solutions, I ended up here: a simple telescoping ladder. It collapses down to 20" long 16 high & 4 wide, stores in the corner of the burb, standing up. I can move it anywhere , telescopes out and back in in seconds, and as an...
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    12v fridge recommendations

    yeah, i researched it, the big names ARB, dometic etc, differentiated from the cheap knock offs by the compressor they use. they all have the Secop compressor, with the 5 year warrantee instead of 1 year. the Iceco also uses that same Secop compressor. I'm sure in my case i just have to...
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    Running long term Iceco fridge - off solar generator & panel - and issues with IceCo

    thanks for the tip, I'll see if I can run down how to change that setting. I thought it must be in the app - but so far no luck, its pretty basic.
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    12v fridge recommendations

    I just posted my real world experiences with the IceCo 20 Q dual zone in a thread here , maybe that will help you out.
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    Running long term Iceco fridge - off solar generator & panel - and issues with IceCo

    Not sure where this fits, I posted it down in equipment - but doesn't seem like thats a good fit. someone move it to where it belongs if not here! thanks I have a 100 watt solar panel on my suboverlander, and run that into an Ecoflow river pro 720 KW solar "generator". charges up great...
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    ecoflow river Pro & IceCo 20Q 2 week test.

    I have a 100 watt solar panel on my suboverlander, and run that into an Ecoflow river pro 720 KW solar "generator". charges up great. so on my first extended trip - I put in the 20 Q ICECO fridge freezer ran it at 35 degrees temp, , and ran it off the Ecoflow. Essentially - the unit...
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    Why HD vehicles should NOT be discounted as overlanding rigs strictly because of MPG...

    2 " lift, coils and new torsion keys. rights a slight bit stiff - but I prefer that to the cadillac wallow! travels very comfortably on the roads. i actually have a suboverlander vehicle. SUBOVERLAND | 4X4 Camper Conversion | United States
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    Why HD vehicles should NOT be discounted as overlanding rigs strictly because of MPG...

    I have a 99 Suburban on 33" tires - with the 6.5 turbo diesel. i get 18 mpg . thats good enough for me, calculate hotels at 100 bucks a night , and its a cheap option even at big gas prices. if i want to get way back into the wild, I pull a trailer with a yamaha wolverine SXS on it. I...
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    Diesel Heater I’m Negative degree weather

    sorry to have bent you the wrong way Hoff. I don't do facebook. I did type in condensation / diesel heater here, but got a bunch of "installed - it "should" not produce... But i was hoping someone with real experience would let me know. I have bought and installed one of the Chinese...
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    Diesel Heater I’m Negative degree weather

    How's the condensation issue? that's my problem with the buddy, it makes it rain inside my suboverlander
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    Trip Planning AUS - US

    It may be out of the range of your agenda - but in my mind - the best drive in the USA is from Ely Nevada to Tonapah, then Benton on the California border. from there you climb up into the high desert, get to Mono lake - and from there - over the top through Yosemite. Then you can...
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    US Citizen from Sweden, adventures

    Andreas, welcome, I admire your plan, I'm thinking of doing just the reverse. One thing that might help you: It is very easy to title and register a vehicle in South Dakota - regardless of where you live, or where your drivers license is from. You can do it all by mail, and it is very...
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    Live chickens

    leave em home - the stress of the changing environment, and being hauled all over - no bueno
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    Live chickens

    yup - like Mad Crate builder says, they will shut down on you, no eggs, but - you do get the added bonus of dealing with loads of chicken sh$t everyday - so you have that going for you!