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  1. old_man

    Solar Brainiacs Needed! I got a question....

    I didn't say that exactly. I said that tying a solar panel directly to a battery or multiple batteries can lead to problems. If you use a cheap charge controller, it solves the overcharge and discharge issue. If you are tying multiple batteries in parallel, they all need to be of similar...
  2. old_man

    GPS Coordinate Format - What say you?

    Being an engineer, I vote for radians.
  3. old_man

    Let them eat SPAM!

    I take your recipe a bit further. I brown cubed pineapple from the can, the cook down the syrup, add some veggies, water chestnuts, onions, soy, hosin sauce, etc , and put it over chow mein noodles. I call it Spam Polynesian.
  4. old_man

    Northern New Mexico trip **pic heavy**

    Since you were at Los Alamos, did you get to see the Trinity Site?
  5. old_man

    what do you carry your tools in? (ideas and pictures)

    The hassle with the early Jeep Cherokee XJ is that it is half metric and half English, so you have to carry both sets.
  6. old_man

    what do you carry your tools in? (ideas and pictures)

    Don't forget a roll of shop towels and a tube of hand cleaner.
  7. old_man

    Options when an electric winch is not possible

    I have run a multi mount winch setup for 20 years. You add a simple and fairly lightweight 2" receiver on either the front or rear, or both. The winch goes in a cradle and you keep it inside out of the elements. You only pull it out and hook it up when you need it. Personally I have large...
  8. old_man

    Things I wish I knew then

    Its as easy to fill the top half of the tank as it is the bottom half.
  9. old_man

    Things I wish I knew then

    Remember to take the TP
  10. old_man

    what do you carry your tools in? (ideas and pictures)

    I like the fact that you carry flare wrenches.
  11. old_man

    Heading to Utah soon !!

    Where are you starting from? I might be able to route you on some cool trails. What have your already seen in Colorado?
  12. old_man

    Let them eat SPAM!

    that is a bit much, even for me.
  13. old_man

    Ordered my Flexopower Lithium444

    Your results show that the unit is running a lot smaller duty cycle. That is great. The more you open it, the harder it will have to work. The better insulated it is the less it will have to work. That is why is pays to get an insulating blanket for your fridge. I included the...
  14. old_man

    Let them eat SPAM!

    Yes, but they are pricey.
  15. old_man

    What happened to all the true adventurers?

    There is a quote out there attributed to Chip Foose. It goes something like the ... the worst thing we have done is taking shop classes out of the schools. He goes on to say when he was a kid, he thought about what he could build. Now kids think about what they can buy. No truer words have...
  16. old_man

    Trophies, Badges, and Ranks!

    Can someone explain the Rank# and Status# to me?
  17. old_man

    Still in Binghamton, NY, missing Colorado Just got my Amateur Radio Extra Class License KE0VJR

    Still in Binghamton, NY, missing Colorado Just got my Amateur Radio Extra Class License KE0VJR