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This charger is a dc2dc or alternator charger, but is intended for use soecifically with a PowerStation rather than just a battery. It has the output voltage boosted to 42V to allow rapid charging of PowerStation through the solar input ports. This sort of alternator charger is becoming common...

To determine what size powerstation or 2nd battery system you need for your camping or overlanding, the first thing required is to do an "energy audit" to figure out daily use, for both peak dc watts, 120Vac watts, and total Watt-hrs used for battery sizing. How you will recharge will...

Made a video, should help folks figure solar needs. Winter vs. Summer Solar, Camping/Overlanding. Calculations & Tests, North/South Borders. Video works, won't play embedded here, click "watch on Youtube " to see video. Additional info in video description. How much solar power when...

How much electricity does it take to make a 2-person camping breakfast? I make 2 meals each 2c coffee, bowl of oatmeal, 3pc thick bacon, 2 eggs. I use the most energy efficient cooking, electric kettle and induction cooktop. Use this info to help estimate how much electricity you need in...

Quick video I made showing the tools in my DeWalt setup I use on the trail and camping. I spent a bunch of time looking for chainsaws and electric chainsaws... I got tired of them leaking oil constantly. Now I have replaced it with reciprocating saw, works great on trail clearing, no mess...

Just to round things out, here is the microwave water boil power test. For smallest microwave, for overland cooking. (Video plays fine, just have to watch on Youtube, click the link below that says "watch on youtube". Energy to boil 500ml water, about 2c, in Watt-hrs. Compared to Induction...

Powerstation Charging Options. We get a lot of questions on how to set up a powerstation for charging, in a truck camper. Particularly using an LFP as an inexpensive expansion, what cables need to be swapped around, alternator vs solar cable setups, etc. I made this video showing all ways I...

Here is a video I actually made today, testing energy used for reheating 1 meal 1 person, induction cooking. Just to help with some Watt-hrs baseline usage. I actually have a series Im editing, with electric kettle, and small microwave. All based on truck camping using powerstation or...

Uhh... I can't tell if this is actually a brokedown need help request, or a request for free parts? Are you brokedown and stuck somewhere, or is this address/house yours or what? I thought this was for people stuck out on a trail needing a winch etc Sorry, no jeep parts.

I read a ton of Amazon reviews... everything that starts out looking good, has 500 1star reviews warning they stop working in a week, or reads 20F wrong. Just want a cheap accurate thermometer to see temps inside and outside my truck camper! Thx

ISSUE with Dometic Go 11L water Jug "Hydration system". The 2.5" lid cap cracked, due to air pressure while sitting in hot garage. I should have opened the airflow valve a little, but didn't think of it. Most water containers can flex due to air inside heating up, but the Dometic jug is...

This shows a quick "no build" kitchen setup on the side of truck, with timing for setup and cooking breakfast in 8 minutes. This is a useful type of Truck camp kitchen if you want to preserve your truck bed for hauling and doing truck-stuff. Here I am showing how easy and fast this no-frills...

This is my new camping pan. I use a wok all the time, but a normal 14" wok is heavy, too large to camp, etc. But this 12" one with a wide 8" flat bottom is perfect! I have 10 or so $120 All-Clad non-sticks, quality pans of all sorts, and this 12" wok is by far the best for camping. This 12"...

I bought this 12v power box with 11 ports, tested the ports and did a review. This might be a good all in one dc port solution for folks that want to just hook up an inexpensive 12v LiFePO4 lithium battery and run all their dc camper stuff. Plenty of ports for fan, lights, heater, blanket...

People get confused on picking the right size wires to feed a camping house battery from an alternator dc dc charger. Things like total circuit length, voltage drop, the right DC ampacity charts, etc. So I made a quick video for a Tacoma on finding the right wire size.

A critical area for overlanders is the power systems including solar, power stations, batteries, inverters, etc. Currently there is no forum for this, people just post stuff in their build threads or General Overland. It would improve these forums to have a Solar/Electrical sub-forum.

So much of the posts here are for sale posts, I can barely sort out actual content from the 90% sales I don't care about. There must be a way I can see new posts here, and NOT be forced to wade through all the cr*p from sub forums I don't care about... Thx!