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    Small solar trickle charger? please comment if you have experience w/ this!

    Use a Battery Tender 5-45 Watt Automatic Solar Charge Controller with that panel so you dont fry your battery. Battery Tender 5-45 Watt Automatic Solar Charge Controller
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    How to carry propane tank

    I hope I never drive behind you
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    How to carry propane tank

    I carry 6 of the 1 pound tanks that I refill and use a brass cap from amazon incase they might leak.
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    Solar install

    I don't have any pics, but a couple of months ago I put 3 - 100 watt solar panels on my F150 with a snug top topper, I used 2 strips of unistrut on the snugtop and attached the panels to that. , before that I had 1 - 100 watt sunpower flexible panel, but it sucked. If I have time tomorrow I will...
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    Let's talk batteries.

    Optima batteries are not as good as they use to be. I recommend Odyssey batteries, my last one lasted 6 years with no issues.
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    BFG KO2's review.

    I have almost 38K miles on my KO2s which I bought in 2019, still have about 15 K miles left on them, They are on an F150 and I towed a Travel Trailer 11K of those miles.
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    Lifepo4 batteries?

    I run everything but my AC from solar. I have my trailer setup so I can run everything on 110 shore power, or everything but my AC on solar, and third mode I can run everything off solar except AC but run that from my generator. You need close to 1000 Ah of battery and a lot more solar panels...
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    Your Go To Jack

    I carry the stock Toyota Jack and a small floor jack with 6 2X6s that fit under it perfectly incase I need to raise it some.
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    Lifepo4 batteries?

    I live in my trailer and have 800 watts of solar and 4 - 6 Volt Golf cart batteries and all Victron charge controllers and other electronics because they work good and work good together.. I am upgrading my trailer to 1200 watts of solar and the 4 SOK batteries I mentioned above that I bought in...
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    Lifepo4 batteries?

    I personally own 2 - Talent Cell 24 Ah batteries since May 23rd, 1 - Ampère Time 50Ah battery since May 26th, 1 Ampere Time 100 Ah battery since Aug 4th all used for home made solar generator battery packs. All work fine but none of them have low temperature shutoff. For the 100 amp that is...
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    What do you use as a battery tender when parked for long periods?

    Buy a battery disconnect switch. I stored both of my 4Runners for 2.5 years in a friends garage and they both started right up after re connecting the batteries. The batteries were odyssey, if that makes any diffrence.
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    What Propane Fire Pit do You Recomend?

    Got any pictures? Does he have a website?
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    What Propane Fire Pit do You Recomend?

    Could you post some pictures of the inside of the lava box and the burner they sell? I am going to make my own and would like to see what they have going on. I looked on their web site and did some searches but could not find any pictures of their burners and the insides of the unit. Thanks
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    What Propane Fire Pit do You Recomend?

    I am looking for a small propane fire pit, one that takes up a small amount of space when stored. What do you guys use and recommend? Thanks
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    Solar Panel recommendations

    I buy my solar panels from Continuous Resources or Rich Solar. Unregulated means a solar panel without a built in solar charge controller, a lot of the folding solar panels have them built in. I would go with ridged panels if you have room for them. If you get flexible panels, look for "RV with...
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    Is my refrigerator using an extreme amount of power?

    I have an Engle MT80 (80 Quart) permanently mounted in the back of my truck (F150) where the back seat use to be and live in so cal where it has been 100 Deg farenheit all summer long and probably hotter in the cab of my truck. I keep the fridge on full blast and it keeps everything around 3 Deg...
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    Garmin Overlander

    Either an updated unit, or they did not sell very well. I would look into the Montana 700i, I give it 4 stars overall, 4.5 for overlanding and 3.5 for street use.
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    Recommendations for cheap/simple point 'n shoot cameras?

    $800 or less - when you say EVF, is that an electric viewfinder?
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    Recommendations for cheap/simple point 'n shoot cameras?

    Do any of the newer point and shoot cameras have a viewfinder? I have been causally looking for a replacement for my Canon G5x
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    What is the best way to water proof my roof mounted lighting harness?

    I would use dicor (removable\replaceable) or 3M 5200 (permanent)