Recent content by joltman

I built my own "house" electrical system for the truck. I detailed it in my build thread. I used a Blue Sea Safety Hub 150/300A switch/MRBF fuse holders with fuses/12 slot ATO fuse block, Slee Accessory Mount, Victron charging components, and custom length battery cables with copper lugs...

It sounds like your experience with the fridge is an outlier. I know this doesn't help, but I've had mine living in my truck full time powered for just over a year and it's been flawless. As to your power solution, I've been very happy with my 100Ah LiFePO4 battery setup. Only wish I could...

I'm using the official cord without a power end (only has the proprietary fridge power end) and I out Power poles on it. Been solid and working great! Check out my build thread for photos.

That's awesome! NL also makes detachable hinges as well as a mounting base plate. I used both for my truck. What is the power system you'll be using for this?

National Luna has a 110L (~116qt) and 125L (~132qt) fridge. Equipt Outfitters has the 125L in stock apparently. But those are monsters. You will need a good and high Ah battery system to power that much volume.

There's always another truck project. Here's a sneak peak. I just need to get off my lazy bum and actually do it...

To solve the sliding issue, I ended up purchasing the fridge baseplate from Equipt and spending more money on shipping. Oh well, that's how it goes. I also got the red removeable hinges for the doors and an extra power cord with only the proprietary NL power plug end. I spent a very long time...

We made the best out of the next morning. We saw a few people come up the trail that morning. We wanted to get out and explore a bit before leaving. It was great getting out of the daily grind. I learned a lot on that trip. Like, when you setup your tent in the rain, don't forget to put on...

The answer: I installed a Victron MPPT Solar Charge Controller. It connects directly to the Lynx Distributor and has configuration profiles for a LiFePO4 battery. This is another device I had planned for back in 2022 when I built the power board. There is an aluminum sheet behind the Orion...

I am a poor sleeper. I have a CPAP and it has helped me a lot. I was worried about not having it on our camping trip. If I don't use it for one night, I'm irritable the next day. I don't want to think about what I'd be like after two nights. How can I solve this? Well, one way is to...

When you're out in the middle of nowhere, fuel is important. You don't want to waste it. That means I don't want to waste fuel just charging up the house battery. I'm sure you're saying "You really don't have any load on that battery! Why would you need to charge it up in the middle of...

I cannot believe how long its been since I've posted an update! My life has been unbelievably busy immediately following my last post. But I haven't been idle. I've slowly been continuing my build. One of my goals for the build was to take the truck out in the wilderness for several days and...

I've added this new magnet to my home torrent client. Its been about an hour and I'm still not downloading. Would the trackers listed have an issue with connections from another country? I'm using a VPN to tunnel torrent traffic out of the USA. I was able to download a different torrent...

What is your use case for the battery? Are you using it only as a starter battery? Or with a winch, or as a dual purpose with "house" loads? It's hard for me to believe dealers anymore. They're simply trying to sell their product. I would say if you're using your battery in any of the cases...

So I'm curious what you think you'll gain with an AGM over FLA/SFLA? I've got a Deka tractor battery (group 31) in the 200 now and it's been wonderful and still works with the stock checking profile/alternator.