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Indeed, don't underestimate determined computer geeks [thumbzup]

I had a chance to pull out the newest 305 I purchased and inspect and repack it at my parent's place today - this one if you recall: It's pretty obvious from the pictures that the storage bag was not used correctly, so I figured the rest of it was probably not much better... When I pulled the...

I love when feature creep is allowed by the other half :)

CTIS works by cycling though all of the wheel-ends one at a time. This gives the pressure a chance to settle on one wheel-end so it can be measured while the others are inflated/deflated. Sounds like you have one that it's filling... IIRC the flashing LED just means it still hasn't gotten to...

I'd ask for a written reason why not - not confirming to FMVSS at time of manufacture could be a stupid as not having a reverse light, or not enough reflectors. Other times the vehicle will state somewhere that it doesn't conform to FMVSS because the manufacturer didn't want to go through the...

I have a 40' 1984 Gillig Phantom transit bus insured with Progressive (via USAA), I am aware in the policy declarations I had to confirm it was not a school-bus. It may simply be that the people you talked to had a specific military vehicle type in mind when you were talking to them which did...

I'm pretty sure we discussed this before (in the FOBIC thread) LEDs do generate heat, just not as much as incandescent/halogen/HID sources - it's more efficient at its job (Lumens/Watt), so more light leaves in the visible spectrum, and much less is generated as IR radiation (realize that an...

A quick step back the the LED lighting for this truck... I finally found a video someone did which shows the 500Watt LEDs I'm using: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pi-LKf0hXI Skip to 6-minutes to see the demo outdoors - he does a lot of "spinning his wheels" while talking earlier. Also at...

Welcome from California - in High School one of my friends, Stephan, was a foreign exchange student from Belgium. Again, welcome :beer:

In case I haven't mentioned before Peashooter - I really like your setup, including the custom generator mount and location. [thumbzup]

Typically one starts with the loads and works back to the point of generation. I'm presuming it's a 15/20 Amp type unit, so it would need an inverter or generator in the 4-7kW range (about the $400 mark for a cheap inverter). Figure that you get at most 85% efficiency,so you'd be drawing round...

An alternator puts out high frequency AC, which is rectified to DC by diodes, but there is still a ton of ripple (not "happy" for most electronics, like the inverter's input). Also, the field coil of the alternator needs something to pull power from to get the generation running - once going...

Yup, I'm thinking that's too long for this setup, I'd like to think that we could do the tear-down and setup daily if needed. One truck and trailer for the camp, another vehicle (or many) with the supplies and personal gear (and other people). This idea being, a forward team can go scout a...

To the issue of "did you read the TM" or "did you search?" - it's helpful to remember that not everyone is a computer wizard. My 90-year old Grandfather took to Windows 7 like a duck to water after a 3-hour training I gave him, but he's a retired electrical engineer, so he's an outlier. I have...

By the way, that's what you get when you don't have proper tongue weight on your trailer - how you pack it matters! :beer:

I went over the scales at the terminal on the way out (because I was curious, not because I needed to), I weighed in the low 4200's-lbs. Max for the truck GVWR is 4400, I could have had a helper with the left over payload. I wouldn't have driven it if the steering felt that light [thumbzup]...

Started the morning off making some space in storage: Then drove to the local UPS Freight terminal. The tents had shifted in transit, and the forklift was somewhat dragging one of them - looked like a door popped out o the liner bag, it didn't look packed right (the seller has never seen one...

Ditto. I'm going to have to find some space to do that - I've been looking at some local farms, this year might be a good year to pay a farmer a few hundred bucks for access to a fallow field to do a setup to take some pictures. Need to finish first though.

I have to pick up Monday morning, I made a bit of space, but not yet enough - grandpa is coming over to watch the kids Monday morning early so I can make more space before I pick up the pallet. This will be a max-capacity load for my Toyota. I'm just going to manage :)

GM Parts guys tell me it's "hydroboost" Vacuum boost is most common on gas-powered vehicles, in the US we as a populace are "afraid" of diesel (this seems to be changing though as of late) due to the stigma. Truckers and those towing horses and 5th-wheels know it already, but you get more...