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Don't overthink it.
Diesel is good to about -40F with anti-gel additives.
As far as priming, they make pass-through electric pumps. I wired one into mine. Push a button under the hood and it primes the lines. Literally takes 10 seconds tops. I also put a one way bleed valve with a shutoff so...
It's a voltage controlled switch.
Once voltage gets above a set point it engages the relay.
It's so the engine starts and charges the primary battery then the relay engages to send juice to the auxiliary/house batteries.
Not to rain on the parade, but a tubular lock is easier to pick than most other locks - other than a Masterlock. Also, if there is easy access to the wires behind it, it's not really doing anything.
That being said, it'll stop 99.9% of the people that are looking for a quick joyride. I think...
I'm used to more commercially viable units, but yes, if feeding a trigger to a relay that should work.
Also, when posting Amazon links, all that crap after the all caps is tracking info.
The correct URL would be https://www.amazon.com/Timer-Delay-Relay-Cycling-Trigger/dp/B01HNDOCKK...
Sorry, don't mean to threadjack, but seems like you have experience with this...
Is this kinda what you heard or something difference?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1CrzsTXPDNA
Rules say I can't post auction links, but this isn't an auction ... @MODS please have mercy on me for posting an Ebay link :p
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256054369870
I believe those are a European tire, primarily designed for offroad - not on road. Probably a very soft compound with horrible on-road life.
https://www.goodyear.eu/content/dam/goodyear/truck/pdfs/en_offroad_2022.pdf
IMO you're better off running it from a time delay relay. They're pretty common, and wait a (usually programmable) amount of time before de-energizing after the vehicle is switched off. This will allow some loads to remain on, for short trips away from the truck, like if you're charging a phone...
Decided it needed to be taken out to work out any bugs. 20 miles of back roads and 15 miles of highway and 5 back roads on the way back.
win some... lose some.
Idle seems to be a bit low... hovering around 400..Could explain the god awful racket under the hood. Getting up to 500rpm kills the...