Recent content by aw113sgte

Victron system gives some really nice data. Dropped to 40°F in the evening the other day, from the time solar went away to it coming back the next morning, truck had lost 10% battery from running the heat. Batteries were back up to 100% by 10am. Seems the high efficiency of the heat pump and the...

Lots of cutting and grinding to fit the sink into a harbor freight tool chest.

Batteries have an air gap of several inches, they all have individual temp monitors inside as well. For forced airflow, I have speed and direction control of the heater matrix so if I need to cool, I can suck cool air over them, or turn on heater and reverse air flow if heating needed.

Took the truck to a kids birthday and gave him a ride home (he loves army stuff). Boys testing the electrical system. Learning how Node-Red works to set discharge limits on the batteries. Using this I can interface and control everything in pretty much any way I want. Finally got around to...

Fun milestone today, charging the electric truck from the....military hybrid diesel-electric truck? Try to guess our political leanings 😄 Lots of learning to do as there are tons of options with the Victron equipment. Generator and shore power inputs are up and running.

Been working hard on the truck trying to get it done soon so we can go on adventures, haven't been taking many pictures though. Mcmaster and Amazon love me right now. The storage boxes came in, still need to mount them. I maxed out the size so need to be careful with clearances. All 24"tall...

I'm not adding up the costs as I go, that would ruin some of the fun!

Thanks for all the info! Reservoir ordered, I'll probably order new hoses too as I think they are original. Bleeding process is helpful, and with me changing 3 things at once, I'll have no idea which thing fixed it (fingers crossed it is fixed).

I'm wary a large reservoir will cover up a separate problem (hand pump would empty when I had the AOP and AOP reservoir would overflow) but it wouldn't hurt to have some extra volume. $42 for a larger reservoir-double the capacity. I'll give it a shot and I'll also try to bleed out the air in...

After raising the cab all the way, I've been able to use the tire hoist just fine, indicating enough fluid. Maybe I do have air bubbles messing this whole thing up. I removed the balls/springs from the tire hydraulic a while ago as I often had issues with them locking. They do make a reservoir...

I'm really not following. It has more than enough volume to raise the cab, so when lowering, that same volume should return to the reservoir. Instead I'm getting more back than I pumped out. I really think there is another issue here, as when I had the AOP, the hand pump would become empty and...

Not for when the AOP is removed.

Sure, I should have been more clear, some websites post download links to files that are pirated.

Reservoir volume is .6 liters (20.3 fl oz) I am able to tilt the cab and lower the spare, then raise the spare and start the cab coming down. If I manually pump while the cab is coming down, it does not overflow. It seems very odd to me, that I can lower the cab, the reservoir overflows, then I...

Yes, hand pump is vented to atmosphere with the specified venting cap from the manufacturer. Yes AOP lines are capped.