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This is great! I appreciate all the input guys. Can anyone suggest a place where I can get the above mentioned relay? Mike

It's a HF solar system. Only 45 watts and designed for a 12v battery. It's three panels of 15w each

Oh no problem, I should have mentioned what truck I had in the beginning. Anyway, yes I get the basic idea and I will sketch out some ideas for how to hook everything up. Basically, I'd like the batteries to charge from the alternator when the truck is running, and then switch to the solar...

I'm confused as to your references to Pin A, Pin D, and wire 568. My truck is a Pinzgauer.

Hmmm, that sounds like a possibility. Actually, the fridge will run on either 12 or 24. So maybe I should do this: *Get a second battery and connect in series to the other one to have 24v. *Run the fridge on 24v *Charge the batteries from the 24v alternator just like the trucks main batteries...

Gotcha. Just had to ask

Well, I think I just need to go back to my original plan to use the stock 24v alternator. Would I be able to put 24v into a 12v regulator? Or would that cook the regulator?

Thanks clinto!

clinto, please tell me more about the dual output alternator. So it has two "taps"? One for 12v and one for 24v? I guess that would also require two separate voltage regulators (?)

I do have a 24 to 12v converter to run a few accessories like radios and lights. So you guys are saying I can hook up a 12v battery to the 12v output of that converter to take a charge? Seems like it would smoke the converter, no?

Hello, hoping some of you electrical gurus can help me out here. I have a 24v truck, but would like to keep an isolated 12v batt that I use for my fridge topped off with the trucks 24v charging system. Currently the battery stays topped off with a HF 45 watt solar panel. But with the fridge...

So... I guess Warthog lives at the Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), and Recovry4x4 lives somewhere in "South Florida" Haha, sorry couldn't resist :-)

Maybe it's a little tongue-in-cheek humor. Arid Zona? Get it? Arid?

You need to go visit Jack at "Jack's Government Surplus" in Tucson. He's got a bunch of deuces and 5 tons. He has acres of inventory on 4 different yards!

AIRWARRIOR is not the OP, and I have no idea what his skill or ambition level is. I'm only putting it out there for his consideration. For all I know, he may be an electronics whiz but just not familiar with ham.

Then there's also the Icom IC-7200. Not as capable as the Yaesu, as it only covers HF and 50meters; whereas the Yaesu does that plus 2meters and 440.

My first thought was the Yaesu FT-897. It has a ruggedized look and feel. This pic shows one where the owner also added some custom rack handles. Other than that, you might be able to get a surplus RT-524 to work on the ham 10meter and/or 6meter bands with some tweaking and the right antenna.

I find these to be awesome. http://www.plugfones.com/

I sold a 4,000 lb. industrial lathe to a guy in Texas a couple of years ago. He used a uShip guy who goes by the name "hertfordnc" on uship. He was very nice and professional and did a great job loading up and securing the lathe. I can't be certain, but I think he charged the guy something like...

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