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Thank you for sharing. It would be nice to see photos of your modification progress—

Right. I have the fishing weights already, too–

Balance or make sure they are true?

I was trying to be sarcastic toward coachgeo's pulverization comment and missed the mark. I quoted @Gunny 0369 suggestion of SS beads. They are in my shop awaiting installation—

Stainless steel beads in a 46" tire?

1— depends upon the panels them selves; 2— with panels properly spaced above the roof shading does little to aid cooling the habitat and panels, the panels act as a radiator absorbing and emitting the heat. Leaving the habitat cool, bi-facials are better; 3— in series requires an MPPT, not a...

We don't need another filter. We only require beads large enough not to clog the ones we have—

I agree maximize voltage, reduce amperage. Let the MPPT and converter do their work; invert as little as possible—

@Ronmar has a good video on youtube (rronmar) showing how he 'upgraded' his 90's truck which is more similar, than @MatthewWBailey and my truck, to yours—

Good advice above. These units started with a dual 12/24v 100a alternator that as folks have mentioned was overloaded trying to maintain the four batteries in 2 in series-24v banks. Over the years they tried several different configurations. I believe the mid 90's units had a polarity unit...

I agree with using related threads rather than starting anew. Will add that often folks, myself included, do not realize a thread is old and stale and direct questions toward those whom have long ago left. DriverDarrell was last seen in fall 2022. Hope springs eternal. He verified the...

I keep thinking this situation is more appropriate for hazard lights, not brake lights—

DriverDarrell is the 2016 posts, are we wishing to rehash what was solved 8 years ago?

I like @Keith Knight set up. Simple, redundant, more wind proof, functional–

I wonder if it could be repurposed to hydronically heat a habitat?

@Keith Knight built two layers of solar. When traveling one sits under the other. When camping the lower layer pushes out as an awning doubling his solar surface—

You bring up a great point: store it. I have wondered if it would best to enlarge the battery bank capacity rather than the solar recharge capacity. With a correctly designed system a 24v 200a alternator could provide 4,000 watts nominally once the starter batteries are charged. Perhaps...

One of my non-engineer thoughts was if we are mounting atop our white habitat bi-facial and the height above the ground, not hidden behind a parapet will have good air flow. Still thinking about whether horizontal, angled, vertical makes the most sense. Horizontal would be fixed a set distance...

I understand. We posted this here because at first we weren't sure if we had missed a circuit in the IAH system. Maintaining the fuel and oil systems with frequent filter changes and fluid replacement is critical to staying ahead of potential issues. When we owned a number of big yellow...

This is cool, thank you for sharing. We have talked about mounting the panels on hinges so that we may deploy them based upon what latitude we are at, though vertical would be easier than adjustable angles. The smaller format Over Easy Solar looks to be almost made for RV tops. Looking at...