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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    I'm happy to go into my design but you should know there are quite a few ways to set this up. In a classic two battery setup the simple way to do it is with a giant diode that charges the second battery(bank). There is large voltage drop so the second battery never fully charges so the smart...
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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    The tesla pack is 24V nominal. You can't use it to replace your starting batteries unless you want to do some kind of 24 -> 12V Dc:DC step down. For my application I want/need 48v DC so I can run a DC powered air conditioner. From that single voltage I can generate 110 AC, 24v DC, 12v DC or...
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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    I have been studying up on electrical stuff. If you get a used tesla battery you can get 5.2 kw for ~1300. To contrast those drop in replacement lithium are 100 amp hour * 12 v = 1200 watt hours so 1.2 kw for $1000. $1300 / 5300 watt/hour = 0.245 = $0.25 watt/hour $1000 / 1200 watt/hour = 0.83...
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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    Virgin lead in a lead acid gets you 300 cycles. Most lithiums get 3000 cycles and you can fully cycle the lithiums. I like the ability to drop them into an existing lead acid solution. When I get the box on the back I will have a sizable lithium bank. I plan on back charging my lead acid...
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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    We live in San Jose ca. Do hit us up when in town. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk
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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    How much exhaust wrap did it take to do the engine?
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    Adventure Driven's photos and videos of their M1079

    The Cat procedure for doing the valve adjustment mentions using the alternator or other engine accessory and a wrench to rotate the engine.
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