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Well, not in a patrol, since they haven't been in the US for many decades. I don't include the new armada 'thing' as a patrol :smile:

Obviously I do have a patrol in oz (old MQ), but here in the...

Well, another visit to WA (live/work in the US) and got to take my older son out into the oz bush. We visited a bunch of places that I've been through before and then added a bunch of new places as...

Yeah, Odyssey are likely stupid expensive in oz. Here (in the US) you can get a decent sized 4wd sized one for around $200 or less (on sale).

The optima failures were a dead cell overnight in my...

Optima batteries have a BAD reputation here in the US. I had very poor life out of 2 red top optima batteries and will NEVER buy them again. Here in the US, they are relatively cheap, typical red top...

I replaced a triple cluster of fusible links on my 80 series here in the US. Cost about $12 from the dealer. Oz pricing is obscene for a lot of auto related stuff.

Anyhow, I replaced the fusible...

IF you want to follow the Anderson recommendation, the YELLOW ones are for 12V. Of course it seems many folk have NOT followed their recommendation so end up with GREY which are 36V. It appears a)...

Old school... Fly wire mesh (steel) from some window on our house from years ago. I've had the mesh on the front of the patrol for at least 15 years, radiator is totally bug free, grass free etc....

East of Mundaring there's some open state forest with quite a bunch of tracks wandering through it. Some mud to play with in winter too.

Here's a tracklog from about 6yrs ago:
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Beyond light output is also EMI/RFI from the electronics. I design LED drivers for a living and recently spent some time quietening an existing design I had which involved a bunch of test equipment...

It's MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) :)

I've run an 80W panel through a different MPPT product (not ctek) and it does fine with a 47L ARB in HOT weather (>38C daytime temps). Mono or Poly...

Here, let me do another post so I get closer to MY 25 posts so I can get my manuals too :)

J/K

cheers,
george.

Here's a quick summary of the trip. First morning hail and rain, a few days later it's well north of 100F. Last part is along the edge of the Doctor Hicks range in the Great Victoria Desert (just...

Yeah, lots of them - I seem to have a knack for finding them too. This one is actually a pretty decent track, I drive down it every few years it seems if heading back from that general area (west of...

Bit of video from my last trip bush a few weeks ago. Some partially overgrown track heading south of Lake Seabrook to Weowanie Rock (north of Yellowdine)


http://youtu.be/3qee4BAzZCc

cheers,...

Do you have airflow for the fridge? A fan or something? I've found my ARB fridge runs overtime if the vents are 'crowded' by adjacent items/panels etc (in warm/hot weather)...

cheers,
george.