I had that same thought, I was wanting to put the rails on the topper when I get it made then get some sort of luggage rack that I can put the solar cells in to provide some protection and a mounting point then wire a LiFePo4 battery system (~4-5+ KWh depending on cost) to it and then have both 12V and 120V outlets. I would probably want to have a couple more solar panels that I could put out when the truck is parked for camping and such.
So In the hybrid I have seen in mine voltage as high as 15.2 and understand it could exceed that. Considering that will it be hard to find a pure sine inverter that does not have a high voltage input cut out higher than max possible in the hybrid???
Yep same here. Doubt I will use lithium as they are harder to get on island. Unless I retrofit something like my ego tool batteries. I will probably pair a couple small lawn mower sized batteries and just keep it floated up with a maybe 10p watt panel. I don't really ever get to camp more than 2 days max so it's really just for picnic power at beach days.
When I built the power pack for my telescope, I bought the battery off of Alibaba and it took 3 months to get, but it was less than half the price of a US seller. Didn't like buying from there, but my budget couldn't justify that big of a price difference.
Check your CPAP, a lot run directly off of 12 volt. Some CPAP makers offer plugs that go into 12 volt power plugs. You can run your machine longer when you don’t have to convert to 120 volts just to convert right back to 12.This beast will run the camper for the night, well most of it, and the CPAP.
I installed a 110volt jumper so I can lock it up while using it.
Hawaii just doesn't let you ship lithium batteries. Unless they are part of a bulk commercial order. A few eBay sellers will sneak ya one but other than that it's tricky.
It's finding the right part for this machine, VA doesn't care about our convenience, machine is running at 24 volts. It's how the Bluetti power pack is located, 12 volt receptical is in the way of several functions, it's what I can do in 47 square feet of space. Your family bathroom is about the same size as our camper.
That's the same thing I did. I purchased one on sale at Walmart. It was less than 20 bucks period I purchased a little switch panel with a 12 V outlet and a couple. U s b outlets and three switches Which I have yet to install.
This got me thinking. Since I have the factory in-cab inverter/outlet installed, what specifically would it take to add an outlet to the bed?
You could disconnect the C404 connector in the rear beneath the truck and see if pins 28, 29, 30, and 31 are populated. Even easier if they have the C301 connector on the rear harness as well, otherwise you'd just need to add the pins on the rear side of C404 and add an intermediate harness to add the OE outlet. Edit: Although supposedly the C301 connector doesn't have an available replacement (through Ford, anyways)
