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This is kind of an insane deal from the West Marine fickle robber barons (sometimes unfathomably good prices). https://www.westmarine.com/ancor-1-awg-battery-cable-100--spool-black-3876844.html I just ordered one. I wanted to order two, but couldn't come up with a wildly ambitious reason to...

The human or bot moderators appear to be editing stuff. In my earlier post I'd actually added... '...and what kind of a strange website is "qz.com". There is an alarming proliferation of websites that simply use AI engines to aggregate and massage web content for unsuspecting readers to...

Yet Consumer Reports names it the best small pickup for 2026 - https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/best-cars-of-the-year-10-top-picks-of-2026-a1118808691/?EXTKEY=NWT62TSM1&utm_source=acxiom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20260206_nsltr_whatsnew&utm_nsltr=whatsnew&utm_segment=da ...I paid...

Actually, we seem to have had an impedance mismatch in this thread dialogue, so let me put it in terms that I think you may understand before I go into deep sleep mode for the night. You want to hook up a 3kW inverter to your Mav? Sure. Connect it to a transfer switch in your house with a 120V...

If your source is simply the circuit diagram and you are inferring sound engineering parameters from that you will obviously not... well, I won't plunge further into ad hominem attacks, nor will I further assert my own expertise. My Mav is a new small hobby, in which I am using my knowledge. I...

...and I've been doing this stuff for 50 years professionally, and 10yrs before that learning stuff on the farm where I grew up. And I know how to use modern tools to analyze documentation and not make naive mistakes.

So... here's a Google AI summary, which is more succint than I could do in a few minutes.... This detailed breakdown of the 2025 Ford Maverick Hybrid's electrical systems places a specific emphasis on the constraints of adding owner-installed aftermarket accessories. 1. The High-Voltage (HV)...

Please provide a URL link(s) to the documentation from which you draw your assertions. I'll dig up mine...

And I misspoke. The hybrid doesn't actually have an alternator. It's a generator system that feeds the high-voltage battery (a technical distinction worth noting). What limits the 12V draw is the DC-DC converter between the high-voltage and 12V system.

I think you're conflating the alternator, the high-voltage battery capacity, and the DC-DC power supply that supplies the 12V battery from the high-voltage battery system. The generator in the hybrid doesn't supply the 12V system directly. The 12V system/battery is supplied by the DC-DC converter.

...and ONLY while the engine was running...

That's more the range of a Transit van with the dual-alternator option.

...please do provide one or two that sound remotely credible....

...and I just read a few posts that I hadn't seen. The idea that you could pull 167 12V Amps (2000W) continuously from the hybrid Mav 12V source just is not realistic (to use a mild term). Please remember (for those who should know, and those who haven't learned it) that P=IV, or more clearly...

I have no idea why this thread just popped up in my MTC forum GUI/menu, but I feel I should delayed-chime in... The anecdotal recommended max to pull off a hybrid 12V circuit (e.g., the battery under the rear seat) is 30A. Above that you can run into issues with the DC-DC high-voltage BMS...

🍿🍿🍿 I put Infinity speakers in my Miata (doors and headrests) along with a Sony ES head unit, and have been quite pleased with them. They're very clean and handle a wide variety of music well. I'm leaning toward the OP's config, as it's straightforward and relatively inexpensive. The B&O setup...

Yes. 😁

...cool; tnx!

Who makes the receiver-mounted hammock support?

Yeah, you obviously didn't buy the Forester new with a total investment of $85k, but the attraction of the Lightship is the coolness factor, not the cost:benefit analysis results. It will appeal to the high-end Burning Man crowd. I would love something "like" it, but I wouldn't want to waste the...