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Oh and if you are not removing the batteries from the vehicle cover the terminals with something non-conductive so you don't accidentally short them.

Start with the batteries first..... Disconnect the negative FIRST! Then the Positive. Here is the reason.... If your wrench hits the frame while it is loosening the negative terminal nothing bad happens. But if you do the positive first and your wrench hits the frame it shorts the battery out...

I've ordered from these guys several times and they have various adapter cables for getting power pole connectors to other common connectors.... if you don't want to make your own. http://www.powerwerx.com/adapter-cables/

When I got some used batteries from work I'd fully charge them, and record the voltage. Let them sit for a week and check the voltage again to see if they are self discharging..... then load test them with a 10 amp load for one hour and record the voltage again. Take the load off and let sit for...

Yeah I have a similar load on my battery 110 AH. The biggest load your going to have though is that inverter. They draw a lot of power even when there is no load on them..... If you can get by with a laptop and a 12 volt native charger for it you'll be a lot better off load wise.

For shore power I use one of these http://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GEN1-Waterproof-On-Board-Battery/dp/B003JSHQW0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404687505&sr=8-1&keywords=noco+genius+10+amp It stays plugged into the battery all the time and I just plug it into shore power went available. It charges my...

As long as the output voltages are the same mixing different wattages should be fine. I have a 100 watt folding hard panel that I chain with my Brunton 26 watt soft panel to a charge controller that takes it to the batteries.... now you can run into problems if you try to run separate charge...

Read what he said again, he never said the block shared the load with the truck mounting points..... the lines share equally until they tie back to the vehicle. If both lines, the one from the winch and the one at the bitter end of the cable attach to the bumper then the bumper may see 16,000...

I hard wire all my stuff that I can to the battery. That said a few of my truck accessories do ground through the frame. But for my house battery it's all hard wired. Ground issues can be a royal pain to track down later and hardwiring it cuts down on issues. Batteries normally only vent gasses...

If you run your line through a block and back to your rig then there are two lines to share the load, so your not doubling the weight applied to the line.... you are however doubling the max potential weight applied to your anchor point at and past the snatch block (shackles, tree straps). And...

Here is one option.... there are some out there that are 12vt native http://www.ebay.com/itm/BM200-Battery-Charger-Analyzer-Tester-NiMH-NiCd-AA-AAA-C-and-D-Cells-12V-Input-/231019038042?pt=Batteries_Chargers&hash=item35c9cec55a It only does 2 d cells at a time though.

The reason, if I remember correctly, is that a halogen bulb has the filament in a vertical orientation (if you hold the bulb upright) where as on a HID the arc would be horizontal. If the reflector is not designed for that the pattern will be VERY different. Hence the reason that the little rice...

Yep Eureka Equinox 6? I have the Equinox 3 it has been a great tent and I have gotten over 15 years of use out of it. The frame is not the same length on each side of the bend, the one picture where the frame looks odd.... to me it looks like they just had the pole in upside-down. I would not...

I've seen them tucked vertically behind a trash-a-roo on the spare tire.... I'd add a separate strap through the grab handle on the maxtrax for security, I'd hate to loose them on the trail somewhere.

Some isolators will have a time delay on them before they start charging the house batteries. So you might want to let the vehicle run for a few minutes then check to see if it's passing any current. But on searching that unit it doesn't appear to have a delay.... here is a pdf that has...