Recent content by stillhere

What I never understood is why ppl need all the bells and whistles in a heavy duty truck...especially one that is actually used for work. Sure, leather may be nice and a couple cameras are nice and yes of course you want it to wipe your dirty @$$ and maybe make you coffee but still....even if...

Thanks for the suggestion. My LFP has a BMS that limits charge and discharge based on temp conditions, as you noted. It also has a built in heater that controls input charge and activates the heater when certain amperage input is detected. I don't intended to need it much in really cold temps...

I put one of them in my dad's old Expedition...but he only had the vehicle for another couple years so we didn't get to see how long it lasted. That said, it never batted an eye. I might throw one in my beater SUV when the current battery dies.

Time will tell. I had a yellow top in my last truck and it took a beating and never failed me. I drained it down quite far a number of times and it just trucked along. We'll see about the x2 battery. My guess is at least a 1/3 of the price is the 4 year warranty. I've read good things...

Ah...right...I didn't think about that. the solar charger is bluetooth so that would be easy to do but, I don't want to have to deal with that. Unless I run 2 dollar chargers and then have the switch take the solar input then distribute based on which way I have it pointed. May sound...

I considered this...just depends on how much I drive to keep the LFP full in the summer when running the fridge. I could also hook it up such that I can quick toggle the solar input to LFP vs. starter batt.

I have a LFP battery, inverter and 12v fridge in the bed that is charged via a DC to DC charger off the starter battery. I'm debating whether the solar setup will go directly to the LFP battery or the starter battery...or if I split the solar and run part to the starter battery and part to the...

I’ve attempted to research this and have found no conclusive evidence that these trucks have a BMS config for battery type. My Ford and BMW did but still in search of whether this ram does.

Nice. That’s good you got a replacement. I’m curious as to what’s cooking batteries in these trucks.

This is a good idea my last truck I had 135 watts of solar. I have 170 watts going into this truck once it warms up enough to install. That will solve all my issues for sure.

I was thinking about doing this on my 6.4 HEMI as well. Wonder if I can just cut off the side of the tray closest to the firewall to allow for the extra width of an H8 and then just rig up an additional strap to hold it from sliding back and forth.

Assume you ran that test after having full charged them on an appropriate charger with it set to AGM battery type? Are you testing with both batteries hooked up or one at a time? I recently put an X2 in my 6.4L HEMI. One thing I've noticed is that the onboard computer never seems to want to...

isn't "weak" more related to state of charge than it is health of the battery?

wash it off and drive it for a while and see what it looks like and go from there.

again...that is not a "leak"