Recent content by Poverty Pony

Hey all, I bought a 30AH, 48V littlokala battery for my Lectric XP 2.0 bike for around $200. I am planning on wiring it in parallel with the stock battery and manually switching by turning off the key (disconnecting the factory 10AH battery) and plug in the Littokala. Not entirely foolproof...

Looks like they buffed up K9 for the Tom Baker season remakes ?

if you've got it on a trailer, take it with you ? if you're just fooling around, you can learn everything while building a small setup for a lot less dough

I find that I don't get ears if the wire fully fills the terminal. try different brands and sizes. I do like the hex crimps but a single punch crimper seems to work well enough and is a lot quicker.

temco sells hydraulic tools of reasonable quality and price. I have their hole punch set as well as their hydraulic terminal crimper. I've done a bunch of 1/0 terminals, works great so long as you use the matching die, conductor, and terminal. search Amazon for temco crimper.

https://www.zoro.com/search?fqv%3Avariants.variant.attributes.Strut_Channel_Material=Aluminum&sort=asc%7Cprice&q=strut%20channel Not genuine Unistrut I think, but I've never had problems with superstrut, etc. Then again I blow my nose on facial tissue, never saw the need for Kleenex. free...

That's a very nice tilting install! Almost makes me wish I skipped the factory rails. Do you have a picture of how it's supported on the side opposite the hinges; how do you adjust the angle and how do you keep it in place while driving?

Victron and probably others make dc-dc converters that will charge a 24V system from the 12V alternator. The Victrons don't have a multistage charge, but you can set them at a reasonable float value and let your solar system keep things topped off. This would make your inverter and battery...

depends on the alloy, but generally aluminum is stronger than a similar weight of steel... but since the aluminum unistrut is much lighter (steel is denser than aluminum and the cross sectional area of the strut channels is the same, ergo the aluminum is lighter), it's not as strong. designing...

@rmaddy veering off topic but do you have a floor plan for your trailer?

Well shut my mouth... it seems that aluminum unistrut is actually cheaper than steel these days! Stainless is about double vs zinc plated steel, aluminum and fiberglass are about 80% of steel. At least at McMaster-carr. if you need large quantities it's probably not the cheapest supplier. Yet...

If you have enough $$$ there is aluminum unistrut available. also fiberglass and even stainless. look at mcmaster-carr for examples. I will have to try the cone nuts, the springs sometimes try my patience.

Like that all black setup! I don't think it's going to fall off. Thanks for the pics :)

I've got to trim under there! The box has some convenient holes on the bottom, so I bolted it to the telestrut base. The uprights are held by unistrut brackets and some whopping 1/2" bolts. The strut channel below the panels provides the sliding action so the angle can be adjusted. I think...

got some pictures? ?