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  1. Zil

    Cheapest way to get set up on assisted GPS

    With the garmin lifetime maps. You must update at least once per year or garmin will not recognize your unit.
  2. Zil

    Packrat trap?

    Why catch mice or rats? Are you planning to eat them?
  3. Zil

    Brake Fluid Maintenance - Important!

    It is a good practice to overhaul wheel bearings, brakes, shoes, pads, cylinders, calipers, rotors, and drums. Rubber lines and even rusty steel lines. How about the master cylinder and vacuum boost. Then flush the system as well as you can. I used one gallon of brake fluid. Use at least DOT 4...
  4. Zil

    My new plan for an indoor cooktop

    Use of microwave v cooking pan. My microwave uses 150 amps from the battery while it is running. I expect the same from the fry pan. But the microwave only runs for a few minutes, about 6 for frozen vegetables. How long does it take to cook a stew in the electric fry pan?
  5. Zil

    Depth of Discharge, AGM

    This is link to Trojan's site on Solar AGM batteries. If you scroll down you will find a graph of life cycles compared to depth of discharge. It is Trojan, but will give you an idea of your question for other brands. https://www.trojanbattery.com/solar-agm-2/
  6. Zil

    pepper spray?

    I can't find any thing that says a old man can't have a cane.
  7. Zil

    Van gvw class, question

    Thanks for all the information.
  8. Zil

    "Solar AGM" vs plain AGM

    My read on Trojan web is the Solar AGM is a new line. Designed to be better suited to solar charging needs.
  9. Zil

    Window washing fluid

    jonney. this is a van dwelling forum. There are no hotel closet hangers unless we bring our own. ganchan. Most of those window cleaners are some type of alcohol. Rinse if you need, but I use a plastic baggy too keep the wet away. You could make up a spray bottle of your own window cleaner...
  10. Zil

    Van gvw class, question

    Greetings old friends and new. I was away for a spell.  "The dream ain't broken, but it's walking with a limp."  My question is about a GMC Safari.  The GVW is 5950 pounds, with the payload rated as 1389 pounds.  Will a payload of less than 3/4 ton be ok for building out a van-dwelling?  Can...
  11. Zil

    Doubling Wire Run

    Doubling will work, until it fails. Don't class it as fine.
  12. Zil

    Cheap way to measure high current DC

    How many amps are flowing through the loop of wire? Are you measuring the voltage drop across the wire, to measure amperes?
  13. Zil

    EZ Pass Tracking

    Do not worry about ezpass tracking. They don't care where you sleep. They only want you to see the tolls you are paying so you don't feel cheated. If you should rob a bank, then they will tell the cops where you are driving. In the rest stop, the patrolling officer will know how long you are...
  14. Zil

    An unusual place to buy Methanol at $10.67 per gallon.

    Well all is good for you. I will chose not to add more risks than I need. Driving highways, need to. Drinking coffee, need my 1/2 liter each am. Drinking water, never to excess. Bourbon, it's five o'clock someplace. Burning pure methanol in my stove, no thank you.
  15. Zil

    Doubling Wire Run

    The current would flow with higher amps through the wire with least resistance. Depending on the draw. If many amps it could create a problem with melting insulation or even fire. Every given length of any gauge wire will have a different resistance. That is the nature of wire. When all the...
  16. Zil

    Lacto-fermenting

    Keeping at a constant temperature is best. Bury the crock as do the Koreans. The fermentation will gradually cause vegetables to soften into mush. I also refrigerate when at my preferred "done-ness".
  17. Zil

    Cheap way to measure high current DC

    You are using the wire as a shunt resistor. I always had to make a purchase to get the free meter at Harbor Freight. Those meters are rather accurate, but the leads are poor and fail sooner than later. I also have many of them.
  18. Zil

    An unusual place to buy Methanol at $10.67 per gallon.

    Are we comparing coffee jitters to methanol liver damage?
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