MLPFC Shit Posting

[LoudHogRider]

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Hope your journey home with the fam was a safe one, G.

Time for this old man to head to a tree stand. It's opening day!

 

[nja13]

 

[nja13]

Something I want to share with all of you bronies, especially the OG posters from the rivals days.

61 days ago I tried to take my own life, from all standards considered I did you could say. I coded twice in the ambulance. Not a story I'm necessarily proud to tell but it's my history and part of where I am today. Short summary for the post, I went from nothing, to busting my ass to survive and was on top of the world in my field, and what started out as a recreational cocaine use turned into a problem, and a bad one at that.

Today I'm 60 days coke free and doing well. Life's back on track, less overwhelming. Can't wait for college football, hope you're all doing well

Well, you look great in your avitar.

 

[kyle23]

 

[David Webb]

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Where does one find that shirt?

 

[kyle23]

Where does one find that shirt?

Give your wife your credit card and sometimes she comes back with cool shit to distract you from spending hundreds of dollars at Costco.

I think it came from Husker Hounds.

 

[LoudHogRider]

The rooftop solar project on the camper is "in the books". I wired it in "series" (vs. parallel) to increase the voltage & decrease the amperage going through the lines. I have an MPPT charge controller, and it prefers the higher voltage/lower amperage inputs to feed to the battery bank. Pretty pleased with how it turned out, TBH.





Don't get too alarmed by the missing screws on the air conditioner shroud. I'm also in the process of installing a "soft start" unit on that so I can run the AC off of the battery bank & inverter. Tried doing that as an experiment during our last trip to WY/ID/UT a few weeks ago, and alarms went off, followed by a "click" and everything shut down (system overload protection).

I also need to run another strip of "eternabond" tape across the new nose section up front. Just got the camper back from the shop yesterday and I need to let the Dicor sealant set up for a few days before slapping that strip down. They had to remove the one I had there as part of the repair/replacement process.

 

[Mustangblood]

The rooftop solar project on the camper is "in the books". I wired it in "series" (vs. parallel) to increase the voltage & decrease the amperage going through the lines. I have an MPPT charge controller, and it prefers the higher voltage/lower amperage inputs to feed to the battery bank. Pretty pleased with how it turned out, TBH.

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Don't get too alarmed by the missing screws on the air conditioner shroud. I'm also in the process of installing a "soft start" unit on that so I can run the AC off of the battery bank & inverter. Tried doing that as an experiment during our last trip to WY/ID/UT a few weeks ago, and alarms went off, followed by a "click" and everything shut down (system overload protection).

I also need to run another strip of "eternabond" tape across the new nose section up front. Just got the camper back from the shop yesterday and I need to let the Dicor sealant set up for a few days before slapping that strip down. They had to remove the one I had there as part of the repair/replacement process.

That looks awesome. We got a fuel trailer last year that had a small solar panel and controller already installed with it. The little pump for the def tank was also wired through that controller. The pump only worked when the battery was fresh and fully charged. The solar panel is never charging the battery so I think the controller they installed with it is junk and needs to be replaced at some point.

 

[LoudHogRider]

That looks awesome. We got a fuel trailer last year that had a small solar panel and controller already installed with it. The little pump for the def tank was also wired through that controller. The pump only worked when the battery was fresh and fully charged. The solar panel is never charging the battery so I think the controller they installed with it is junk and needs to be replaced at some point.

A lot of charge controllers require a minimum amount of wattage or amperage or voltage flowing to them before they’re operational. Your panel may be undersized for the controller. Check the output specs on the solar panel and the operating specs on the charge controller.

There’s also a big difference in battery tech. The legacy lead acid/AGM style tends to provide lower voltage as they draw down, which can really damage motors when they’re expecting 12+V and they’re starting to get 11.7V … 11.5V, etc.

The Lithium Phosphate (LiPO) run a little hotter, but they’ll give you a full 12+V from 100% charged all the way down to zero. And draining them to 0 doesn’t damage their recharge capacity (between 3,000 & 7,000 cycles depending on manufacturer ) the way a lead acid/AGM battery will. Also about 1/3 the weight.

Head to Tractor Supply and try a slightly bigger solar panel. They’re getting less expensive by the month, as are the LiPO batteries.

 

[David Webb]

A lot of charge controllers require a minimum amount of wattage or amperage or voltage flowing to them before they’re operational. Your panel may be undersized for the controller. Check the output specs on the solar panel and the operating specs on the charge controller.

There’s also a big difference in battery tech. The legacy lead acid/AGM style tends to provide lower voltage as they draw down, which can really damage motors when they’re expecting 12+V and they’re starting to get 11.7V … 11.5V, etc.

The Lithium Phosphate (LiPO) run a little hotter, but they’ll give you a full 12+V from 100% charged all the way down to zero. And draining them to 0 doesn’t damage their recharge capacity (between 3,000 & 7,000 cycles depending on manufacturer ) the way a lead acid/AGM battery will. Also about 1/3 the weight.

Head to Tractor Supply and try a slightly bigger solar panel. They’re getting less expensive by the month, as are the LiPO batteries.

 

[LoudHogRider]

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Trust me - 2 years ago you could take what I know about solar charging systems and balance it on the head of a pin.

I wanted to make sure my camper was prepped for “off grid” camping and immersed myself in the interwebs to learn about it.

There are some things I’d do differently if I was starting from a blank slate, but that’s mostly down to the ever improving equipment available these days. It’s been a fun, interesting and expensive journey, but I’m there.

 

[Mustangblood]

A lot of charge controllers require a minimum amount of wattage or amperage or voltage flowing to them before they’re operational. Your panel may be undersized for the controller. Check the output specs on the solar panel and the operating specs on the charge controller.

There’s also a big difference in battery tech. The legacy lead acid/AGM style tends to provide lower voltage as they draw down, which can really damage motors when they’re expecting 12+V and they’re starting to get 11.7V … 11.5V, etc.

The Lithium Phosphate (LiPO) run a little hotter, but they’ll give you a full 12+V from 100% charged all the way down to zero. And draining them to 0 doesn’t damage their recharge capacity (between 3,000 & 7,000 cycles depending on manufacturer ) the way a lead acid/AGM battery will. Also about 1/3 the weight.

Head to Tractor Supply and try a slightly bigger solar panel. They’re getting less expensive by the month, as are the LiPO batteries.

Yeah we just use marine 12V batteries for all our electric fencers and pumps so that’s why I’d like to get the solar charger working to keep those batteries fully charged and not screw the pump up

 

[SoCal_Corn]

 

[SoCal_Corn]

 

[Adolph Coors]

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excellent shitpost

 

[SoCal_Corn]

 

[22*43*51]

Uh oh Broni’s.

 

[bbenson67]

The wife and I are off on a little adventure. Leaving Thursday out of Long Beach Airport (love that airport) and flying to Hot Springs, AR for her 55th high school reunion. I think I mentioned before that she was an AFS exchange student from Vietnam for her senior year in 1968-1969.

She didn't go to Hot Springs for school but went to Pine Bluff HS. Pine Bluff now being one of the 10 most violent cities in America probably influenced the decision to move it to Hot Springs. I've never been but apparently it's a beautiful place with half the town inside a national park.

She worries that she won't remember some of the people in her class but I assured her they'd remember her since she was probably the only Asian within 50 miles. Looking forward to a few days of real southern food.

 

[22*43*51]

The wife and I are off on a little adventure. Leaving Thursday out of Long Beach Airport (love that airport) and flying to Hot Springs, AR for her 55th high school reunion. I think I mentioned before that she was an AFS exchange student from Vietnam for her senior year in 1968-1969.

She didn't go to Hot Springs for school but went to Pine Bluff HS. Pine Bluff now being one of the 10 most violent cities in America probably influenced the decision to move it to Hot Springs. I've never been but apparently it's a beautiful place with half the town inside a national park.

She worries that she won't remember some of the people in her class but I assured her they'd remember her since she was probably the only Asian within 50 miles. Looking forward to a few days of real southern food.

Safe travels brother.

 

[brastaman]

The wife and I are off on a little adventure. Leaving Thursday out of Long Beach Airport (love that airport) and flying to Hot Springs, AR for her 55th high school reunion. I think I mentioned before that she was an AFS exchange student from Vietnam for her senior year in 1968-1969.

She didn't go to Hot Springs for school but went to Pine Bluff HS. Pine Bluff now being one of the 10 most violent cities in America probably influenced the decision to move it to Hot Springs. I've never been but apparently it's a beautiful place with half the town inside a national park.

She worries that she won't remember some of the people in her class but I assured her they'd remember her since she was probably the only Asian within 50 miles. Looking forward to a few days of real southern food.

Enjoy the trip. I recently finished a book called The Vapors that is about Hot Springs and the prolific casino and gambling scene from the 1930's into the 1960's. The book describes Hot Springs as an awesome, little known oasis.