It’s not for sale right now

Ted, your encouragement means a lot. Perhaps more than you know. I suppose I have self doubts from time to time. Thank you so much for taking the time to send me this message. Your friend Dave

Occasionally. This one will be available late September.

Thank you my friend. I think you will really like the one I’m working on now.

@@EndgameCampers I'll wait for it!

Yea, that is crazy

Who can even afford that??

Thanks 👍

8.0 will be up for sale in late September. Send me an email if you are interested and we can discuss.

Thanks 👍 welcome!

I don’t have my truck wired for DC output and solar has always been sufficient, so I didn’t bother, but yes a person could. You very well could be right regarding the fan, however real estate limitations made me have to mount it on that side. If it blowed outward it would interfere with the cooling fans mounted within the inverter (they pull from the other direction). If you look to the lower left hand side you see a female cigarette socket. The fuse box in my camper (fridge and other accessories are wired through) has a male end. When I mount my system in the camper I just insert the male end. Plug and play - quick and easy.

@@EndgameCampers thanks so much for the detailed response Dave 🙌 I went back and looked at your tour video of 8.0 and saw the separate 12v input you had installed above cooler location. Ohh and I had an inkling it may be due to internal fan from inverter. Either way it was a cool added feature you made there. Should help in summer when running the AC

Of course. Thanks 😊

I appreciate you identifying the difference, but you are missing the point of the build to some extent . Of course you want the system to have max reliability; however, a transformer based inverter would be far larger defeating the whole purpose of my build which is meant to be compact and movable. Reliability is an issue a person could go back and forth on endlessly; but as an anecdote, I have used two other inverters of the same brand/size extensively and have had no issues in the long run (couple years of use). I don’t know this for sure, but I suspect transformer inverters were once the king of reliability, but it seems transformerless inverters have gotten better in time. When most people talk about the advantages of transformer based inverters, they typically seem to do so from the context of residential solar systems and benefits that don’t involve reliability. I’m not attacking you, but I think there is a little more nuance to your point that needs to be mentioned.

@@EndgameCampers I repair inverters for a living, have done so at the component level for the past 25 years. I can tell you from experience that high frequency inverter design and reliability has not change much over over that period of time. Yes, there has been a few new features added, primarily in the area of monitoring but when it comes to durability and longevity, especially when powering inductive loads, nothing much has changed.

Thanks Gary

Awesome. I really like it. It is my go to now.

Durabak 18 smooth. That is the tan color

I will be heading out on that epic camping trip in the next week or so

I have 300 watts on the roof. Surprisingly, even mid-day summer, I can get 240-250 watts. Not what I expected either due to the heat. They are holding up well for now, but I am monitoring. They are nearly twice as much as other foldable panels and use a different technology. I’m hoping they will be more durable because of that.

I appreciate the encouragement, but I’m not interested in getting in a business. Building these is a passion for me. I learned early on that if I mix money with passions, it starts to feel like work. For me at least. I do appreciate you taking the time to reach out though. Glad you like it my friend 😄

@@EndgameCampers Nothing is worse than living uncontented. You are blessed to find a passion(s) then live it. Cheers!

No concerns. Not sure of exact weight limit, but I have personally had about 300 lbs up there with no problems.

Sounds like a great system plan. Thanks!

73 inches

Thanks. Sounds like a good find! I really like poplar too. I think it is a bit underrated.

Check out my camper build videos too if you are new to my channel. Thanks for tuning in!

Thanks 👍

No, sorry. I do have a series of VLOGs I posted during the build. Taking a look at those may be helpful.

Glad to have you here my friend

Fun fact: I think Will Prowse actually lives very close to me. I emailed him once seeing if we could do a collaboration since we lived in the same town. Crickets…. Still waiting for that return email. Lol

@@EndgameCampers lol shoot you're right! I forgot he moved out there 😆 he should collab with you! He's missing out

I don’t know for sure, but I imagine it is because they are made in USA. Thank you

​@@EndgameCampers Thank you but you're probably right

I like that!

Welcome!!

Huh?

There is a couple ways to answer that. What are you specifically referring too?

The batteries are already linked in the description. Give me till tomorrow afternoon and I’ll update links for everything else in the description. Good idea. Thanks

I’m glad you like it. Unfortunately, I don’t do custom builds. Sorry

I agree. 300 ah is a significant amount of capacity

Thanks Sophia!