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  1. Turtle

    Turtle and electronics

    If the starting battery is 12 volts, the house battery bank needs to be 12 volts, as well. Otherwise the alternator won't charge the battery bank. Two 6 volt batteries wired together in series gives you one 12 volt battery. Four 6 volt batteries wired in series / parallell gives you one great...
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    Android phone dash cam

    You can do it in a pinch, but I wouldn't rely on it long term. Constant video recording will heavily tax the memory and storage on the phone, in addition to heat. Over the years I tried my phone as a dash cam, and gps mapping. Also used my laptop for gps mapping. Eventually I realized the...
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    Turtle and electronics

    One thing I should add...it doesn't matter if the batteries are wet cell, AGM, lithium or Russet potato, it's all about amp hour capacity of the battery bank versus amp requirements of the appliances. You need to know how many amp hours you'll draw from the battery between full recharges of...
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    Turtle and electronics

    No, they weren't lithium batteries. If you can afford them, that's the way to go. The battery isolator separates the battery bank and the starting battery as long as the voltage coming from the starting battery is less than about 13 volts. As soon as the alternator kicks in and the voltage...
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    Turtle and electronics

    Some way to strap, bolt, latch or frame them down so they won't move regardless of how bumpy the roads are. First thing you'll need is a battery separator. It sits between the starting battery and the house bank. It ensures your starting battery is completely isolated from the house bank so the...
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    Load straps

    Wire hook ratchet straps
  7. Turtle

    Been gone along time. What's new?

    It's a proven fact that Golf will drive you crazy. :flagstick:
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    Cargo Van "Entering Expediting with a Past DWAI: Seeking Insights and Advice"

    In most cases a DUI (or equivalent) will stay on your MVR record for 3-5 years, both on your insurance and at a carrier. Talk to a recruiter at some of the larger carriers and see what they say
  9. Turtle

    Bravo US Supreme Court! A Blow to Gerrymandering

    Oh, I'm fully aware of how the Constitution is worded. I just think if you reside in a place illegally, you shouldn't count. You certainly aren't entitled to representation. You aren't entitled to anything.
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    Bravo US Supreme Court! A Blow to Gerrymandering

    On my own study and knowledge of history. Wikipedia also has plenty of words on the subject. I've been intrigued by gerrymandering since high school. I've always thought gerrymandering was kind of scummy, but as long as both sides can do it when they're in charge, what's good for the goose is...
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    Bravo US Supreme Court! A Blow to Gerrymandering

    Almost exclusively in America. The Colonies, new states, and new territories. The theory in question has been the prevailing legal theory since before the Constitution was written. It's been challenged in many courts over the centuries, both state and federal, with the federal courts deferring...
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    Bravo US Supreme Court! A Blow to Gerrymandering

    The authors of the Politico piece clearly live in a murky political bubble. It was hardly a fringe legal theory - it was the prevailing accepted theory for two centuries. It was long regarded as nonjusticiable political question left to the States and Congress to remedy. Democrats were very good...
  13. Turtle

    Off grid washing machine

    I just went to a laundromat when on the road.
  14. Turtle

    Getting a mattress

    I had an upholstery place make mine for me. Had to call them and order out, tho. They made it to my specifications.
  15. Turtle

    Kansas City Flying J

    I rarely hung out there. I would usually go u 35 to the Liberty exit (Kansas Street, I think) and stay at the Walmart there.
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    Tucker Carlson Cancelled - Gone From Fox News

    I don't know if I buy the "fired as part of the Dominion settlement" any more than I buy the accusation that Rudy Giuliani was selling pardons for $2 million a pop. Both of those are a little too on the nose in how they hit The Left right in the feels.
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    The State of the Union and the Justice System

    If someone is gender fluid, and lactose intolerant, they're... Non buy-dairy
  18. Turtle

    Bed width

    Not exactly, but the bunk frame was a tight fit between the side wall and the door. I wanna say the distance was 69 inches, but I also wanna say it was 65 inches. I'm 5'9" (69 inches) and laying on my back with my head up on a pillow that was pushing the door my feet would push the wall pretty...
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    Wow 20 years!

    The one I'm driving has 540 HP. It does 0-60 in just a hair under 3 seconds. Smooth as silk, no gears to to shift. It just goes. And keeps on going. Dead quiet. People often describe it as a roller coaster taking off.
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    Bed width

    I had my bunk across the van, side-to-side, not front to back. I generally needed to park the van with the nose up slightly. The engine weighs a lot so parked on flat ground it wasn't too, too bad, especially when loaded, but when parked with the front of the van facing down hill I had to...
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