This is interesting and candid. One thing that I find interesting is that cost is important for the purchase price, but not operating cost. Depending on the fuel mileage of your icev it’s 75-80% less to operate a bev, which can help tremendously with payments. The closest thing to compete with...
It reads between 13.4-13.7 volts. The R1T does a much better job of charging the battery than my Jeep. The Jeep uses a fuel saving strategy that basically shuts of the alternator when it senses the battery is full charge. The problem I’ve run into with the Jeep is when the Jeep battery is full...
I have a 100Ah lfp battery in my travel trailer and the truck recharges it fine. It’s always back to 100% by the end of the day when driving. At night I always unplug the seven pin plug even if staying hooked up. I’ve now tow the setup 3000 miles with no issues.
Keep us posted, that’s a really good looking setup. I’ll be interested to see if the shape nets better efficiency than the box I tow. BTW we took our trailer from Portland, OR to Palm Springs, CA and back. Overall it was easy and we only had to unhook a few times to charge.
Haven’t read this entire thread as it’s gotten long and veered of course a couple times, but if anyone is looking at Cooper Discoverer ATP II tires, here’s my results @70mph in conserve mode.
https://www.discounttire.com/buy-tires/cooper-discoverer-atp-ii
This was a second test at 60psi cold up...
27k on the all terrains and I’ve never rotated them. They probably still have 5-10k left for rubber, but because they’re too loud for me I’m getting rid of them soon.
Now for the winter efficiency compared to summer, really pretty good. I’ve done this trip 2 other times in summer at the same speed and would get around 1.13-1.17 m/kWh.
This actually ended up being a really good cold weather loop style test.
This trip started at 19F and ended at 28F, we never...