'91 K5 Four Wheel Camper

[deadman]

what solenoid did you use and how did you wire it? I'm looking at doing dual batteries in my rig, but not sure how to set it up

 

[ZooMad75]

what solenoid did you use and how did you wire it? I'm looking at doing dual batteries in my rig, but not sure how to set it up

Now I can't remember the part Number of the solenoid. It is a continuous duty unit I got from NAPA. Really simple to wire up. The "on" circuit is coming from a keyed on source. In my case, I already have an identical solenoid running power to my center console near the main battery. So I pulled a circuit from the "on" circuit of the 1st solenoid to the small post of the 2nd solenoid. Again, the on circuit is coming from a keyed on port inside the fuse panel. The large lugs of the solenoid are what the cables connect too. I've just got mine closer to the 2nd battery rather than stacking up more stuff near the main battery.

It's really simple as dual battery setups go.

 

[82355]

Do both batteries hit the starter?

Martin

 

[ZooMad75]

Do both batteries hit the starter?

Martin

In this form, yes. The solenoid can handle the current.

 

[ZooMad75]

Christmas is over. The wife got me something unexpected as a gift. Should go well for the upcoming snow run and next year's desert trip.

It's not anything pro level, but a good starter drone with a camera and live screen. 720p hd resolution. Flown it around the living room yesterday. Pretty easy to fly. Only crashed into the Christmas tree one time. Hopefully I don't pull a Charlie Brown and park it in a tree in the woods.

The truck got an early gift too. Got a 2.5 Gallon air tank kit with all the fittings and lines needed to build my onboard air system.


Need some warm weather to assemble, but should be a good little system.

 

[beags86]

Now I can't remember the part Number of the solenoid. It is a continuous duty unit I got from NAPA. Really simple to wire up. The "on" circuit is coming from a keyed on source. In my case, I already have an identical solenoid running power to my center console near the main battery. So I pulled a circuit from the "on" circuit of the 1st solenoid to the small post of the 2nd solenoid. Again, the on circuit is coming from a keyed on port inside the fuse panel. The large lugs of the solenoid are what the cables connect too. I've just got mine closer to the 2nd battery rather than stacking up more stuff near the main battery.

It's really simple as dual battery setups go.

Any chance of a pic of solenoid. I could use one for my k30

 

[ZooMad75]

Any chance of a pic of selnoid. I could use one for my k30

No pic, but here's the link to the part on Napa's site.

https://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/p/ECHST95/ECHST95

After reading the specs, it's an 80 amp continuous duty rating, so it's a little under rated for being linked up for starting. I may just put a switch on it or get a higher rated unit for it. So far it hasn't been a problem but I don't want to push it.

 

[beags86]

Fair enough, I was thinking you would need like a 300 amp solenoid.

 

[ClassicStyle]

I ran a 80 on my Hotrod with a ls, as long as it started first crank it was fine, but if it was hot at cranked more than twice it would kick the breaker

 

[ZooMad75]

Went on our annual New Years Snow run today. The K5.3 did great. I love the tru-trac up front. Tires did a lot better once I let the air out. Didn't get stuck despite my best efforts to do so. The winch went unused. Larry's Polar Bear was on it's first snow run too. It did great too. No stuck. I'll leave a pic here as a teaser, I've got to get some sleep. Been a long day.

 

[mrk5]

Nice!

 

[Bent77]

Wheres this at?

 

[Larry]

Wheres this at?

Top of Greenhorn Mountain in South Pueblo County

 

[78K30]

Looks like it would've been a fun trip! I would enjoy playing in the snow but ours has been lucky to last a few days around here.

 

[ZooMad75]

This was pretty minimal for the area. The trail to the cabin alone when there is good snow fall can be deep enough we can't get too it. We got to the cabin by 11ish. We had to go well above the cabin to get into any serious stuff. Even then most of it was windblown drifts. You'll see when I get the videos processed we were shooting the side ditch to get into deeper stuff. We have never got as high up the mountain as we did yesterday. I think we topped out at 11,700 by what my phone GPS said.

Still breaking trail in virgin snow is the best. Like skiing fresh powder. Fun stuff.

 

[ZooMad75]

Uploading the first of many videos to YouTube. I'll throw some pics in while I'm waiting. My K5 and Andy's exo'd Suburban.

Lining up on the road in.

Another group shot.

Made it to the cabin quick. Not as much snow below it as in previous years. More snow above it though..

Some of the view.

Now we are above the cabin. This spot was DEEP. It don't look like it, but the wind does funny things up here. The snow will look level and what really happened is there is a gaping hole 2-4 foot deep that the wind filled in. The first video I edited was in this spot and it shows Larry's 315's aka 35" tires get swallowed up on the right side.

Just another example of the sneaky deepness. This is Larry's neighbor Pete. He was my co-pilot for the day. He's a riot. Where his left foot was was on solid snowpack, no more than an inch. Where his right foot went through the crust ended up damn near to his waist. He couldn't get out without help. Only Pete could have found this.

More to come...

 

[ZooMad75]

First Video is up. Gotta love Larry's 8.1 tearing it up.


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[deadman]

looks like fun. Larry's Burb is a stick?

 

[Coloradochevyguy91]

Awesome build definitely watching this build!

 

[campfire]

First Video is up. Gotta love Larry's 8.1 tearing it up.


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Looks like fun!