What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

I put mine on the drivers side. Got real tight real quick lol

 

Even on the lowest setting your going to melt inside your topper

 

So these things operate on a battery, there is no 'engine'? I saw a youtube vid where guy takes one apart, and from what I gather, a mist of diesel gets shot onto a hot glowplug, it ignites, then a closed ventilation path carries heat from the metal enclosure/ignitor/machine into the room you want heated. So, this thing will only operate as long as the battery is charged well enough to get that glowplug red hot, correct? How long would it continuously run, and what size battery is required to carry it through let's say 24 hours of continuous operation?

tia.

 

fabricated some relocation brackets for the resi, was not happy with the look or clearance with the provided piggyback brackets.
Did the ICON RXT pack, ubolt flip, and GM bump stops a few weeks ago.

 

Mostly, yes. Once the combustion process starts, the glow plug turns off and the combustion is self-sustaining. So current draw at ignition is about 12V and 10-12A depending on heater (Roughly 100W) and then goes down to 1-2A to sustain the fan...about (20-30W based on heat setting). A tank of fuel on low setting will run about 24 hours in my 5kW heater.

 

Okay that makes sense, glow plug is required just to get it started. Thanks for the intel.

 

Fan and FUEL PUMP, but yes. I have one still new in box that I will get set up sometime - when I do I'll put a meter on it and monitor the current draw. "How long will it run?" is a question like "How long is a piece of string?" question. How big is your battery, how big is the fuel tank?

 

I bet that did look cool. I had a 74 Nova and I had a dog on the back dash and his eyes light up when the brakes were applied and the head bobbed up and down when driving.

 

Drove my truck till it begged me to purchase gas

 

Is that OEM LEDs on the SR? Setup looks good

 

I sleep curled up like a roly poly anyhow.

 

It is trashed! Part it out!

I will give you $25 for it.

 

Returned the Rough Country tonneau cover that didn't fit. Looking at Real Truck Truxedo now. Making sure I get full refund from RC, first.

 

It only has 71K? I bid $27.

 

72k miles plus change ... no more than $25. And he runs it at 65 MPH ... merciless!

 

Ya I bet. I'm going passenger side, there's a nice area to bolt to, but I have to get more 7AWG to extend it to the battery. Should be here tomorrow, then I'll know. Plus, I have extra subwoofer power supply on driver side making it even tighter.

 

Good luck, have the same setup. Check out the Auxbeam forum, under the Lighting forum for help.

 

This thread has some good info on installing the AuxBeam.
I've had mine mounted for almost 18 months now.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/8-gang-switch-panel-auxbeam-amazon.641431/page-19#post-28399438

 

You forgot to put the 2nd lock washer ring on under the nut and if the nut giggles loose, the switch is gonna fall out of reach. Also, is it on a fender or other location prone to weather? Well that’s not a waterproof switch - just saying. Get one that is coated and has a neoprene cover on it, else one day you’re not gonna be able to start your car because the switch is not going to work.

$17 BEP 1002016 SPST PVC Coated Toggle Switch With Wire Leads - Off/On

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B6K6XC1

 

Paying off the truck way ahead of time.
The check is in the mail...tomorrow.